Jobs at Washington State University

Assistant Professor will establish an externally funded bioengineering research program, teach undergraduate and graduate courses, mentor diverse students, publish scholarly work, and provide professional service. The role encourages collaboration across WSU, the Elson Floyd College of Medicine, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, and other departments. Candidates should contribute to areas such as molecular and cellular engineering, synthetic biology, biomanufacturing, tissue engineering, biomechanics, engineering education, or artificial intelligence applications.

Conduct research on bacterial diseases of tree fruits (e.g., fire blight), using microbiology, genome sequencing, comparative genomics, and bacterial genetics to develop controls and biopesticides. Work with growers and stakeholders, train students, maintain records, present findings, and publish manuscripts. Position includes in-state and regional travel.

Provides fiscal support for a university department, including purchasing, travel, account reconciliation, payroll and time accounting, expenditure control, P-Card review, WEX card oversight, asset management, and surplus requests. Interprets and applies financial policies, coordinates purchasing activities, ensures compliance, processes employee requests, and independently analyzes operational fiscal processes under general supervision.

Conduct plant genomics and bioinformatics research focused on weed species, including reference genome assembly, gene expression, population genomics, phenotyping, and data analysis. Design and manage greenhouse, laboratory, and field studies; publish findings; present results; and supervise undergraduate and graduate students. Research applies genetics, genomics, plant breeding, physiology, ecology, and herbicide-related methodologies.

Provide routine fiscal support for the Bursar's Office including processing financial transactions, account reconciliations, maintaining student account data, and delivering customer service. Follow established procedures and internal controls, escalating complex issues to senior staff.

Provides financial analysis, forecasting, reporting, budget management, and grant administration for an academic department. Prepares grant proposals and budgets, coordinates account setup, monitors transactions, ensures compliance, and advises faculty and staff on fiscal policies, purchasing, contracts, travel, and research operations. Develops financial projections, analyzes trends, manages funding accounts, and supports departmental planning and decision-making.

The Assistant Director of Education Abroad manages advising operations, coordinates faculty-led programs, advises students on international opportunities, collaborates with academic advisors, supports Terra Dotta, supervises student staff, and assists with risk management and crisis response. The role also develops procedures, expands education abroad participation, and works with faculty, departments, colleges, campuses, and external vendors.

Provides administrative, fiscal, and operational support to an engineering department. Responsibilities include visitor and meeting coordination, records maintenance, purchasing, accounts payable, travel reimbursements, facilities requests, onboarding, recruitment support, communications, website updates, procurement card reconciliation, inventory management, and special projects.

Manages research grant and contract administration, including proposal submissions, budget reviews, award reviews, contract and subcontract negotiations, amendments, compliance, and process development. Advises faculty and staff, applies federal and university policies, exercises independent judgment, and minimizes institutional risk while supporting sponsored research operations.

The Fiscal Manager provides accounting, financial analysis, audit compliance, and financial systems administration for Advancement Financial Services. Responsibilities include managing records for a $22 million operating budget, ensuring GAAP and regulatory compliance, preparing financial reports and projections, overseeing Sage and Workday data accuracy, maintaining record retention processes, supporting internal and external stakeholders, and supervising a fiscal analyst and student employee.

Oversee the Department of Physics and Astronomy’s financial and administrative operations, including fiscal analysis, budgeting, accountability, resource allocation, and policy implementation. Serve as principal fiscal advisor and budget authority, manage financial resources, support departmental planning, and supervise fiscal support staff. Collaborate with department and college leadership to achieve programmatic and financial objectives while ensuring efficient operations and compliance with university policies.

Manages WSU Pullman’s social media channels, developing campaigns and multimedia content, supporting creator partnerships, engaging online communities, and using social listening and analytics to improve performance. Monitors sentiment and emerging reputational issues, escalates concerns, and supports communications responses during crises. Requires strong writing, editing, storytelling, platform management, creative production, analytics, and organizational skills.

Supports first-generation high school seniors and college students transitioning to four-year institutions. Coordinates campus visits, events, dual-credit and pathway plans, and co-curricular programs. Advises students on orientation, registration, housing, accommodations, and other college resources while collaborating with advisors and TRiO Student Support Services. Provides transition programming and mentorship to help students build community and achieve academic goals.

Manages departmental finance, budgeting, forecasting, financial analysis, payroll costing, fund oversight, compliance, internal controls, audits, and fiscal policy implementation. Serves as principal fiscal advisor to the department chair, supervises administrative staff, and ensures responsible stewardship of state, grant, gift, local, and self-sustaining funds.

Leads the Defense Innovation Unit OnRamp Hub, setting strategy, overseeing operations, programs, compliance, personnel, budgets, and resources. Builds partnerships across government, academia, industry, investors, and defense stakeholders; aligns regional innovation capabilities with Department of Defense priorities; advances technology transition and commercialization; manages federally funded initiatives; and ensures compliance with cooperative agreement requirements and organizational performance goals.

Coordinates university-wide events, ceremonies, programs, and special initiatives. Manages logistics, schedules, communications, registrations, vendors, event websites, purchases, payments, expenditures, records, and operational requirements. Provides on-site support, troubleshoots issues, communicates with stakeholders, and ensures events comply with university policies. The role also manages multiple projects and supports professional event delivery for students, faculty, staff, alumni, and community partners.

Full-time Clinical Assistant Professor and Family Nurse Practitioner educator teaching and evaluating nursing students across classroom, online, simulation, and clinical settings. Responsibilities include mentoring, advising, clinical scholarship, graduate committee service, curriculum improvement, community clinical partnerships, and optional aligned clinical practice. The role is based primarily at WSU’s Spokane campus and requires a DNP or PhD, national FNP certification, clinical experience, and Washington licensure eligibility.

Leads fundraising development for Washington State University Athletics by cultivating and stewarding donors, securing major gifts, conducting solicitations, developing proposals, managing fundraising portfolios, and supporting annual, major, and planned giving initiatives. The role requires extensive regional travel, evening and weekend work, relationship management, event planning, and achievement of substantial annual fundraising goals.

Executes annual giving fundraising appeals and donor outreach campaigns, manages student engagement employees producing digital and video content, analyzes campaign results, and supports fundraising strategy. Collaborates with campus and advancement partners on print and digital campaigns, provides campaign guidance, and manages targeted annual giving programs and micro-campaigns.

Teaches introductory and upper-division criminal justice and criminology courses on campus and online, with potential graduate seminars. Mentors students, develops high-impact teaching practices, and performs departmental and college service. The position carries an 80% teaching load and 20% service responsibility, with preference for candidates experienced in law, courts, and online instruction.