Position Information
Position Title : Finance or Accounting--Open Rank Professor of Business
Classification
Title: Faculty Full Time (.75-1.0 FTE)
Benefits Eligibility
Department: Economics and Business
Job Description
The Hope College Department of Economics & Business invites applications for an open-rank finance or accounting tenure-track or term position to start Fall 2024.
Candidates should demonstrate an ability to combine teaching excellence with a productive research agenda, should be committed to the character and goals of a liberal arts college, and should have a commitment to the historic Christian faith.
A Ph.D in finance, economics or accounting is preferred but a master’s would be considered for a non-tenure track appointment.
Responsibilities include teaching, scholarly research, program leadership, and advising undergraduate students.
At Hope, we approach teaching, scholarship, and community a bit differently. For example, we seek candidates who
(a) enjoy and pursue relevant scholarship as an important (but not sole) aspect of their career,
(b) excel at rigorous and relational teaching (especially in applied environments),
(c) fully live out their Christian faith,
(d) seek an academic community and culture that both wants you to succeed and simultaneously experience a holistic well-being, and
(e) are a champion for their academic discipline, yet are fully committed to the liberal arts tradition.
About the Department of Economics and Business
Hope College is a Christian co-educational, residential liberal arts undergraduate college affiliated with the Reformed Church in America that aspires to be faithful, welcoming, and transformational. The Department of Economics and Business has the second oldest business program in the state and has been a part of Hope’s liberal arts tradition since 1930. The department currently serves around 20% of the graduating student body.
Our identity is based on
(a) a business curriculum grounded in the liberal arts tradition,
(b) an intimate academic environment that includes local and global experiential learning opportunities that foster student/faculty collaboration, and a Christian perspective that informs both our curriculum content and our teaching pedagogy.
We appreciate the intimacy that is brought through smaller class sizes and we use our high-touch culture to engage our students in the classroom and within businesses as they seek to discover where they will thrive best. Our students have opportunities to engage with around 500 external stakeholders annually through both curricular and co-curricular programing. Our location in the business rich environment of West Michigan provides numerous opportunities for collaboration with local firms for both our students and our faculty.
Our faculty thrive in this unique environment. It also informs the qualities and aspirations we seek in the people who join us. Individually, we have an appreciation for the depth of our fields of discipline as well as the freedom to cross disciplinary boundaries in their teaching and research in entrepreneurial ways. Collectively, our faculty combines extensive professional experience in business and government with traditional, varied, and prestigious academic backgrounds. Finally, the vast international experience of our faculty is important in educating students for leadership in a culturally diverse world.
Successful applicants will demonstrate a commitment to all aspects of Hope’s mission as a liberal arts college. We are grounded in robust ecumenical Christian aspirations and daily strive for inclusive excellence. As part of the application, we ask all candidates to describe how they will engage and support the holistic mission of the College, particularly how their commitment to the Christian faith, the liberal arts, and inclusive excellence shapes their approaches and identities as teachers, scholars, and mentors.
Further information on Hope College and its mission can be found at http://www.hope.edu/
and at https://hope.edu/about/mission.html;
the department’s website is at https://hope.edu/academics/economics-business/.
Is this a visiting faculty position? No
Rank: Open
Qualifications
Candidates should demonstrate an ability to combine teaching excellence with scholarly activity;
a Masters degree is required and a Ph.D. is strongly desired.
Physical Demands
This position requires remaining in a sitting or standing position for frequent periods of time;
uses office machinery such as a computers, printers, copy machines;
Occasionally involves moving items over 10 pounds;
frequently will move between different offices/workspaces/buildings;
and requires effective communication abilities.
In the case of temporary or permanent condition(s) that require(s) accommodation(s), reasonable accommodation(s) may be requested.
Pre-employment ScreeningsAll offers of employment are contingent upon a background check.
Some positions may have position specific requirements, such as education/licensure/certification verification, a physical, drug screening, credit checks and/or transportation record review.
Posting Detail Information
Posting Number : 2023-077FR
Job Posting Open Date12/08/2023
Job Posting Close Date : 04/19/2024
Open Until Filled: No
Is this position available for sponsorship: No
Special Instructions to Applicants : Candidates should upload the following documents as part of their application:
Quick Link for Internal Postings: https://jobs.hope.edu/postings/3022
Required Documents
Optional Documents
Hope College is a four-year liberal arts college where academic excellence and vibrant Christian faith join together in a supportive and welcoming community. Hope offers an academically rigorous, co-educational and residential education to more than 3,050 students from 37 states and territories and 30 countries. Affiliated with the Reformed Church in America since its founding in 1866, Hope College is known for its invitational ecumenical Christian atmosphere, friendly campus community, and well-balanced academic and co-curricular offerings. Hope's beautiful campus is located just steps from award-winning downtown Holland, Michigan, and fewer than seven miles from Lake Michigan.
At Hope College, accomplished faculty and staff mentor students to recognize the interconnectedness of the world and cultivate the skills, perspectives and habits that help them flourish inside and outside the classroom. Recognized as a national leader in undergraduate research and scholarship, Hope provides exceptional professional preparation and life-changing educational experiences that equip students for success after graduation. The college has consistently ranked among the nation's top liberal arts colleges and is featured in the book Colleges That Change Lives.
Hope College is financially sound, with an endowment of over $200 million and no deferred maintenance, and over $140 million invested in the construction of new facilities during the past 12 years. Since 2015, the college has completed four new buildings – the Kruizenga Art Museum (2015), the Jack H. Miller Center for Musical Arts (2015), the Jim and Martie Bultman Student Center (2017), and the van Andel Huys der Hope home for the college's Campus Ministries programs (2019).
In 2015, Hope College launched its 10-year strategic plan, Hope for the World: 2025, which consists of six goals, focused on: academics; Christian formation; global engagement; community; reputation and influence; and value. Developed by the campus community, the strategic plan supports the college's mission, "to educate students for lives of leadership and service in a global society through academic and co-curricular programs of recognized excellence in the liberal arts and in the context of the historic Christian faith."
Hope College is a community that aspires to be faithful, welcoming and transformational. Accordingly, the college is committed to being a place where all experience a sense of belonging. Students of all faiths -- and no faith -- are welcome at Hope, as are students of all racial and ethnic backgrounds. During the 2019-20 academic year, 18 percent of the student body identified as a race other than white. On Hope’s campus, there is broad understanding that, in order to best prepare students for lives of leadership and service in a global society, the college must have diversity among its faculty and staff. Twenty-four percent of Hope's tenure-track faculty are from underrepresented groups, coming from both the U.S. and abroad.
ABOUT HOLLAND
Holland, Michigan is located in the heart of West Michigan, on the shores of Lake Michigan and Lake Macatawa. The city is known for being a friendly college town, a beautiful vacation destination, and annual host of both the Tulip Time Festival and Tulipanes Latino Art and Film Festival. With a city population of 33,000, Holland resides within the greater Holland-Zeeland area populated by 100,000 -- 30 minutes from Grand Rapids, 2.5 hours from Ann Arbor and Chicago and 3 hours from Detroit. Holland features a picturesque downtown just steps from the Hope College campus -- home to restaurants, cafés, shops and a popular farmer's market -- as well as miles of sandy beaches, nationally ranked school districts and charming parks throughout the surrounding area. In recent years, Holland has earned recognition for being one of the "Best Beach Towns to Live In" (WalletHub, 2018), "Prettiest Towns" (Architectural Digest, 2018) and "Best Cities for Global Trade" (Global Trade Magazine, 2017) as well as the #1 "Best Small City to Start a Business" (WalletHub 2018). The City of Holland has also earned several top honors for the "America in Bloom" competition, including awards for "Environmental Efforts" and "Coolest Downtown." The Holland area is strengthened by its diversity, with people of color comprising 33% of the city's population. The Latino community is particularly vibrant, accounting for 24% of Holland residents. For more about neighborhoods, recreation, businesses and life in Holland, visit the city's "Live in Holland Michigan" website.
Hope College seeks to be a community that affirms the dignity of all persons as bearers of God's image. It is Hope College policy not to discriminate on the basis of age, color, disability, family status, genetic information, height, national origin, pregnancy, race, religion, sex, or weight, except in the event of a bona fide occupational qualification. Hope College is an equal opportunity employer.