Position Announcement

Temporary Full-Time Instructor

Department of Business Administration

Alfred Lerner College of Business and Economics

University of Delaware

 

The Department of Business Administration in the Alfred Lerner College of Business and Economics at the University of Delaware invites applications for a temporary full-time instructor position in the Department of Business Administration. The beginning date for the position is August 2025.

Candidates must possess a Masters’ or higher degree, experience in teaching sales and sales management, and commensurate experience in managing educational programs in an academic or industry setting. The ideal candidate will play a pivotal role in shaping the future graduates by envisioning new programs, embracing a growth mindset, and demonstrating a deep understanding of sales, sales programs, and sales curriculum. The candidate will also serve as the Faculty Director for the Minor in Professional Selling and Sales Management and will play a crucial role in continuing to build the undergraduate program in professional selling and sales management while delivering value to the students and industry partners. Teaching load is a maximum of eight courses per year with reductions for serving as the Faculty Director of the Minor in Professional Selling and Sales Management.  This is a temporary position, renewable in one-year increments.

Founded in 1743, the University of Delaware (www.udel.edu) combines tradition and innovation, offering students a rich heritage along with the latest in instructional and research technology. Located on an attractive campus in Newark, Delaware, roughly an hour from Philadelphia and Baltimore, and about 2 hours from New York and Washington, D.C., the University is a state-assisted institution with a strong private endowment and selective admission. It is one of the oldest land-grant, sea-grant, and space-grant institutions in the nation. The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching classifies University of Delaware as an R1 research university with very high research activity.

Lerner College has five departments, 42 academic programs, about 4,200 students, 166 faculty members, and state-of-the art facilities. Lerner College supports full-time, part-time, on-site corporate, and online MBA programs in addition to MS programs in functional business areas and non-degree executive education programs. Degree programs are fully accredited by the AACSB.  For more information on Lerner College, see lerner.udel.edu.

The Department of Business Administration is housed within Lerner College and offers degree programs in Marketing, Management, Operations Management, and International Business.  To learn more about the Department and its faculty members, please visit https://lerner.udel.edu/departments/business-administration/. The department promotes a collegial, supportive environment and values candidates who share these values.

Salary and benefits are highly competitive and commensurate with experience and qualifications.

Applicants should submit a letter of interest, a current curriculum vitae or resume, recent teaching evaluations, and three references at [provide UD jobs link].  Additional information may be requested after initial review of applicants. Submit inquiries, but not application materials or letters of reference, to the search committee chair, Suresh Sundaram, ssuresh@udel.edu.

The search committee will begin reviewing applications in July 2025. Applications will be reviewed until the position is filled. We will conduct preliminary interviews via Zoom.

The University of Delaware is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or status as a protected veteran, as well as any other status or condition protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. For the University’s complete non-discrimination statement, please visit www.udel.edu/aboutus/legalnotices.html.