Assistant Teaching Professor, Biology

Boston, NH - USA

Monthly Salary: $ 75000 - 85000

Posted on: 5 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

About the Opportunity

About the Opportunity:

We invite applications from qualified candidates for a full-time Non-Tenure-Track (NTT) Assistant Teaching Professor faculty position within the Department of Biology which is part of the College of Science on the Boston campus. The position is on-site and includes opportunities for career advancement. The Department of Biology is strongly interdisciplinary and administers programs in Biology Cell and Molecular Biology Biochemistry and Behavioral Neuroscience for more than 1200 undergraduates.

Responsibilities:

The primary responsibilities of this position include teaching lecture sections for undergraduate genetics and genomics upper-level genomics and an inquiry-based computational genomics course that gives students the opportunity to perform authentic scientific research. NTT faculty with appointments in Biology are expected to teach five courses per year and provide one equivalent unit of service to the Department/College/University. This role involves coordination with other instructors organization of computational laboratory curricula and additional course development.

Qualifications:

Applicants must have a Ph.D. in the biological sciences bioinformatics or a closely related discipline prior to the start of the appointment and demonstrate excellence in the following: teaching undergraduate research mentoring communication collaboration and leadership. The position requires excellent communication skills and the ability to work productively both individually and in a team with other faculty as well as interacting with students and administrative staff.

Experience teaching genomics with emphasis on practical computational skills for biological research and developing laboratory or computational exercises that integrate bioinformatics tools with core genetic and genomic concepts is preferred.

Documents to Submit:

Cover letter
Curriculum vitae (CV)
Teaching philosophy statement
Leadership statement
List of three references

Please indicate how your expertise knowledge and skills have prepared you to contribute to this work with written statements addressing the following prompts:

Teaching statement:

Please summarize your past instructional and mentorship experiences your pedagogical philosophy your plans/goals for teaching in the College of Science (including existing and proposed courses) and your strategies for teaching and mentoring global student populations.

Leadership Statement:

Please describe your past experiences and activities and/or your future plans detailing your leadership style how you intend to cultivate a culture that promotes a sense of belonging including fostering a free and open exchange of ideas and managing different perspectives to help others strengthen their practice.

Position Type

Academic

Additional Information

Northeastern University considers factors such as candidate work experience education and skills when extending an offer.

Northeastern has a comprehensive benefits package for benefit eligible employees. This includes medical vision dental paid time off tuition assistance wellness & life retirement- as well as commuting & transportation. Visit for more information.

All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration for employment without regard to race religion color national origin age sex sexual orientation disability status or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

Pay Range:

Assistant Teaching Professor: $75000.00 - $85000.00

With the pay range(s) shown above the starting salary will depend on several factors which may include your education experience location knowledge and expertise and skills as well as a pay comparison to similarly-situated employees already in the role. Salary ranges are reviewed regularly and are subject to change.

Required Experience:

Junior IC

About the OpportunityAbout the Opportunity:We invite applications from qualified candidates for a full-time Non-Tenure-Track (NTT) Assistant Teaching Professor faculty position within the Department of Biology which is part of the College of Science on the Boston campus. The position is on-site and ...