"Assistant Professor"

Assistant Professor

The University of North Carolina at Charlotte recognizes the differentiation of mission, goals, and objectives inherent in the diversity of disciplines represented by its colleges and departments. Thus, the Job Responsibilities and Essential Functions for Tenured and Tenure Track Faculty should be interpreted in the context of the related departmental and collegiate goals.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Teaching, Advising, Curriculum and Instructional Development – Faculty responsibilities and essential functions with respect to teaching may include but are not limited to: subject matter competence, course design, course presentation, advising and consultation, directing student research, curriculum and instructional development, and grading student work.

Scholarly Research, Creative, and Other Professional Activities – All tenured and tenure-track faculty are expected to participate in expanding the knowledge base of her/his academic field by conducting research or engaging in other creative activities as appropriate to the faculty member's discipline. Faculty responsibilities and essential functions with respect to research may include but are not limited to: research/creative activity that generates new knowledge and/or synthesizes and/or integrates existing knowledge, publication, an on-going agenda for research, scholarly, and creative activity, and are expected to seek extramural support for their work.

Service to University, the Public, and the Profession – All tenured and tenure-track faculty are expected to engage in a program of service appropriate to their discipline. Faculty responsibilities and essential functions with respect to service may include but are not limited to: service to the administration and governance of the University, public service, and service to the profession.

Minimum Experience / Education:

UNC Charlotte gives primary consideration to the earned doctorate or terminal degree in the teaching discipline or a related discipline.

Preferred Education Skills and Experience:

The candidate must have a doctoral degree in health administration, health care management, health policy or a related field by August 2026. Candidates are expected to present evidence of promise for contributing to the Department's research portfolio, obtaining external research funding, and teaching. The extent to which the candidate can contribute the vision and mission of the department (https://hmp.charlotte.edu/about-us/) will be considered. Applicants with research agendas in the areas of: healthcare policy, health informatics, healthcare management and administration, health organization behavior and design, or operations management are encouraged to apply.

Preferred candidates will have an MHA or equivalent. Preferred candidates will have teaching experience related to health administration/health policy, including but not limited to healthcare management, human resources, information systems, quality improvement, health law and policy, statistics/decision analysis, operations management and/or can demonstrate effective teaching of students from socially and historically marginalized populations.

About The University of North Carolina at Charlotte

UNC Charlotte is North Carolina's urban research institution. Our campus is located in the piedmont of North Carolina, just two hours from the mountains and three hours from the Atlantic Ocean. A large public university with a small college feel, more than 27,200 students consider UNC Charlotte’s 1,000-acre campus their home away from home.