Adjunct Instructor

**ADJUNCT INSTRUCTOR - VCUARTS QATAR - LIBERAL ARTS & SCIENCES (NON BENEFITED)**

**Benefits of working at VCU**

All full-time university staff are eligible for VCU’s robust benefits package that includes: comprehensive health benefits, paid annual and holiday leave granted up front, generous tuition benefit, retirement planning and savings options, tax-deferred annuity and cash match programs, employee discounts, well-being resources, abundant opportunities for career development and advancement, and more. Learn more about VCU’s benefits here.

**Job Code**

**Recruitment Pool**
- All Applicants**Posting Number**
- req6601**Unit**
- Qatar**Department**
- Qatar Campus, School of the Arts**Department Website Link**

**Location**
- Qatar Campus**Address**
- PO Box 8095, Doha QAT**Duties & Responsibilities**

**Summary**:
The UNIV 299 courses meet VCU ConnectED/GenEd requirement for Breadth of Knowledge

Each section of UNIV 299 focuses on an interdisciplinary "big question" that has intrigued thinkers throughout history and across cultures. As students move from personal to global—and from theoretical to practical—investigations of the question, they will come to understand inquiry as a complex cycle of questioning, gathering, examining, interpreting, comparing, analyzing, and evaluating. This cycle is important for decision-making and problem-solving in the real world..

Applicants should hold an advanced degree such as MFA or a closely related discipline and have relevant teaching experience at the college or university level.

**Duties Include**:
1. Teaching the specified course(s)
2. Developing course syllabi
3. Working with department faculty on course planning
4. Working comfortably with Canvas, the University’s Learning Management System
5. Holding one office hour per week per course taught
6. Providing feedback to students and grading all assessments in a timely manner
7. Submitting midterm and final grades according to University policy

**Qualifications**

**Required Qualifications**
- Graduate degree in a closely related discipline
- Strong interpersonal and collaboration skills and demonstrated enthusiasm toward teaching and interacting with students and faculty within a multicultural environment
- Demonstrated experience working in and fostering a diverse faculty, staff and student environment or commitment to do so as an adjunct faculty member at VCUarts Qatar

To Apply:
Application materials should include the following:

- Current CV or Resume.
- A cover letter outlining qualifications and teaching philosophy.

**FLSA**
- Adjunct Faculty**Job FTE**

**Exemption Status**
- Exempt**Restricted Position**
- No**E-Class**
- AJ - Adjunct**Job Category**

**ORP Eligible**

**Salary Range**

**Compensation Type**
- Salaried**Target Hire Date**
- 1/7/2025Eman Yehia
+974 44020548

**Documents Needed to Apply