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Assistant Professor Chemistry

Assistant Professor Chemistry

Salt Lake Community College

UT • On-site

$58K - $68K/yr

Full-time

Retirement

Posted 7 days ago

Salt Lake Community College rating

7.3

Company rating: 7.3 out of 10

Based on 19 frontline employees who took The Breakroom Quiz

309th of 535 rated colleges and universities

Job description

Salary : $58,906.00 - $68,527.00 Annually
Location : Various SLCC locations, UT
Job Type: Faculty Full Time
Job Number: 202500673
Division: Academic Affairs
Department: Natural Sciences & Engineering
Opening Date: 04/04/2026
Closing Date: Continuous
FLSA: Exempt
Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States.
All employees are expected to maintain a permanent residence within the State of Utah as a condition of employment. New employees must provide a valid Utah residential address within 30 days of their start date.
Job Summary
Job Summary/Basic Function: All full-time faculty teach assigned classes established by the SLCC Full Time Faculty Handbook for Compensation and Workload and the Academic Freedom, Professional Responsibility and Tenure Policy in a manner that reflects the mission and values of Salt Lake Community College. Tenured and tenure-track faculty participate in teaching, professional activities, and college service.
Under general supervision, the Assistant Professor will prepare and teach fundamental chemistry courses and labs. Faculty member may be assigned to any SLCC location, be required to teach online courses, and may be an assigned alternative work schedule.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities & Knowledge Skills & Abilities
  • Demonstrate a depth of understanding in the field as well as the ability to teach courses and labs in chemistry. Effectively prepare and teach assigned courses according to current best practices in student learning for chemistry.
  • Attend and participate in new faculty orientations and ongoing training as required.
  • Comply with all college employee policies and procedure including the Academic Freedom, Professional Responsibility, and Tenure policy
  • Comply with FERPA policy and other pertinent local, state, and federal regulations.
  • Serve on Department, Division, School, and/or College committees as needed to assist in policy development, curriculum development, procedures, or other matters that benefit the Department, Division, School, or College.
  • Pursue professional development activities and research that maintain personal expertise, contribute to teaching efforts, student success, and department interests.
  • Demonstrate and support professional commitment to Department, Division, School, and College mission and values.
  • Maintain a supportive attitude toward work, students, colleagues, and administration.
  • Maintain timely communication with students and hold regularly scheduled office/consultation hours.
  • Maintain professional communication etiquette with students.
  • Actively assess student learning including administering student surveys in classes, analyzing student performance records, and other assessment methods as prescribed by Division procedures, including departmental discussion and reviews with the Associate Dean.
  • Develop, revise, distribute and adhere to current course outlines, laboratory projects, instructional materials, and/or syllabi to keep in alignment with transfer institutions, and collaborate with the department on shared chemistry curriculum.
  • Participate in curriculum development and textbook selection and in maintaining curriculum (content and pedagogy) to meet standards of transfer institutions and other accreditation.
  • Integrate accessible technology into courses including instructional delivery in online and other formats as they become available and useful to students.
  • As directed, work with the Chemistry Department Coordinator to communicate with counterparts at other USHE institutions in Majors meetings, PAC meetings, as necessary to maintain relationships, articulation agreements, and seamless transfer for SLCC students.
  • Participate in department recruitment/retention efforts including advising potential and current students about the specific discipline.
  • Attend, and participate in, required meetings and events, including Convocation, Commencement, SLCC 360, and department meetings.
  • Promote the mission, vision, values, and goals of the College through inclusive teaching, professional activity, and service.
  • Stay current in field and maintain necessary credentials, professional skills, and teaching competencies consistent with department standards.
  • Provide service to the institution through appropriate participation in academic and college committee assignments and departmental and college need.
  • Mentor and provide formative feedback to adjunct faculty.
  • Serve community partners as content area experts as appropriate.
  • Other activities as needed for the department, school, or institution.

Knowledge Skills and Abilities
  • Highly successful background teaching introductory chemistry courses.
  • Experience with curriculum development
  • Experience with designing and implementing laboratory activities.
  • Evidence of successful participation in college and department activities.
  • Ability to communicate effectively with a broad range of people with a variety of abilities and backgrounds, to maintain good working relationships across the College.
  • Ability to work with all groups from a variety of academic, socioeconomic, cultural, and ethnic backgrounds, and with community college students, faculty, and staff, including those with disabilities.

Minimum qualifications
Master's degree in chemistry or closely related field
Preferred Qualifications
PhD in Chemistry
Compensation Information
• Base salary is for a 9-month Academic Year appointment and paid over 12 months.
• Additional compensation may be available for overload teaching.
• Summer Semester compensation is 23.5% of base for a full teaching load.
• Salary placement is based on credentials, experience, teaching effectiveness, competencies, and internal equity.
• Compensation practices align with SLCC policy and support equitable placement.
Important Information
• Faculty must maintain on-site campus presence to support meaningful, in-person learning experiences.
• Faculty must maintain professional boundaries with all students.
• Finalist must complete a teaching demonstration and submit recommendation letters.
• Background check required; drug screen may be required.
• Official transcripts required before employment offer.
• Full-time faculty receive comprehensive benefits (insert link).
• Faculty General Description available in
SLCC Information
Salt Lake Community College is Utah's largest open-access college in the state. We proudly educate 45,000+ students pursuing degrees in 100+ programs across 8 areas of study, and Utah's fastest growing industries and four-year baccalaureate programs consistently welcome SLCC graduates. Every SLCC employee has a hand in transforming students' lives to strengthen its surrounding communities. SLCC employees work at 8 locations across the valley and capital city of Salt Lake with easy access to the beautiful Wasatch Mountains, world-class outdoor recreation, sporting events, museums, history, and arts and entertainment.
Salt Lake Community College seeks and values contributions from each community member and welcomes new perspectives. A respectful work environment is its top priority; academic excellence and lasting transformation occurs when we can collaborate freely. As an emerging Hispanic Serving Institution, SLCC leads the state with the highest enrollment of students from the Latinx/a/o community. SLCC is committed to serving students and being a model for inclusive and transformative education.
Salt Lake Community College (SLCC) is fully committed to policies of equal employment and nondiscrimination. The College does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, disability, religion, protected veteran status, expression of political or personal beliefs outside of the workplace, or any other status protected under applicable federal, state, or local law.
SLCC is a participating employer with Utah Retirement Systems ("URS"). In addition to URS, SLCC offers several other retirement account options.
This position is subject to a successful completion of a criminal background check.
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