Job description

About Erskine College

At the heart of Erskine College is its Christian identity. The mission of Erskine College is to glorify God as a Christian academic community where students integrate knowledge and faith, equipped to flourish as whole persons prepared for lives of service, leadership, and influence through the pursuit of undergraduate liberal arts, graduate, and seminary education.

Description

Erskine College invites applications for full-time, tenure-track assistant or associate professor positions in chemistry in the Department of Chemistry and Physics. The ideal candidates will have a Master’s degree, Ph.D. is preferred in Chemistry. A genuine enthusiasm for teaching in an undergraduate liberal arts environment is a must and the desire to create a vision and future for chemical sciences at Erskine College in cooperation with the administration.

Erskine College prides itself on providing a Christian liberal arts education in a small, tight-knit community. Erskine boasts a collegial faculty who develop deep connections with one another. Faculty also develop close relationships with students both within and outside their respective disciplines. Erskine provides a rare opportunity to integrate one’s Christian faith into the classroom. Therefore, candidates who seek employment at Erskine College should be professing Christians who are committed to exploring the intersections of faith and learning with students.

Responsibilities

• Qualified Candidates should expect a full teaching load to include the following based on expertise:
  • General chemistry and associated labs each semester
  • Organic chemistry and associated labs each semester
  • Biochemistry and associated labs each semester
  • Chemistry for non-science majors and associated lab each year
  • Physical and analytical chemistry courses and labs are taught on a biennial schedule
  • Seminar courses for juniors and seniors each year
  • Inorganic chemistry and environmental chemistry and lab as needed.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree required; PhD in Chemistry preferred.
• A personal relationship with Jesus Christ
• Commitment to Erskine’s mission, vision, and statement of faith
• Willingness to offer spiritual support to students and staff

How to apply

To ensure full consideration, interested candidates should complete the online application, which can be found here. In addition, please provide the following:

• Resumé or curriculum vitae
• Cover letter
• Statement of faith describing the candidate’s relationship with Christ and reflecting on how that faith affects teaching
• References (at least three)

If you have questions, please reach out to the Search Chair: Dr. Tiffany Hayden

It is the policy of Erskine College and Seminary to fully comply with all applicable laws that prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, gender, age, disability, military service, application for military service, or veteran status. The institution will utilize strategies designed to assure that qualified persons with disabilities, women, and legally protected minorities are well represented in applicant pools from which employees are selected.

As a religious educational institution, Erskine College and Seminary strives to achieve and maintain a Christ-centered environment. Consistent with that goal, Erskine College and Seminary shall exercise its theological, constitutional, and statutory right to take religion into account in all employment decisions.