We welcome applicants who would like to join us in our mission of being a transformative university that nurtures Christlike community, pursues academic excellence, and cultivates a passion to serve.
Full-time employee benefits include Health/Dental/Vision insurance, employer-covered short-term/long-term disability, life insurance, 403(b) retirement plan, tuition remission, PTO, generous holiday leave and more.
All applicants are asked to provide a statement of faith as part of their application materials.
Authorization to work in the United States is a pre-condition of employment. MidAmerica Nazarene University does not sponsor international visas.
MidAmerica Nazarene University lists open positions on our jobs portal. We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome and encourage diverse candidates to apply for positions. Open positions are listed in our jobs portal.
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MidAmerica Nazarene University is an intentionally Christian Community and desires that all employees in positions of leadership reflect a foundational Christian position in word, attitude and action. While there is no predetermined length or format for the Personal Statement of Faith, the norm is a one or two page narrative document describing the applicant’s central Christian beliefs, significant formative influences in the applicant’s Christian experience (e.g., religious experiences of conversion or the affirmation of one’s faith, one’s family and/or home life, spiritual aspirations), and ways in which the applicant’s faith is being demonstrated in daily patterns and practices.
MidAmerica Nazarene University desires to be a distinctively Christian community, and as such, we seek to live life together under the authority of Jesus Christ, following His teaching and His life of compassion.
As an institution sponsored by the Church of the Nazarene, MidAmerica Nazarene University adopts fully the doctrinal and ethical standards of the Church. Each employee agrees to support and respect the basic standards of conduct adopted by the Church of the Nazarene. Employees should exemplify personal, moral and religious conduct and abstain from the use of alcoholic beverages, tobacco, illegal drugs, pornography, profane language, and gambling.
In this community, biblical standards of sexual behavior are upheld. We hold that the full behavioral expression of sexuality is to take place within the context of a marriage covenant between one man and one woman.
MidAmerica Nazarene University is interested in reviewing applications from qualified members of traditionally underrepresented groups in America, including women and racial and ethnic minorities. MidAmerica Nazarene University policy prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, sex, religion*, age, color, creed, national or ethnic origin, marital status, disability, genetic information, or any other legally protected class in the recruitment and admission of students, in the hiring process, during employment, and in the operation of all university programs, activities, and services.
*Christian faith and employment at MidAmerica Nazarene University: MidAmerica Nazarene University is an expression of the Church of the Nazarene. It reserves the right to prefer employees on the basis of religion (Title VII, Section 702-703, U.S. Civil Rights Act of 1964). Preferred candidates demonstrate a strong commitment to the Christian faith, active participation in a local church, and a philosophy of Christian higher education consistent with the Wesleyan tradition.
Read the university’s full Non-Discrimination/Equal Employment Opportunity Statement.
MNU provides a variety of voluntary benefits for full-time employees.
A brief explanation of those benefits follow.
Health, vision and dental coverage is available for full time employees. Coverage is effective the first month following the first day of employment.
The University provides basic Life Insurance, basic Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance (AD&D), and Long Term Disability (LTD) coverage.
The University provides disability leave for full time faculty and staff after one year of employment per the Short Term Disability Policy.
The University currently offers voluntary supplemental insurance available to faculty and staff.
Full time Staff and Faculty members may elect to participate in MNU’s retirement plans offered by the university on a pre- or post-tax basis upon employment.
Full time employees may elect to participate in a flexible Spending Account (FSA), or health plan option with health savings account (HSA)
The PTO plan includes leave time for reasons of vacation, personal leave, and sick leave for employees and family members.
Holiday hours represent compensated absences in addition to the PTO plan. MNU observes the following holidays:
| Holiday | Date Observed |
|---|---|
| New Years Day | January 1st |
| Martin Luther King Jr. Day | Third Monday in January |
| Easter Weekend | Good Friday and Easter Monday |
| Memorial Day | Last Monday in May |
| Independence Day | July 4th (date varies if the 4th falls on a weekend) |
| Labor Day | First Monday in September |
| Thanksgiving | 3 days – Wednesday through Friday of Thanksgiving week |
| Christmas Holiday | 6-7 days starting the 23rd of December and ending on New Year’s Eve (Dec 31) |
Employees, spouses, and dependents are eligible for tuition remission per the tuition remission policy.
The University provides two days (16 hours) of paid leave for employees to provide volunteer services in our community per the Community Service Leave Policy.
All MidAmerica Nazarene University employees are paid on the fifteenth and the last day of each month.
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