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Join a team of professionals focused on student success

At Black Hawk College, we are dedicated to providing the best possible educational environment that enables our students to achieve their goals. To do that, we work hard to hire only the best employees. Our faculty members engage and challenge students in the classroom and online, understanding that each student is an individual with unique needs and learning styles.

Our staff members keep student success in mind whether they are maintaining our beautiful campus grounds, counseling and advising students, answering questions about financial aid or tutoring for finals. At Black Hawk College, we are a team of professionals focused on our students.

We invite you to explore the careers at Black Hawk College. We are looking for qualified individuals to join our team as full-time faculty members, adjunct instructors and staff members. You’ll be surprised at the opportunities and benefits we provide. So, let’s get started!

Current Job Opportunities

Our online employment system, NEOED offers you several advantages.

  • Creating an account allows you to apply for multiple positions with ease.
  • Get notifications when positions are posted.
  • Ability to check the status of your applications.
  • Ability to schedule interviews online.

NEOED is easy to use and these tips can help.

Black Hawk College is an equal opportunity employer. If you need accommodations or assistance in the application, interview or any part of the hiring process, let us know.

Thanks for considering making Black Hawk College the next step in your career!

Employee Benefits

At Black Hawk College, we prioritize the well-being of our employees. Discover the comprehensive benefits we offer, tailored to both part-time and full-time employees. Join us and experience a supportive work environment that values your growth, health and financial security.

Benefits package overview

This is a brief description of the college’s benefits package for part-time and full-time employees. The intent is to provide a high-level view of benefits. It does not provide a full detailed plan description and does not detail the Collective Bargaining Unit Agreements for each employee union.

Full-Time Faculty and Staff

Benefits Summary

Black Hawk College reserves the right to change insurance providers.

Medical Insurance

  • Consociate Health insurance.
  • Aetna provider nationwide network.
  • Effective first day of employment.
  • Two coverage options: Employee only or Family.

Dental Insurance

  • Consociate Health for dental coverage.
  • Two coverage options: Employee only or Family.

Vision Insurance

  • Consociate Health for vision coverage.
  • Two coverage options: Employee only or Family.

Life Insurance ( Professional Staff Term Life – All Other Eligible Employee Term Life)

  • Employer-paid benefit.
  • Two times (2x) annual salary.

Long-Term Disability

  • Employer-paid benefit.
  • Employee paid by payroll deduction.
  • Benefit is 50% of base salary after 90-day waiting period.

AFLAC

  • Employee paid by payroll deduction.
  • Supplemental insurance.

Voluntary Life Insurance

  • Employee paid by payroll deduction.
  • Optional for employee, spouse and children.

Voluntary Long-Term Disability

  • Employee paid by payroll deduction.
  • Benefit is 60% of base salary after 90-day waiting period.

Serve You RX Mail Order Pharmacy

  • BHC uses a mandatory mail order pharmacy.
  • Used for maintenance and specialty prescriptions.
  • Generic prescriptions are a $0 cost.

Flexible Spending Account & Dependent Care Spending

  • The amount is payroll deducted on a pre-tax basis.
  • Covers co-pays, deductibles, prescription costs, etc.
  • DCS used for preschools, summer camps, before/after school program and adult day care.

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

  • Free counseling, financial, legal services, personal and career growth and more.
  • Available 24 hours per day/365 days a year.

MeMD

  • Employee paid by payroll deduction.
  • Urgent care services.
  • Provided virtually.

Norton LifeLock

  • Employee paid by payroll deduction.
  • Offers two types of coverage: Essential and Premier.
  • Helps protect your identity and devices.
  • Paid holidays
  • Vacation (not available for nine-month Faculty members)
  • Personal days
  • Sick leave
  • Bereavement leave
  • Jury duty
  • Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
  • Maternity/paternity leave
  • Military leave

Tuition Benefits

Tuition Reimbursement

  • Full-time employees may receive tuition reimbursement.
  • Only tuition will be subject to reimbursement.
  • More details are available per Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA).
  • Professional development funds also are available.

Tuition Waiver

  • Applies to college-credit BHC courses.
  • May be used for employee, spouse and employee’s children (under age 25).
  • Only tuition cost will be waived. No other fees or costs of a course will be waived.

Part-Time Staff

Benefits Summary

Black Hawk College reserves the right to change insurance providers.

Flexible Spending Account & Dependent Care Spending

  • The amount is payroll deducted on a pre-tax basis.
  • Covers co-pays, deductibles, prescription costs, etc.
  • DCS used for preschools, summer camps, before/after school program and adult day care.

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

  • Free counseling, financial, legal services, personal and career growth and more.
  • Available 24 hours per day/365 days a year.

MeMD

  • Employee paid by payroll deduction.
  • Urgent care services.
  • Provided virtually.

Norton LifeLock

  • Employee paid by payroll deduction.
  • Offers two types of coverage: Essential and Premier.
  • Helps protect your identity and devices.
  • Paid holidays (see Collective Bargaining Agreement for specifics)
  • Personal days
  • Sick leave
  • Bereavement leave
  • Jury duty
  • Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
  • Maternity/paternity leave
  • Military leave

Tuition Benefits

Tuition Reimbursement

  • Part-time employee may receive tuition reimbursement.
  • Only tuition will be subject to reimbursement.
  • More details are available per Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA).
  • Professional development funds also are available.

Tuition Waiver

  • Six credit hours per semester for BHC courses.
  • May be used for employee, spouse and employee’s children (under age 25).
  • Only tuition cost will be waived; no other fees or costs of a course will be waived.

Adjunct Faculty

Benefits Summary

Black Hawk College reserves the right to change insurance providers.

Flexible Spending Account & Dependent Care Spending

  • The amount is payroll deducted on a pre-tax basis.
  • Covers co-pays, deductibles, prescription costs, etc.
  • DCS used for preschools, summer camps, before/after school program and adult day care.

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

  • Free counseling, financial, legal services & more.
  • Available 24 hours per day/365 days a year.

MeMD

  • Employee paid by payroll deduction.
  • Urgent care services.
  • Provided virtually.

Norton LifeLock

  • Employee paid by payroll deduction.
  • Offers two types of coverage: Essential and Premier.
  • Helps protect your identity and devices.

Sick and Personal Leave

  • No paid/unpaid leave for adjuncts.
  • Three absence days per semester.

All Employees Retirement Benefits

403B Plan

State University Retirement (SURS)

SURS Deferred Compensation Plan – 457(b)

  • This is an additional optional SURS retirement plan.

Recognized Holidays & Recess*

  • New Year’s Day
  • Martin Luther King Jr. Day
  • Presidents’ Day
  • Good Friday
  • Memorial Day
  • Juneteenth (when it falls on a weekday)
  • Independence Day
  • Labor Day
  • Indigenous Peoples’ Day (varies depending upon the year)
  • Veterans Day
  • Thanksgiving Day
  • Day after Thanksgiving
  • Christmas Eve Day
  • Christmas Day
  • Holiday Recess – week between Christmas and New Year’s

*Holidays may vary. Please refer to Collective Bargaining Agreements (CBA) for official listing.
Calendar is tentative and subject to change.

Human Resources Department Staff

Vincent Luley

Vincent Luley

Director of Human Resources


Human Resources

Danielle Darland

Danielle Darland

HR Specialist, Talent Acquisition


Human Resources

Holly Fisk

Holly Fisk

Lead HR Generalist


Human Resources

Olivia Jeremiah

Olivia Jeremiah

HR Specialist, Benefits


Human Resources

Delaney Johnson

Delaney Johnson

HR Generalist, Compensation


Human Resources

Contact

Human Resources

Quad-Cities Campus
Building 1, Balcony
309-796-5222
HR@59shoushen.com
Mon-Fri, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.