Medical Assisting Professor, Full-Time Tenure Track

South Puget Sound Community College (SPSCC) seeks highly motivated and qualified candidates for the 2025-2026 academic year to fill a full-time, tenure-track position as a Medical Assisting Professor.  Successful candidates will possess the interest, skills, and abilities to help college teams lead the state in innovative and collaborative learning experiences designed to optimize student success.  The effective date of employment will be July 1, 2025, with contract days beginning Fall of 2025.  The basic assignment is 177 contract days with a salary of $77,631  annually.  

• Place student success at the center of all decision-making.
• Engage with students, faculty, staff, and administrators to create a community of learners.
• Seek opportunities for teaching and learning excellence.
• Embrace change, risk-taking, and innovation.
• Respect the richness of diverse cultural values, beliefs, and practices of others.
• Contribute to the technical and general education of students who will apply learning to the world of work and transfer their education to a university.
• Demonstrate commitment to reducing economic and learning barriers for students.
• Demonstrate competence and sensitivity in working at South Puget Sound Community College, in which students, faculty, and staff are broadly diverse with regard to many facets of identity, including but not limited to gender, ethnicity, nationality, sexual orientation, and religion.

South Puget Sound Community College is committed to increasing its cultural diversity with an emphasis on equity and inclusion among its professional staff. A firm understanding of anti-racist policy development coupled with the skills to eliminate barriers that harm underrepresented people is a college requirement. The students that we serve come from a variety of backgrounds. On average, 43% of SPSCC students are people of color.  We strongly encourage members of the underrepresented groups, veterans, and bi- or multi-lingual individuals to apply for this position to help meet the needs of our diverse students and service district. 

• A healthy work/life balance for our employees with the opportunity for flexible work schedules and remote work depending on position and college needs
• Fine dining in the Percival Room, offering vegetarian, vegan, and gluten-free choices as part of our Culinary Arts and Baking & Pastry Arts programs
• The Clipper Coffee Corner serving Batdorf & Bronson coffee and a selection of delicious food items from our baking/culinary students
• A brand new Health & Wellness Center
• FREE Bus service every 15 minutes to downtown Olympia and beyond
• FREE parking on our campuses – permits are not required
• On-campus child care
• Percival Creek, which runs beneath our campus footbridge, provides year-round beauty and views of Chinook, Coho, and chum salmon pass through each fall
• Many walking paths that are marked and on nicely paved sidewalks
• SPSCC promotes wellness with a variety of different workshops and events on campus
• Lots of activities with our Artist & Lecture series, which are FREE for staff and faculty
• Many community events in the Kenneth J. Minnaert Center for the Arts
• Employee Resource Groups (ERGs)that offer an opportunity for SPSCC employees to gather and connect around issues that define them personally, and which affect their work at the College and their professional development. Current Employee Resource Groups include:
  • Staff and Faculty of Color (SFOC) ERG - an employee network that strives to create an intentional and relational foundation for community and trust building across different groups through shared values.
  • The LGBTQIA ERG creates a space for LGBTQIA staff and faculty at the college to share resources, build support and community, and work towards greater equity and accessibility.

Faculty members will work with other faculty, staff, and administrators to:

• Create and facilitate contextualized and integrated learning experiences in Medical Assisting related to identified college pathways linked to career goals.
• Create authentic assessments of students’ knowledge, skills, and abilities in Medical Assisting that measure course, program, and college wide outcomes. 
• Apply multiple teaching and learning strategies that promote the affective, cognitive, and kinesthetic domains of learning.
• Provide online, hybrid, and face-to-face learning with a learning management system.
• Use local, state, and national data and analytics to improve strategies for student success continuously.
• Mentor students regarding academic pathways and the courses needed to reach each student’s academic goals.
• Use a wide range of learning resources, tools, and technologies to improve access and student success in higher education.
• Serve on committees that support the shared governance of the college.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Associate’s Degree
• Eligible to work as a medical assistant in Washington, which requires a medical assistant certification (MA-C).
• American Heart BLS Health Care Provider Cardholder or willing to obtain prior to the first day of classes.
• Demonstrated experience or participation with persons from diverse backgrounds such as sexual orientation, racial, ethnic, religious, linguistic, gender, age, socio-economic, physical and learning abilities, and a commitment to an inclusive and equitable working/learning environment.

Applications must be completed online and include the following attachments:

1. Cover letter addressed to the Screening Committee highlighting your ability to perform the responsibilities and competencies described in the job posting. 
2. Current resume/CV showing all educational and professional experience which demonstrates how you meet the minimum and any preferred qualifications.
3. Copies of unofficial transcripts from institutions of higher education.

Salary : $78