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Job Description
The following information is a template for the Job Advertisement and information will appear as submitted below. Edit the following information in red as needed before submitting for review and approval by Faculty Affairs.
The purpose of a job advertisement is to:
- Describe the kind of person the department/school is looking for.
- Communicate who the department/school is its mission and how it aligns with the values of San Francisco State University and the greater community.
Introduction
- We recommend starting with a paragraph that highlights the position as an exciting opportunity with a welcoming tone that connects the applicant to the University.
- Include a section about the departmenti.e. who we are.
- We recommend highlighting the existing diversity present in the department and at the University. (See two samples for text).
Sample 1: The Department of Women and Gender Studies at San Francisco State University was founded in 1976 one of the first such departments in the United States. Forged out of transformative activism and scholarship the department uses interdisciplinary approaches and foregrounds transnational and intersectional relationships among gender race sexuality nation labor technologies and globalization. Our students engage in challenging academics work closely with professors and lead community initiatives. We encourage intellectual collaborations within the department as well as across the profession and also support applications for internal and external funding to support research productivity.
Sample 2: The Latina/Latino Studies Department (originally Raza Studies) was established in the Fall of 1969 as part of the College of Ethnic Studies after the longest student strike in the history of the United States. From November 1968 through April 1969 the Black Student Union the Third World Liberation Front select staff and faculty and members from the larger Bay Area community organized and led a series of actions against systematic discrimination. The College of Ethnic Studies was created as a response to the demands of students as well as community members who called for the creation of academic programs that address the experiences and histories of underserved communities in the San Francisco Bay Area. SF States Latina/Latino Studies department is the first department of its kind on any fouryear college campus.
Responsibilities
- Include the special nature of the position if relevant (e.g. cluster hire) at the end of this paragraph.
Qualifications
- To optimize the diversity in your applicant pool we suggest that you keep the required qualifications to a minimum (maybe only the required terminal degree) and expand your preferred qualifications. This approach gives candidates from nontraditional backgrounds an opportunity to distinguish themselves in a variety of ways and gives the departments the most flexibility in evaluating the applicants. However this approach will require an indepth discussion by the committee ahead of time about any weighting of the preferred qualifications and the development of strong rubric based on all the qualifications in the job ad.
- Preferred qualifications: Add additional preferred qualifications.
The job ad and position description complement each other. Both should be posted on the department website as separate materials.
Highlights are required fields and provide departments/schools with options to suit their particular discipline.
Template: Job Advertisement
Introduction
The mission of San Francisco State University is to create and maintain an environment for learning that promotes respect for and appreciation of scholarship freedom human diversity and the cultural mosaic of the City of San Francisco and the Bay Area; to promote excellence in instruction and intellectual accomplishment; and to provide broadly accessible higher education for residents of the region and state as well as the nation and world. To fulfill its mission the University is committed to the following goals:
- Attracting retaining and graduating a highly diverse student body
- Providing disciplinary and interdisciplinary liberal arts and professional education that is academically rigorous and intellectually challenging
- Providing curricula that reflect all dimensions of human diversity and that encourage critical thinking and a commitment to social justice
- Recruiting retaining and supporting a diverse faculty whose teaching demonstrates an active engagement with their individual fields of study and whose creative and scholarly work is an extension of the classroom laboratory or studio
- Employing a staff and administration reflecting the diversity of our student community and the values of the campus;
- Fostering a collegial and cooperative intellectual environment that includes recognition and appreciation of differing viewpoints and promotes academic freedom within the University community; and
- Serving the communities with which its students and faculty are engaged.
Responsibilities
The position requires graduate and/or undergraduate teaching in mentoring and advising graduate and/or undergraduate students developing an active ongoing scholarship program or program of creative work in ones area of specialty and ongoing committee and service assignments. Detailed position description is available at link to department/school website.
Qualifications
Required
- Ph.D. or M.F.A or equivalent terminal degree (other degrees if relevant) in discipline from an accredited program if relevant. Terminal degree must be completed by the first day of employment.
- Record of working and communicating effectively with colleaguesand students
Preferred
- Record of teaching contributions in the areas of: list
- Active record of scholarship (creative activity) related to specialty area and evidence of external support or the potential for external funding of these activities if relevant.
- Demonstrated ability to incorporate inclusion diversity and educational equity in teaching and/or scholarship/creative works
- Experience teaching and working closely with students from historically underrepresented communities
- Record of contributing to collegial supportive and collaborative work environments
Rank and salary
Assistant Professor add Associate and/or Full if relevant. Salary commensurate with qualifications and experience. The California State University (CSU) provides generous health retirement and other benefits.
Application
Submit letter of intent/interest a current CV a statement on how your teaching and scholarship/creative work align with the commitment of the name Department to foster an inclusive and diverse academic community; sample of scholarly papers work portfolio teaching philosophy description of research interests other as relevant; names and contact information of three references. Letters of recommendation upon request at a later date.
San Francisco State is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against persons on the basis of race religion color ancestry age disability genetic information gender gender identity gender expression marital status medical condition National origin sex sexual orientation covered veteran status or any other protected status. Reasonable accommodations will be provided for qualified applicants with disabilities who selfdisclose by contacting the Senior Human Resources Manager.
Employment Type
Full Time
