The OHSU-PSU School of Public Health (SPH) is a joint school across PSU and Oregon Health & Sciences University. This unique collaboration combines the strengths of a world-class academic health center with the deep community involvement and diversity of the state’s urban research university. Together, the two universities offer unmatched opportunity for students to learn in the classroom and in real-world settings.

Our SPH is a national model for community engagement and academic innovation. Our vision is to become the premier destination in Oregon for students of all backgrounds who want to enter the public health field and improve lives in their communities.

Our SPH is aligned with the American Public Health Association in declaring racism a public health crisis, and we are committed to becoming an antiracist SPH. We are working to center social justice in our internal and external work as a school and are committed to addressing structural and institutional racism, and to holding ourselves accountable to this work.

We are currently inviting applications for a tenure track Assistant Professor, Associate Professor or full Professor position starting as early asFall of 2024. We seek a faculty colleague with specific expertise in organizational theory and behavior. Preferred candidates will be able to demonstrate teaching and/or research expertise in addressing health inequities from institutional, systems, policy and/or managerial perspectives, and contribute to advancing the School’s ongoing work on social justice, anti-racism, equity, diversity and inclusion. Ideally, candidates will have skills related to population health management and policy as well as knowledge of public health systems. The position is nine-month, tenure track, renewable appointments at Portland State University. Tenure track faculty are 9-month employees and represented by the PSU AAUP.

Minimum Qualifications

• Doctorate in health services management, health systems, health policy, public health, or related discipline.
• Commitment to social justice, educational equity and promotion of diversity in higher education and public health
• Ability to communicate effectively with a wide variety of audiences.
• Beginning or developed track record of published scholarship and externally funded activity with a preferred emphasis on health systems management and policy strategies for addressing health inequities.
• Experience teaching students in health system administration, organizational theory, strategic management, and/or systems-based approaches to health improvement.

Preferred Qualifications

• Developing or demonstrated history of engagement and collaboration with community organizations.
• Skills in population health management and policy
• Knowledge of/experience working in public health systems
• Experience learning or potential to lead research teams
• Ability to engage undergraduate students to achieve academic excellence
• Experience advising and/or mentoring first generation students and/or students of color

Key Cultural Competencies

• Creates an environment that acknowledges, encourages and celebrates differences.
• Functions and communicates effectively and respectfully within the context of varying beliefs, behaviors, orientations, identities and cultural backgrounds.
• Seeks opportunities to gain experience working and collaborating in diverse, multicultural, and inclusive settings with a willingness to change for continual improvement
• Adheres to all PSU’s policies including the policies on Prohibited Discrimination & Harassment and the Professional Standards of Conduct.

Environmental Stewardship

Contributes to a culture of environmental stewardship, practices resource conservation, and actively works toward achieving long-term sustainability goals.

Professional Standards of Conduct

At Portland State University, all employees are expected to conduct themselves in a professional manner which maintains a safe, respectful, and productive environment for faculty, students, administrators, and staff. It is the responsibility of every member of the Portland State University community to conduct themselves in accordance with our PSU Professional Standards of Conduct which are available at https://www.pdx.edu/human-resources/professional-standards-conduct-policy.