Instructor - Business

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Company: Mt. Hood Community College

Location: Gresham, OR 97080

Description:

Salary: $71,790.00 - $121,747.00 Annually
Location : Gresham Campus, OR
Job Type: Full-time Faculty - tenure track
Job Number: 2024-00143
Division: Instruction
Department: Engineering, Applied Technologies, Business and CIS
Opening Date: 02/12/2025
Closing Date: Continuous

Job Summary and Responsibilities/Duties
For best consideration, please submit application materials by March 16, 2025

The Application Process
  • Accepting Online Applications: February 12, 2025- March 16, 2025
  • First review of applications: March 2025
  • First Interview (remotely via Zoom): April 2025
  • Second Interview (in-person at Gresham, OR Campus): April 2025
  • Consideration of top candidates, including reference checks: May 2025
  • Offer Extended: May 2025
  • Background Check and other Pre-Employment Requirements: May 2025
  • Start date: September 2025

Please note: all timelines are subject to change.

JOB SUMMARY

Provides high quality instruction so that each student may meet learning outcomes. Works with the dean and colleagues to improve student learning experiences. Performs other instructional responsibilities as assigned and determined by the dean. Primarily teaches courses related to business including, but not limited to, introduction to business, accounting, marketing, human relations, business technology, management and business law. Provides advising and coordinates internship opportunities for students.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES:
  • Helps advance the role and goals of a comprehensive community college.
  • Teaches a range of community college courses in Business, which may include skill development and transfer level courses.
  • Creates a learning environment for students inclusive of diverse cultural, social, economic, and educational backgrounds.
  • Collaborates with faculty and staff from other departments and divisions to promote communication, coordinate programs, and support student success.
  • Prepares clear learning outcomes for each course and informs students of learning outcomes in a course syllabus.
  • Participates in college service and activities outside direct instruction, such as registration, curriculum development, strategic planning, and educational assessment.
  • Provides academic advising to Business students and others as needed for university transfer and/or career readiness.
  • Organizes and leads outreach activities and supports student recruitment, placement, and retention.
  • Posts and keeps office hours to be available to students for assistance outside the classroom.
  • Teaches at least one evening section per year as needed.
  • Keeps professionally current by participating in professional development and other activities; maintains current credentials or licensures as required by program or accreditation.
  • Maintains active liaison with high schools, universities, business and industry, or external agencies, and assists the dean with program advisory committees as appropriate.
  • Completes instructional duties, reports, and paperwork assigned by the dean in a timely manner.
  • Attends division, department, and committee meetings and in-service programs.
  • Incorporates, as pedagogically appropriate, current technology in classroom, distance learning, laboratory and office environments.
  • Maintains and emphasizes safe working conditions and practices.
  • Complies with all Board policies and administrative regulations.

  • Additional Duties
  • Performs all other duties as assigned.

  • Minimum and Desired Qualifications
    Minimum Qualifications (Education, Experience, Computer Skills, etc.)
    • Master's degree in business administration (MBA) or within 6 months of application.
    • Demonstrated commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion in teaching practices and service activities

    Desired Qualifications
    • Experience facilitating learning in both face-to-face and online modalities.
    • Two (2) years of work experience in any of the following functional areas of business: management, operations, marketing/ sales, accounting, finance, human resources.

    Additional Qualifications and/or Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSAs)
    Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
    • Ability to organize and explain materials in ways appropriate to students with different abilities, levels of preparation, and cultural experiences.
    • Knowledge of and commitment to the role and purpose of community colleges.
    • Sensitivity to and understanding of the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, ability, and ethnic backgrounds of community college students.
    • Comfortable using remote learning technologies, such as Zoom, LMS, Teams, etc.

    Working Conditions and Important Information
    Working Conditions

    Work is typically performed in a normal office environment and classroom setting.

    Any remote work requires prior approval and must comply with MHCC Remote Work policies and administrative regulations. Remote work must be within the states of Oregon or Washington.
    Mt. Hood Community College
    Full-time Faculty Employees Benefit Summary

    The following is a brief description of the benefits offered by Mt. Hood Community, this is intended to be a summary only - any errors or omissions are unintentional. Please refer to benefit booklets, plan documents, college policy and regulations for more detailed information. Greater detail regarding fringe benefits is available in the Full-time Faculty Bargaining Agreement.

    COLLEGE PAID BENEFITS

    Health Benefit Options
    MHCC is a member of the Oregon Educators Benefit Board (OEBB) which administers Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Accidental Death & Dismemberment (AD&D), Long Term Disability (LTD) and Employee Assistance Plan (EAP). The effective date of employer-provided benefits is the first day of the first full month of employment at MHCC, unless otherwise indicated. Available medical, dental and vision plans and rates are included in the tables at the bottom of this document.
    Important Retirement Information: Make sure you are enrolled in the medical, dental and/or vision plans you want when you retire. Retirement is not considered a Qualified Status Change (QSC) so you cannot add or change plans at the time of retirement.
    In order to ensure that a spouse/domestic partner and/or eligible dependent can be covered when you retire you will need to enroll them on MHCC's policy at the open enrollment period prior to your retirement date even though they may be covered under another policy.
    Coverage for domestic partners is a taxable benefit under IRS guidelines. Appropriate taxes will be deducted from you payroll.

    Other College Paid Insurances
    Life Insurance Coverage = 2x's annual salary not to exceed $300,000
    Accidental Death & Dismemberment (AD&D) Coverage = 2x's annual salary not to exceed $300,000
    Long Term Disability (LTD) Approved benefit claims begins after 90-day elimination period. Maximum benefit is 66 2/3 of monthly salary; benefit may be adjusted based on other income received by retirement benefits.

    Public Employees Retirement Plan (PERS)
    On behalf of the employee, MHCC contributes 6% of their gross salary into an Individual Account Program (IAP) with PERS. At the time of retirement, based on one of the following programs, a monthly pension benefit is calculated. Please refer the Public Employees Retirement System (PERS) website for detailed information on retirement benefits:
    Public Employees Retirement System - Tier One/Tier Two Hired by a PERS employer before August 28, 2003 and have an active account.
    Oregon Public Service Retirement Plan - OPSRP Hired on or after August 28, 2003 and do not have active account in the PERS Program.

    Tuition Waiver Plan
    The College will maintain the current tuition waiver plan for faculty members, their spouses/domestic partners and their eligible dependents eligible through age 23. Faculty members and their spouses/domestic partners will pay only course specific fees.
    Full-time employees, their spouses, domestic partners and children through the age of 23 will be entitled to tuition-free enrollment in MHCC courses. Application fee, College Service Fee per term and course fees are the responsibility of the employee.

    Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
    MHCC's Employee Assistance Program (EAP) is through Reliant Behavioral Health (RBH) which provides services to help people privately resolve problems that may interfere with work, family, and other important areas of life. The EAP provides FREE (no charge for utilization) and confidential services to employees and their dependents, living at or away from home, and all household members, related or not. MHCC employees, spouses/domestic partner, dependents and their eligible household members have five (5) free EAP services per new issue, including relationship, family, stress, anxiety, and other common challenges.

    Use of MHCC Swimming Pool
    Full-time employees and dependents have free access to the MHCC swimming pool during open recreation sessions. Swimming classes through the American Red Cross Learn-to-Swim program are not free under the tuition waiver plan or the swim pass. Employees are responsible to pay for the classes.

    Sick Leave
    A faculty member shall receive a credit of ten (10) days of sick leave upon initial employment and thereafter shall accrue sick leave at the rate of ten (10) days for working the three (3) terms during the contract year. A faculty member who works a fourth term in the summer shall receive one sick leave day for each five-week session or equivalent, up to a maximum of two (2) sick leave days.

    Detailed information regarding all Classified Employee benefits are available in the
    01

    Do you have a Master's degree in business administration (MBA), or the ability to obtain within 6 months of application?
    • Yes
    • No

    02

    Do you have demonstrated commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion in teaching practices and service activities?
    • Yes
    • No

    Required Question

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