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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. The incumbent will report directly to the Chair of the Department of Community and Health Sciences who will meet annually with the incumbent to discuss the specific assignment for the upcoming assignment year and to review performance during the previous year. The Director of the Nutrition Program will provide day-to-day direction for the duties related to the role of Coordinator, as well as provide input into the incumbent's annual assignment and evaluation.
Responsibilities
Instructional Duties: 85% FTE
Instruction
• 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.
Administrative Duties: 0% FTE
(Restricted to individuals with formal College-wide administrative appointments by the Dean. Direct administrative effort related to specific course/program/concentration should be reflected in the Instruction category, Other Instructional Related. Direct administrative effort related to a specific research project should be reflected in the Research category. Center Directors should be reflected in College or Sponsored
Research depending upon the funding source.)
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications:
Doctoral degree from an accredited institution or the highest degree appropriate in the field of specialization with a demonstrated record of achievement in teaching, academic research, and service. Must meet university criteria for appointment to the rank of Assistant Professor.
Additional Minimum Qualifications:
Five years as a public health or healthcare professional or master's degree and three years of professional public health or healthcare experience.
Teaching experience (may be as a teaching assistant or in another instructional capacity).
Demonstrated ability to fulfill expectation of continued growth as a scholar/researcher. Independent, sustained funded research is not required.
Demonstrated ability to fulfill expectation of contributions in the area of service commensurate with the College's mission.
Demonstrated ability to fulfill expectation of collegiality and participation as a citizen of the University.
Experience with ACEND standards, accreditation processes.
Registered dietitian.
Preferred Qualifications:
Defined area of teaching expertise within nutrition or public health.
Innovation in curriculum design, online learning, competency-based education, or course development.
Experience coordinating or assisting with ACEND-accredited programs (e.g., DPD, DI, FDE, GP).
Minimum five years of professional practice as a Registered Dietitian.
Established record of scholarly activity consistent with practice-based scholarship (e.g., technical reports, professional presentations, program evaluation, applied research).
Experience engaging diverse communities or leading practice-based initiatives aligned with public health nutrition.
Demonstrated ability to collaborate in multi-disciplinary academic or practice environments.
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