Employment at WGU

Western Governors University—the nation’s only competency-based, accredited, online university—is a great place to work. The university looks for leaders with a strong commitment to our mission of expanding access to higher education. We also actively engage in recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and student body that includes members of historically underrepresented groups.

WGU is an innovative leader in distance higher education, receiving numerous accolades from educators and industry leaders. The university currently offers online bachelor’s and master’s degree programs in teacher education, business, information technology, and health professions including nursing.

Staff Positions

Online Faculty Mentor Jobs

1434-417, Course Mentor, Teachers College Cultural Studies and Diversity
1399-417, WGU Missouri, Student Mentor, Business Undergrad
1379-417, Program Manager, General Education Math
1363-417, WGU Missouri, Student Mentor, MBA
1334-417, WGU Missouri Student Mentor
1331-417, Student Mentor, MBA
1235-417, Course Mentor, Teachers College Educational Psychology
1232-417, Course Mentor, Teachers College Educational Assessment
1224-417, Course Mentor, Teachers College English Language Learning
1219-417, Course Mentor, Nursing, Research & Theory
1214-417, Course Mentor, IT Foundations
1210-417, Course Mentor, IT, Java
1203-417, Course Mentor, Healthcare Management
1198-417, Course Mentor, Accounting
1194-417, Course Mentor, Management
1192-417, Course Mentor, Leadership
1188-417, Course Mentor, Organizational Behavior
1161-417, Course Mentor, Mathematics
1156-417, Course Mentor, Nursing, BSN Foundations
1150-417, Course Mentor, Nursing, Clinical Practice
1110-417, Course Mentoring, Cohort Facilitator
1107-417, Course Mentor, IT - Health Informatics
1106-417, Course Mentor, IT - Web Technologies
1095-417, Course Mentor, IT Database
1067-417, Course Mentor, Quantitative Analysis
1065-417, Course Mentor, Social Responsibility
1036-417, Student Mentor, Business Undergrad
1034-417, Business Graduation Coordinator, Student Mentor
995-417, Course Mentor, Nursing Community Health
970-417, Student Mentor, IT
955-417, Course Mentor, Economics
953-417, Course Mentor, Human Resources
952-417, Course Mentor, Marketing
950-417, Course Mentor, E-Commerce / E-Business
910-417, Student Mentor, Nursing
909-417, Course Mentor, IT Security
870-417, Program Manager, Student Mentor MBA
859-417, Course Mentor, General Education Communication
724-417, Student Mentor, WGU Washington
726-417, Student Mentor, WGU Texas
725-417, Student Mentor, Arizona
667-417, Mentoring Coordinator, Arizona

Program Management Positions

1371-417, Product Manager, Development for General Education
1435-417, Product Manager, College of Health Professions
1360-417, Project Manager, Development for Business College
1372-417, Project Manager, Development for IT College

Part-Time Faculty Positions

Contract Faculty for General Education Course Development
Contract Faculty for Business Course Development
Contract Faculty for IT Course Development
Contract Education Faculty for Teachers College Course Development
Contract Nurse Faculty for MSN Course Development, Work From Home

Are you interested in becoming a part of our online faculty as a course or student mentor? Here is some more information about our online faculty jobs.

Diversity Statement

A diverse faculty is pivotal to the success of Western Governors University’s mission to improve the quality and expand access to post-secondary educational opportunities by providing a means for individuals to learn independent of time or place and to earn competency-based degrees and other credentials that are credible to both academic institutions and employers.

We maintain that achieving diversity requires an enduring commitment to inclusion that must find full expression in our organizational culture, values, norms and behaviors.

Throughout our work, we will support diversity in all of its forms, encompassing age, disability status, economic circumstance, ethnicity, gender, race and religion.