Essential Functions:

• Two 9-month tenure-track or Lecturer positions with split appointments of teaching, research and outreach/service in animal science.
• Teaching responsibilities may include undergraduate/graduate courses in animal science and poultry science.
• Mentor undergraduate students
• One 12-month tenure-track position with split appointments of teaching, research and outreach/service in poultry science.
• In addition to teaching responsibilities, tenure track faculty are expected to:
  • Procure grants, contracts, and other funding to support scholarly research in their respective areas of expertise.
  • Provide leadership and strategic planning to establish a statewide outreach program through collaborative relationships and education programs with state producer groups, University of Tennessee Cooperative Extension, Tennessee Department of Agriculture, Tennessee Farm Bureau, USDA, other agencies and organizations.
  • Participate in the graduate program providing a Ph.D. in Environmental Science with a concentration in Agriculture.
  • Provide support and cooperation to respective producer programs in the surrounding counties and throughout the state.
• Mentor students for competitive career placement within the livestock and poultry industries.

Minimum Qualifications:  

• D. Animal/Poultry Science or closely related field.
• Ability to deliver courses via distance/online learning platforms as needed.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Evidence of ability to conduct and collaborate in multiple disciplines related to the animal and poultry sciences.
• Degrees in ruminant nutrition, animal physiology, or poultry science.
• Demonstrated experience in conducting applied research that addresses current needs in livestock industries.
• Demonstrated evidence of ability to disseminate current scientific information in animal science to stakeholder groups in a manner that can be understood and applied to the industry
• Demonstrated ability to communicate and work with faculty, staff, students, alumni and stakeholders in poultry enterprises.
• Demonstrated ability to facilitate experiential learning and provide effective academic and career advising to students.
• Experience in program development and evaluation of program results.
• Demonstrated skills in the ability to develop partnerships and collaborations.

Physical Demands: Those typical of any classroom-type environment or office environment.

Special Instructions to Applicants: Applicants will be required to electronically upload a cover letter, curriculum vitae, copies of transcripts (official transcripts for all degrees conferred required upon hire), and provide email contact information for four references who will be contacted via email to provide a reference letter. Open until filled. Submission of materials is the applicant’s responsibility. Applications without all required documents are incomplete and will not be considered.