Doctoral Dissertation Mentor

Title: Online Doctoral Dissertation Mentor (Spiritual Formation) - Online School of Divinity

Location:

Remote

Part time

job requisition id R0008809

Job Description:

Adjuncts are essential to Liberty University’s mission of Training Champions for Christ. It is expected that ‎‎‎‎‎‎an adjunct member models a personal commitment to the goals and values of Liberty University, engage ‎‎‎‎‎‎in an active commitment to, and experience of, personal spiritual formation within a biblically informed ‎‎‎‎‎‎Christian worldview. Adjuncts should view their teaching, engagement with students, and scholarship as a ‎‎‎‎means to a significant educational ‎‎end. They should strive to employ a variety of techniques for the ‎‎‎‎development of good learning ‎‎conditions, view each student as a unique individual, and insofar as it is ‎‎‎‎possible, provide for individual ‎‎differences, abilities, and interests. ‎

Essential Functions and Responsibilities

Faculty and Curriculum:

• Emphasize and model excellence in teaching and learning.

• Distribute departmental communication in accordance with established guidelines.

• Ensure instruction is based in or defensible before the academic community, that personal views are so identified, and that it is compatible with the University’s Christian worldview, as reflected in the doctrinal statement.

• Seek to develop faculty that encourage independent thinking in students and critical discussion of differing points of view as they pertain to the issues of each course.

• Encourage excellence in students with appropriate course requirements.

• Provide appropriate evaluations of student progress through grading and consultation.

• Supervise, mentor, and provide support and direction for up to 30 online faculty members, acting as liaison between faculty and Online Chair.

• Analyze course and faculty performance in alignment with scope and mission of curriculum and student experience, informing the Online Chair of any concerns regarding course content.

• Provide portfolio evaluations of faculty during the fall or spring semester, with qualitative evaluations each semester which are used to provide guidance and mentoring of online faculty.

• Share concerns regarding online faculty performance with the Online Chair, mentoring faculty members when concerns arise.

• Review and use the Faculty Assessment Report to mentor online faculty and conduct ongoing assessment of their compliance with established course instruction guidelines.

• Assist online faculty with conflict resolution with students, as needed.

• Investigate student appeals and provide recommendation to Online Chair.

• Fulfill contracted teaching assignment by the end of the academic year.

Administrative and Financial Affairs:

• Weekly e-mail and phone communication with online faculty, including reminders of administrative deadlines and directives, as well as providing guidance and encouragement.

• Assist with communicating new policies and procedures to online faculty.

• Be available to respond to questions from cohort within 24 hours.

• Attend Instructional Mentor meetings via conference call.

• Other duties as assigned.

Participate in University Service:

• May periodically serve on one or more of the following types of University, College/School, or departmental committees: Faculty Senate, Faculty Senate Organizational Committees, Graduate Senate, Undergraduate Administrative and Curriculum Council, Graduate Administrative and Curriculum Council, school/department, and/or special committees.

• Attend special University events, including faculty orientation, baccalaureate and commencement exercises, team building exercises, etc.

• Periodically work on special projects and assignments, contributing to the overall report.

Spiritual Leadership:

• Encourage a commitment to the Christian life, one of personal integrity, sensitivity to the needs of others, social responsibility, and active communication of the Christian faith, and, as it is lived out, a life that leads people to Jesus Christ as the Lord of the universe and their own personal Savior.

• Support and foster Liberty University’s doctrinal beliefs.

• Support and foster the spiritual development of faculty, staff, and students, ensuring that Christian values remain the focus of our mission and purpose at Liberty University.

Supervisory Responsibilities

None

Qualifications and Education Requirements

Minimum Education and Experience Qualifications:

Applicants must have 5+ years of experience in pastoral and/or Christian ministry with an emphasis on Spiritual Formation. In addition, Applicants must possess a PhD, EdD, or ThM and one of the following degrees from an accredited institution:

• Spiritual Formation

• Christian Ministries

• Theological Studies

• Practical Theology

• Theological Education

Other Qualifications

• Exemplary interpersonal, customer service, presentation, and communication skills

• Creative, innovative, and problem-solving skills required.

• Proven organizational skills and ability to complete assignments timely and accurately with minimal supervision.

• Proficiency in MS Office, LMS, and the Internet.

• Able to obtain and maintain licenses if applicable as required by state or accrediting commissions.

• Demonstrated strengths in teaching at the college level is essential.

• Applications for consideration will only be accepted via Liberty University’s online application process.

Target Hire Date 2025-11-03

Time Type Part time

The University is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We believe it is our moral and legal obligation to meet the responsibility of ensuring that all management practices regarding employees are conducted in a nondiscriminatory manner. In compliance with Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, and other applicable federal and state statutes, all recruiting, hiring, training, and promoting for all job classifications will be administered without regard to race, color, ancestry, age, sex, national origin, pregnancy or childbirth, disability, military veteran status or other applicable status protected by law, including state of employment protected classes. It is, therefore, our policy and intention to evaluate all employees and prospective employees strictly according to the requirements of the job. All personnel related activities such as compensation, benefits, transfers, job classification, assignments, working conditions, educational assistance, terminations, layoffs, and return from layoffs, and all other terms, conditions and privileges of employment will be administered without regard to race, color, ancestry, age, sex, national origin, pregnancy or childbirth, disability, military veteran status or other applicable status protected by law, including all applicable state of employment protected classes. The University is a Christian religious-affiliated organization; and as such, is not subject to religious discrimination requirements. The University’s hiring practices and EEO discrimination practices are in full compliance with both federal and state law. Federal law creates an exception to the “religion” component of the employment discrimination laws for religious organizations (including educational institutions), and permits them to give employment practice preference to members of their own religious beliefs.