Job Title:  History – CFS Professional (Family History/Genealogy)

Job Classification:  CFS – Professional; this position is for CFS-track but may be filled by a visitor.

Posting close date:  October 1, 2024

Start date of this position:  August 25, 2025

Required Degrees and Certifications:

• PhD in History or closely-related field must be completed by the start date
• AG (Accredited Genealogist) or CG (Certified Genealogist) must be earned prior to CFS

Job Description and Experience:  Continuing faculty status (BYU equivalent of “tenure”) track appointment at Brigham Young University to begin August 2025 for a professional track family history faculty member who will contribute to its Family History program, particularly History 205: Introduction to Family History Doctrine and Practice. This position will also have administrative responsibilities to support the program’s curricular offerings. PhD required by employment start date. Candidates must obtain a professional genealogical credential before applying for continuing faculty status. Salary commensurate with experience and rank.

Duties/Expectations:  Teaching load will include family history courses. Average teaching load will be 24 credit hours for a 10-month contract. In addition to teaching and mentoring, this position entails administration, curricular support, and committee service. Those responsibilities include mentoring undergraduate teaching assistants who teach Family History workshops.

Information Required at the Time of Application:  Please list the individual contact information for each of your three recommenders on the faculty application. At some point during the selection process, they may be contacted to submit their letters of reference electronically.

Document(s) Required at the Time of Application:  Please attach the following to the faculty application: your updated curriculum vitae; cover letter; one writing sample; teaching evaluations; one-page mission alignment statement; belonging statement covering past experiences and activities and future plans to advance diversity, equity, and belonging; and transcript(s).

Mission Alignment Statement: BYU is committed to hiring faculty members who enthusiastically embrace and energetically advance its unique mission. To this end, please include a one-page mission alignment statement as part of your application that addresses how you might, as a BYU faculty member: (1) live a life of loyalty to Jesus Christ and His restored Church and align yourself with doctrines and teachings declared by living prophets, seers, and revelators; (2) demonstrate intentionality in building faith in Jesus Christ and testimony of His restored gospel among students and others in the BYU community; and (3) teach your subject matter with the Spirit of God and strive to keep it “bathed in the light and color of the restored gospel” (Spencer W. Kimball). 

Applicants who are not members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints include a one-page mission alignment statement that describes understanding of and commitment to the Mission of Brigham Young University and the AIMS of a BYU Education (https://aims.byu.edu/).

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Equal Opportunity Employer: m/f/Vets/Disability

BYU is an equal-opportunity employer. Preference is given to qualified candidates who are members in good standing of the affiliated church, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

All new employees who are members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will be required to hold and be worthy to hold a current temple recommend.

United by our common primary identity as children of God, BYU values equal opportunity. We also value and embrace the variety of individual characteristics, life experiences and circumstances, perspectives, talents, and gifts of each member of the BYU community and the richness and strength they bring in helping create and support an environment of covenant belonging centered in Jesus Christ. Candidates with experience in and commitment to mentoring students from a variety of backgrounds are encouraged to apply.

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