Salary: $73,620.00 - $124,851.00 Annually
Location : Gresham Campus, OR
Job Type: Full-time Faculty - Tenure Track
Job Number:
Division: Instruction
Department: Health Professions
Opening Date: 06/03/2026
Closing Date: 7/5/2026 11:59 PM Pacific

Job Summary and Responsibilities/Duties

This position may require teaching assignments during morning, afternoon, evening, and weekend hours, based on the needs of the college. Instruction may be delivered in both in-person and online formats.

Job Summary
Provides high quality instruction in funeral services so that each student may meet learning outcomes, and provides coordination for program development and implementation. Works with the dean and colleagues to improve student learning experiences. Performs other instructional responsibilities as assigned and determined by the dean.

Essential Duties

1. Helps advance the role and goals of a comprehensive community college.
2. Teaches a range of community college courses, which may include developmental, transfer, or career-technical courses. Prepares clear learning outcomes for each course, and informs students of learning outcomes in a course syllabus.
3. Creates a learning environment for students inclusive of diverse cultural, social, economic, and educational backgrounds. Develops instructional approaches and materials that equip students to serve families from a wide range of backgrounds with skill, sensitivity, and respect.
4. Collaborates with faculty and staff from other departments and divisions to promote communication, coordinate programs, and support student success.
5. Participates in college service and activities outside direct instruction, such as registration, curriculum development, advising, strategic planning, and educational assessment.
6. Supports student recruitment, placement, and retention with a focus on students from underrepresented, multilingual, and multicultural communities.
7. Posts and keeps office hours to be available to students for assistance outside the classroom.
8. Keeps professionally current by participating in professional development and other activities; maintains current credentials or licensures as required by program or accreditation.
9. Maintains active liaison with high schools, universities, business and industry, or external agencies, and assists the dean with program advisory committees as appropriate.
10. Completes instructional duties, reports, and paper work assigned by the dean in a timely manner.
11. Attends division, department, and committee meetings and in-service programs.
12. Maintains and emphasizes safe working conditions and practices, including proper handling of human remains and compliance with OSHA standards applicable to funeral service environments. Ensures the security of facilities, instructional materials, and mortuary supplies in compliance with applicable safety and regulatory standards.
13. Leads the design, development, and implementation of curriculum and/or credential programs in Natural Organic Reduction (NOR), positioning Mt. Hood Community College as a leader in this emerging field. Conducts landscape analyses of NOR practices, scientific literature, and evolving regulatory frameworks at state and national levels; engages with NOR facility operators, industry practitioners, environmental scientists, and relevant state agencies to ground curriculum in current and emerging best practice. Explores and develops articulation pathways between NOR credentials and existing funeral service programs, four-year institutions, and professional certifications.
14. Builds and maintains partnerships with providers, environmental and conservation organizations, and state regulatory agencies to ensure curriculum relevance and to secure practicum and field experience opportunities for students across a range of cultural, linguistic, and religious traditions.
15. Leads the design, development, and launch of an online Funeral Director Program that centers intercultural competency, social and emotional intelligence, and high-quality, person-centered service. Ensures the online program meets all ABFSE accreditation standards and Oregon Mortuary and Cemetery Board requirements; coordinates with relevant accreditation and regulatory bodies throughout development and launch. Develops engaging course content and mentors adjunct faculty to deliver the program.
16. Leads multi-stakeholder planning processes for strategic initiatives, engaging faculty, industry partners, community organizations, students, and college leadership to build shared vision and sustained momentum.
17. Represents the Funeral Services program and its strategic initiatives at professional associations, state and national conferences, community forums, and with media or public audiences as appropriate.

Additional Duties

1. Performs all other duties as assigned.

Minimum and Desired Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• Master's degree from a regionally accredited college or university AND Associate's degree from an ABFSE-accredited mortuary science program.
• Three (3) years of work experience in the funeral services industry.
• Education and/or training in intercultural communication, cross-cultural competency, or a closely related field.
• Knowledge of Natural Organic Reduction, including its scientific basis, regulatory context, and/or operational practice.

Preferred Qualifications

• Teaching experience, preferably at the community college level.
• Education, training, or demonstrated experience in online learning design and delivery (e.g., instructional design, Quality Matters, or equivalent).
• Experience directing or coordinating funeral services for families from diverse cultural, linguistic, religious, or ethnic backgrounds.
• Experience with natural organic reduction facilities, operations, or provider training programs.
• Bilingual skills with fluency in English and Spanish, Vietnamese, Russian, or other language that meets community needs.
• Experience building and sustaining partnerships with community organizations, funeral homes serving diverse populations, government agencies, or industry stakeholders.

Additional Qualifications and/or Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSAs)

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Ability to organize and explain materials in ways appropriate to students with different abilities, levels of preparation, and cultural experiences.
• Knowledge of and commitment to the role and purpose of community colleges in serving local and regional communities.
• Sensitivity to and understanding of the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, ability, and ethnic backgrounds of community college students.
• Ability to use remote learning technologies.
• Ability to lead multi-stakeholder initiatives, build consensus, and develop shared vision across faculty, administrators, industry partners, and community organizations.
• Ability to implement and operationalize new educational pathways, from initial concept through launch, program review, and continuous improvement.
• Strong intercultural communication skills and commitment to culturally responsive pedagogy and practice in both in-person and online environments.
• Knowledge of the scientific, environmental, legal, and ethical dimensions of emerging disposition methods, including Natural Organic Reduction.
• Ability to navigate and apply regulatory and accreditation frameworks governing funeral services education in Oregon, including ABFSE standards and Oregon Mortuary and Cemetery Board requirements.
• Ability to design and deliver online instruction that is engaging, rigorous, and accessible to a diverse learner population.
• Ability to cultivate and sustain community and industry partnerships that enhance student learning and career readiness.
• Strong oral and written communication skills, including the ability to communicate effectively with grieving families, students, faculty, college leadership, and external stakeholders across cultural and linguistic differences.
• Ability to integrate equity, inclusion, and social justice in curriculum design, instructional practice, and program development.
• Ability to work independently on complex, long-horizon projects while maintaining accountability to institutional timelines and collaborative processes.

Working Conditions and Important Information

Working Conditions
Work is performed in a variety of settings, including classroom and lecture environments, embalming and preparation laboratories, and online/remote platforms. The position requires the ability to work with human remains and associated materials in compliance with applicable health, safety, and regulatory standards. Some travel to community partner sites, industry facilities, and professional conferences may be required.

Salary Placement
Initial salary placement will be based on applicable education and/or years of relevant full-time equivalent experience at the sole discretion of the College, per the guidelines in the Collective Bargaining Agreement and in accordance with all applicable state and federal laws. No initial salary placement will exceed Step 5. Please include all relevant education and full and part-time experience (including unpaid and volunteer experience) in your application that you want the College to review towards potential placement. Hired employees will not have an opportunity to update past education and/or experience or appeal initial placement after the time of hire.
The following is a brief description of the benefits offered by Mt. Hood Community, this is intended to be a summary only - any errors or omissions are unintentional. Please refer to benefit booklets, plan documents, college policy and regulations for more detailed information. Greater detail regarding fringe benefits is available in the Full-time Faculty Bargaining Agreement.

COLLEGE PAID BENEFITS

Health Benefit OptionsMHCC is a member of the Oregon Educators Benefit Board (OEBB) which administers Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Accidental Death & Dismemberment (AD&D), Long Term Disability (LTD) and Employee Assistance Plan (EAP). Health insurance plan coverage will begin on the first day of the month following the first day of employment for a faculty member. If the first working day for a faculty member falls between the 1st and the 14th of the month, the College will provide a stipend equivalent to half of the insurance premium for the plan the faculty member selects, payable in the first paycheck after that selection is made.

Important Retirement Information:Make sure you are enrolled in the medical, dental, vision and/or optional plans you want when you retire. Retirement is not considered a Qualified Status Change (QSC) so you cannot add or change plans at the time of retirement.

In order to ensure that a spouse/domestic partner and/or eligible dependent can be covered when you retire you will need to enroll them on MHCC's policy at the open enrollment period prior to your retirement date even though they may be covered under another policy.
Coverage for domestic partners is a taxable benefit under IRS guidelines. Appropriate taxes will be deducted from your payroll.

Other College Paid Insurances

• Life Insurance Coverage = Two (2) times the basic contract salary (rounded to the nearest $1,000). not to exceed $300,000
• Accidental Death & Dismemberment (AD&D) Coverage = Two (2) times the basic contract salary (rounded to the nearest $1,000). not to exceed $300,000
• Long Term Disability (LTD)
• Approved benefit claims begin after 90-day elimination period. Maximum benefit is 66 2/3 of monthly salary; benefit may be adjusted based on other income received by retirement benefits.

Public Employees Retirement Plan (PERS)
Consistent with PERS rules, the employee contributes 6% of their gross salary into an Individual Account Program (IAP) with PERS. The contribution is set up automatically. At the time of retirement, based on one of the following programs, a monthly pension benefit is calculated. Please refer the Public Employees Retirement System (PERS) website for detailed information on retirement benefits:

Public Employees Retirement System - Tier One/Tier Two
Hired by a PERS employer before August 28, 2003 and have an active account.

Oregon Public Service Retirement Plan - OPSRP
Hired on or after August 28, 2003 and do not have active account in the PERS Program.

Tuition Waiver Plan
The College will maintain the current tuition waiver plan for faculty members, their spouses/domestic partners and their eligible dependents eligible through age 23. Faculty members and their spouses/domestic partners will pay only course specific fees.

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
MHCC's Employee Assistance Program (EAP) is through Reliant Behavioral Health (RBH) which provides services to help people privately resolve problems that may interfere with work, family, and other important areas of life.

The EAP provides FREE (no charge for utilization) and confidential services to employees and their dependents, living at or away from home, and all household members, related or not. MHCC employees, spouses/domestic partner, dependents and their eligible household members have five (5) free EAP services per new issue, including relationship, family, stress, anxiety, and other common challenges. Employees must get a referral from the EAP for each issue for services to be covered.

Use of MHCC Swimming Pool
The College will provide a swim pass for faculty members, their spouses/domestic partners and their dependents through age 23.

Sick Leave
A faculty member shall receive a credit of ten (10) days of sick leave upon initial employment, and thereafter shall accrue sick leave at the rate of ten (10) days for working the three (3) terms during the contract year. A faculty member who works a fourth term in the summer shall receive one (1) sick leave day for each five-week session or equivalent, up to a m