Temp Parttime Faculty: Mechanical Technologies

UNM Los Alamos anticipates hiring Temporary Part-Time faculty to teach on-line and/or face-to-face Mechanical Technologies courses at the 100 or 200 level. This is a continuous recruitment beginning in the Summer 2024 semester. Positions are contingent upon the need of each semester as determined by student enrollment levels and current course offering. Positions may be filled or eliminated each semester up to the deadline for students to drop or add courses. Applicants hired from this requisition will be considered for the next requisition.

Anticipated openings include the following subjects: Mechanical Systems, Hydraulics, Cryogenics, Vacuum Systems

UNM-Los Alamos is a two-year branch campus of the University of New Mexico located approximately 90 miles northwest of Albuquerque. UNM-Los Alamos emphasizes teaching excellence and offers academic transfer courses, as well as vocational and technical courses to the citizens of Los Alamos County and northern New Mexico.

UNM-LA instructors are responsible for all aspects of any class they are teaching including but not limited to meeting with the class during assigned times, content delivery, assignment development, grading assignments, reporting of grades, and assessment of student learning as outlined by the Program Coordinator. Candidates must be available to teach a face-to-face class at least once a week in Los Alamos.

Further details of employment can be found online in the UNM-Los Alamos Faculty Handbook:

https://losalamos.unm.edu/instruction/faculty-handbook/index.html

Positions are contingent upon need each semester as determined by student enrollment levels, current course offering matrix, and demand driven by graduation requirements.  Positions may be filled or eliminated each semester up to the deadline for students to drop or add courses.   Candidates who are selected for these positions will report to the Program Coordinator overseeing this curriculum area.

Wages

Adjunct Faculty in the UNM LOS ALAMOS CAMPUS are currently compensated on the basis of their credentials and credit hour course loads, as follows: 

Credentials                  Rate per Credit Hour
Bachelors                    $848.00-$890.00, depending on experience
Masters                       $912.00
PhD                             $975.00