Entrepreneurship Instructor

About the role

Northeastern offers a rewarding working environment for our students and employees. Our faculty and staff are smart, dedicated people who work to create an excellent urban university experience for bright and motivated students. The College of Business and Technology at Northeastern Illinois University (NEIU) invites applications for one full-time instructor focused on entrepreneurship and business innovation in the Department of Management. This position will start in late Fall 2026, pending final funding approval.

Responsibilities

• Teach traditional undergraduate and graduate courses in entrepreneurship.
• Teach seminar type courses through the NEIU CBT Business Innovation and Growth (BIG) center.
• Engage in service activities related to community outreach.
• Demonstrate potential for excellence in teaching.
• Deliver the equivalent of 8 courses per year.
• Teaching assignments may include: entrepreneurship, small business management, business practicum, business internship.
• Lead seminars for BIG (Build Your Own Business).
• Serve as a thought partner and provide guidance to BIG founders.
• Develop new curriculum for BIG participants as appropriate.
• Engage in service activities related to the entrepreneurship enterprise of CBT/BIG.
• Report to the Department Chair of Management and Marketing with a dotted-line report to the Executive Director of the BIG center.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree (or higher) in a business‑related field by the start date.
• Potential for future conversion to tenure‑track if appropriate degrees exist and funding is secured.
• Experience as a founder of a new business or as a continuing generation of a family business is ideal.

Pay

Salary range: $70,000‑$80,000.

Benefits

• Health, dental, and vision benefits.
• Sick and vacation days.
• Participation in the State Universities Retirement System.

Northeastern Illinois University's positions are contingent upon the University's receipt of its State of Illinois appropriation.