Job Abstract

DEPARTMENT: 100 – Academics / STATUS: Part-Time / CLASSIFICATION: Non-Exempt / RANK: Faculty rank depends upon degree and experience / LAST UPDATED: Spring 2023

Life Pacific University (LPU) seeks candidates for an adjunct faculty position in the Department of Business & Management in the School of Arts and Sciences. The department hosts the Online MBA Program The department also hosts the BA in Business Administration and Online BA in Organizational Management. For 100 years Life Pacific University has educated a diverse student body for service to God in the Church, the workplace, and the world. The University is looking for faculty members who shares this mission and have a heart to serve our student.

The program is on online, and the faculty member will not be expected to be physically present to teach in San Dimas. Compensation depends upon degree and experience.

GENERAL DESCRIPTION

The Department of Business & Management is seeking applications for adjunct faculty to teach graduate online MBA courses in the following areas:

1. Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Creativity
2. Leadership & Group Dynamics
3. Marketing Strategy
4. Project Management
5. For-Profit & Non-Profit Management
6. Financial Management
7. Management Information Systems
8. Managerial Use of Accounting Data
9. Economic Analysis for Management
10. Labor and Employment Law

ESSENTIAL DUTIES

• Work with department chair as part of the MBA teaching team
• Design online course curriculum, time to task worksheet, and corresponding Learning Management System (LMS) course experience
• Prepare lectures and class activities for weekly class sessions
• Connect with students and provide prompt communication and feedback when needed
• Commit to teaching the weekly online sessions and interacting with the students
• Grade papers/assignments as needed
• Prepare Moodle LMS experience for students
• Attend one online faculty meeting per semester
• Make improvements to the course as needed

Provide student success progress report to the Registrar’s Office for at-risk students

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

• Terminal degree in a business-related discipline (or a closely related discipline). ABDs will be considered.
• 3-5 years of work experience in business/industry at a management level
• Experience teaching at the college level is preferred
• Excellent communication skills and writing ability.
• Committed to establishing and maintaining positive relationships with students, faculty, and staff, and the general constituency of Life Pacific University.
• Demonstrated Christian faith consistent with Life Pacific University commitment to The Foursquare Church Denomination. Faculty must align to our Pentecostal/Charismatic and Wesleyan Arminian stance (must be able to sign Life Pacific’s Statement of Faith and align with its position on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity).

This job description does not contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities required of the employee and is subject to revision when necessary.

Candidates must be Christian believers holding a Pentecostal/charismatic perspective and will be required to adhere to the University’s statement of faith and mission.

No person shall be denied employment at Life Pacific University on the basis of gender, race or ethnicity, national origin or ancestry, age, marital status, pregnancy, medical condition, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected classification, except as may be permitted by law.