Institute for Health & Socio-Economic Policy
Educator
Institution Type: | Nonprofit |
Location: | California, United States |
Position: | Instructor, Lecturer, Other Teaching |
Educator Positions
The Institute for Health and Socio-Economic Policy (IHSP), the research arm of National Nurses United (NNU), AFL-CIO, seeks experienced Research Analysts. NNU, the nation’s largest nurses’ union and professional association, leads the Registered Nurse movement to transform the market-driven healthcare industry in the United States into a health care system driven by patient needs. NNU has negotiated the best Registered Nurse collective bargaining contracts in the nation and provided critical leadership in the AFL-CIO’s decision to endorse a single-payer healthcare system based on “updating and expanding Medicare benefits” for all Americans.
Overview
After appropriate orientation, Educators design and teach one day courses on health care restructuring, issues impacting nursing practice, and basic principles of political economy for Registered Nurses. Additionally, Educators may design and teach semester length courses for the National Nurses United-Department of Women's and Gender Studies joint online certificate program in Global Women’s Health Leadership at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey.
These are not traditional labor educator positions.
The ideal candidate will have the following qualities:
- Strong commitment to social justice
- At least one advanced degree, doctorate highly desirable
- Ability and willingness to travel
- Excellent qualitative social research skills
- Experience in working closely with others as part of a successful team.
- Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines
- Familiarity in teaching successful intensive workshops
- Ability to teach complex material in a way that is accessible to a broad audience
- Experience teaching complex global issues of political economy
Highly desirable attributes include familiarity with the epistemological problematic inherent in computerized expert systems and the impact on worker control, workplace power and skill, labor process studies, complex organizational analysis, the philosophy of science generally, and the social aspects of technological design and implementation.
The positions are based in the San Francisco Bay area and offer an excellent salary and benefits package that includes a pension and full family medical and dental coverage, including coverage for domestic partners.
To Apply
Please submit a résumé, cover letter, and writing sample in PDF or Word format and complete the online application form at the link below. At your option, you may submit an outline of a one-day educational workshop and/or a one to three page description of the best training session, class or workshop you have conducted and the intended audience.
Please apply ASAP positions will be filled as soon as the right candidates are interviewed.
Please no phone calls.
NNU is committed to Equal Opportunity, and considering applicants of all ages, races, sexual orientations, national origins, ethnicities, and religions. We urge people of color and women, experienced activists, organizers, labor representatives, directors, researchers and educators of all backgrounds, to apply.Bottom of Form
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Please apply ASAP, positions will be filled as soon as the right candidates are interviewed. |
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Secondary Categories: | American History / Studies Anthropology Archival Science Colonial and Post-Colonial History / Studies Contemporary History Cultural History / Studies Demographic History / Studies Diplomacy and International Relations Geography Government and Public Service Health and Health Care History of Science, Medicine, and Technology Human Rights Humanities Intellectual History Labor History / Studies Law and Legal History Linguistics Literature Philosophy Political History / Studies Political Science Public History Public Policy Rhetoric Social History / Studies Social Sciences Sociology Urban Design and Planning Urban History / Studies Women, Gender, and Sexuality World History / Studies |
Posting Date: | 01/23/2014 |
Closing Date | 07/23/2015 |