What are the responsibilities and job description for the Adjunct - Landscape Horticulture position at Cincinnati State Technical & Community College?
Adjunct - Landscape Horticulture
This posting is part of an ongoing recruitment effort. Applications are accepted year-round, and qualified candidates will be contacted as positions become available.
Overview:
The Adjunct for Landscape Horticulture will be responsible for the planning and execution of courses in the Landscape Horticulture department.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
The adjunct will work with the full-time faculty and course documents to ensure students learn desired competencies.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Associate degree in Horticulture or relevant field AND three (3) years of relevant green industry experience OR Bachelor’s degree accredited college or university in ANY discipline AND five (5) years of relevant green industry experience
- Experience in training and supervising a minimum of two (2) employees or volunteers for at least 1 year
- Relevant Green Industry fields include agriculture, agriculture or horticulture education, construction, business, and/or experience in one or more of the following areas:
- Horticulture Science (applied botany)
- Soil Science/Plant Nutrition
- Woody Plant Materials
- Herbaceous Plant Materials
- Fruit & Nut Production
- Landscape Pests and Controls (Entomology and Plant Pathology)
- Pesticide Applicator Training
- Turfgrass Management
- Golf Course Management and/or Athletic Field Management
- Turfgrass Pests and Controls
- Landscape Design
- Computer-Aided Landscape Design
- Sustainable Agriculture
- Vegetable Crop Production
- Community Garden Management
- Public Parks, Gardens and Recreation
- Nature Education
- Sustainable Landscape Design
- Stormwater Management
- Landscape Operations
- Landscape Management
- Landscape Construction
- Hardscapes
- Landscape Lighting
- Interior Plantscaping
- Floral Design/Marketing
- Arboriculture
- Greenhouse Management and Plant Production
- Irrigation Design, Installation, and Troubleshooting
- Operating a horticulture or agriculture-based business
Preferred Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree in Horticulture or related discipline from an accredited college or university AND three (3) years industry experience, OR a Bachelor’s degree in ANY discipline AND five (5) years' industry experience.
- One year of teaching or training experience
- One year’s experience supervising at least three employees or volunteers
Desired Competencies:
- Effective skills to communicate with students, other faculty, administrators, and the community.
Details:
Position available: Varies by semester
Compensation: $700.00 per lecture hour for new adjuncts
Contractual Affiliation : N/A
Exempt Classification : Non-Exempt
Status: Part time
Candidate notification: Please note that due to the high volume of candidates applying for adjunct positions, we will only follow up with candidates who are being considered for an interview. Please be assured that we will keep your resume on file.
Cincinnati State is an E-Verify employer:
- If you're hired, you must complete a Form I-9, which verifies your identity and your legal right to work in the U.S.
- You'll need to provide original, acceptable documents—no photocopies—to complete the I-9 process.
- A list of acceptable documents can be seen here: USCIS I-9 website
STATEMENT OF COMMITMENT
- The institution declares that it will educate students by means of free, open, and rigorous intellectual inquiry to seek the truth.
- The institution declares that its duty is to equip students with the opportunity to develop the intellectual skills they need to reach their own, informed conclusions.
- The institution declares its commitment to not requiring, favoring, disfavoring, or prohibiting speech or lawful assembly.
- The institution declares it is committed to create a community dedicated to an ethic of civil and free inquiry, which respects the autonomy of each member, supports individual capacities for growth, and tolerates the differences in opinion that naturally occur in a public higher education community.
- The institution declares that its duty is to treat all faculty, staff, and students as individuals, to hold them to equal standards, and to provide them equality of opportunity, with regard to those individuals' race, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression.
Salary : $700