Adjunct Faculty Management

Job Description

The management department is looking for adjuncts to provide face-to-face instruction for courses in Operations Management Project Management Supply Chain Management Introduction to Management Business Communications and other management courses as required. Successful candidates will have a passion for teaching and working with students. Successful candidates should be well organized have good communication skills and the ability to quickly learn to use technology to enhance learning and administer classes. Candidates with significant industry experience and previous teaching experience with outstanding evaluations preferred. Candidates with strong industry experience considered but limited teaching experience considered.

Radford University is located on a beautiful campus adjoining the New River. The management department is part of the Davis College of Business and Economics and AACSB accredited college located in a new building with state-of-the-art technology. Our department features small classes experiential learning and high levels of engagement between faculty and students.

Adjunct faculty positions supplement the faculty of a department wherever additional faculty are needed. Adjunct faculty hold as defined by their letter of appointment without eligibility for tenure; where authorized by the Dean adjunct appointments may be renewed. Adjunct appointments do not guarantee course assignments.

Specific responsibilities of adjunct faculty are given in their letter of appointment. The specific starting and expiration dates for appointments are noted in their letter of appointment. Primary responsibilities include teaching undergraduates in the area of the candidates specialization. Selected candidate may be required to teach in RUs Core Curriculum as needed. Adjunct faculty shall be evaluated in every course including summer school.

Required Qualifications

All faculty must have at least a Masters degree in the field/discipline in which they are teaching with 18 hours of course work related to the course(s) being some cases subject to the approval by the Provost a faculty member could be recommended for appointment based on substitution of significant experience for the degree.

Previous experience teaching or working in management.

Preferred Qualifications:

Demonstrated ability to engage undergraduate students.
Strong communication skills;
Experience assessing classes;
Classroom management skills.

Special Instructions to Applicants

Applicants must submit an unofficial copy of transcripts of post-secondary course work with the application. If the applicants official transcripts are on file in the Office of the Provost a statement indicating such must be submitted in lieu of the documents with the application. Official transcripts of all post-secondary course work will be required upon selection for hire. Official transcripts must be sent directly to the Office of the Provost Attention: Transcript Clerk/Coordinator Campus P. O. Box 6910 Radford University Radford VA 24142 Adjunct instructors must attend a scheduled adjunct orientation as offered upon appointment. Orientation date and time will be announced.

Radford University does not discriminate with regard to race color sex sexual orientation disability age veteran status national origin religion or political affiliation in the administration of its educational programs activities admission or employment practices.