Salary: $88,849.00 - $99,849.00 Annually
Location : Hobbs, NM
Job Type: Full-Time
Job Number: 2025-00002
Department: Nursing
Opening Date: 02/20/2025
Description
This position reports to the Director of Nursing. Duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:
1. Provide classroom instruction, clinical, and laboratory supervision for associate and bachelor's degree nursing students;
2. Evaluate students enrolled in associate and bachelor's degree nursing programs;
3. Advise associate and bachelor's degree nursing students;
4. Update and revise the curriculum for associate and bachelor's nursing programs;
5. Develop course syllabi for associate and bachelor's nursing programs each semester;
6. Participate in activities of the New Mexico Nursing Education Consortium, New Mexico Board of Nursing, and ACEN as assigned;
7. Serve on college committees as assigned;
8. Engage in ongoing nursing accreditation processes;
9. Participate annually in an academic/professional process for continued personal and professional development;
10. Actively engage in the institutional goals and objectives designed to support the mission of the college;
11. Nothing in this document shall limit the President's ability to assign the employee to various college activities for which they are qualified to address the needs of New Mexico Junior College.
Qualifications
Minimum requirement of a Bachelor's degree in Nursing (BSN) is that the candidate be successfully enrolled in a nursing Master's degree program (MSN) within one year from the date of hire and complete that degree within five years. Earned graduate degree in Nursing (MSN) preferred. All degrees must be from a regionally accredited institution. Candidates must have at least two years of clinical experience and must obtain or have a current New Mexico or multi-state nursing license in good standing. Prior successful teaching experience at the college level is preferred. Candidates should be able to work within a team teaching concept. Computer proficiency required with skills in Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Canvas proficiency desirable.
OTHER GENERAL FACULTY QUALITIES:

• Should be informed and support the value and concept of a Comprehensive Community College.
• Should be informed and expected to participate in educational practices that promote student success.
• Must commit to fully understanding, supporting, and participating in the New Mexico Junior College Assessment of Student Learning Guide.
• Must commit, support, and participate in successful, data-driven, high-impact practices of Student Engagement.
• Must commit to utilizing data and information as a means of inquiry and improving student learning outcomes.
• Must embrace Faculty Evaluation and Professional Development systems that support and promote data-driven student improvement.
• Must be willing to support and hold themselves accountable for the outcomes defined as "excellence in education" by New Mexico Junior College.
• Must commit to incorporating Academic Goal Setting and Planning into the courses they teach.
• Must commit and embrace early alerts, intervention strategies, and grade reporting through the Canvas system.
• Must have a grasp of assessment and the part it plays in course, departmental, and institutional evaluation and direction.

OTHER SPECIFIC FACULTY QUALITIES:

• Must engage students in the learning process.
• Must address multiple learning styles with a communication style that is stimulating, well-organized, and based on a deep knowledge of the content area.
• Must see creative ways to support and engage part-time students.
• Must meet the needs of a diverse student body.
• Must seek ways to provide supplemental instruction.
• Must have open access to students during office hours
• Must promote and support the New Mexico Junior College Academic Success Center and the academic coaching it provides.
• Must have openness with, and an interest in, the students in their classes.
• Must design mechanisms to communicate frequently and often with students.
• Must have a grasp of innovative delivery methods.
• Must seek to meet or exceed the institutional, departmental, and course student learning outcomes.
• Must be of sound character and committed to New Mexico Junior College.

Additional Qualifications
In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification form upon hire.
Additional Information
This is a nine-month exempt position. Salary is based on the NMJC faculty salary schedule, commensurate with education and teaching experience. Annual salary includes a Body of Work stipend of $25,000. Standard NMJC benefits apply
New Mexico Junior College Employee Benefits
Insurance for New Mexico Junior College is offered through New Mexico Public Insurance Authority. High coverage and low coverage options are offered for medical and dental insurance so employees can choose the plan that's right for them. NMJC covers 80% of employee insurance premiums.
High and Low Option - Health insurance is offered through:
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of New Mexico
Presbyterian Health Plan
High and Low Option - Dental insurance is offered through:
United Concordia
Delta Dental
Vision insurance is offered through Davis Vision
Life insurance is offered through The Standard Life Insurance Company
NM Educational Retirement Board As a public educational employee of New Mexico, one of your benefits is a defined benefit pension plan for your retirement. This pension plan ensures you get paid monthly for the rest of your life when you retire! All active NMJC full-time employees must participate as regular members in salary deduction payments as NMERB needs. All earnings shall be subject to retirement withholding. Some part-time NMJC employees may be required to participate. For more information, contact the Human Resources Office.
403(b) Retirement Plan -A 403(b) plan (tax-deferred annuity or TSA) is a retirement plan offered by public schools. This plan lets employees defer some of their salary into individual accounts. All full-time and part-time employees may participate on a salary deduction basis in a 403(b) tax-deferred retirement plan. For more information, contact the Human Resource Office.
NMJC has entered into a partnership with Nor Lea Hospital to operate the Thunderbird Health Center, ensuring that high-quality healthcare services will be readily accessible to the campus community. The Thunderbird Health Center is available at no cost to NMJC students, faculty, and staff. Participants will not need insurance to access limited primary-care services at the Thunderbird Health Center.
Annual CORE (Center Of Recreational Excellence) Corporate Membership is for full-time employees and their eligible family members.
- NMJC offers a campus Wellness Program to promote individual wellness among members of the campus community through education and prevention. This program requires full-time employees to take ONE (1) hour each week from work to participate in physical activity. To sign up for this program, you must complete the NMJC Wellness Program Participation form and turn it in to the Human Resources Office.
Staff Tuition Waiver - A full-time employee of NMJC, their spouse, and eligible children are entitled to a total of nine (9) credit hours of tuition-free credit courses per semester, including course fees. In addition, a full-time employee of NMJC, their spouse, and eligible children can take (1) community education course/offering at no cost per semester, provided (i) NMJC employed the full-time employee as of the date of registration for such class or classes and (ii) the minimum number of paid enrollees has been attained to offer the class.
A full-time employee of NMJC, their spouse, and eligible children are each entitled to one (1) non-credit workforce training/program per fiscal year, provided: (i) NMJC employed the full-time employee as of the date of registration for such training/program and (ii) the minimum number of paid enrollees has been attained to offer the class.