2026/2027 - Associate Faculty - Interior Design

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.

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 hourly salary schedules 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.
Compensation for assigned classes is paid over the duration of the assignment.
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 Benefits page.

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

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.
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.

Minimum Qualifications Applicants must possess the minimum qualifications exactly as listed below for disciplines of interest or file for equivalency 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 Equivalency Guide for Faculty Applicants and the Faculty Minimum Qualifications Self-Evaluation Checklist for more information.

REQUIRED:
Bachelor's degree AND two years of professional experience directly related to faculty member's teaching assignment; OR an Associate's degree AND six years of professional experience directly related to faculty member's teaching assignment; OR the equivalent; OR a valid California Community College Instructor's Credential in Decorative Arts and Related Technologies.
Sensitivity to, and understanding of, the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, disability, and ethnic backgrounds of community college students.

Preferred:
Teaching experience related to SRJC's interior design course offerings Professional experience related to SRJC's interior design course offerings Professional certificate in interior design or professional license in architecture Advanced degree in interior design or architecture Experience with software related to SRJC's interior design course offerings Membership and participation in professional industry associations within related discipline Demonstrated commitment to valuing and promoting diversity, equity, inclusion and anti-racism.
Software being taught in the interior design classes may include:
AutoCAD, 3D Studio Max, Revit, Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, SketchUp, Rhino3D, Enscape3D, and Lumion.

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 .