Job Details

Part Time Lecturer

Position Number: 6386996
Location: Oakland, CA
Position Type: Health - Health Education & Promotion

Part Time Lecturer

About the Opportunity

About the Opportunity

The Department of Health Sciences in the Bouve College of Health Sciences of Northeastern University is hiring part-time lecturers for the Fall term at the Oakland campus. The Department's mission is to promote the health and well-being of diverse individuals, communities, and populations through health care innovations and interdisciplinary collaborative initiatives across all scientific fields, engineering, and the humanities.

Candidate will teach Undergraduate or Graduate courses, prepare syllabi, lectures, course materials, give all examinations including a final exam. They will work under the direction of the course coordinator for certain courses and will hold required office hours. They will engage productively with any teaching assistants and collaborate on course revisions and improvements with department faculty and the University's Center for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning through Research (CATLR).

Positions are available contingent upon enrollment, funding and departmental needs.

Salary: Stipend rates per course.

Fall Term:

Classes: September 3, 2025, through December 14, 2025.

Final Exams: Scheduled independently during the week of December 8, 2025.

Grades due: December 16, 2025 by 2:00pm EST

Undergraduate courses are scheduled in-person during the day, 2-3 days per week between the hours of 8:00am-6:35pm.

Representative Courses:

PHTH 1260. The American Healthcare System. Introduces the organization and dynamics of the healthcare system and the role of consumers. Explores basic elements of healthcare including financing, personal insurance, high-risk status, and patient rights within the context of the U.S. system. Central to this exploration is an analysis of healthcare issues requiring informed consent from patients: patient bill of rights, healthcare directives, and the use of a proxy for decision making. Introduces the roles and responsibilities of various healthcare workers within the framework of an interdisciplinary model of healthcare.

PHTH 2350. Community and Public Health. Provides students with a basic familiarity with and appreciation of public health and community-based methods for improving the health of populations. Explores the purpose and structure of the U.S. public health system, contemporary public health issues such as prevention of communicable diseases, health education, social inequalities in health and healthcare, public health responses to terrorism, and control of unhealthy behaviors like smoking, drinking, drug abuse, and violence.

Qualifications:

Applicants should have at least a Masters in an appropriate field. Doctoral degrees and teaching experience are preferred.

Application:

Please provide a CV/resume and a cover letter that includes description of qualifications and indicates which course you are prepared to teach and preferred term.

Position Type:

Academic

Additional Information:

Northeastern University considers factors such as candidate work experience, education and skills when extending an offer.

Northeastern has a comprehensive benefits package for benefit eligible employees. This includes medical, vision, dental, paid time off, tuition assistance, wellness & life, retirement- as well as commuting & transportation. Visit https://hr.northeastern.edu/benefits/ for more information.

Northeastern University is an equal opportunity employer, seeking to recruit and support a broadly diverse community of faculty and staff. Northeastern values and celebrates diversity in all its forms and strives to foster an inclusive culture built on respect that affirms inter-group relations and builds cohesion.

All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

To learn more about Northeastern University's commitment and support of diversity and inclusion, please see www.northeastern.edu/diversity.

Position Type

Academic

Additional Information

Northeastern University considers factors such as candidate work experience, education and skills when extending an offer.

Northeastern has a comprehensive benefits package for benefit eligible employees. This includes medical, vision, dental, paid time off, tuition assistance, wellness & life, retirement- as well as commuting & transportation. Visit https://hr.northeastern.edu/benefits/ for more information.

All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

Pay Range:
2387.025

To apply, visit https://northeastern.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/careers/job/Oakland-CA/Part-Time-Lecturer_R134441-1