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This strategy enables us to attract top talent nationwide. Are you looking for a rewarding and fulfilling position that offers challenging work and the opportunity to make a significant impact while collaborating with a team of fun, innovative individuals? Would you prefer to work with an organization that positively contributes to the world? If so, we would love to hear from you!\nAre you searching for a rewarding, fulfilling position that offers challenging work and the ability to make a big impact while working side-by-side with a team of fun, innovative people? Ideally, would you like this position to be with an organization that makes a positive contribution to the world? If so…we would love to hear from you!\nAbout Us\n\nUniversity of Phoenix is a leading higher education institution founded in 1976 by Dr. John Sperling. Our mission is to improve the lives of our students, their families and future generations through higher education. Our values (which hopefully you share) are: Brave. Honest. Focused.\nOur University values and embraces all team members and their unique perspectives. We fundamentally believe in fostering an environment which deeply respects, celebrates, and actively encourages a diverse workforce. We are committed to hiring - and learning from - those who share our passion to help others achieve their educational aspirations.\nWe offer excellent benefits, an effective recognition program, and outstanding learning and development tools, including tuition vouchers for employees and their qualified family members.\nAbout the Position\n A Doctoral Instructor (Doctoral Faculty) supports the overall instructional and academic excellence of their respective doctoral program/content area. An individual coordinates with central administration and various stakeholders to inform University leadership about the changing needs of specific student populations for the purpose of continual quality improvement of education programs.\nWhat You’ll Do:\n Serve as a faculty teaching within the program curricula for online, residency or dissertation classes; teach up to five classes within the academic year in accordance with teaching practices identified in the Faculty Handbook and by the practicing College and University administration; effectively use a mentor/coach approach to build productive educational relationships with students.\nServe on dissertation committees or in an assigned role as a project chair, resource specialist, research methodologist, statistician, IRB expert, or panel validator; develop and maintain strong relationships by serving as a program resource for college and/or academic staff, faculty and students, and serve as a liaison for the College.\nSupport the research methodology team by peer reviewing content for publication. \nApply flexibility and creativity in meeting student needs, ensuring availability to students, responding to student issues and concerns, as needed, inside and outside of the classroom, based on the learning environment and according to University and College policy and instructional standards.\nAssist in developing and maintaining the quality and integrity of the College’s respective doctoral program, including the development and implementation of program goals and program integrity; Participate in programmatic accreditation activities, committees, and attendance at required meetings and student forums. \nParticipate in and lead task forces and committees, which includes participating in the planning, implementation, and coordination of activities to maximize service quality effectiveness and efficiency, as required; represent and address academic concerns with academic leadership.\nMaintain a flexible work schedule, including nights and weekends, to support student development and progression; hold open office hours to accommodate student development and progression. \nMaintain professional and technical knowledge of the curricula by attending educational workshops, reviewing professional publications, establishing personal networks, participating in professional societies and developing an annual personal research or scholarship agenda that includes publication or presentation to a larger academic community; maintain a general knowledge of emerging issues and trends related to the respective doctoral studies.\nWork remotely and maintain a home office environment, that is conducive to professionalism and student privacy, with capability of video conferencing for all College meetings.\nPerform other duties as required or apparent;\n NOTE: The Primary Accountabilities above are intended to describe the general content and requirements of the position and are not intended to be an exhaustive statement of duties. Incumbents may perform all or most of the Primary Accountabilities listed above. Specific goals or responsibilities will be documented in incumbents’ performance objectives as outlined by the incumbents’ immediate manager.\n Supervisory Responsibilities\nNone\nMINIMUM EDUCATION AND RELATED WORK EXPERIENCE:\nDoctoral Instructor - Doctor of Education Program\nDoctoral degree in a field related to the content of the academic program, as described\nDoctorate Educational Leadership or related degree requiring the successful completion of a dissertation OR\nMust have 1 year of leadership experience in (K-12 or higher education), educational technology, curriculum and development and Administration experience\nDoctorate in any area requiring the successful completion of a dissertation\nMust have 3 years of leadership experience in (K-12 or higher education), educational technology, curriculum and development and Administration experience\nKnowledge of adult education practices, curriculum development and academic content area\nMust be a current University of Phoenix Associate Faculty member\nADDITIONAL QUALIFICATIONS FOR SPECIFIC PROGRAMS:\nHave current graduate scholarship on file. \nComplete the self-guided Dissertation Chair Training Refresher (DCTR) annually\nFive (5 years) recent experience in education or related field\nTwo (2 years) significant experience teaching education or leadership at a college/university level\nTwo (2 years) current experience in project management and leading organizations and teams\nSCHOLARSHIP REQUIREMENT: \n Enhanced Scholarship: 1) Presentation that is peer-reviewed and given in an academic or professional setting, 2) Peer reviewed and non-peer reviewed articles that are submitted or accepted to appear in an academic, professional, or scholarly journal are applicable if they fall under the Scholarship of Discovery domain of the Boyer Model. (Includes: An editor of a book or review of chapters in an edited book). Self-published manuscripts do not count., or 3) White Paper that is peer-reviewed and submitted or accepted for publication by a professional organization or educational institution. If faculty do not currently meet this requirement they may still be qualified; however, they have one year from the date the content area is approved to come into compliance with this Enhanced Graduate Scholarship requirement to maintain the content area approval\nPREFERRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:\nProven experience as a scholar, practitioner, leader in one of the industries relative to our doctoral degree program\nAble to convey a professional image and effectively represent the organization as appropriate in its relationship w/ the community as well as in all professional social media profiles such as LinkedIn\nFamiliarity with adult education experience\nExperience w/ doctoral-level education \nHigh level of problem solving and decision-making abilities to respond to student issues and concerns, evaluate students for retention, persistence, and assess student work and abilities, facilitate the doctoral learning experience\nExcellent oral, written, and interpersonal communication skills to communicate effectively w/ diverse constituencies, including students, faculty, employees and external parties. \nUniversity of Phoenix is an Equal Opportunity Employer\nIf you are an active-duty military member seeking employment when off-duty, compliance with Department of Defense Joint Ethics Regulation, 5500-7-R, is required prior to starting employment with University of Phoenix. You are advised to contact your base Judge Advocate General to seek such approval and answer any questions.\nPay Range\nThe annual pay range for this position is $32,688 (minimum) - $48,750 (midpoint) - $64,813 (maximum).\nThe hiring range for this position is $37,000 or $40,000.\nActual starting base pay may vary based on factors such as education, experience, skills, location and budget.\nYour work is critical to helping adult learners achieve their dreams, and we’re committed to rewarding you for your efforts. We offer benefits designed to help you meet your financial and educational goals.\nPart-time employees are eligible for:\nCompetitive 401(k) employer match;\nSubstantial tuition discount for you and eligible dependents; and,\nPaid sick time and time off for vacation and company holidays.*\n*For more details around paid time off benefits, please click here.","description_format":"text","description_chars":9287,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":5,"management_years_min":3,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"phd","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Flexible schedule","Home office"],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"United States","iso":"US","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Education","Higher Education"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-09-23T07:51:43Z"}],"liveness":{"score":86,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.86,"p_room":1,"age_days":0,"expected_fill_days":16,"reasons":["conf:8","win:early"],"computed_at":"2026-09-23T19:09:30Z"},"pay":{"stated_usd_annual":48750,"is_top_pay":false},"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/university-of-phoenix-aa475-doctoral-instructor-part-time-staff-educational-leadership-edd-virtual","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/university-of-phoenix-aa475-doctoral-instructor-part-time-staff-educational-leadership-edd-virtual.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-09-23T19:09:30Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers"}}