Part-time Faculty, Dietetics Program, Undergraduate

Part-time Faculty, Dietetics Program, Undergraduate

Provide high-quality, accreditation-guided instruction in undergraduate food and nutrition (dietetics) courses. Instruction covering key areas related to the domains of dietetics, including Institutional Food Service and Food Systems Operations, Food Safety and Sanitation, Nutrient Metabolism, the Nutrition Care Process in prevention, acute, and long-term care settings, nutrition for at-risk populations across the lifespan, and nutrition related to fitness, athletics, and rehabilitation. Prepare and deliver course content, assess student performance, maintain timely communication with students and full-time faculty, and foster an inclusive and engaging learning environment. Assignments may be face-to-face instruction, laboratory, or online formats depending on departmental needs.

Position Information

Plans, organizes, teaches, and provides feedback to promote and direct student success. Responds to students in a timely manner. Communicates with students, departments, and university officials via university provided tools and resources.

An Institution of Opportunity: YSU inspires individuals, enhances futures, and enriches lives.

As a student-centered university, Youngstown State University’s mission is to provide innovative lifelong learning opportunities that will inspire individuals, enhance futures, and enrich lives. YSU inspires individuals by cultivating a curiosity for life-long learning; enhances the futures of our students by empowering them to discover, disseminate and apply their knowledge; and enrichs the region by fostering collaboration and the advancement of civic, scientific, and technological development. YSU’s culture of enrichment flourishes in our intellectually diverse, accessible, and quality education.

Work Schedule: Typically, Monday through Friday. Teaching assignments may be remote or at various locations.

Location

Youngstown

Qualifications and Competencies

Required Certifications, Training, and/or Licensures: None

Sponsorship and/or Work Authorization Status: Must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.

Minimum Qualifications

• Master’s degree in a health-related field with at least two years of qualifying experience in the dietetics profession, certification in dietetics practice, or current credentialing as a Nutrition & Dietetic Technician, Registered (NDTR) or Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN). Must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.

Preferred Qualifications

• Ph.D. in a health-related field.

Physical Requirements

• In accordance with the U.S. Department of Labor physical demands strength ratings, this position will perform sedentary work.

• Sedentary: work involves exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally or a negligible amount of force frequently to lift, carry, push, pull, or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time but may involve walking or standing for brief periods of time. Jobs may be defined as Sedentary when walking and standing are required only occasionally, and all other Sedentary criteria are met.

Supplemental Information

• Please submit a resume or CV. Please upload all transcripts as one PDF file.

• At time of hire, all candidates must provide official transcripts. Official transcripts must be provided in an unopened, sealed envelope and must bear the embossed or raised college seal, date and Registrar’s signature.

• This position is not eligible for benefits.