Instructor/Assistant Professor of Allied Health

REPORTS TO: Dean of Academic Affairs

LOCATION: On Campus in Utqiaġvik, Alaska

WORK SCHEDULE: Monday through Friday 8:30pm - 5:00pm

COMPENSATION: $68,333.10 - $90,325.85/year + Benefits, Exempt, Faculty Position

CLOSING DATE: Until Filled

Iḷisaġvik College is rooted in the ancestral homeland of the Iñupiat. As an institution, we are “Unapologetically Iñupiaq.” This means exercising the sovereign inherent freedom to educate our community through and supported by our Iñupiaq worldview, values, knowledge, and protocols. The Iñupiaq way of life is woven into our curriculum, programs, activities, and daily interactions within Iḷisaġvik College and our community partners. 

SUMMARY OF POSITION:

The Instructor/Assistant Professor of the Allied Health develops and teaches science courses within the Academic Division, while also overseeing curriculum, updating instructional materials, and maintaining course outlines and syllabi for all Allied Health Program courses.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Develops and teaches community college courses in Allied Health. 
• Exercises leadership and initiative in working with local, state, and federal health agencies to identify training needs.
• Develops a regular offering of Allied Health courses and programs to meet these needs and identifies instructors to offer the courses.
• Evaluates, mentors, and supports the division’s adjunct faculty.
• Actively assists students to become successful and provides individual assistance.
• Individualizes approach to instruction to accommodate students’ learning styles and abilities.
• Engages in the preparation of materials and the delivery of courses in distance delivery modes.
• Participates in the development of curriculum, prepares and maintains updated instructional materials, course outlines, and syllabi. Completes reports and presentations as needed.
• Serves as student advisor.
• Evaluates student performance and submits appropriate grades and reports.
• Monitors degree and certificate programs and works with other faculty to make changes as appropriate.
• Maintains office hours and actively participates in College and community service activities including serving on committees and task forces, participating in College activities, curriculum planning, professional development, and other faculty-related activities.
• Administers program grants as applicable.
• Complies with College policies, procedures and administrative directives, as well as state, federal, and local laws, regulations, and ordinances.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS/ABILITIES:

• Strong oral, written, interpersonal, and presentation communication skills.
• Ability to interact effectively in a multicultural environment.
• Ability to travel periodically, including flying in small aircraft to remote locations with limited amenities.
• Ability to pass a pre-employment background check.
• Demonstrated professional community college teaching experience.
• Demonstrated successful program development experience.
• Demonstrated teaching experience with distance delivery.
• Demonstrated rural Alaska work experience.
• Demonstrated knowledge in one or more of the following areas: North Slope Borough [NSB] institutions and organizations; Iñupiat culture, language, values, and traditions.
• Ability to interpret and represent North Slope community values, customs, and beliefs for the College.
• Ability to interpret and represent College actions and western institutions to the North Slope community.
• Ability to support Iḷisaġvik College’s mission.

EDUCATION/CERTIFICATES/TRAINING [Required]:

• Master’s degree in Human Services, Behavioral Science, or other related Allied Health discipline.
• Demonstrated professional teaching experience.
• Valid driver’s license.

EDUCATION/CERTIFICATES/TRAINING [Preferred]:

• Doctorate degree in Human Services, Behavioral Science, or related Allied Health discipline.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to sit, stand, walk, use hands to finger, handle or feel objects, tools, controls, and reach with hands and arms. The employee is frequently required to stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and talk and hear; The employee is occasionally required to climb or balance, and may occasionally drive a vehicle. The employee must be able to lift and/or move up to 40 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS: The environmental conditions described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions and the employee is regularly required to work indoors with a usually moderate noise level in the work environment.

BENEFITS:

Leave - 8 days of Personal Leave and paid Summer and Winter Admin Leave.

Retirement - Iḷisaġvik College is a public employer whose employees contribute to the State of Alaska, Public Employees Retirement System.

Health Insurance - Iḷisaġvik College is self-insured and Meritain Health is the health insurance third party administrator. Iḷisaġvik College offers health insurance to our employees with a no cost premium, and $50/pay period for each additional dependent and a low cost annual deductible of $200 for employee only and $600 for family.

Life Insurance - Iḷisaġvik College offers Life Insurance and Accidental Death & Dismemberment coverage through Guardian Life to employees at no cost to the employee in the amount of $100,000/per benefit.

Additional supplemental or voluntary retirement, life insurance, disability benefits offered. 

 [If any questions, please contact jobs@ilisagvik.edu]

IỊisaġvik College is a Drug Free Work Place and Equal Opportunity Employer