2025/2026 - Associate Faculty - Diesel Mechanics (Diesel Technology)

2025/2026 - Associate Faculty - Diesel Mechanics (Diesel Technology)

Santa Rosa Junior College

Salary: $59.04 - $149.81 Hourly

Job Type: Associate

Job Number: 25-208

Location: Sonoma County, CA

Department: Industrial Trade Technology

Closing: Continuous

Description

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY:

Santa Rosa Junior College is currently accepting applications on a continuous basis to establish a pool for associate faculty assignments. Associate assignments may be temporary, part-time and/or on-call and may be immediate or as needed. The Sonoma County Junior College District does not offer ‘remote only' assignments.

Compensation/Benefits
Assignments are made on a part-time, hourly basis. A part-time faculty assignment may not exceed a total of 67% of an annual full-time assignment.

• Starting Hourly Rate: Please see the https://hr.santarosa.edu/salary-schedules-0 or contact Human Resources for more information.
• Salary placement is based on academic background, vocational experience, and teaching experience (depending on discipline) and as documented in application materials. Initial Step placement will be at Step 1 pending evaluation of experience as outlined in the AFA Contract http://www.afa-srjc.org/Contract/Articles/art27.pdf https://get.adobe.com/reader/https://get.adobe.com/reader/.
• Compensation for assigned classes is paid over the duration of the assignment.

Benefits: The District offers medical insurance for those who meet the eligibility requirements. Additional information, including medical plan information and eligibility requirements can be found on the https://hr.santarosa.edu/benefits-associate-faculty.

Sick Leave Accrual: Associate faculty accrue sick leave on a pro-rated basis. Additional information can be found in Article 18 of the AFA Contract.

Retirement: SRJC offers CalSTRS Defined Benefit, CalSTRS Cash Balance and Social Security as Associate Faculty retirement options. Eligibility for each plan is determined based on prior membership status with CalSTRS.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

• Provide excellent instruction and faculty support to students, which may include evening, weekend, online or hybrid and/or off-campus assignments.
• Provide academic assistance and related services to students during scheduled office hours.
• Demonstrate sensitivity to and understanding of diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, and ethnic backgrounds of community college students, faculty and staff.

• Maintain currency in field(s) of expertise.
• Associate faculty focus primarily on providing instruction and/or student services.
• Associate faculty are typically not required to participate in District or department service such as committee work, evaluations, student learning outcomes assessment, and hiring committees, but may be asked to perform these services for additional compensation.
• Please see the http://www.afa-srjc.org/Contract/Articles/art17.pdf https://get.adobe.com/reader/for more information.

The examples of duties listed above are representative of those that must be met by a faculty member to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job functions.

SELECTION PROCESS:
If the department has an immediate need to add candidates to their pool, they will review applications. If the department does not have an immediate need to add candidates to their pool, applications remain in the queue for consideration until the need arises, or for up to one year. If selected, candidates will be invited to an interview with a Screening and Interviewing Committee. Selected candidates who are not given an immediate assignment will remain in the pool for four years.

DEPARTMENT DESCRIPTION:
The Department of Industrial and Trade Technology includes the disciplines of Automotive Technology, Diesel Equipment Technology, Advanced Manufacturing Technology, and Welding Technology. The department has 5 full-time and 20 associate faculty teaching on the Santa Rosa campus. The Automotive Program serves the needs of students with both academic and vocational goals. Graduates of our program are currently employed in a wide range of automotive related positions. Our primary goal is to provide a quality and useful education for those students wishing to (a) complete various certificate programs, (b) transfer to four-year colleges or universities, or (c) master the trade skills so as to improve themselves and their employment opportunities.

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Minimum Qualifications

Applicants must possess the minimum qualifications exactly as listed below for disciplines of interest or file for https://hr.santarosa.edu/sites/hr.santarosa.edu/files/documents/FacEquiv%20approved%206-1-2021.pdf https://get.adobe.com/reader/ in order to be considered. Applicants who are requesting equivalency consideration are responsible for documenting all course work, degree programs and related professional experience at the time of application. Please, see the https://hr.santarosa.edu/sites/hr.santarosa.edu/files/documents/Equivalency%20Guide%20for%20Faculty%20Applicants%20-%20FINAL.pdf https://get.adobe.com/reader/https://get.adobe.com/reader/ and the https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfo2LdZTnyocHFIdwfyWaiJmmRs-oTXTzaW847bVgiPAgR6yQ/viewform for more information.

REQUIRED:
Bachelor's degree AND two years of full­-time (or part-­time equivalent) related experience; OR an Associate's degree AND six years of full-­time (or part-­time equivalent) related experience; OR the equivalent; OR a fully satisfied (Life) California Community College Instructor's Credential in an Industrial Trade (Diesel Technology).

Sensitivity to, and understanding of, the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, disability, and ethnic backgrounds of community college students.

Preferred:

• Demonstrated commitment to valuing and promoting diversity, equity, inclusion and anti-racism.
• Automotive Service Excellence (ASE) Certification in the area that the applicant is qualified to teach.
• Knowledge and practical experience with current electronic control systems as related to the diesel and heavy-duty industry.
• Factory training and certifications.
• Teaching experience.

Application Procedures

To be considered for this associate faculty pool, applicants must provide the following:

• A completed Santa Rosa Junior College/GovernmentJobs.com Employment Application and responses to Agency-wide Questions.

• Contact information (phone number and email address) for three professional references. One reference must be from a current or previous supervisor.

• A brief cover letter.

• Current resume.

• A written response to the diversity prompt below (200-500 words):

Please provide two or three examples of your ideas and/or experiences in creating, modifying, and/or performing one or more of the following to meet the needs of a diverse student population:

• Curricula;

• Learning activities;

• Teaching/counseling practices;

• Educational Resources;

• Training, background, coursework and/or professional development;

• Program Development

• Copies of transcripts of all college-level coursework. Transcripts must state that the Degree(s) has been conferred or awarded. If selected for the position, official transcripts must be submitted prior to employment.

• If transcripts are from an institution outside of the United States, applicant must provide a formal evaluation by a credential evaluation service accredited by the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services of their international degree(s) at the time of application. For further details on SRJC requirements on Foreign Degrees, please see https://hr.santarosa.edu/minimum-qualifications-equivalency-and-foreign-degrees.

• If you do not possess minimum qualifications as noted under the Minimum Qualifications Section above, you must complete and attach the https://hr.santarosa.edu/sites/hr.santarosa.edu/files/documents/FacEquiv%20approved%206-1-2021.pdf https://get.adobe.com/reader/https://get.adobe.com/reader/ and supporting documents, including narrative synopsis, to your employment application.

• If applicable, copy of California Community College Credential (both sides).
PLEASE SUBMIT ONLY MATERIALS REQUESTED.
CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT

• Successful applicants must provide proof of eligibility to work in the United States.
• Successful completion of background check including Live Scan and Tuberculosis (TB) assessment/screening.
• Must be willing to work on-site as determined by the department.

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