Assistant Professor Term (School of Public Health / Health Mgmt & Sys. Sci)

Department:

Hlth Mgmt & Systems Sci-JM

Location:

Health Sciences Center

Time Type:

Full time

Worker Type:

Regular Term (Fixed Term)

Job Req Id:

R107510

Position Description:

Job Description

The University of Louisville School of Public Health & Information Sciences (SPHIS) seeks candidates for a full-time, term faculty position at the assistant professor level with an appointment in the Department of Health Management and Systems Sciences (HMSS).

Preferred Qualifications

• The successful candidate will have completed doctoral studies in health administration (or a directly related field) and demonstrate a clear capacity to effectively develop health organization leaders to serve competently, applying principles of population health management.
• The candidate hired will maintain a faculty appointment within HMSS, providing teaching, academic advising, career counseling, and service primarily for the department’s CAHME-accredited, US News-nationally ranked Master of Science in Health Administration (MSHA) program in both on-campus and online classroom delivery.
• The preferred applicant should be academically and/or professionally qualified to teach various courses in healthcare management, specifically within the MSHA curriculum.
• The ideal candidate should have experience as a practitioner of healthcare management, having successfully served in leadership and management roles within healthcare organizations, and/or earned board certification as a healthcare executive.

Established in 2002, SPHIS distinguished itself among schools of public health as one that integrates how information about the public’s health is acquired, evaluated, acted upon, and disseminated, as well as subsequent impacts on public health. The University of Louisville MSHA program has been serving students as a CAHME-accredited, nationally ranked program since 2018. MSHA students have achieved national, regional, and state acclaim, including selection for competitive administrative fellowships, national case study competitions, graduate essay contests, and scholarships. The MSHA program is growing, team achievement-focused, and dedicated to program values of Caring, Altruism, Responsibility, Dedication, and Service-orientation (CARDS).

Louisville, Kentucky, is a vibrant healthcare community and an incredible learning environment to serve as a training and educational center for the development of competent leaders in the healthcare field. The University of Louisville exists as both a provider and partner among multiple health systems, health organizations, and professional healthcare organizations, aiming to enhance levels of population health and to utilize resources to serve communities with quality healthcare effectively.

Please provide a cover letter detailing the candidate’s teaching experience, leadership development, and other relevant experience, curriculum vitae, and three references.

Equal Employment Opportunity

The University of Louisville is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. The University strives to provide equal employment opportunity on the basis of merit and without unlawful discrimination on the basis of race, sex, age, color, national origin, ethnicity, creed, religion, disability, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, veteran status, marital status, or pregnancy. In accordance with the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Vietnam Era Veteran Readjustment Act of 1974, the University prohibits job discrimination of individuals with disabilities, Vietnam era veterans, qualified special disabled veterans, recently separated veterans, and other protected veterans. The University acknowledges its obligations to ensure affirmative steps are taken to ensure equal employment opportunities for all employees and applicants for employment. It is the policy of the University that no employee or applicant for employment be subject to unlawful discrimination in terms of recruitment, hiring, promotion, contract, contract renewal, tenure, compensation, benefits, and/or working conditions. No employee or applicant for employment is required to endorse or condemn a specific ideology, political viewpoint, or social viewpoint to be eligible for hiring, contract renewal, tenure, or promotion.

Assistance And Accommodations

Computers are available for application submission at the Human Resources Department located at 215 Central Avenue, Ste 205 - Louisville, Kentucky 40208.

If you require assistance or accommodation with our online application process, please contact us by email at employment@louisville.edu or by phone 502-852-6258.