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Assistant Teaching Professor / Child Welfare Coordinator

Position Information

WORKING TITLE: Assistant Teaching Professor / Child Welfare Coordinator
UW SYSTEM OFFICIAL TITLE: Teaching Assistant Professor
POSTING DATE: February 21, 2025
START DATE: August 25, 2025

Essential Job Functions

The Social Work Professional Programs at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay seeks applicants for an Assistant Teaching Professor position in Social Work, with partial administrative reassignment as the Child Welfare Coordinator. The Child Welfare Coordinator manages all aspects of our Title IV-E Long-Term Child Welfare Training Program.

The successful applicant will contribute to an academic unit which has a strong team emphasis that includes team teaching, offering a competency-based education with a strengths-based perspective, and a proactive stance valuing diverse and inclusive perspectives.

This position will be responsible for enhancing UW-Green Bay's mission-driven inclusive teaching efforts and creating and maintaining an educational environment that acknowledges, encourages, and celebrates those with diverse identities, beliefs, and cultural backgrounds.

What You'll Do

  • Teach undergraduate and graduate courses (both online and in person) in Social Work 
  • Implement inclusive instructional strategies to increase support for students from underrepresented and first-generation backgrounds at UW-Green Bay
  • Advise and mentor students 
  • Advance equity and social justice in the classroom and community
  • Demonstrate the knowledge, value, and skill base for social work in an understandable and applied manner
  • Coordinate all aspects of the Child Welfare Stipend Program
  • Develop and provide oversight of the Child Welfare education curriculum 
  • Develop and maintain relationships with Child Welfare agencies and training partnerships 
  • Participate in development of the Title IV-E budget, evaluations, and reports
  • Perform service to the unit and contribute to its ongoing development and evaluation efforts 

Qualifications

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

  • Master's degree in social work from CSWE-accredited program at time of application
  • Five or more years of recent paid child welfare practice experience in public or tribal child welfare, at least two of which are post-MSW 
  • Demonstrated success collaborating with multicultural and diverse constituencies
  • Demonstrated potential for excellence in teaching

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

  • Five or more years post-MSW social work practice experience, particularly in administration
  • Higher education teaching experience, including the utilization of distance-learning technologies
  • Knowledge of the health and human/social services delivery network in northeast Wisconsin
  • Practice experience in Indian Child Welfare

The Successful Candidate

The successful candidate will be expected to work inclusively and respectfully within a diverse campus community and practice civility in the workplace.  The University welcomes applicants who are dedicated to the appreciation and promotion of inclusivity and equity as crucial components in the pursuit of organizational excellence.

In addition, the successful candidate will have strong oral, written, interpersonal, and organizational skills, the ability to communicate with a diverse student population, demonstrated integrity and strong leadership, and the willingness to be part of a collaborative team. The University welcomes applicants who are dedicated to enriching the quality of life for students and the community by embracing the educational value of diversity, promoting environmental sustainability, encouraging engaged citizenship, and serving as an intellectual, cultural, and economic resource.

Conditions of Appointment

The home campus of this position is Green Bay, and the successful candidate will be required to travel to field and course sites and may be required to teach an occasional course at the Sheboygan or Manitowoc Campus.

Position is a full-time, 9-month, non-tenure track, Instructional Academic Staff appointment. Additional limited summer work is also required for Child Welfare Coordination and compensated separately. Official transcripts of the highest degree achieved will be required of finalist(s). A criminal conviction investigation will be conducted on the finalist(s). In compliance with the Wisconsin Fair Employment Act, the university does not discriminate on the basis of arrest or conviction record. In addition, if the final selected candidate has prior work history within the last 7 years with Universities of Wisconsin, a personnel file review check for employee misconduct will be completed.

All final candidates will be asked to provide names, email contact information, and/or phone numbers for three (3) references, with at least one being from a manager or supervisor, during the interview process. All final candidates must be asked, prior to hire, whether they have been found to have engaged in, are currently under investigation for, or left employment during an active investigation in which they were accused of employee misconduct, sexual violence or sexual harassment. When obtaining employment reference checks, these same misconduct, sexual violence or sexual harassment questions must also be asked.

The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay does not offer H-1B or other work authorization visa sponsorship for this position. Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States at the time of hire and maintain work authorization throughout the employment term. If you have questions regarding this, please contact Human Resources.

Compensation and Benefits

SALARY INFORMATION

Salary range of $56,000 - $59,000

This position is exempt from the overtime provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).

BENEFIT DETAILS
The UW System provides an excellent benefits package to meet the diverse needs of its employees. This includes several health insurance options, with annual deductibles as low as $250/individual and $500/family. Our benefits package also includes dental, vision, several life insurance options, AD&D and Accident insurance and Flexible Spending and Health Savings Accounts. We participate in the Wisconsin Retirement System (WRS), where employer contributions begin immediately and employees are fully vested after 5 years of service. The UW System also provides supplemental retirement savings programs including a 403(b) and Deferred Compensation.

In addition, employees receive several types of paid leave benefits, which are prorated for employees working less than 100%. This includes 9 legal holidays, 36 hours of personal holiday and between 96-130 hours of sick leave annually. Employees earn 13-27 days of vacation each year, depending on years of service and employment type.

For more details, please review the benefit quick guide linked below.

Apply

STEP 1: Please select the applicable link below:
External Applicants: (NOT currently employed by the University of Wisconsin System)
Internal Applicants: (Currently employed by the University of Wisconsin System)

STEP 2: From "Search Jobs" screen:

  • Click "View All Jobs"
  • Select "Assistant Teaching Professor / Child Welfare Coordinator"
    • You must login before you can apply. Input your "User Name" and "Password" and select "Sign In."
    • If you have not yet registered, click "Register Now" to begin the registration process.

STEP 3: Submit application materials:

Please be sure to complete all required fields, and include all required documents before submitting your application. Once submitted, you will not be able to edit or attach any application materials. Files must be complete to be considered. Please include the following documents:

  • Cover letter specifically addressing qualifications for the essential job functions
  • Curriculum Vitae
  • Applicants with international social work degrees must additionally provide a copy of Formal Determination Letter from International Social Work Degree Recognition and Evaluation Service documenting degree equivalency to CSWE-accredited MSW degree. 

You must select "Submit" to forward your application materials to the search committee.

If you have any questions, need accommodations, or submitted your application with missing materials, call or email:

Colleen Ciampoli
Phone: (920) 465-2049
Email:  ciampolc@uwgb.edu

Application Deadline

To ensure consideration, please submit application materials by Monday, March 31, 2025.

Note: The University of Wisconsin System will not reveal the identities of applicants who request confidentiality in writing, except that the identity of the successful candidate will be released. See Wis.Stat. sec. 19.36(7).

For more information regarding the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay and the surrounding area, see our Campus and Community section. For Campus Safety information see our University Police website and our Annual Security Report (for a paper copy please contact the Office of Human Resources at (920) 465-2390). This report includes statistics about reported crimes, as well as information about crime prevention and campus security policies and procedures.

The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay is an Affirmative Action Equal Employment Opportunity employer committed to achieving a diverse workforce and to maintaining a community which welcomes and values a climate supporting equal opportunity and difference among its members. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender and/or gender identity or expression, marital or parental status, genetic information, national origin, ethnicity, citizenship status, veteran or military status (including disabled veteran, recently separated veteran, other protected veteran, or Armed Forces service medal veteran status), age, or disability.