Employment Opportunities

Position Title: Lecturer of Social Work

Salary for Announcement:

The salary range for this position is $53,000 – $59,000 at Lecturer level. The salary of the finalist selected for this role will be set based upon a variety of factors, including but not limited to, internal equity, education, experience, specialty and training.

MSU Denver offers excellent benefits that include medical, dental, retirement, tuition benefit, free RTD pass, and more. For a brief overview of these options, please visit our Benefits section.

Position Summary:

The Department of Social Work at Metropolitan State University of Denver is seeking applicants for one-year appointment contracts as full time lecturers beginning Fall 2024. The department is hiring up to four positions (three MSW primary assignment and one BSSW primary assignment). MSU Denver’s Department of Social Work prides itself on a richly talented faculty comprised of teacher-scholars who are highly dedicated and empowered to support diverse students in growing as social work scholars, practitioners and leaders in the multitude of settings social workers perform.

MSU Denver’s Department of Social Work prepares social workers to engage in skillful, ethical, justice-oriented, and effective practice in their communities. We accomplish this by:

• Educating and training students to work with individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities, including those who are members of historically excluded populations.
• Building community centered and strategic partnerships with organizations,
• Co-creating relationship-centered learning and working environments to foster growth and collaboration,
• Utilizing the NASW Code of Ethics to inform teaching and practice, while adapting to changes in the field and world, and
• Drawing from a vast knowledge base informed by multiple perspectives.

MSU Denver enrolls over 16,000 students, where nearly 60% are first generation and over 55% are students of color. Located in downtown Denver, we are a designated Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI), an INSIGHT Into Diversity Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award winner for 10 consecutive years, and the only Seal of Excelencia certified institution in Colorado. As the third largest institution of higher education in Colorado and the only institution with an open access mission, MSU Denver is a model university for today’s college students. The University serves the most diverse undergraduate student population in the state, as well as the most first-generation students and Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals students. Through affordable, flexible, and holistic education, MSU Denver helps students build essential skills grounded in a multicultural and global perspective that lead to undergraduate and graduate degrees, followed by career and life success.

MSU Denver is particularly interested in applicants who have experience working with students from diverse backgrounds and a demonstrated commitment to improving access to higher education for under-represented and historically minoritized groups.

Responsibilities:

The successful candidates will serve in the areas of departmental need, candidate qualifications and expertise.

• ​Teaching will consist of 30 semester credits per academic year. Teaching may include online, face to face, and hybrid instruction. The successful candidate will take on lead faculty responsibilities for specific courses and be responsible to update and modify online and on campus course material.
• Advising responsibilities include a designated load of students and perform professional advising for students in the program.
• Service work in the form of meetings to stay up to date on Departmental processes related to teaching and student needs is expected. The candidate is expected to maintain active involvement in professional organizations and/or the community.
• Other duties as assigned.

Individuals hired into these full-time lecturer positions will be eligible to apply for our internal Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) Faculty Fellowship positions. These individuals will receive release time from teaching to serve our department’s mission to students and our community with a focus on HSI initiatives specifically. The HSI Fellowship applicants must be currently enrolled in a doctoral program or have already received a doctoral degree in social worker or a related field and have previous teaching, practice or research experience demonstrating a commitment to one or more communities whose primary language is Spanish.

Required Qualifications:

• Master of Social Work (MSW) degree from a Council on Social Work Education (CSWE)-accredited institution
• Two (2) years of relevant post-MSW experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• Enrolled in a doctoral program for social work or a related field
• Previous teaching, practice or research experience demonstrating a commitment to one or more communities whose primary language is Spanish
• Fluency in Spanish
• All but dissertation completed toward a doctoral degree in social work or other related discipline
• Doctoral degree in social work or other related discipline
• Demonstrated experience in teaching about issues of privilege and oppression, social justice, racial justice, social inequalities, and/or diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives
• Demonstrated ability to teach social work theory and practice courses
• Experience developing and organizing college courses
• Experience in leadership in online pedagogy

To view the full posting and apply, visit the MSU Denver Career Website.

Position Title: Social Work Affiliate: All Content Areas

By applying to this posting, you are entering an applicant pool for affiliate faculty. Screening of applicants will begin immediately and will continue as needed. The number of these temporary, part-time, non-tenure track academic positions varies from semester to semester, depending on the needs of the program. As such, not everyone in the applicant pool for this position will be contacted and/or selected to teach.

Position Summary:

The Department of Social Work at Metropolitan State University of Denver (MSU Denver) invites applications for part-time affiliate faculty teaching positions. MSU Denver’s Department of Social Work prides itself on a richly talented faculty comprised of teacher-scholars who are highly dedicated to support students in growing as social work scholars, practitioners, and leaders in the multitude of settings.

We are seeking part-time, Social Work Affiliate Instructors in all content areas across the curriculum. All part-time faculty in the department of social work will work with a Lead Faculty and participate in a content teaching team. When affiliate faculty are needed, they should expect to teach one to two courses each semester, the maximum any affiliate faculty can teach is three courses per semester. See below for affiliate faculty member’s duties. We ask that all those applying to the pool to also complete a teaching preference survey: http://msudenver.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_5orU3EaO9KTQcHI

MSU Denver faculty have expertise in culturally responsive practice that is relationally based. We are actively interrogating and revising our curriculum to reflect anti-oppressive practices while educating our students for the provision of effective clinical social work services with diverse communities in micro, mezzo and macro settings serving vulnerable and underserved populations. For more information about the Department of Social Work, please visit: http://vwpe.tsunoi-toso.com/social-work/

Responsibilities:

An affiliate faculty member’s duties include but are not limited to: teaching assigned classes in person or online by delivering course content to students, preparing course materials and lesson plans, grading student work, providing students with robust feedback in a timely manner, addressing student questions consistent with university, college/school, and department policies, and providing online or in person academic support to students as needed and appropriate for the teaching assignment; providing instruction in assigned classes consistent with the content and learning objectives of the regular course syllabus. They will also adhere to department course coordination and Lead Faculty Model policies; maintain office hours; and comply with university-wide student evaluation of instruction policies and peer observation policies.

Required Qualifications:

• Successful candidates teaching practice courses must have a Master’s in social work from a CSWE Accredited Program, plus two years of relevant post MSW experience
• Successful candidates teaching field seminar courses specifically, must have a master’s in social work from a CSWE Accredited Program, plus five years of relevant post MSW experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s of Social Work (MSW) degree from a Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) – accredited institution
• Five years relevant post MSW or related master’s degree experience
• PhD or ABD
• Doctoral level course work in one or more of content areas
• Two years of teaching experience relevant to one or more of content areas
• Previous experience in teaching in an online environment
• Experience with diverse, historically underrepresented and/or first-generation college students

To view the full posting and apply, visit the MSU Denver Career Website.

Position Title: Social Work Affiliate: Content Areas of Research, Legal, and Policy

By applying to this posting, you are entering an applicant pool for affiliate faculty. Screening of applicants will begin immediately and will continue as needed. The number of these temporary, part-time, non-tenure track academic positions varies from semester to semester, depending on the needs of the program. As such, not everyone in the applicant pool for this position will be contacted and/or selected to teach.

Position Summary:

The Department of Social Work at Metropolitan State University of Denver (MSU Denver) invites applications for part-time affiliate faculty teaching positions. MSU Denver’s Department of Social Work prides itself on a richly talented faculty comprised of teacher-scholars who are highly dedicated to support students in growing as social work scholars, practitioners, and leaders in the multitude of settings.

We are seeking part-time, Social Work Affiliate Instructors in Content Areas of Research, Legal, and Policy as they relate to social work. All part-time faculty in the department of social work will work with a Lead Faculty and participate in a content teaching team. When affiliate faculty are needed, they should expect to teach one to two courses each semester, the maximum any affiliate faculty can teach is three courses per semester. See below for affiliate faculty member’s duties. We ask that all those applying to the pool to also complete a teaching preference survey: http://msudenver.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_5orU3EaO9KTQcHI

MSU Denver faculty have expertise in culturally responsive practice that is relationally based. We are actively interrogating and revising our curriculum to reflect anti-oppressive practices while educating our students for the provision of effective clinical social work services with diverse communities in micro, mezzo and macro settings serving vulnerable and underserved populations. For more information about the Department of Social Work, please visit: http://vwpe.tsunoi-toso.com/social-work/

Responsibilities:

An affiliate faculty member’s duties include but are not limited to: teaching assigned classes in person or online by delivering course content to students, preparing course materials and lesson plans, grading student work, providing students with robust feedback in a timely manner, addressing student questions consistent with university, college/school, and department policies, and providing online or in person academic support to students as needed and appropriate for the teaching assignment; providing instruction in assigned classes consistent with the content and learning objectives of the regular course syllabus. They will also adhere to department course coordination and Lead Faculty Model policies; maintain office hours; and comply with university-wide student evaluation of instruction policies and peer observation policies.

Required Qualifications:

Successful candidates must have one of the following:

• Juris Doctor degree, plus two years of experience relevant to social work practice, or
• A Master’s in social work from a CSWE Accredited Program, plus two years of relevant post MSW experience, or
• A Master’s degree in related field, plus two years of post master’s experience related to social work

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s of Social Work (MSW) degree from a Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) – accredited institution
• Five years of relevant post MSW or related master’s degree experience
• PhD or ABD
• Doctoral level course work in one or more of content areas
• Two years of teaching experience relevant to one or more of content areas
• Previous experience in teaching in an online environment
• Experience with diverse, historically underrepresented and/or first-generation college students

To view the full posting and apply, visit the MSU Denver Career Website.