Mission Driven, Community Focused About | Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science (cdrewu.edu)

Charles R. Drew University is located in the Watts-Willowbrook area of south Los Angeles and was founded in 1966 in the wake of the Watts uprising. CDU was founded to address inadequate medical care in the region and to provide equitable medical education opportunities for underrepresented students.

CDU is strongly invested in the local and regional community. The university leads multiple partnerships and programs to provide equitable healthcare resources in a variety of south Los Angeles neighborhoods.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Develop/modify course content under the supervision of the DUPH Chair, including course objectives, visual aids, student instructional handouts and summary material in the assigned MPH course.
• Align course objectives to the MPH Program competencies, program learning outcomes, and CDU
• Advantage Institutional learning outcomes in the syllabi.
• Select and implement course assessments tools that measure student attainment of course objectives, and program and university competencies and learning outcomes.
• Evaluate student attainment of program and university competencies and learning outcomes based on measurable course assessment tools including the use of assessment rubrics.
• Schedule office hours to ensure accessibility to all MPH students, including working adult students.
• Participate in academic advisement of MPH students.
• Use of the CDU’s course management system (Blackboard) as a repository for course documents, assignments, and grades.
• Serve as a professional role model to encourage students to demonstrate a sense of pride in the public health profession and adherence to the profession’s ethics and standards of excellence.
• Participate in faculty development activities including continuing education seminars, workshops, and meetings to keep abreast of current developments within the profession.
  
  

Other Duties And Responsibilities

• Perform other related duties and services as assigned by the DUPH Chair.
  
  

Education

• DrPH/PhD in Public Health from a CEPH-accredited program is required.
  
  

Licenses/Certifications (if Applicable)

• N/A
  
  

Experience

• Record of successful teaching experience of public health disparities content and assessment of public health competencies.
  
  

Knowledge/Abilities/Skills

• Demonstrated commitment to service in underserved communities.
• Demonstrated teaching and practice skills in the public health field.
• Commitment to student learning outcomes and evidence-based teaching practices.
• Commitment to and support of the CDU and the DUPH missions.
• Ability to work with a diverse group of students.
• Demonstrated sensitivity to students with diverse academic, socio-economic, cultural and ethnic backgrounds, and students with disabilities.
• Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Knowledge of computers and willingness to use multimedia instructional materials and computer-based educational platforms (Smart Board, Blackboard, and the university course management system (Power Campus).
• Strong computer software skills.
• Ability to establish and maintain a collegial working relationship with faculty, staff and students.
• Demonstrated willingness to perform extra-curricular activities on behalf of the program, college and University.
  
  

Compensation

• $7,129 - 3 units, Summer Session
  
  

Position Status

• Part Time
  
  

Complexity

• The ability to perform highly detailed work with sustained attention and care while providing/obtaining information on numerous inquiries is paramount to success in this position.
  
  

Physical Demands

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• Occasional stooping. Frequent standing. Constant walking, sitting, climbing, reaching high/low levels, finger movement, feeling, speaking clearly, hearing conversationally, and seeing far and near.
  
  

Work Environment

• Position is on-site unless specific authorization from the manager.
• The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• Occasionally required to work in confined space.
  
  

Mental Demands

• The mental demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• Frequent variety of unrelated tasks. Constant calculating, interrupted work, a variety of interrelated tasks, and use of sustained concentration, reasoning, judgment, resourcefulness, analytical ability, and ingenuity.
  
  

Special Requirements

• Ability to work effectively with a diverse community.
• As a health professions institution of higher education, Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science seeks to protect the health and safety of the University community. As a condition of enrollment and employment, students, faculty, and staff must comply with the current CDU COVID-19 requirements as described on the CDU COVID-19 webpage. Please visit the CDU Return to Campus website https://www.cdrewu.edu/covid-policy/ or email the Campus Nursing Office at [email protected].
  
  

EEO Statement: Charles R. Drew University is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity. Applicants will be considered without regard to gender, race, age, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, genetic information, marital status, disability or covered veteran status.

Fair Chance Statement: Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science will consider qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with state and local “Fair Chance” laws.