Assistant Professor of Accounting
Assistant Professor of Accounting
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PRIMARY PURPOSE:
The Assistant Professor of Accounting will teach undergraduate and graduate courses in Accounting do academic research in the area of accounting and advise students.
DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS:
Western New England University is dedicated to excellence in undergraduate and graduate instruction with an emphasis on personal contact between students and faculty. Therefore expertise in the discipline and the ability to communicate effectively with traditional and non-traditional students are essential.
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:
- Classroom teaching
- Advising of students on an individual and sometimes confidential basis. This includes course selection and career counseling.
- Supervising internships
- Staying current in the discipline through scholarship/professional development
- Developing course/curriculum
- Serving as course coordinator
- Participating in department college and university functions
- Attending faculty meetings
MARGINAL FUNCTIONS:
- Committee work
- Interfacing with local companies and other mutually beneficial activities
- Public relations activities including assistance in student recruitment events
Qualifications
REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE SKILL AND ABILITIES:
- Ability to speak to a group of up to 35 students in a classroom setting in an audibleand understandable manner and to hear student questions
- Ability to verbally interact with students in a classroom environment or withindividual students in private meetings
- Ability to use blackboard/whiteboard or communicate graphically in some otherway in the classroom
- Sufficient breadth of knowledge to teach introductory-level courses in the discipline. Sufficient depth of knowledge to teach senior and graduate courses in at least one area of specialization
- Ability to provide prompt feedback to student works
- Ability to effectively communicate with students using digital classroom
- Must meet classes on schedule and be available for consultation in their office on a regular basis
- Must stay current with academic research be familiar with literature in the discipline and make research contributions including conference presentations and publishing in peer-reviewed academic journals
- Ability to write effectively in preparation of course material internal universitycommunications and correspondence with external constituencies
- Sufficient interpersonal communication skill to interact effectively with students university visitors and administrators
HOURS:
Classes are generally held during the day but all faculty occasionally teach eveningcourses. Faculty is required to meet all classes as scheduled and to keep regular office hours at times convenient for their students.
QUALIFICATION STANDARDS:
- EDUCATION: Ph.D. in the appropriate discipline is required for tenure earningpositions. A Master of Science degree with significant applicable experience may be acceptable for non-tenure track faculty
- TEACHING ABILITY: Must have ability to communicate Accounting concepts clearly and in an interesting manner to undergraduate and graduate students
- EXPERIENCE: Prior teaching and/or applicable Accounting experience is desirable
- AREA OF EXPERTISE: Depends on the areas of strength of other members of theDepartment at the time. Needed areas of competence will be specified in the advertisement for the position
- LANGUAGE SKILLS: The ability to communicate verbally and in writing instandard English
Excellent benefits including tuition remission for employee spouse and dependent children.
Western New England University (WNE) is a private nationally ranked comprehensive institution with a focus on preparing work-ready and world-ready graduates. Founded in 1919 in Springfield Massachusetts as a division of Northeastern College WNEs 215-acre suburban campus serves more than 3700 students including over 2500 full-time undergraduates. More than 47000 alumni have earned degrees through its 90 undergraduate graduate and professional programs at Colleges of Arts and Sciences Business Engineering and Pharmacy and Health Sciences and School of Law. Students come from 39 U.S. states and territories and 23 countries. Of 45104 living alumni 30% remain within the region residing in the four Western Massachusetts counties and northern Connecticut.
WNE is classified among nationally ranked universities in US News and World Report and among the Top 100 Undergraduate Engineering programs and in the Doctoral/Professional Universities category in the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education.
Western New England University is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We welcome candidates whose background may contribute to the further diversification of our community.
Employment Type
Full-Time
