Adjunct Faculty for Career Management Course-Jefferson College of Life Sciences

Thomas Jefferson University, Jefferson College of Life Sciences (JCLS), Center City campus is seeking to hire a part-time, adjunct instructor to join two co-instructors to teach the 2-credit course, GC 636 Principles of Career Management: Diverse Biomedical Careers . This is a graduate-level course focused on providing biomedical graduate students and postdoctoral fellows with an understanding of the career development process. This will enable them to make career choices based on assessment of their interests, skills, and values coupled with employment trends, information on the range of career paths and where and how to find additional resources. Students will also develop practical skills to tackle the current and future job markets.

Applicants do not need to be from the Philadelphia area because the majority of the course is taught online except for the first and last sessions which can be in a hybrid format. The course is taught on Wednesdays from 5:00PM-6:50PM during the Spring term (January 8-April 30). The course, with a maximum of 20 students, is pass/fail. The required text is Next Gen PhD A Guide to Career Paths in Science by Melanie Sinche. Material is presented through a combination of didactic lectures (live & recorded), small- and large-group discussions, online assignments, including discussion boards, student presentations, and guest speakers. All course instructors participate in the annual review and update of the course syllabus and course sessions during weekly Zoom meetings in the Fall and Spring semesters.

Qualifications

• Master's (Required) or Doctoral (Preferred) degree in related field from an accredited college or university
• Prior teaching experience in course work or workshops (Required)
• Excellent organizational and communication skills (Required)
• Experience providing career guidance/counseling for graduate students, preferably MS and PhD students, and/or postdoctoral fellows (Preferred)
• Strong Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), CliftonStrengths Assessment, or other career-related certifications (Preferred)
• Experience preparing and administering lectures and assessments via online course management systems such as Canvas (Preferred)

Current Co-Instructors:

Lisa Kozlowski, https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisakozlowski/

Jenny Schneider, https://www.linkedin.com/in/jenny-schneider-phd/

Supervisor and hiring contact, Lisa Kozlowski Lisa.Kozlowski@jefferson.edu

Closing Statement

About Jefferson

Nationally ranked, Jefferson, which is principally located in the greater Philadelphia region, Lehigh Valley and Northeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey, is reimagining health care and higher education to create unparalleled value. Jefferson is more than 65,000 people strong, dedicated to providing the highest-quality, compassionate clinical care for patients; making our communities healthier and stronger; preparing tomorrow's professional leaders for 21st-century careers; and creating new knowledge through basic/programmatic, clinical and applied research. Thomas Jefferson University , home of Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Jefferson College of Nursing, and the Kanbar College of Design, Engineering and Commerce, dates back to 1824 and today comprises 10 colleges and three schools offering 200+ undergraduate and graduate programs to more than 8,300 students. Jefferson Health , nationally ranked as one of the top 15 not-for-profit health care systems in the country and the largest provider in the Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley areas, serves patients through millions of encounters each year at 32 hospitals campuses and more than 700 outpatient and urgent care locations throughout the region. Jefferson Health Plans is a not-for-profit managed health care organization providing a broad range of health coverage options in Pennsylvania and New Jersey for more than 35 years.

Jefferson is committed to providing equal educational and employment opportunities for all persons without regard to age, race, color, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, military status, veteran status, handicap or disability or any other protected group or status.