Assistant Adjunct Professor - Public Budgeting

About the role

The University of Northern Iowa’s School of Public Affairs and Service seeks a temporary Assistant Adjunct Professor of Political Science to teach POLSCI 5171 Public Budgeting and Financial Management, a required course in the Master of Public Policy (MPP) program, beginning January 2027. The fully online class meets synchronously via Zoom on Tuesday evenings from 6:00‑8:50 p.m. Full consideration date: October 5, 2026. For questions, contact Scott Peters at scott.peters@uni.edu.

Responsibilities

• Teach POLSCI 5171 Public Budgeting and Financial Management, a required course in the Master of Public Policy (MPP) program.
• Deliver the fully online course synchronously via Zoom on Tuesday evenings from 6:00‑8:50 p.m.
• Cover the budgetary process across multiple levels of government, including the budget cycle, operating and capital budgets, budget office functions, and performance measures for public budgeting.
• Guide students in working with real‑life budgetary data and producing professional analyses based on that data and course materials.
• Support the MPP program’s accreditation‑linked learning outcome: “Use tools, methods of policy analysis to analyze policy problems.”

Requirements

• Master’s degree in political science, public policy, public administration, or a related field.

Qualifications

• Preferred: Experience as a practitioner in the field of public budgeting or finance.

Schedule

• Course meetings: Tuesdays, 6:00‑8:50 p.m. (Zoom, fully online).
• Appointment: Temporary faculty position for Spring 2027.
• Remote work: Eligible to be performed remotely within the state of Iowa, subject to the university’s remote work policy.