Faculty, Instructor Leadership and Management (MSN Core)

If you’re passionate about building a better future for individuals, communities, and our country—and you’re committed to working hard to play your part in building that future—consider WGU as the next step in your career.

Driven by a mission to expand access to higher education through online, competency-based degree programs, WGU is also committed to being a great place to work for a diverse workforce of student-focused professionals. The university has pioneered a new way to learn in the 21st century, one that has received praise from academic, industry, government, and media leaders. Whatever your role, working for WGU gives you a part to play in helping students graduate, creating a better tomorrow for themselves and their families.

The salary range for this position takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs.

At WGU, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their position, and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range is:
 

Grade: Faculty 506

Pay Range: $68,600.00 - $103,000.00

Job Description

Essential Functions and Responsibilities:

• Provides expertise in an assigned content area and maintains current knowledge in his/her field. A Senior Instructor takes proactive ownership in ongoing professional development. 

• Offers thorough, comprehensive support, coaching, and guidance to a load of assigned students, and may include serving a comparatively larger load or complex profile of students based on demonstrated competency and capabilities, as well as serving those at-risk students who may particularly benefit from a partnership with the Senior Instructor. 

• Offers support to new Instructors during initial new Instructor onboarding and new student onboarding to prepare their new teammates to meet or exceed student success goals. 

• Provides peer coaching and training on instructional best practices. 

• Responds with urgency to meet student needs and communicates professionally and respectfully with students and all other members of the WGU community. 

• Offers proactive support and outreach to assigned and at-risk students. 

• Uses technology-based teaching and communication platforms to aid students in the development of competencies. 

• Leads change by innovating and piloting new technologies, products, and processes. 

• Collaborates with other professionals both inside and outside of the university to promote a positive, student-obsessed atmosphere. 

• Serves as a dedicated liaison to other key departments and stakeholders to increase efficiency and clear, consistent communication to benefit their team or college. 

• Facilitates product and process training efforts within their team or college to increase core and product knowledge. 

• Consistently exhibits WGU’s Leadership Principles. 

• Conducts and coordinates peer observation and structured feedback to provide constructive criticism for growth and proliferate best practices across their team or college. 

• Participates in strategic planning activities.

• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Knowledge, Skill and Abilities:

• Must demonstrate a high level of commitment effectively and consistently. 

• Subject matter expertise and appropriate advanced degree(s)/credential(s) relevant to assigned program. 

• Well organized - conscientious and thorough with detail. 

• Must demonstrate technological competency: data entry, email and calendar, word process, and database programs. 

• Extraordinary customer service skills. 

• Strong verbal and written communication skills, presenting information concisely and accurately, friendly, persuasive speaking, and writing.  

Competencies: 

Organizational or Student Impact:

• Accountable for decisions that impact their faculty team and the students they serve.

• Creates or facilitates learning experiences that directly affect students’ attainment of knowledge and skills.

• A go-to person for corresponding teams.

• Actively contributes to initiatives at the program or cluster level.

Problem Solving & Decision Making:

• Works on diverse and moderately complex matters.

• Supports student needs to help them achieve course or program outcomes at the student and team level.

• Supports innovation to improve student outcomes at the individual student or team level.

• Directly impacts team objectives and contributes collectively with the team or contributes directly to functional objectives.

• With general guidance from senior faculty and program leaders, acts independently in executing teaching practice.

• Applies organization policies and procedures.

Communication & Influence:

• Communicates with students as appropriate to the teaching practice area.

• Communicates and collaborates with fellow faculty members within content area and discipline.

• Provides feedback and continuous improvement recommendations to discipline and practice leadership.

• Provides subject matter expertise for curricular, learning resources, assessment development, and material redevelopment.

• Contribute to scholarly presentations and publications within content area and discipline as applicable.

Leadership & Talent Management.

• Serves as team or functional leader within applicable discipline or practice.

• Serves as a source of advice, mentoring, and counsel within the team.

• Supports team learning and quality initiatives and may lead training within the area of specialty.

• Supports initiatives within the area of specialty.

• Displays a positive attitude toward change and supports change management practices.

Job Qualifications:

• Graduate Nursing MSN
• RN licensure or single state license in state of residence (if non-compact State) with additional licenses in WA, TN and other states as required. Please upload your license(s) at the time of application.
• 3 years of relevant professional experience.
• 2 years highly successful practice, based on student outcomes, in the role area/practice.
• Demonstrated subject matter expert in assigned content or practice area(s).
• Demonstrated various online platforms
• Demonstrated ability to work with diverse learner profiles.
• Ability to work a student-friendly schedule (evenings/weekends).
• State and/or federal legislative requirements and/or college accreditation requirements may apply in order to maintain the necessary credentialing for this role. 

Preferred Qualifications:

• Terminal Degree, in a related field and all applicable licenses or certifications. (not required)
• Strong experience with distance education and distance learning students.
• Experience with distance education and distance learning students.
• Experience supporting graduate nursing programs.
• Additional healthcare certifications

Physical Requirements:

Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer.

Position & Application Details

Full-Time Regular Positions (classified as regular and working 40 standard weekly hours): This is a full-time, regular position (classified for 40 standard weekly hours) that is eligible for bonuses; medical, dental, vision, telehealth and mental healthcare; health savings account and flexible spending account; basic and voluntary life insurance; disability coverage; accident, critical illness and hospital indemnity supplemental coverages; legal and identity theft coverage; retirement savings plan; wellbeing program; discounted WGU tuition; and flexible paid time off for rest and relaxation with no need for accrual, flexible paid sick time with no need for accrual, 11 paid holidays, and other paid leaves, including up to 12 weeks of parental leave.

How to Apply: If interested, an application will need to be submitted online. Internal WGU employees will need to apply through the internal job board in Workday.

Additional Information

Disclaimer: The job posting highlights the most critical responsibilities and requirements of the job. It’s not all-inclusive.

Accommodations: Applicants with disabilities who require assistance or accommodation during the application or interview process should contact our Talent Acquisition team at recruiting@wgu.edu.

Equal Employment Opportunity: All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any protected characteristic as required by law.