Employment Opportunities

Position Title: Social Work – Open Rank Tenure Track Faculty

Position Summary:

The Department of Social Work at Metropolitan State University of Denver welcomes applications for a full-time, open rank tenure track faculty position, beginning Fall 2022. This position will teach primarily within our graduate program. Preference will be given to candidates with research and/or practice experience focused on the well-being of Black and Latinx individuals, families, and communities. 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.

We are 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 groups. Our student population consists of nearly 50% first generation students and over 45% students of color. We are a designated Hispanic Serving Institution located in beautiful downtown Denver. As the third largest institution of higher education in Colorado and the only one 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. Nearly 80% of MSU Denver students work while going to school and the University is focused on making sure they have the well-rounded educational experience and wraparound services they need to excel.

MSU Denver aspires to create an equitable learning and working environment in concert with individuals who consistently demonstrate commitment to equity and inclusion. We greatly value the diverse identities and perspectives of our students, faculty, and staff and recognize that in order to achieve a just and equitable society, diversity must go beyond simple representation. It requires critical inquiry and dialogue and a commitment to action. We strive to provide a culture of belonging for all community members to achieve personal and professional success. 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.

The mission of MSU Denver’s Department of Social Work is to provide an inclusive, inspiring environment for undergraduate, graduate, and community education in social work that is value driven, research informed, culturally responsive, academically rigorous, and which links theory with practice.

Duties/Responsibilities:

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

• Teaching will consist of 24 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. Release time can be and often is given to faculty for additional administrative duties within the department. Advising responsibilities include a designated load of students and perform professional advising for students in the program.
• A Scholarly Agenda is encouraged and supported and production of peer-reviewed scholarship is required.
• Service work is expected, including work on Departmental, College and/or University committees. The candidate is expected to maintain an active service involvement in professional organizations and/or the community.
• Other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications:

• Master of Social Work (MSW) degree from a Council on Social Work Education (CSWE)-accredited institution
• Two (2) years relevant post-MSW experience
• Earned doctorate degree in social work or other related discipline (ABD will be considered with evidence of degree conferral by August 20, 2022)

Preferred Qualifications:

• Demonstrated experience related to Black or Latinx population focused teaching, practice, policy, or research
• Demonstrated experience in advance online teaching and leadership in online pedagogy
• Demonstrated ability to teach social work theory, practice, and/or research related courses
• Leadership in advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion through teaching, scholarship, curriculum development, administrative experience, or professional activities in social work
• Demonstrated experience and commitment to anti-racist or anti-oppression social work education
• Demonstrated ability to produce peer-reviewed scholarship
• Experience developing and organizing graduate level social work courses
• Previous teaching in an online or distributed learning context
• Previous teaching, practice or research experience serving within an HSI and/or first generation college students and/or historically underrepresented groups. The University 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 historically underrepresented groups
• Demonstrated ability to secure external funding

To view the full posting and apply, visit https://www.msudenverjobs.com/postings/18393

Position Title: Social Work – Open Rank Tenure Track Faculty (Program Evaluation/Research/Practice Expertise)

Position Summary:

The Department of Social Work at Metropolitan State University of Denver welcomes applications for a full-time, open rank tenure track faculty position, beginning Fall 2022. This position will teach primarily within our graduate program. 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.

We are 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 groups. Our student population consists of nearly 50% first generation students and over 45% students of color. We are a designated Hispanic Serving Institution located in beautiful downtown Denver. As the third largest institution of higher education in Colorado and the only one 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. Nearly 80% of MSU Denver students work while going to school and the University is focused on making sure they have the well-rounded educational experience and wraparound services they need to excel.

MSU Denver aspires to create an equitable learning and working environment in concert with individuals who consistently demonstrate commitment to equity and inclusion. We greatly value the diverse identities and perspectives of our students, faculty, and staff and recognize that in order to achieve a just and equitable society, diversity must go beyond simple representation. It requires critical inquiry and dialogue and a commitment to action. We strive to provide a culture of belonging for all community members to achieve personal and professional success. 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.

The mission of MSU Denver’s Department of Social Work is to provide an inclusive, inspiring environment for undergraduate, graduate, and community education in social work that is value driven, research informed, culturally responsive, academically rigorous, and which links theory with practice.

Duties/Responsibilities:

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

• Teaching will consist of 24 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. Release time can be and often is given to faculty for additional administrative duties within the department. Advising responsibilities include a designated load of students and performing professional advising for students in the program.
• A Scholarly Agenda is encouraged and supported, and production of peer-reviewed scholarship is required.
• Service work is expected, including work on Departmental, College and/or University committees. The candidate is expected to maintain an active service involvement in professional organizations and/or the community.
• Other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications:

• Master of Social Work (MSW) degree from a Council on Social Work Education (CSWE)-accredited institution
• Two (2) years relevant post-MSW experience
• Earned doctorate degree in social work or other related discipline (ABD will be considered with evidence of degree conferral by August 20, 2022)

Preferred Qualifications:

• Demonstrated experience in teaching, practice, and/or research related to research methods, program evaluation, and/or project based learning
• Demonstrated experience in advance online teaching and leadership in online pedagogy
• Demonstrated ability to teach social work related policy, theory, practice, and/or research related courses
• Leadership in advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion through teaching, scholarship, curriculum development, administrative experience, or professional activities in social work
• Demonstrated experience and commitment to anti-racist or anti-oppression social work education
• Demonstrated ability to produce peer-reviewed scholarship
• Experience developing and organizing graduate level social work courses
• Previous teaching in an online or distributed learning context
• Previous teaching, practice, or research experience serving within an HSI and/or with first generation college students and/or historically underrepresented groups. The University 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 historically underrepresented groups
• Demonstrated ability to secure external funding

To view the full posting and apply, visit https://www.msudenverjobs.com/postings/18037

Position Title: Social Work Affiliate/Part-Time Instructor: All Content Areas

Position Summary:

The successful applicant will teach at the graduate and/or undergraduate levels in the content areas across the curriculum, which include but not limited to the following: Human Behavior in the Social Environment; Environmental Social Work; Generalist Social Work Practice; Advanced direct clinical social work practice with individuals and families; Behavioral/ Mental Health Client Engagement and Assessment; Behavioral/ Mental Health Interventions; Health related social work practice with individuals and/or families; Policy; Power, Privilege, and Oppression; Research Methods; Program and Practice Evaluation; Group Work; Family Work; Social Work Supervision; Organizational Leadership; Community Organizing; Field Seminar; Philosophy and ethics of social work; and social work with various populations including LGBTQ; Children/Youth, Adults, Older People, Late Life; Criminal Justice; Veterans; people faced with Severe Mental Illness.

Qualified applicants will be placed in the departmental pool and will be considered for affiliate/part-time instructors beginning Spring 2019 through Spring 2022.

Metropolitan State University of Denver is an equal opportunity employer.

Duties/Responsibilities:

Affiliate/Part-time faculty are part-time, at-will employees hired to teach on a per credit hour basis for specific classes, as needed, usually on a semester by semester basis. Affiliate Faculty are not eligible for benefit coverage under the University’s benefit program. All such teaching assignments are dependent on budget and enrollment. An Affiliate faculty member’s duties include: meeting assigned classes (day, evening or weekend as needed) for delivery of on campus, hybrid, and/or on-line content (dependent on delivery methods of assigned class) and comply with all University, College, School, and/or Department policies; providing instruction in assigned classes consistent with the content and learning objectives of the regular course syllabus and, if appropriate, with Department course coordination policies; being available, either face to face or electronically, to students in assigned classes to provide additional academic support as needed and appropriate for the teaching assignment; and complying with University-wide student evaluation of instruction policies and peer observation policies.

Occasional meetings with faculty teaching in the same content area may be required before, during, and after semesters. The instructor is required to provide feedback on student’s assignments and assessments (including writing and critical thinking abilities) on a timely basis.

Required Qualifications:

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

Preferred Qualifications:

• Five years relevant post-MSW practice experience in the related content area
• 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 https://www.msudenverjobs.com/postings/11488

Position Title: Social Work Affiliate/Part-Time Instructor Position / Content Area: Legal

Position Summary:

The successful applicant will teach at the graduate and/or undergraduate levels in the research content area, which includes: legal issues relevant to social work practice.

The University 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 groups.

Metropolitan State University of Denver is an equal opportunity employer.

Duties/Responsibilities:

Affiliate/Part-time faculty are part-time, at-will employees hired to teach on a per credit hour basis for specific classes, as needed, usually on a semester by semester basis. Affiliate Faculty are not eligible for benefit coverage under the University’s benefit program. All such teaching assignments are dependent on budget and enrollment. An Affiliate faculty member’s duties include: meeting assigned classes (day, evening or weekend as needed) for delivery of on campus, hybrid, and/or on-line content and comply with all University, College, School, and/or Department policies; providing instruction in assigned classes consistent with the content and learning objectives of the regular course syllabus and, if appropriate, with Department course coordination policies; being available, either face to face or electronically, to students in assigned classes to provide additional academic support as needed and appropriate for the teaching assignment; and complying with University-wide student evaluation of instruction policies and peer observation policies. Occasional meetings with faculty teaching in the same content area may be required before, during, and after semesters. The instructor is required to provide feedback on student’s assignments and assessments (including writing and critical thinking abilities) on a timely basis.

Required Qualifications:

• Juris Doctor (JD) degree and two years of experience relevant to social work practice or
• Master of Social Work (MSW) degree from a Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) accredited institution and two years of relevant post-MSW Social Work Practice experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master of Social Work (MSW) degree from a Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) accredited institution
• Five years relevant post-MSW 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 https://www.msudenverjobs.com/postings/11487

Position Title: Event Planning Specialist

Position Summary:

The Event Planning Specialist will partner with departmental leads to devise and run imaginative events (both live audience and video) to inspire, excite, and activate participants attending a variety of Department of Social Work events that are both student and community facing. The purpose of this 100% grant funded position is to support grant related goals. The position activities will bolster the Department’s ability to sustain the goals of the grant activities. While this position is part of the OSWSS team, it will initially be supervised by the Chair of the Department to establish and integrate various event planning needs from leads including community facing and student events involving the department’s graduate program, undergraduate program, Office of Field Education, OSWSS-OF and externally funded projects. Once the position is well established, the position will report to the Associate Director of Operations and Finance on the OSWSS team.

The Event Planning Specialist is responsible for overseeing tasks throughout the event planning process. Duties include coordinating each stage of the process from the first planning meeting with leads within the department to the day of the event, including meeting with vendors at the venue location to help with set-up, running errands for supplies and decorations, and post event wrap-up and working with staff to ensure the completion of a successful event. The duties and responsibilities will vary and center on planning and managing events of varying sizes and purposes. The Event Planning Specialist will bring expertise to ensure the logistics are executed well, the event runs smoothly and in line with the lead’s vision/goals, and the budget is adhered to. The Event Planning Specialist will be high energy, fun, and creative. The Specialist must also be detail-oriented and a self-starter in order to support a large department with multiple small- and large-scale events where innovation is strongly valued. The Event Planning Specialist will work with departmental leads to identify event vision and goals and be results-focused to ensure outcomes are met.

MSU Denver aspires to create an equitable learning and working environment in concert with individuals who consistently demonstrate commitment to equity and inclusion. We greatly value the diverse identities and perspectives of our students, faculty, and staff and recognize that in order to achieve a just and equitable society, diversity must go beyond simple representation. It requires critical inquiry and dialogue and a commitment to action. We strive to provide a culture of belonging for all community members to achieve personal and professional success. 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. Our student population consists of nearly 50% first generation students and over 45% students of color. We are a designated Hispanic Serving Institution located in downtown Denver. As the third largest institution of higher education in Colorado and the only one 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.

The MSU Denver Department of Social Work’s Mission is to provide an inclusive, inspiring environment for undergraduate, graduate, and community education in social work that is value driven, research informed, culturally responsive, academically rigorous, and which links theory with practice.

OSWSS Summary
The Department of Social Work is a rapidly growing academic unit consisting of undergraduate and graduate education and includes the Master of Social Work (MSW) Program, Bachelor of Science in Social Work (BSSW) Program, the Office of Field Education, and the Office of Social Work Student Services, Operations & Finance (OSWSS), and multiple externally funded projects. The OSWSS is a team committed to improving access to a high-quality education for a diverse group of fully online and on campus students and provides innovative programming to support over 900 enrolled students and more than 1,200 prospective students each day, over 7 million in funds, 42 full-time faculty/staff, and over 60 part-time faculty.

OSWSS-OF Vision Statement
Our vision is to change the higher education landscape – removing barriers and leading with innovative student support and business practices – so that everyone has access to the highest-quality and affordable education.

OSWSS-OF Mission Statement
From first contact through alumni engagement, we take a dynamic approach to holistic student services by providing intentional support to increase accessibility, enhance the student experience, and promote the success of our diverse student body. Our innovative business approach integrates enrollment management with budget and administrative practices – advancing the position of the Department of Social Work’s students, faculty, and staff by optimizing resources and ensuring students are central to decision-making and strategic planning.

Duties/Responsibilities:

Event Coordination (90%)

• Assist lead department member or committee with concept design, planning, logistics and execution of on-site events, video and multimedia events
• Devise and execute creative marketing and communications strategies customized to the target audience
• Establish and maintain relationships with vendors and venues
• Plan event details and aspects, including seating, dining and guests
• Create reliable financial reports and collect payments on time
• Remain under budget with all costs
• Manage events and address potential problems that may arise
• Plan for potential scenarios that could impact the integrity of the event
• Maintain a working knowledge of the complex needs of a wide variety of events

Other Duties as Assigned (10%)

Required Qualifications:

• Experience with Microsoft Office programs such as Powerpoint, Excel, and Word
• Experience with InDesign (or other image production tool)
• Basic understanding of multimedia and AV equipment and other event tech (apps, booth technology) used for events
• Strong organizational skills, goal and deadline oriented
• Strong communications skills. Able to articulate ideas easily, express self fluidly and capture others’ ideas even more easily
• A demonstration of strong writing skills

Successful applicants will ensure their resumes clearly demonstrate that their work experience describes how they meet all required qualifications.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 2 or more years’ experience as an event coordinator in community based, higher education, health care or nonprofit settings
• 2 or more years’ experience with marketing strategy
• 2 or more years’ experience with marketing communications
• 2 or more years’ experience with event online coordination
• 2 or more years’ experience with event/live event coordination
• A strong interest in typical and emerging media and communications platforms
• A strong interest in MSU Denver and its Department of Social Work mission

To view the full posting and apply, visit https://www.msudenverjobs.com/postings/18431