Subject Matter Expert & Adjunct Faculty – Strategy and Sustainability for M.S. in Climate Change Leadership Program

The University of New England seeks a Subject Matter Expert & Adjunct Faculty for the M.S. in Climate Change Leadership Program. This role involves developing online courses, mentoring students, and facilitating learning through effective instruction. Responsibilities include creating syllabi, recording lectures, designing assessments, and ensuring alignment with program goals. The position is critical for the success of UNE’s online programs and offers flexible online work arrangements.
Subject matter experts (SMEs) within the College of Professional Studies (CPS) are critical to the success of UNE’s online programs. SMEs work closely with a member of the UNE Instructional Design team who serves as the project manager, facilitates the development of the course, and ensures that pedagogy and content meet program expectations. SMEs receive supervision and guidance from the MS in Climate Change Leadership (CCL) Program and must work with Instructional Design to meet deliverable deadlines set by CPS. The role of the SME in CPS course development is to help design a graduate level course(s) for online students using best practices for online education that are aligned to program learning outcomes and can be delivered by instructors other than/in addition to the SME.

Adjunct Faculty within the College of Professional Studies (CPS) are critical to the success of UNE’s online programs. The role of the faculty in CPS is to facilitate the learning process for online students through timely and effective instruction and communication. Instructors also serve as mentors, sharing their experience to help guide students and ensure they achieve their educational and professional goals. The faculty facilitates the retention of students through creating a positive educational environment, allowing for students to derive the maximum benefits from the program in which they are enrolled. Instructors will receive supervision, collaboration, and guidance from the UNE Online CCL Program.

About the University of New England
UNE is Maine’s largest private university, with two beautiful coastal campuses in Maine, a one-of-a-kind study-abroad campus in Tangier, Morocco, and an array of flexible online offerings. In an uncommonly welcoming and supportive community, we offer hands-on learning, empowering students to positively impact a world full of challenges. We are the state’s top provider of health professionals and home to Maine’s only medical and dental colleges, a variety of other interprofessionally aligned health care programs, and nationally recognized programs in the marine sciences, the natural and social sciences, business, the humanities, and the arts.

Responsibilities

Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) are responsible for:
• Creating or, when applicable, utilizing the list of course learning outcomes
• Writing a course syllabus
• Recording video lectures
• Designing engaging visual representations to support student learning
• Creating interactive assignments, group activities, presentations, and discussion board topics that deepen student understanding and build community
• Designing assessments to measure learning outcomes
• Creating an instructor guide to assist course facilitators
• Providing expert knowledge in strategy and sustainability
• Developing learning modules that guide students through their educational experience while upholding the CPS commitment to student success
• Analyzing best practices in online environmental economics education
• Applying curriculum design experience, including familiarity with backward design principles
• Demonstrating skill in creating learning activities and meaningful assessments of student learning
• Exercising writing and editorial skills, including understanding of copyright issues
• Utilizing technical skills in generating and editing graphics/images
• Collaborating effectively and communicating clearly with the team
• Working independently once tasks are clearly explained
• Committing to weekly check-in meetings with the Instructional Design team and/or the program
• Participating in drafting a schedule for deliverables
• Meeting agreed-upon deadlines according to the master course development schedule

Faculty are responsible for:
• Providing expert and graduate-level knowledge in strategy and sustainability
• Guiding students through their educational experience while upholding the CPS commitment to student success
• Responding to student inquiries in a timely manner, within 24 hours
• Facilitating class instruction by engaging in the online course portal at least five times per week
• Hosting a minimum of one hour of virtual office hours per week and at least two synchronous class sessions per semester
• Demonstrating excellent collaboration and communication skills
• Analyzing best practices in online strategy, sustainability, and leadership

Qualifications
• Experience teaching online in an educational setting, with demonstrated expertise in curriculum development and assessment, and a passion for teaching strategy and sustainability
• Master’s degree in Business Administration, Sustainability Management, Environmental Studies/Policy, or a related field (PhD preferred)
• Minimum of three years of teaching experience in the relevant topic area
• Desire to motivate and encourage students in academic and professional settings
• Expertise in online teaching and a willingness to learn and apply new technological approaches to education
• Experience using the Brightspace/D2L Learning Management System preferred

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