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Clinical Assistant/ Associate Professor Nursing
The Department of Nursing invites applications for a full-time non-tenure track nursing faculty member who is innovative, likes to think outside the box and eager to collaborate with colleagues to optimize our DNP Programs. The position includes teaching and serving as the DNP Director. Faculty rank will be commensurate with experience.
Special Assistant Vice Chancellor and Director of Athletics & Recreation and for Strategic Initiatives Athletics
This is a 12-month full-time administrative appointment, reporting directly to Vice Chancellor of Athletics and Recreation (VCAR) with dotted reporting lines to the Deputy Athletic Director for Internal Administration and Operations/Senior Woman Administrator (SWA) and Deputy Athletic Director for Strategic Initiatives. This position provides complex administrative support to the VCAR and the executive operations. Additionally, this position will develop, coordinate, implement and manage effective and data-informed communication strategies and practices specific to committees, projects and initiatives as assigned by the VCAR. This position is involved in planning, facilitating and/or coordinating department-wide initiatives, projects and committees. Working independently or collaboratively with the VC of Athletics and Recreation/Department Head, Deputy Athletic Directors, athletics leadership team and staff/coaches and/or constituents across campus, this position organizes, supports and coordinates activities and projects that advance the initiatives, needs and goals of the department. General responsibilities also include the development, supervision and management of a student worker administrative support team to ensure appropriate office coverage, customer service and internal departmental responsiveness and the coordination of business meeting meals (Division-Wide, senior leadership, team dinners, staff/coach gatherings). This person is expected to work collaboratively with student leadership, internal groups, campus-wide departments and organizations, and demonstrate a working knowledge of sound budget management skills. This person will also work closely and at times with direction from the Executive Deputy Athletic Director/SWA and Deputy Athletic Director for Strategic Advancement to support of department-wide project work. Additional responsibilities in department-wide administration as assigned.
Assistant Professor - Urban Analytics UrbanPlanning&CommunityDevel
The Department of Urban Planning and Community Development (UPCD) in the School for the Environment at the University of Massachusetts Boston (UMB) invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track Assistant Professor position in Urban Analytics and Artificial Intelligence (AI) beginning September 1, 2027. We seek scholars whose research and teaching integrate urban planning, computational methods, and artificial intelligence to examine complex challenges facing communities, cities, and regions. The successful candidate will contribute to planning scholarship and practice through community engaged and innovative applications of urban analytics and AI that support more equitable, inclusive, and sustainable communities, cities, and regions.
Assistant Professor (Philosophy) Philosophy
The Department of Philosophy at the University of Massachusetts Boston invites applications for a tenure-track position to be filled at the rank of Assistant Professor beginning September 1, 2027. Area of Specialization: Law and Philosophy. We welcome candidates working in a variety of legal traditions, methodologies, and topics.
Assistant Professor- Higher Education Leadership in Education
The Department of Leadership in Education in the College of Education and Human Development (CEHD) at the University of Massachusetts Boston seeks applicants for two tenure-track Assistant Professors of Higher Education to begin September 1, 2027. Of particular interest are equity-minded candidates whose teaching, research, and service advances our college mission and the commitments outlined within our university strategic plan.
Assistant Professor - Quantum Information Computing Computer Science
The Computer Science Department in the College of Science and Mathematics at the University of Massachusetts Boston (UMass Boston) invites applications for a full-time tenure-track faculty position to begin September 1,2027. We will consider strong candidates in the broad fields of quantum computing and/or quantum information.
Assistant Professor (Communication) Communication
The Communication Department at the University of Massachusetts Boston invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position specializing in Sports Communication beginning September 1, 2027. We seek a scholar whose research employs social scientific approaches to the study of sports communication and complements the Department’s strong empirical orientation.
Lecturer (Rehab Counseling) GISD - Dean's Office
We are seeking an equity-minded candidate to join our exceptional faculty on a full-time basis in the College of Education and Human Development at the University of Massachusetts Boston preferably beginning January 24, 2027 (Spring 2027). The position will be located in the Rehabilitation Counseling program, in the School for Global Inclusion and Social Development, and may require teaching courses for other counseling programs in the College. The candidate will assume a core faculty, non-tenure-track lecturer position, teaching in the Rehabilitation Counseling Master’s (CACREP accredited).
Department Chair and Associate/Full Professor EHS Exercise & Health Science
The Exercise & Health Sciences (EHS) Department invites qualified individuals to apply for a tenure-system Associate or Full Professor to serve as Chair of the department. Individuals currently serving as an advanced Associate or Full Professor are encouraged to apply.
Health Professions Coordinator CSM - Dean's Office
The Health Professions Coordinator provides strategic leadership and university wide direct support for undergraduate students across five colleges, as well as UMass Boston alumni, who are exploring or preparing for careers in health-related professions. The position is based in the College of Science and Mathematics and serves as the central institutional lead for inclusive, interdisciplinary health professions pathways, and reports to the Dean of the College. The Coordinator designs, leads, and evaluates high impact programming and mentoring frameworks that support student access, preparation, and successful progression into health professions, including but not limited to medicine (MD/DO), nursing, dentistry, pharmacy, public health, physical and occupational therapy, optometry, podiatry, veterinary medicine, and physician assistant careers. This role collaborates closely with faculty, university wide student success and career units, student organizations, and internal and external partners to ensure coordinated, equitable, and data informed pathways. The Coordinator exercises a high degree of independent judgment, programmatic leadership, and cross college coordination in advancing institutional goals related to student success, access, and post graduate outcomes in healthcare fields. The position is pivotal for strengthening student recruitment and success at UMass Boston and entry into competitive health profession careers.
Clinical Lecturer- Manning College of Nursing and Health Sciences (MCNHS) Nursing
The Department of Nursing welcomes qualified applicants to join our diverse community as part-time Nursing Clinical Instructors (an adjunct, non-tenure track faculty position). Hours are variable based on course and clinical location
Communication Dispatcher II Public Safety
The Dispatcher II position is an entry level, uniformed non-sworn, support position for the University Police Department. Under general supervision of the Dispatch Supervisor or the shift commander, the Dispatcher II will perform a variety of specialized support duties the Police Communication Center. Support duties may include: Operating a centralized computer aided dispatch system (CAD) to dispatch non-emergency and 911 calls for service to the campus community. This includes receiving, prioritizing, and transmitting first notification of calls for service for police, fire, and medical assistance from the campus community. The Dispatcher II will operate a fixed radio system, transmitting messages to multiple and portable units under strict rules and regulations. The Dispatcher II communicates via state and national criminal databases and is responsible for effective and accurate communications between campus law enforcement, the public, and external law enforcement agencies. Extensively documents actions and outcomes from all police, fire, and medical incidents occurring on campus into the CAD system; and perform related work as required. Regular use of judgement and discretion is necessary to set priorities, assess the importance of information and react quickly and effectively.
Lecturer Biology
The Department of Biology at UMass Boston is seeking full-time or part-time Lecturers or Associate Lecturers in biology starting September 1, 2026. The openings are in several courses including General Biology, Anatomy and Physiology, Microbiology, and Medical Microbiology.
Clinical Social Worker Health Services
The full-time Staff Clinical Social Worker for University Health Services Counseling Center will provide high quality, time- effective, evidence-based and culturally responsive clinical services, including: triage; emergency and crisis intervention services; referrals and evaluations; as well as individual and group counseling and psychotherapy. The incumbent will manage a caseload so as to serve the maximum number of students who are appropriate for services at the University Health Services Counseling Center; and will consult with and/or make timely and appropriate mental health referrals for students as needed. The incumbent will also participate with outreach and supervision/training activities. The position is a full time (12 months) and benefitted one. This is a hybrid position which includes in-person and tele-counseling/remote work, and unique schedule options.
Assistant Professor (English) English
The English Department seeks an Assistant Professor of Creative Writing-Poetry beginning September 1, 2027 at a lively, diverse, urban university with about 250 undergraduate majors and minors, over 40 MA students in literature, composition, pedagogy, and creative writing, and a fulltime MFA program enrolling 30 students in creative writing. Responsibilities include teaching poetry workshops, classes on poetry as literature, and the pedagogy of creative writing, as well as eventually participating in the regular rotation of tenured MFA faculty into the directorship of the MFA program. Secondary areas of expertise, particularly in digital storytelling and creative nonfiction, hybrid genres, and/or multicultural literatures are of interest to us and should be described.
Assistant Professor (Psychology) Psychology
The Department of Psychology at the University of Massachusetts Boston invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position beginning September 1, 2027 with a developmental focus (i.e., child, adolescent, or family systems focus) and an emphasis on Black/African American communities, including Black immigrant communities in the U.S.
Assistant Professor (History) History
The History Department of the University of Massachusetts Boston seeks applicants for a tenure-track assistant professor in any field of early modern or modern Chinese history beginning September 1, 2027. Applicants should have an active research agenda, evidence of excellence in teaching, and a Ph.D. in History or a closely-related field in hand by August 31, 2027.
University Police Officer Public Safety
The University Police Officer will perform a full range of law enforcement functions. Pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 253 of the Acts of 2020 (“An Act Relative to Justice, Equity and Accountability in Law Enforcement in the Commonwealth”), the position of: The University Police Officer position is a regulated by the Massachusetts Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST). University Police Officers are appointed as sworn police officers pursuant to Massachusetts General Laws chapter 75, section 32A and chapter 90C which grants University Police Officers the same authority, immunities and privileges as a duly appointed and qualified sworn police officer acting elsewhere in the Commonwealth. Under the general supervision of the University Patrol Sergeant, a University Police Officer patrols assigned areas of property used, owned, or occupied by the University of Massachusetts and areas adjacent to the university to provide a safe and secure environment for all members of the University community by means of an alert and vigilant preventive patrol. Work is performed in accordance with federal, state, and local laws as well as university and departmental policies, procedures, and general orders. Work is reviewed by inspection, through verbal and written reports, and by results achieved. University Police Officer candidates must have successfully completed a Massachusetts Basic Police Training Program from an accredited police academy, approved by the Municipal Police Training Council (MPTC) or have successfully completed training that is substantially equivalent to or greater than that of a Massachusetts police officer at a comparable level of experience to obtain an academy exemption through the MPTC. Contingent upon appointment, the appointee(s) shall be considered probationary through twelve (12) continuous months of service, beginning on the date the appointee(s) report for duty.
Community Service Officer Public Safety
A Community Service Officer (CSO) is an unarmed, uniformed security position, and is a non-sworn (civilian) member of the UMass Boston Police Department (UMBPD). With a strong emphasis on community engagement, CSO’s are responsible for performing a variety of duties to assist the (UMBPD) with its campus safety and community policing efforts. CSO’s assist UMBPD to make connections between students, faculty, staff, and other members of the community. The incumbent of this position enforces university policy, by-laws, the student code of conduct, and performs other non-criminal police related duties such as: community engagement and outreach; patrolling the campus on foot and/or be assigned to a designated post; provides direction, general information, and resources to the public, issuing parking tickets; performing walking escorts; respond to non-criminal complaints, building checks and other duties assigned. CSO’s are essential employees that do not carry firearms and have no powers of arrest.
Lecturer and Graduate Program Director - Instructional Design/Critical and Creative Thinking Curriculum & Instruction
The College of Education and Human Development (CEHD) at the University of Massachusetts Boston invites applications for a full-time, benefitted, non‑tenure track lecturer position to lead our Instructional Design and Critical and Creative Thinking programs. Consistent with UMass Boston’s mission as an urban public research university, the College seeks an equity‑minded educator who will contribute to preparing educators, designers, learning professionals from diverse backgrounds who can advance justice‑centered, inclusive, and innovative organizations and learning environments.

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