Tenure/Tenure-Track Faculty

UNC-Chapel Hill • Chapel Hill, NC

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The School of Social Work (SSW) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill invites applications for two (2) open-rank tenure-track faculty (nine-month) positions. By applying, candidates will be considered for all available vacancies. Consistent with the School’s mission to advance equity, transform systems, and improve lives, we seek scholars whose research addresses pressing social challenges and advances social well-being through research, teaching, and community engagement. Areas of interest include, but are not limited to, substance use prevention and treatment, gender-based and intimate partner violence, and child and family well-being. We also welcome expertise in related areas that may inform prevention and intervention strategies, including social policy and service systems, economic security, behavioral and mental health, and community-based interventions. Candidates whose work demonstrates strong potential for interdisciplinary collaboration, external funding, and the translation of research into practice and policy are especially encouraged to apply. Successful candidates will contribute to the School’s nationally recognized missions of research, teaching, and community engagement through the development of rigorous and impactful programs of scholarship that advance social work knowledge, practice, and policy. Faculty appointed to these positions will have opportunities to collaborate with colleagues across the University and with community partners, mentor MSW and PhD students, and contribute to curriculum development and instruction across the School’s growing portfolio of academic programs. These positions offer the opportunity to join a highly collaborative faculty committed to translating research into meaningful improvements in the well-being of individuals, families, and communities, and in the public systems that serve them. Competitive applicants will demonstrate a strong record, or clear potential, for externally funded research, peer-reviewed publication, and excellence in teaching. The standard tenure-track teaching load is four courses per academic year, with opportunities for course buy-outs based on research funding, and faculty are expected to engage fully in research, teaching, and service to the School, University, profession, and community. This position has a standard distribution of effort that includes 67% teaching and instruction, 16.5% research, and 16.5% service and community engagement.

Requirements

• Scholars whose research addresses pressing social challenges and advances social well-being through research, teaching, and community engagement.
• Strong potential for interdisciplinary collaboration, external funding, and the translation of research into practice and policy.
• Strong record, or clear potential, for externally funded research, peer-reviewed publication, and excellence in teaching.
• Standard tenure-track teaching load is four courses per academic year.
• 67% teaching and instruction, 16.5% research, and 16.5% service and community engagement.

Nice To Haves

• Expertise in substance use prevention and treatment, gender-based and intimate partner violence, and child and family well-being.
• Expertise in related areas that may inform prevention and intervention strategies, including social policy and service systems, economic security, behavioral and mental health, and community-based interventions.
• Strong record of research, scholarship, teaching, and external funding consistent with their career stage.
• Experience engaging community partners, translating research into practice and policy, and collaborating across disciplines.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the School’s nationally recognized missions of research, teaching, and community engagement through the development of rigorous and impactful programs of scholarship that advance social work knowledge, practice, and policy.
• Collaborate with colleagues across the University and with community partners.
• Mentor MSW and PhD students.
• Contribute to curriculum development and instruction across the School’s growing portfolio of academic programs.
• Engage fully in research, teaching, and service to the School, University, profession, and community.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree