Job Description:

• Education. Teaching responsibilities include course assignments in collaboration with the department chairperson, and/or the Dean to maximize students' opportunities for success.
• Scholarship. Faculty are expected to be engaged in scholarly accomplishments at a level consistent with expectations of the Parkinson School and department related to their specialty area.
• Service. Engagement in service to the program, Department, Parkinson School, and/or University is an expectation of full-time faculty. Academic service includes academic advising to students, student groups, participation in commencement, convocations, and events sponsored by a Loyola unit. In addition, service can include external organizations such as professional and/or community organizations.
• Ensure operational excellence for the health science program consistent with the Parkinson School and University policies, procedures, and processes in collaboration with key faculty and staff.
• Teach applied or didactic courses related to the health science curriculum.
• Academic advising and mentorship to currently matriculated students in the health science program
• Work with colleagues to enhance and improve existing programs and develop new academic ones, as applicable.
• Ensure operational excellence for the undergraduate program(s) consistent with the Parkinson School and University policies, procedures, and processes in collaboration with key faculty and staff.
• Articulate a vision for distinguishing the Parkinson School related to educational programs in the specific program.
• Inspire a commitment to excellence in teaching in the undergraduate program(s)
• Recruit, develop, and retain exceptional, diverse faculty for the program(s)
• Enhance the Parkinson School's reputation for exceptional, distinctive learning experiences that embody the values of a Jesuit education.
• Model an authentic commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, multiculturalism, anti-racism, and racial justice.
• Build partnerships across Loyola and with the communities it serves.
• Demonstrate institutional citizenship and leadership.
  
  

• Provides vision and leadership for the undergraduate program within the context of the Parkinson School and the University's mission, vision, and strategic initiatives.
• Facilitates curriculum development, delivery, evaluation, and revision of the undergraduate program in accordance with the Parkinson School, University, regulator, accreditation, and professional policies and standards.
• Recruitment of students in collaboration with professional networks and Loyola University Chicago departments.
• Coordinates admission and enrollment of incoming students in collaboration with internal and external partners.
• Responsible for academic advising and progression of matriculated students through the program.
• Collaborates with internal and external partners to provide students with opportunities for extra-curricular learning and professional development opportunities such as seminars, simulations, workshops, community, social, and networking events.
• Coordinates scheduling and delivery of program core courses, including teaching assignments for full-time and part-time faculty, in collaboration with the department chair. Timely selection, hiring, and orientation of part-time instructors, with staff assistance, are necessary activities for core course delivery.
• Provides input to and works closely with the Parkinson Dean, Department Chair, and key leadership persons regarding program status, initiatives, strategic plans, and pertinent issues or initiatives.
• Coordinates and delivers program completion activities for students, including Loyola commencement, submission of eligibility information, and documents for professional credentialing.
• Represents the undergraduate program within the Parkinson School, the University, and the professional association.
• Provides leadership and administration for discipline or program-related instruction in courses for non-majors and extra-curricular activities.
• Coordinates selected program responsibilities with the undergraduate advisor(s).

• Earned doctoral degree in Health Sciences or a closely related field.
• Demonstrated expertise in Health Sciences or another relevant discipline aligned with Parkinson School educational offerings
• Evidence of teaching excellence through course evaluations, peer reviews, etc.
• Evidence of professional service to the University, professional organizations and/or community partners,
• Experience with mentoring students, faculty, and staff.

• Experience developing new degree programs (on-line, undergraduate, graduate)
• Practical vision for recruiting students outside the traditional methods

1. a cover letter describing your interest in and qualifications for the position
2. a curriculum vitae
3. a statement of teaching interests and teaching
4. a statement of leadership philosophy;
5. a list of references (who will be contacted for finalists only).

• evidence of teaching and mentoring effectiveness
• evidence of administrative and interprofessional collaboration
• supporting documents to demonstrate qualifications not listed in the required documents.

Job Type: Full-Time

About Loyola University Chicago

Loyola University Chicago, a private university founded in 1870 as St. Ignatius College, is one of the nation's largest Jesuit, Catholic Universities and the only one located in Chicago. Loyola University Chicago is comprised of four campuses: Lake Shore (LSC), Water Tower (WTC), Health Sciences (HSC), and the John Felice Rome Center in Italy, and is home to ten schools and colleges: arts and sciences, business administration, communication, education, graduate studies, law, medicine, nursing, continuing and professional studies, and social work. Loyola also features course locations in Beijing, China; Saigon-Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam; Vernon Hills, Illinois (Cuneo Mansion and Gardens); and a Retreat and Ecology Campus in Woodstock, Illinois. Recognizing Loyola's excellence in education, U.S.News and World Report has ranked Loyola consistently among the "top national universities" in its annual publications. Loyola is among a select group of universities recognized for community service and engagement by prestigious national organizations like the Carnegie Foundation and the Corporation for National and Community Service.

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