Center for Professional and Workforce Impact Part-Time Lecturer

University College (UC) is committed to expanding access to Tufts and transforming the lives of diverse learners across generations through innovative and high-quality educational opportunities, career acceleration, and community connections. UC's programmatic areas include Tufts Professional and Continuing Education Programs, Tufts Pre-College Programs, the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, and the Center for Workforce and Professional Impact. UC offers a fast-paced, nimble environment committed to providing world-class education to a wide variety of learners.

You can get further details about the nature of this opening, and what is expected from applicants, by reading the below.

One of the defining features of the University College Strategic Plan is a new Center dedicated to expanding Tufts' commitment to social mobility by producing research and providing cross-school educational programming that promotes career readiness and advancement for learners at all stages and across industries and job roles. The Center will expand the existing work of the UC Professional and Custom Education team and be integrated into this more focused and robust effort to build Tufts' reputation within professional and workforce education.

The Center is developing short, noncredit courses targeting professionals with upskilling and reskilling needs in healthcare, public health, nutrition, and societal impact (non-profit) sectors. To aid with this work, the Center is seeking to hire multiple part-time lecturers to design, develop, and / or teach content in the following areas :

• Change Management
• Risk Management
• Financial Management
• Project Management Basics
• Conflict Resolution and Negotiation
• Marketing
• Communication Skills
• Data Literacy
• Data Visualization
• Design Thinking / Theory of Change / Innovation
• Leadership
• Strategic Planning
• Writing (for Business)
• Applied Research Methodologies
• Quality Management
• Schedule Management

Each noncredit course will be in an online format, with both asynchronous and synchronous components, and is anticipated to take 5-25 hours for a learner to complete depending on the topic and level of learner outcome.

Required

Preferred

Interested individuals should submit the following :

Applicants who are selected for interview may be asked to provide references or additional materials to support their application.

An employee in this position must complete all appropriate background checks at the time of hire, promotion, or transfer.

For questions about this position please contact Courses@tufts.edu. Please submit all applications via Interfolio.

Tufts University is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer and actively seeks candidates from diverse backgrounds.

Tufts University, founded in 1852, prioritizes quality teaching, highly competitive basic and applied research, and a commitment to active citizenship locally, regionally, and globally. Tufts University has also committed to becoming an anti-racist institution and prides itself on the continuous improvement of diversity, equity, and inclusion work. Current and prospective employees of the university are expected to have and continuously develop skill in, and disposition for, positively engaging with a diverse population of faculty, staff, and students.

Tufts University is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer. We are committed to increasing the diversity of our faculty and staff and fostering their success when hired. Members of underrepresented groups are welcome and strongly encouraged to apply. See the University’s Non-Discrimination statement and policy here. If you are an applicant with a disability who is unable to use our online tools to search and apply for jobs, please contact us by calling the Office of Equal Opportunity (OEO) at 617-627-3298 or at oeo@tufts.edu. Applicants can learn more about requesting reasonable accommodations at here.

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