Adjunct, Emergency Management for Business Industry: Business Continuity

University of St Thomas • St. Paul, MN

19d • Remote

About The Position

The University of St. Thomas seeks an adjunct faculty member to teach Emergency Management for Business Industry: Business Continuity in its graduate Emergency and Disaster Management program during Spring 2028. The course is eight weeks, fully online, and asynchronous. It examines Business Continuity Planning (BCP) and Emergency Management (EM), including risk assessment, business impact analysis, crisis communication, disaster recovery, and compliance with applicable regulatory requirements and industry standards. Students analyze real-world cases—including Hurricane Katrina, the September 11 attacks, the COVID-19 pandemic, and cybersecurity incidents—and develop a comprehensive business continuity and emergency response plan. The instructor should connect business continuity principles and emergency management frameworks with organizational challenges, preparing students to anticipate disruptions, minimize operational impacts, and support recovery.

The successful candidate will bring relevant academic expertise and/or professional experience in business continuity, emergency management, organizational resilience, risk management, disaster recovery, or a related field. The University describes its commitment to belonging, equal opportunity, dignity, diversity, and personal attention, and expects the successful candidate to support the ideals of its mission.

Requirements

• Master's degree in a relevant discipline or a closely related field.
• Meet at least one of the following: at least 10 years of relevant professional experience, or a sustained record of scholarly achievement demonstrated by at least four academic works, such as peer-reviewed publications, books, book chapters, funded research, or other recognized scholarly contributions.
• Relevant professional experience may include business continuity planning, corporate emergency management, disaster recovery, organizational resilience, risk management, crisis management, operational resilience, or related areas.
• A commitment to the ideals of the University’s mission.

Nice To Haves

• Expertise or professional experience in business continuity planning and implementation.
• Expertise or professional experience in risk assessment and business impact analysis.
• Expertise or professional experience in organizational resilience, crisis communication, disaster recovery, or emergency response planning.
• Expertise or professional experience in supply chain risk management or cybersecurity-related business disruptions.
• Knowledge of applicable regulatory requirements and industry standards, including ISO 22301.
• Applicants may include information about teaching experience, online instruction, scholarly publications, research, or other professional accomplishments in their application.

Responsibilities

• Develop and deliver graduate-level content for an eight-week, online, asynchronous course.
• Integrate relevant industry standards, current research, professional experience, and real-world case studies into course materials.
• Guide students in conducting risk assessments and business impact analyses and developing business continuity, emergency response, and disaster recovery plans.
• Address crisis communication strategies and organizational responses to disruptions.
• Incorporate applicable regulatory requirements and industry best practices in business continuity and emergency management.
• Evaluate student learning through applied assignments and case study analyses.
• Provide timely feedback and maintain regular communication with students throughout the course.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level