he University of Alaska (UAF) Interior Alaska Campus is located in Fairbanks, Alaska but primarily serves rural areas in the Interior Region. IAC provides lifelong educational opportunities for people in rural Alaskan and Alaska Native communities that honors and integrates their cultures and ways of life. IAC actively partners with community members, including elders, tribal representatives, advocates and others, in order to provide relevant education that meets the needs and expectations of those served. IAC is committed to place-based education that provides students with higher education opportunities without leaving their communities. IAC is respectful of rural priorities and Native cultures; classes are coordinated around subsistence activities and community events.

This position will be expected to develop and teach courses in Human Services at the Associates level

The HUMS courses are offered at the community level.  Faculty will be expected to use a blended delivery model that combines online and/or audio distance courses with face-to-face intensives in villages and sometimes Fairbanks. Faculty will be expected to work with community members to incorporate community needs and cultural values into course delivery materials and methods.

The Interior Alaska Campus is located in Fairbanks and this position can be hired in a 0% geographic differential location (Anchorage, Fairbanks, Juneau, Girdwood, Chugiak, Eagle River, Kenai, Soldotna, Homer, Ketchikan, Palmer, Wasilla, Seward, Sitka, Angoon) or Bethel (38% geographic differential location). The HUMS faculty will be expected to travel to rural villages as needed; travel to rural areas is commonly by small commuter plane and many villages have limited commercial enterprises for lodging, meals, and other services.

*To be eligible for this position, applicants must be legally authorized for unrestricted employment in the United States. No work visas will be sponsored for this position.

COVID19:

Effective immediately, all new UAF hires, whose job function or work location results in the employee being subject to the UAF vaccine requirements guided by the Federal Contractor Employee vaccine mandate*, must be fully vaccinated with an FDA- or WHO- authorized or approved COVID-19 vaccine or have obtained a university-approved disability/medical or religious exemption no later than six weeks from the new hire's start date.

*Employees based on UAF’s Troth Yeddha’ (Fairbanks) campus, regardless of university affiliation and remote work status; Employees based in UAF research units outside Fairbanks (including Seward Marine Center, Kodiak Seafood and Marine Science Center, HAARP, Poker Flat, Lena Point, and Toolik Field Station); and Employees, regardless of their work location, paid by or directly working on impacted UAF federal contract.

This position is represented by United Academics-AAUP/AFT (UNAC).