Tempo MBA (Adjunct)

About the role

Walden University was founded more than 50 years ago to support adult learners in achieving their academic goals and making a greater impact in their professions and communities. Students from across the U.S. and more than 90 countries pursue certificates, bachelor’s, master’s or doctoral degrees online. Walden offers more than 100 online degree and certificate programs and is accredited by The Higher Learning Commission. Walden is a Benefit Corporation (B‑Corps®) with a mission to support students in transforming themselves as scholar‑practitioners. The university emphasizes impact, person‑centered teaching, shared accountability, and the inherent worth and dignity of every individual. Walden serves a broad‑access student body, nurtures curiosity, and helps working adults advance their education, enabling alumni to forge paths of change.

Responsibilities

• Faculty create a welcoming, engaging environment by regularly connecting and communicating with students in the classroom through various means of communication.
• Faculty encourage dynamic learning environments that support student learning, discussion, and growth.
• Faculty support each student in their academic and professional growth by providing constructive feedback, which helps students understand their current performance, and feed forward, which focuses on the students’ future development.
• Faculty demonstrate genuine care and concern for student well‑being, personal and professional growth, and attainment of their personal and professional goals through individualized instructional support and guidance.
• Faculty demonstrate dedication to the mission and vision of Walden University.
• Faculty are available to students via email, phone, text, office hours, and individual appointments.
• Faculty members demonstrate fulfillment of the university’s scholarship standards through creating new knowledge through research, interpreting knowledge across disciplines, examining teaching models to achieve optimal learning, and/or working to solve problems within the discipline and across society.
• Faculty members are encouraged to participate in scholarship activities that are aligned with the Walden mission.
• These activities are coordinated with the faculty member’s academic leaders, and specific requirements are determined by the program and/or college.
• Faculty members demonstrate a strong and consistent record of service to the institution and community in ways that advance its educational mission.
• Faculty members are encouraged to participate in service activities that are aligned with the Walden mission and demonstrate service to the institution, profession, and/or community.
• These activities are coordinated with the faculty member’s academic leaders, and specific requirements are determined by the program and/or college.
• Faculty adhere to all Walden University faculty expectations, which are clearly set forth at the start of his/her employment and through the Faculty Handbook.
• Attend virtual and in‑person faculty meetings, residencies, workshops, commencement, and training as required.
• Ability to work a student‑friendly schedule (evenings/weekends).
• Performs other duties as assigned.
• Complies with all policies and standards.

Qualifications

• A doctoral degree (DBA, PhD, or equivalent) in business or a closely related discipline.
• A minimum of five years of professional and managerial experience in business.
• A minimum of three years of online teaching experience at the graduate level.
• Demonstrated expertise in areas such as leadership, management, strategy, operations, or other related business fields.

Pay

In support of the pay transparency laws enacted across the country, the expected compensation rate for this position is as follows: Graduate Course Instruction: $1,560 – $4,080 per quarter or semester, depending on type of course taught and length of course; Undergraduate Course Instruction: $700 – $2,200 per quarter, depending on type of course taught and length of course. Actual pay may be adjusted based on job‑related factors permitted by law, such as type of course taught; experience and training; geographic location; licensure and certifications; market factors; departmental budgets; and responsibility. Walden also offers other opportunities for its adjunct faculty members, such as dissertation/doctoral study committee chair positions, research reviewing, and dissertation and doctoral study mentoring.