Health Promotion Practices Department Chair

Salish Kootenai College seeks applicants for Health
Promotion Practices Department Chair 11-month term
(July off) which includes $2500 Dept. Head stipend

Seeking candidate to expand the public health workforce in Indian Country through an Associate of Arts degree in Health Promotion Practice (HPP) housed in the Health Sciences Division at Salish Kootenai College (SKC), located in Pablo, MT. The HPP Department Chair is expected to carry out the traditional duties expected from the administrator of an academic unit, teaching, responsible for the daily operation, personnel management, and will promote excellence of the academic department within the scope of SKC. The department chair will take a leading role in designing and delivering the HPP degree curriculum by incorporating the 4 Cs of SKC, integrating public health across other disciplines, and developing research and education opportunities to undergraduate students interested in public health-related careers in the health sector.

Successful candidates will have the following:

• Bachelors degree in health-related discipline (i.e., Public/Community Health) or another related field.
• Three+ years of demonstrated teaching excellence in a variety of courses at the post-secondary level.
• Two years of leadership or supervisory experience. Leadership and supervisory experience in a post-secondary institution preferred.
• Demonstrated leadership behaviors that result in making decisions aligned with the Colleges priorities. Encourage team members to perform their duties to achieve priorities. Must possess qualities to inspire the team by; creating transparency in the decision-making process when possible, achieving accountability for decisions; inspiring team members to meet and exceed goals and objectives; identifying the strengths and development areas of each team member and inspire them to do their best work in an effective manner.
• Experience in curriculum design, implementation, and oversight.
• Significant knowledge of or experience in a tribal/community college setting preferred.
• Experience developing and monitoring budgets preferred.
• Experience with learning management systems (i.e., D2L, Brightspace, etc.) preferred.
• Experience in problem-based learning, teaching with an array of distance learning technologies, teaching in blended learning formats and online teaching preferred.
• Willingness to pursue scholarly activity preferred.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Masters degree in a health-related discipline (i.e., Public/Community Health), preferred.
• Three+ years of demonstrated teaching excellence in a variety of courses at the post-secondary level.
• Background and experience to teach undergraduate public health courses, to include expertise in at least one of the subdisciplines of health promotion, epidemiology/biostatistics, environmental health, global health, indigenous research methods, family/child health, health services, health policy or public health practice, preferred.
• Experience working with Indigenous communities.