Assistant Professor, Nutrition
Job Description
The incumbent will serve as a full-time, non-tenure earning faculty position in the Practice Pathway in the Department of Community and Health Sciences. As a ranked professorial faculty position at USF, the incumbent will have teaching, scholarship, and service responsibilities. In addition, the incumbent will serve as Coordinator of the COPH Nutrition Program responsible for providing day-to-day instructional leadership, program coordination, and administrative support for the growing Nutrition Program.
Responsibilities
Instructional Duties: 85% FTE
- Develop and teach on-line and in-class courses related to the Nutrition Program; participate in college-wide teaching initiatives.
- Contribute to USF Health interprofessional education programs.
- Collaborate in teaching with faculty in other Colleges in USF Health and the University.
- Advise MPH, MSPH and doctoral students.
- Serve on thesis and doctoral committees as appropriate.
Program Coordinator
- Assist with curriculum development, revision, sequencing, and alignment across undergraduate and graduate nutrition offerings.
- Support preparation and maintenance of materials needed for accreditation or external review (e.g., syllabi, assessment plans, competency mapping, workforce development tracking).
- Collaborate with faculty across USF to recruit and retain students in the Nutrition Program.
- Contribute to development of student advising materials, webpages, recruitment collateral, and program communications.
- Serve on the Nutrition Program Admissions Committee and assist with application review and student onboarding.
- Support continuous quality improvement processes for coursework, student outcomes, and program performance.
- Provide operational support for program events, outreach, community engagement, and professional development initiatives.
Research/Scholarship Duties: 5% FTE
Contribute to the scholarly literature through publication in peer-reviewed journals, presentations and active translation to the field. Collaborate with faculty across the College, USF Health, and USF to participate in translational research initiatives. Independent, sustained funded research is not required.
Service Duties: 10% FTE
Engage in service activities at the department, college, university, community and professional levels. Serve on faculty governance committees, special work groups, or other college and university committees. Participate at the national and state level in professional organizations and activities. Contribute to the community through service related to professional and other expertise.
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