AD158 Adjunct Faculty in Music

Title: AD158 - Adjunct Faculty in Music

State Role Title:Adjunct Assistant Professor

Hiring Range: Commensurate with qualifications and experience

Pay Band: UG

Agency: Norfolk State University

Location:Norfolk State University

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Job Duties

The Department of Visual and Performing Arts seeks applicants for adjunct instructors in the Music Division for the fall of 2025.

These courses are offered primarily to undergraduate music majors concentrating in Music Education and/or Music Media. However Music Appreciation and African American Music are courses offered in the general education core and are taught to a broad range of majors.

Minimum Qualifications

Masters or Doctoral Degree
18 credit hours of graduate level music courses
For applied instructors (private lessons) a minimum of 8 hours of applied study at the graduate level on the subject instrument.

Additional Considerations

Experience teaching music and/or applied lessons on the college/university level

Special Instructions

You will be provided a confirmation of receipt when your application and/or résumé is submitted successfully. Please refer to Your Application in your account to check the status of your application for this position.

You will be provided with confirmation of receipt when your application and/or résumé is submitted successfully. Please refer to Your Application in your account to check the status of your application for this position.
Norfolk State University is particularly interested in candidates who have experience working with students from diverse backgrounds and a demonstrated commitment to improving access to higher education for all students regardless of background. Candidates must include a diversity statement that reflects their commitment to diversity and inclusion and details their experience working in diversity initiatives and/or with students from underrepresented groups.

Application and/or résumé for this position must be submitted electronically by 11:59 p.m. on the closing date through the Commonwealth of Virginias Job Board/Recruitment Management System (RMS). Mailed emailed faxed or hand-delivered applications and/or résumés will not be accepted. Applicants who possess an Interagency Placement Screening Form (Yellow Form) or a Preferential Hiring Form (Blue Form) as issued under the Department of Human Resources Management (DHRM) Policy 1.30 Layoff (Commonwealth of Virginia Employees Only) must attach these forms when submitting their state application and/or résumé. The decision to interview an applicant is based solely on the information received for this position from either the electronic application and/or résumé. RMS provides confirmation of receipt when your application and/or résumé is submitted successfully. Please refer to Your Application in your RMS account to check the status of your application for this position.

Norfolk State University conducts background checks on all candidates identified as a finalist for employment consideration. The type of background check(s) performed is dependent upon the type of position for which you have been identified as a finalist and may include criminal history including sexual offender registry checks reference checks degree validation DMV (driving) records license verification and credit report reviews. The results of background checks are made available to university employing officials. As a finalist you will be required to sign an Authorization to Release form. Norfolk State University utilizes Form I-9 and E-verify in the verification of eligibility for employment. Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S.

Contact Information

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In support of the Commonwealths commitment to inclusion we are encouraging individuals with disabilities to apply through the Commonwealth Alternative Hiring Process. To be considered for this opportunity applicants will need to provide their AHP Letter (formerly COD) provided by the Department for Aging & Rehabilitative Services (DARS) or the Department for the Blind & Vision Impaired (DBVI). Service-Connected Veterans are encouraged to answer Veteran status questions and submit their disability documentation if applicable to DARS/DBVI to get their AHP Letter. Requesting an AHP Letter can be found at AHP Letter or by calling DARS at .

Note: Applicants who received a Certificate of Disability from DARS or DBVI dated between April 1 2022- February 29 2024 can still use that COD as applicable documentation for the Alternative Hiring Process.