School: Harvard Medical School

Department/Area: Microbiology

Position Description:

• Leading administration, curriculum innovation, and evaluation of the core team-taught GPiB courses, Micro201 (Molecular Biology of the Bacterial Cell) and Micro202 (Mechanisms of Bacterial Pathogenesis and Host Immune Response).
• Providing course design input for other GPiB-affiliated courses (e.g. graduate microbiome courses, bacteria basics boot camp).
• Teaching selected sessions in GPiB core or affiliated courses.
• Serving as the point person for GPiB and interfacing with GPiB students, faculty, prospective GPiB students, alumni, and Harvard offices/committees focused on supporting graduate education.
• Identifying instructors and providing course design input or administrative support for new nanocourses and workshops on emerging research tools or topics in bacteriology.
• Designing and implementing para-curricular career and professional development initiatives to support growth of GPiB graduate students at all stages. These initiatives include science communication training and group advising discussions/workshops on preparing for key graduate school decisions and milestones.
• Designing and organizing initiatives to build research and mentoring/advising connections between students, post-doctoral fellows, alumni, and faculty. These initiatives include an annual program retreat and student-faculty or student-alumni dinners.
• Leading the GPiB student steering committee and collaborating with members to implement GPiB paracurricular activities.
• Leading GPiB's recruitment and outreach efforts (e.g. advertising, representing GPiB at an undergraduate research conference, providing pedagogical support to a SEA-PHAGES-based educational partnership with a neighboring Community College)
• Managing program assessment including maintaining program records, analyzing data about GPiB student experiences and academic and career outcomes, and organizing annual external advisory committee meetings.
• Managing GPiB communications (e.g. listserv management, website updates, and event and program advertising)
• Preparing components of the GPiB NIH T32 training grant annual progress reports or renewal application
• Developing new curricular or para-curricular initiatives and an education research/SOTL project in areas relevant to the fellow's interest and expertise.

• Take 2 required courses (e.g. Teaching 100: Theory and Science of Teaching, and Teaching 101: Integrating Education Research and Teaching Practice)
• Participate in weekly CFP group meetings and pedagogical journal clubs.
• Present at university-wide workshops on curricular and pedagogical topics.
• Contribute to CFP-led educational initiatives (e.g. developing curriculum for the NIH-mandated Responsible Conduct of Science course, organizing the Graduate Science Education Series)

Basic Qualifications:

• Experience or demonstrated interest in teaching or student career development/mentoring.
• Experience or demonstrated interest in curriculum and/or program development and administration
• Ability to manage multiple projects and balance competing priorities
• Scientific background or interest in the GPiB curriculum's current content areas (bacteria biology, host-pathogen interactions, and the microbiome) or future areas for growth (for example, the application of quantitative and bioinformatic approaches to bacteriology).
• Commitment and experience or interest in supporting inclusive teaching and training in science.
• Organizational and written and oral communication skills.
• Demonstrated capacity for independence, perseverance, innovation, and the ability to work as part of a team

Contact Information:

Contact Email: cfp@hms.harvard.edu

Special Instructions:

• A cover letter that addresses your interest in and qualifications/relevant experiences for the position.
• A curriculum vitae.
• A teaching statement. The teaching statement is an opportunity to describe your philosophy of teaching in the context of your own experiences. Submissions will be evaluated according to the guidelines found on our website, here, https://curriculumfellows.hms.harvard.edu/teaching-statement-guidelines
• The names and contact information of three professional references.
  
  

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