This role involves engaging students in the teaching/learning process for a variety of Mathematics courses (e.g. basic math, beginning algebra through post-calculus, and statistics). Plan and teach courses which fulfill the current curriculum goals and objectives. Remain current with subject matter and instructional methodology. Post office hours with the Onsite Faculty Administrative Support as necessary, based on students’ needs. Employ appropriate assessment techniques to measure student performance in achieving course goals and objectives. Communicate progress in the course to students in a timely manner. Comply with the policies, procedures, and standards found in the Southern State Community College Policy and Information Manual. Determine and submit students’ grades in accordance with established College policies and procedures. Attend one Adjunct Faculty Orientation and Development event per academic year. Become familiar with the College’s ‘Emergency Crisis Response Plan,’ and follow the campus’ protocol for drills and emergency situations. Support the mission of the program, division, and College. Work assigned schedule, exhibit regular and punctual attendance, and work outside of normal schedule as needed to meet workload demands.

Southern State is committed to its mission to provide accessible, affordable and high quality education to people in southern Ohio. The college values honesty and integrity in all endeavors, tolerance for different ideas, respect for all individuals and excellence and creativity in the pursuit of knowledge. CLASSIFICATION TITLE: Adjunct Faculty for English EMPLOYMENT STATUS: Part-time REPORTS TO: Dean of Student Affairs DIVISION: Academic Affairs CAMPUS: Online DISTINGUISHING JOB CHARACTERISTICS Engage students in the teaching/learning process for introductory and intermediate composition English courses. ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES To perform this job successfully, an individual must perform essential duties to expected performance standards. Reasonable accommodations are made as required for persons who are disabled under the Americans With Disabilities Act. Plan and teach courses which fulfill the current curriculum goals and objectives. Remain current with subject matter and instructional methodology. Post office hours with the Onsite Faculty Administrative Support as necessary, based on students’ needs. Employ appropriate assessment techniques to measure student performance in achieving course goals and objectives. Communicate progress in the course to students in a timely manner. Comply with the policies, procedures, and standards found in the Southern State Community College Policy and Information Manual. Determine and submit students’ grades in accordance with established College policies and procedures. Attend one Adjunct Faculty Orientation and Development event per academic year. Become familiar with the College’s ‘Emergency Crisis Response Plan,’ and follow the campus’ protocol for drills and emergency situations. Support the mission of the program, division, and College. Works assigned schedule, exhibits regular and punctual attendance and works outside of normal schedule as needed to meet workload demands. OTHER DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES Performs other related duties as required. SCOPE OF SUPERVISION None EQUIPMENT OPERATED Classroom Extron and mobile projection systems; computer; printer; copier; fax machine; telephone; other standard office equipment. CONFIDENTIAL DATA Non-public personnel records and issues; student and other information covered by FERPA guidelines and agreed to in the College’s FERPA Confidentiality Agreement. WORKING CONDITIONS Good classroom working conditions. The work requires the use of safe work practices with office, classroom and laboratory equipment, and observance of safety regulations. USUAL PHYSICAL DEMANDS The following physical demands are typically used to perform this job’s essential duties and responsibilities. They are not qualification standards, rather they may be used to help the College, employee, or applicant identify where and how reasonable accommodations may be made when an otherwise qualified person is unable to perform the job’s essential duties due to an ADA disability. While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly sits for extended periods of time and regularly stands and walks. The employee regularly exhibits manual dexterity when working on the computer, typing and performing other related tasks. The employee regularly reaches with hands and arms, stoops, kneels and crouches. The employee regularly talks and hears when teaching or working with students and the general public. Vision demands include close, relatively detailed vision, with the ability to adjust focus when typing or reading a computer screen. The employee occasionally lifts or exerts force on objects weighing up to 50 pounds. KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES Knowledge, Skill(s) and Ability to: effectively communicate one-on-one, in small groups, and in classroom situations; proficient in word processing and presentation software, internet, and e-mail; demonstrated ability to work with a diverse group of students; effective verbal, written , and listening communication skills; effective problem solving skills; ability to work a combination of days/evening/weekend schedules; maintain confidentiality of confidential and sensitive information; create and implement appropriate and educational lesson plans; apply generally accepted teaching methods to practical work situations; apply ethical standards to work situations; make work decisions in accordance with SSCC’s values; show respect and sensitivity for cultural differences, and promote an harassment-free environment; embrace and support constructive change; develop and maintain effective working relationships with students, staff, members of the learning community, and general public; contribute toward building a positive team working environment; treat others with respect as representative of SSCC. QUALIFICATIONS An appropriate combination of education, training, course work and experience may qualify an applicant to demonstrate required knowledge, skills, and abilities. An example of an acceptable qualification is: Master's Degree in English or Composition/Rhetoric. Preferred candidates will have at least one year of experience teaching college level English courses. Applicant must successfully pass required background checks in accordance with Southern State Community College’s policies and procedures and applicable laws. Ability to document identity and employment eligibility as a condition of employment in compliance with Immigration Reform and Control Act requirements. LICENSURE OR CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS As needed. The listing of duties and requirements listed in this description should in no manner imply that these are the only responsibilities to be performed by the employee who fills this position. Each employee is required to follow the directives, and to perform any duties required by the employee's supervisor or designee. Southern State is an equal opportunity at will employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of age, race, religion, color, disability, sex, sexual orientation or national origin.

• Design, build, and operate greenfield SIP trunking infrastructure connecting carrier-grade telephony to our internal voice AI platform. • Architect and implement real-time bidirectional audio streaming pipelines to support our ECS-based voice stack. • Design autoscaling strategies for stateful, connection-based workloads, enabling the platform to scale dynamically based on connection ingress and concurrent call volume. • Implement call routing, inbound/outbound dialing flows, and media transport (RTP/SRTP). • Integrate with Amazon Connect to bridge carrier connectivity into our custom infrastructure. • Collaborate with ML engineers, product managers, and other stakeholders to ensure the telephony layer meets the needs of our voice AI systems. • Ensure outbound dialing infrastructure complies with TCPA regulations and supports STIR/SHAKEN attestation.

Block is one company built from many blocks, all united by the same purpose of economic empowerment. The blocks that form our foundational teams - People, Finance, Counsel, Hardware, Information Security, Platform Infrastructure Engineering, and more - provide support and guidance at the corporate level. They work across business groups and around the globe, spanning time zones and disciplines to develop inclusive People policies, forecast finances, give legal counsel, safeguard systems, nurture new initiatives, and more. Every challenge creates possibilities, and we need different perspectives to see them all. Bring yours to Block. Block's Support ML Modeling team is a central driver of innovation in customer support experiences across our entire ecosystem-including Cash App, Square, and other business units. We are dedicated to advancing the state of intelligent, automated support through machine learning and generative AI. From customer-facing chatbots to smart internal tools for agents, our team builds high-impact, scalable systems that improve support quality, efficiency, and accessibility. We're building the future of support at Block: one powered by AI, voice interfaces, and smart automation. We're looking for candidates with a passion for intelligent systems, practical ML experience, and a desire to build product-driven solutions. You Will Lead R&D efforts to explore and prototype next-generation chatbot architectures using LLMs, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), fine-tuning, and real-time inference Design and deploy ML models powering conversational agents, including the support chatbot used across Cash App, Square, and other Block products Build generative AI systems that scale intelligently across multiple business units, adapting to diverse products, users, and use cases Advance voice support automation, enabling natural, responsive, and accurate voice-based interactions Develop systems to infer customer intent, enabling effective routing, triaging, and resolution of cases with minimal human involvement Create ML-powered tooling and real-time recommendation systems to assist support agents and enhance customer outcomes Engineer robust, reusable modeling pipelines capable of high throughput, rapid iteration, and easy deployment Collaborate cross-functionally with product, engineering, design, and operations teams to ship impactful ML features at scale You Have 6+ years of experience in machine learning, applied AI, or product ML roles Demonstrated experience with language models, dialog systems, or generative AI in production Strong knowledge of NLP, deep learning, and ML infrastructure best practices Experience with speech processing or voice interfaces is a strong plus Proven ability to ship end-to-end ML features-framing problems, prototyping, training, evaluation, and deployment Experience designing scalable model pipelines and maintaining production ML services Excellent communication skills and a collaborative mindset Enthusiasm for R&D and pushing the boundaries of what AI can do for support Technologies We Use and Teach Python, PyTorch, TensorFlow, or JAX We're working to build a more inclusive economy where our customers have equal access to opportunity, and we strive to live by these same values in building our workplace. Block is an equal opportunity employer evaluating all employees and job applicants without regard to identity or any legally protected class. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories for employment on our team, and always assess candidates on an individualized basis. We believe in being fair, and are committed to an inclusive interview experience, including providing reasonable accommodations to disabled applicants throughout the recruitment process. We encourage applicants to share any needed accommodations with their recruiter, who will treat these requests as confidentially as possible. Want to learn more about what we're doing to build a workplace that is fair and square? Check out our I+D page . Block takes a market-based approach to pay, and pay may vary depending on your location. U.S. locations are categorized into one of four zones based on a cost of labor index for that geographic area. The successful candidate's starting pay will be determined based on job-related skills, experience, qualifications, work location, and market conditions. These ranges may be modified in the future.