Salary: Depends on Qualifications
Location : Florence, Alabama
Job Type: Faculty
Division: Academic Affairs
Department: Interdisciplinary & Professional Studies
Opening Date: 01/17/2025
FLSA: Exempt
Job openings are posted for a minimum of seven days. This job may be removed from posting boards and filled any time after the minimum posting period has ended. The posted salary and/or position title may be adjusted dependent on the successful candidate's education, experience, and unique qualifications as they relate to the position.
Description The University of North Alabama's College of Arts, Sciences, and Engineering invites applications for a full-time, non-tenure track Lecturer position in Interdisciplinary and Professional Studies, beginning in August 2025. The individual selected for this role will serve as Graduate Program Coordinator for our online Master's in Professional Studies (MPrS). In this capacity, the successful candidate will provide leadership in recruiting prospective students, advising, developing curriculum, conducting program assessments, and teaching courses within the graduate program. There may also be opportunities to teach in the undergraduate interdisciplinary studies baccalaureate program. This position will remain open until filled. To ensure full consideration, interested applicants should submit all required materials by February 14. We look forward to reviewing applications from individuals eager to champion our commitment to interdisciplinarity, academic innovation, and student success.
Sponsorship opportunities are not available for this position.
Essential Job Duties The standard teaching load for lecturers is five courses per semester (5/5). However, acknowledging the demands of graduate program coordination, the position includes a one-course release each fall and spring semester. The Graduate Program Coordinator will also receive a stipend for administrative duties performed over the summer.
Minimum Qualifications To be considered, candidates must hold a doctoral degree and must have completed interdisciplinary graduate coursework, with preference given to candidates with coursework in one of the Master of Professional Studies' areas of emphases (Higher Education Administration, Information Technology, Community Development, and Security and Safety Leadership). Previous experience with online pedagogy and program coordination is highly desired. A record of teaching excellence-particularly at the graduate level-is preferred. Strong communication and organizational skills, alongside a collaborative approach to working with students, faculty, and staff, will be key to success in this role.
Special Instructions to Applicants Please be prepared to upload a cover letter, resume/CV, and provide contact information for at least three professional/academic references at the time of application. In addition, official transcripts for the highest degree attained are required of the successful candidate, but unofficial copies will be accepted for the application process. If any of your graduate hours in the relevant teaching discipline are taken from a degree(s) that is not your highest attained, an official transcript of that degree(s) must also be submitted. Electronic copies, if available, of unofficial transcripts may be attached under the attachment headings of Unofficial Transcript 1, Unofficial Transcript 2, etc.
Electronic copies of unofficial/official transcripts may also be requested to be sent to If electronic copies of transcripts are unavailable, hard copies must be sent to: Human Resources, One Harrison Plaza, UNA Box 5043, Florence, AL, 35632 or brought to 601 Cramer Way, Room 226. Official transcripts must be sent directly to HR from the issuing school via email or postal mail to be considered official. Transcripts with a designation of "Issued to Student", or with the student name listed as the recipient will not be considered official. Official transcripts will be required of the successful candidate prior to the start date of the appointment, but unofficial copies will be accepted for the application process.
If you attended UNA, please click to fill out an online, electronic transcript request form. Your transcripts will be delivered to HR and we will upload them to your application packet at no charge to you. For questions, please email or call 256-765-4291 and select option #2. Selecting an option other than #2 will result in a delayed response.
UNA is an equal opportunity employer committed to achieving excellence and strength through diversity. UNA seeks a wide range of applicants for this position so that one of our core values, ethnic and cultural diversity, will be affirmed. UNA is a smoke-free campus.
Faculty Benefit Summary For more details regarding each benefit listed below, please visit the HR website at or click on the links below. The benefits premiums listed below are effective March 1, 2025.
UNA has a fully-insured group health insurance program with , which includes medical, prescription drug, vision, psychiatric, and substance abuse benefits for full-time university employees, and their eligible dependents. The University covers the full individual premium for eligible employees.Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alabama Health/Vision/RX - Monthly Premiums
Tier Employee Cost UNA Cost Total Premium
Employee $0.00 $649.45 $649.45
+Child(ren) $422.13 $649.45 $1,071.58
+Spouse $649.45 $649.45 $1,298.90
+Spouse & Child(ren) $746.22. $649.45 $1,395.67
UNA also provides dental coverage through The University covers the full individual premium for eligible employees.
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alabama Dental - Monthly Premiums
Tier Employee Cost UNA Cost Total Premium
Employee $0.00 $27.54 $27.54
Family $36.34 $27.54 $63.88
UNA provides all eligible employees with basic life insurance at no cost to the employee. The basic life coverage level is 1.5 times the covered employee's annual base salary with a maximum benefit of $400,000. Included with your basic life coverage is Accidental Death and Dismemberment coverage at 3 times the covered employee's annual salary. The provider for this coverage is As a member of the , eligible employees have life benefits available through the TRS. Also, for eligible active employees, a death benefit of the payment of accrued sick leave is paid to the employee's beneficiary by the University.
This coverage provides benefits after a 90-day period of disability. The monthly benefit is 60% of the covered employee's monthly base salary not to exceed $10,000 per month. The cost for this benefit is paid in full by the University for eligible employees and the provider for this coverage is
Retirement Plans
The is a defined benefit plan in which participation is mandatory for eligible employees. Eligible employees are categorized by the TRS as Tier I or Tier II members.
Rates below are effective as of October 1, 2024
- Tier I - Employee contribution rate is 7.5% for regular employees and 8.5% for law enforcement employees.
- Tier II - Employee contribution rate is 6.2% for regular employees and 7.0% for law enforcement employees.
- this retirement plan is a voluntary, supplemental, deferred compensation plan.
- this plan is a voluntary, supplemental, deferred compensation plan offered by the Retirement Systems of Alabama.
The University provide a $6.00 per month credit to eligible employees to offset the cost(s) for supplemental, voluntary benefits. All full-time regular employees are eligible for this benefit on the first day of the month following the completion of 90 days of employment.
- Flexible Spending Accounts - HealthEquity
- Cancer Insurance - Allstate
- Short-Term Disability Insurance - Fort Dearborn Life
- Life Insurance - Symetra
- Accident Coverage - Symetra
- Critical Illness Insurance - Symetra
- Hospital Indemnity Coverage - Symetra
- Vision Insurance - VSP
- Air Evac Lifeteam
- Long-Term Care Insurance - LTCi Plans
UNA provides remission of tuition to eligible employees and to their spouses and qualified dependent children.
Paid Time Off
- Faculty are not eligible for annual leave.
- Full-time regular employees are entitled to 96 work hours (12 workdays) of sick leave each year at the employee's regular rate of pay regardless of length of service.
- Faculty are eligible for paid holidays.
Miscellaneous Benefits
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Do you have an earned doctorate?
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Have you completed interdisciplinary graduate coursework?
03
Is your completed interdisciplinary graduate coursework in one of the Master of Professional Studies' areas of emphasis - Higher Education Administration, Information Technology, Community Development, and/or Security and Safety Leadership?
- No, not in one of the areas listed but in another relevant discipline.
- Yes, in HIgher Education Administration.
- Yes, in Information Technology.
- Yes, in Community Development.
- Yes, in Security & Safety Leadership.
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Do you have experience with online pedagogy and/or program coordination?
- No, neither.
- Yes, both.
- Yes, online pedagogy.
- Yes, program coordination.
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Do you have experience teaching in the classroom and/or online?
- Yes, in the classroom.
- Yes, online.
- Yes, both in the classroom and online.
- No, I do not have teaching experience.
06
Do you have experience teaching at the college level?
Required Question