Assistant Teaching Professor, Biology

Northeastern University•Newton, MA

1d•$75,000 - $85,000•Onsite

About The Position

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 1,200 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 https://hr.northeastern.edu/benefits/ 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: $75,000.00 - $85,000.00 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. Founded in 1898, Northeastern is a global research university and the recognized leader in experiential lifelong learning. Our approach of integrating real-world experience with education, research, and innovation empowers our students, faculty, alumni, and partners to create worldwide impact. Our global university system provides our community and academic, government, and industry partners with unique opportunities to think locally and act globally. The system—which includes 14 campuses across the U.S., U.K., and Canada, 300,000-plus alumni, and 3,000 partners worldwide—serves as a platform for scaling ideas, talent, and solutions. The university’s residential campuses for undergraduate and graduate degrees are located in Boston, London, and Oakland, California. Our research and graduate campuses are in the Massachusetts communities of Burlington and Nahant; Arlington, Virginia; Charlotte, North Carolina; Miami; Portland, Maine; Seattle; Silicon Valley, California; Toronto; and Vancouver. Northeastern’s personalized, experiential undergraduate and graduate programs lead to degrees through the doctorate in 10 colleges and schools across our campuses. Learning emphasizes the intersection of data, technology, and human literacies, uniquely preparing graduates for careers of the future and lives of fulfillment and accomplishment. Our research enterprise, with an R1 Carnegie classification, is solutions oriented and spans the world. Our faculty scholars and students work in teams that cross not just disciplines, but also sectors—aligned around solving today’s highly interconnected global challenges and focused on transformative impact for humankind.

Requirements

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

Nice To Haves

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.

Responsibilities

teaching lecture sections for undergraduate genetics and genomics
teaching upper-level genomics
teaching an inquiry-based computational genomics course that gives students the opportunity to perform authentic scientific research
teach five courses per year
provide one equivalent unit of service to the Department/College/University
coordination with other instructors
organization of computational laboratory curricula
additional course development