[Hiring] Associate Professor - Director, Genetic Counseling @Liberty University

Role Description

Faculty are essential to Liberty University’s mission of Training Champions for Christ. It is expected that a faculty member model a personal commitment to the goals and values of Liberty University, engage in an active commitment to, and experience of, personal spiritual formation within a biblically informed Christian worldview. Faculty should view their teaching, engagement with students, and scholarship as a means to a significant educational end. They should strive to employ a variety of techniques for the development of good learning conditions, view each student as a unique individual, and provide for individual differences, abilities, and interests.

The Associate Professor’s primary role is to teach in their areas of expertise, maintain the integrity of course and instructional programs, and ensure that their delivery is in alignment with the University mission and vision for the student experience. Faculty are responsible for creating an academic atmosphere of mutual respect and consideration for individual dignity. Faculty members may be asked to aid in the development of curriculum in the residential and distance education environments, as well as engage in research/scholarship or creative activity that varies depending upon the expectations of their respective college or school and any additional activities involving service to students and their professional discipline.

Faculty attain the rank of Associate Professor based upon scholarly and professional achievements subsequent to attaining the rank of assistant professor. An earned doctoral degree from an accredited institution in an area relevant to the faculty member’s area of teaching or a terminal professional master’s degree or evidence of outstanding contributions in the faculty member’s professional or academic field is required.

Associate Professors are contracted for 10, 11, or 12 months (24, 27, or 30 load hours, respectively). Release from contracted teaching load is determined each semester by the Dean, per the Liberty University Faculty Handbook.

Qualifications

• Hold a master’s degree in the discipline of genetic counseling
• Have current ABGC or ABMGG certification
• Strong interpersonal, customer service, presentation, and communication skills
• Creative, innovative, and problem-solving skills
• Demonstrated strength in planning, conducting, and disseminating research
• Have at least 5 years of experience as a certified GC (minimum of 3 must be from a patient-facing role – clinical or research)
• Have taught at least 6 credit hours of post-secondary education
• If the candidate has not held the role of a program director before, that person must have completed at least 10 hours of training/coursework in curriculum design, assessment, evaluation, or educational andragogy within the last 10 years
• Have provided fieldwork supervision for at least five GC grad students for a minimum of 500 contact hours in the last 10 years
• Documented training/workshops/other experiences related to:
  • Leadership
  • Professional development
  • Management
  • Scholarly activities
  • Mentoring
  • Academic Advising
  • Andragogy

Requirements

• Demonstrated strength in managing a team
• Proven success working with all levels of management
• Experience in management and administration
• Strong attention to detail, including deadlines and accreditation guidelines

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits, including health insurance, retirement plans, and tuition assistance

Company Description

The University is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We believe it is our moral and legal obligation to meet the responsibility of ensuring that all management practices regarding employees are conducted in a nondiscriminatory manner. In compliance with Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, and other applicable federal and state statutes, all recruiting, hiring, training, and promoting for all job classifications will be administered without regard to race, color, ancestry, age, sex, national origin, pregnancy or childbirth, disability, military veteran status or other applicable status protected by law, including state of employment protected classes. The University is a Christian religious-affiliated organization; and as such, is not subject to religious discrimination requirements.