Assistant, Associate, Professor of Public Health

Assistant Associate Professor of Public Health

School of Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Department

Academic Affairs

Tsaile Campus

Duty Schedule:

40 hours per week.

Summary/Objective of Position:

The successful applicant must have a background and experience in public health. The Assistant/Associate/Professor is a full-time faculty member responsible for contributing to the programs academic research and service missions. This role involves teaching and mentoring students developing innovative public health curricula and engaging in research that addresses the health needs of indigenous communities especially the Navajo Nation. The faculty member is expected to collaborate with community partners and public health professionals while supporting the growth and excellence of the public health certificate undergraduate and upcoming graduate programs. This position offers the opportunity to make meaningful contributions to improving public health in the Navajo Nation and the Southwest of the US through education scholarship and community engagement.

A college faculty is critical in creating maintaining assessing and reflecting upon a learning environment where academic discipline interweaves with the college mission to support student learning and Dine Education Philosophy....

Description of Essential Functions of the Position

Disclaimer: This is not necessarily an exhaustive list of all responsibilities duties skills efforts requirements or working conditions associated with the job. While this list is intended to reflect the current job accurately management reserves the right to revise the job or to require that other or different tasks be performed as assigned. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

• (90%) Instruction Research and Scholarship:
• Teach a course in the Public Health program
• Support other programs within the school as needed.
• Assist in developing and updating course curricula prepare course syllabi and align courses with HLC standards and/or other accrediting bodies as needed.
• Participate in articulation and accreditation processes for public health degree programs as needed.
• Apply for grants in the areas of research and other public health initiatives.
• Collaborate with faculty staff and administrative leadership to enhance program excellence and equity.
• Monitor national and international initiatives in the field of public health as well as programmatic innovations and best practices.
• Attend professional development conferences and training courses as required.
• Maintain an active and sustainable research agenda aligned with indigenous public health needs community-based participatory research or related public health fields.
• Conduct research leading to publications.
• (5%) Monitoring Advising and Supervision:
• Mentor and serve as an advisor to students in Public Health Programs
• Provide mentorship to capstone and integrated research students train and supervise personnel in conducting research at the undergraduate and graduate levels.
• Participate in committees of other graduate students.
• Supervision of technical staff if grants are developed.
• Maintain scheduled office hours for student engagement and advisement.
• (5%) Service:
• Must be comfortable working with diverse faculty staff and students.
• Service on different standing committees.
• Faculty are expected to be collegial members of their units and to perform appropriate service that contributes to the effectiveness of their units departments the College and their professions.
• Service includes outreach to the greater Diné community to better position the college within the community.
• Support service initiatives at the school and university levels.

QUALIFICATIONS

Education & Experience

Minimum:

• A Masters Degree in public health or a related field.
• Minimum of one year of teaching experience at a 4-year higher learning institute or university level.
• Online teaching experience is a plus.
• Ability to work within a collaborative faculty environment.
• Commitment to advancing diversity and inclusion.

Preferred:

• For teaching of 100-200 level courses a Masters Degree in public health or related field.
• To teach 300 and 400-level courses a Ph.D. or DrPH is preferred with a minimum of 24 credit hours of upper-division courses in the discipline to be taught.
• 3-5 years of teaching experience at the university level; experience with health promotion health education research and publications.
• Record of or potential for collaborative multidisciplinary research especially contributing to the Diné people.

Knowledge:

• Applicants must hold a terminal degree in Public Health at the time appointment begins must provide evidence of scholarly achievement or demonstrate potential as a scholar (i.e. publication record research plans and past current or potential external funding).
• Previous experience in teaching and mentoring successful undergraduate research is preferred.
• Willingness to assume leadership role(s) in response to future department needs.

Skills:

• Effective written spoken and non-verbal communication skills.
• Problem-solving and decision-making skills.
• Oral fluency in Navajo is highly desirable but not mandatory.
• Navajo/American Indian preference is exercised but not mandatory.
• Bilingual and bi-literate Navajo is preferred but not mandatory.
• Microsoft 360 Outlook SPSS ANOVA SAS NVivo or equivalent qualitative analysis software GIS online teaching platforms (CANVAS Zoom Blackboard).
• In addition a faculty member is expected to utilize academic-specific programs for course delivery (face-to-face synchronous asynchronous blended hybrid) and course maintenance (such as grade submissions posting of syllabus etc.)

Abilities:

• Commitment to Diné College mission and to advancing health equity through education research and service.
• Demonstrated understanding of inclusive and community-based pedagogical approaches.
• Strong interpersonal and collaboration skills with faculty students and community partners.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities adapt to change and sustain attention to detail while contributing to dynamic team-based and community-focused efforts.

Physical Requirements Work Environment & Travel:

• 8-5 pm M-F weekends possible.
• Instruction and research are generally indoors but can include outdoor work in adverse weather conditions.
• Weekend and/or evening work may be necessary.
• Travel to other campuses research sites or other locations for outreach events is expected.

Other Requirement(s):

• This position requires driving a college GSA vehicle or a personal vehicle on behalf of the college; therefore the incumbent must successfully complete a motor vehicle training and history check possess and maintain a current valid drivers license in their state of residence be determined to be position qualified and self-report convictions as per College Policy.

Required Experience:

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