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Thank you for your interest in Multnomah University. The following information is provided to give you a better understanding of employment at this institution.

Multnomah University is a diverse community that equips students to love Christ and serve their neighbors through their lives and work. Multnomah's mission is to equip Christian students through higher education to become biblically competent, academically proficient, spiritually formed, and culturally engaged servant leaders, shaped to be a transforming force in the church, community, and the world. In keeping with its mission and vision statements, Multnomah considers it a bona fide occupational requirement that all staff and faculty live by Biblical standards. We believe that professionally qualified, committed Christian personnel are key to the operation of a truly Christian university, and that not only teachers, but all employees, by the pattern of their lives, serve as role models to our students. The job descriptions for all employment positions at Multnomah contain the following or similar statements relating to required personal qualities:

  • Employees will have received Jesus Christ as his/her personal Savior. John 1:12
  • Employees will be in basic agreement with the institution's doctrinal statement.
  • Employees will believe that the Bible is God's Word and standard for faith and daily living. 2 Tim. 3:16-17
  • Employees will be a Christian role model in attitude, speech, and actions toward others. This includes being committed to God's biblical standards for morality and sexual conduct. 1 Tim. 4:12; Luke 6:40; Col. 3:17; Titus 2:7-8; 1 Thess. 2:10 and 5:22.
  • Employees will be actively involved in a local church.

Because of these firmly held convictions, you will notice that a part of this employment application process for regular faculty or staff positions requires your affirmation to our doctrinal statement and other statements of Christian values. All Multnomah employees (faculty, staff, and administration) and all members of Multnomah's Trustee Board must annually sign these two statements, thus reaffirming their agreement. Adjunct Faculty teaching courses other than Bible or Theology will affirm the Statement of Faith adopted from the National Association of Evangelicals. We truly believe that God directs individuals to become a part of the ministry of this institution. Thus, we ask that you pray earnestly concerning possible employment at Multnomah.

Your application is very important to us. Other information such as letter(s) of recommendation, or written information describing your qualifications and/or experience may be submitted with your application, but may not take the place of requested application information.

All applications are reviewed and the applicants that appear best qualified are invited for personal interviews. All applicants are notified once a decision is made.

If you wish to apply to more than one job opening a unique application needs to be submitted for each position.

Employment at Multnomah University is "at will" and can be terminated at any time and for any reason by either the institution or the employee. Most employment positions at Multnomah are year-round positions, meaning the work is year-round, there are some positions however where work is guaranteed only during the time when classes are in session. If you have questions about the position for which you are applying, please ask.

Employment Application

Before completing this application, you are advised that work schedules and duties may be modified from time to time based on the needs of the university. You are further advised that, if possible, alternate job functions may be assigned during those periods when school is not in session. Completion of this employment application indicates an acceptance of these conditions.

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Have you attended Multnomah?*

For alumnus who are applying for a Faculty position at Multnomah:

As a Multnomah Alumnus, you may believe we will have access to your transcript information. Unfortunately, the hiring supervisor will not have access to this information in our records systems. Please do request these transcripts and attach them to this employment application. The Registrar's office has provided instructions for requesting records on their website: https://www.multnomah.edu/registrar/.

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Background Checks

Please note, for the safety of our students all Multnomah University staff and faculty positions are subject to criminal background checks. A conviction record will not automatically disqualify qualified candidates from employment, depending on such factors as your age at the time of the crime, seriousness of the crime, and nature of the crime in relation to the position for which you are applying.

Experience, Skills and Qualifications

Are you a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC)?*
Are you LPC eligible?*
Please list anything pertinent to the position for which you are applying

Statement of Ethical Values


STATEMENT OF ETHICAL VALUES

As a private religious and educational institution, Multnomah, from its beginning, has provided a learning environment in harmony with biblical truths and historic evangelical Christian values. In subscribing to its corporation mission of training the people of God in the Word of God to touch the world for God, Multnomah’s Board of Trustees also considers it necessary for the accomplishment of the institution’s mission and vision that its faculty, staff, and volunteer trustee members fully understand and embrace the following value statements:


1. As Christians, we regard the Bible as God’s eternal and authoritative Word, sufficient and authoritative in matters relating to values, attitudes, and behaviors in all relationships. Therefore, we seek to foster the development of spiritual maturity by maintaining personal spiritual disciplines and by regularly participating in worship in a local Christian church that stresses biblical authority and personal conversion. Furthermore, as faculty, staff, and trustees we also understand and accept our responsibility to demonstrate by precept and example the highest of Christian virtues and personal behavior, serving as Christian role models both at and away from Multnomah’s campus. 1 Tim. 4:12; Luke 6:40.


2. As Christians who have accepted Jesus Christ as our personal Lord and Savior, we believe the Bible dictates our standards for moral purity. Accordingly, we affirm that such immoral behaviors as falsehood, drunkenness, stealing, and sexual immorality (including premarital intercourse, adultery and homosexual behavior) will not be tolerated among Multnomah’s faculty, staff, and trustees. (See Multnomah’s Human Sexuality & Purity Understanding for more in-depth treatment of sexual morality expectations.) Furthermore, it is essential to the perpetuation of Multnomah’s founding purpose and mission that the administration and board recruit individuals for faculty, staff, and Trusteeship whose personal and public lives are above reproach. Rom. 1:24-32; 12:1-2; 1 Cor. 6:9-20; Eph. 5:3-5; 1 Thess. 4:3-8; 1 Tim. 4:12; 2 Tim. 2:19-22; 1 Pet. 1:15-16; 2:15-17; 1 John 3:1-3.


3. All persons are entitled to respect of their individual rights, including freedom from sexual or racial harassment. We accept our responsibility as faculty, staff, and trustees to recognize, to refrain from, and to remedy acts of unlawful discrimination and sexual or racial harassment as stipulated by law. Accordingly, as administration and board, we value our leadership role in providing a safe and supportive environment where all persons are respected as image bearers of God. Gen. 1:26-30; Jam. 3:9-10; Gal. 3:29.


4. We believe that the Bible commands us to make every effort to live at peace with one another and, where conflict or sin occurs in the Multnomah community, a biblical process such as stated in Matthew 18:15-20 should be followed to seek correction, forgiveness, restitution, and reconciliation. We further agree that any claim or dispute arising out of our service as faculty, staff, or trustees, including statutory claims, shall be settled by biblically based mediation. 1 Cor. 6:1-8; Eph. 4:1-11; 1 Tim. 5:19-21; Tit. 3:10-11.


Do you agree to abide by and support the principles in the Statement of Ethical Values of Multnomah University?*
Do you believe the Bible to be the only inspired Scripture?*

Multnomah University Doctrine Statement

MULTNOMAH DOCTRINAL STATEMENT - Approved by Board of Trustees on February 4, 2006

I affirm and support the following:

Article I. Revelation, Scripture, and Authority
We believe that God is revealed in creation, in the Holy Scriptures, and in Jesus Christ, the apex of revelation. The Scriptures, all sixty-six Old and New Testament books, are divinely authoritative in all they affirm. (Ps. 19:1-6; Heb. 1:1-2; John 17:17)
We believe in the verbal, plenary inspiration of Scripture. This means the Holy Spirit dynamically superintended the verbal expressions of the human authors of Scripture so that the very thoughts God intended were accurately penned in the wording of the original manuscripts. (2 Tim. 3:16-17; 2 Pet. 1:20-21; 1 Cor. 2:13)
We believe the Scripture is inerrant as to fact and infallibly trustworthy as to truth, and should be interpreted in context to ascertain each author’s intended meaning. Our present Bible continues to bear the final authoritative instruction of God for the church and the world. (John 10:35b; Ps. 19:7; Matt. 5:17-18)
Article II. The Divine Trinity
We believe in God, the one triune, infinite, personal spirit who created and governs all things and who is the sole object of our worship. This one God has always existed in eternal relationship as three persons, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit—each identical in nature, equal in power and glory, and having precisely the same divine attributes. (Deut. 6:4; Matt. 28:19; 2 Cor. 13:14; John 4:24)
Article III. God the Father
We believe that God the Father is the holy and loving Creator of all things. Unlimited in time, space, knowledge, and power, the Father has planned all that comes to pass. Although distinct from His creation, He is immanently at work in it. (Ps. 139: 1-16; 1 Cor. 8:6; John 5:17)
Article IV. God the Son
We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ is the eternal Son of God. He became man, without ceasing to be God, and was conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary in order to redeem sinful humanity. He satisfied God’s holy and just demands by dying as our substitute on the cross. He assured our redemption by His resurrection from the dead in the same, though glorified, body in which He was crucified. (John 1:1-2; Luke 1:35; Rom. 3:24-25; 1 Pet. 1:3-5)
We believe Jesus Christ ascended to heaven and is exalted at the right hand of the Father. As High Priest for His people, He serves as our Intercessor and Advocate. (Heb. 9:24, 7:25; Rom. 8:34; 1 John 2:1-2)
Article V. God the Holy Spirit
We believe that the Holy Spirit is the transforming agent who effectively imparts Christ’s new life to all who believe. He baptizes them into the body of Christ, dwells within all believers, seals them for the day of redemption, and empowers them in holiness and love to serve God and His church. (Rom. 8:9; 1 Cor. 12:12-14; Eph. 1:13-14, Gal. 5:22-25)
Article VI. The Creation and Fall of Humanity
We believe that all human beings are created in the image of God. Through Adam's disobedience, we by nature became alienated from God, acquired a destructive disposition to sin, and came under the judicial sentence of death. (Gen. 1:25-27; Rom. 3:22-23; 5:12-21; Eph. 2:1-3, 12)
Article VII. Salvation
We believe that salvation is the gift of God offered to all humanity by grace and received through personal faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. This faith is manifested in works pleasing to God. (Eph. 2:8-10; Tit. 2:11-14)
We believe that all true believers, having been justified, shall be kept saved forever. (Rom. 8:1, 38, 39; John 10:27-30; Phil. 1:6)
Article VIII. The Church
We believe the Church, having begun at Pentecost, is the body of Christ and the temple of the Holy Spirit, a spiritual community of all believers. Local gatherings of believers represent Christ’s presence on earth as they love one another and manifest Christ’s love to the world. (Eph. 1:22-23, 5:25-27; 1 Cor. 12:12-14)
Article IX. Human Destiny
We believe in the physical resurrection of the righteous and the unrighteous: the righteous to eternal fellowship with God, the unrighteous to eternal punishment, and conscious separation from God. (Mark 9:43-48; Rev. 20:15, 22:3-5, 11)
We believe in the premillennial return of our Lord Jesus Christ, in His kingdom reign upon the earth, and in a glorious, new heaven and earth where redeemed humanity will dwell forever with God. (1 Thess. 4:13-18; Zech. 14:4-11; Rev. 20:6)

Do you affirm and support the Doctrinal Statement of Multnomah University?*

Statement of Faith adopted from the National Association of Evangelicals

Statement of Faith, as adopted by the National Association of Evangelicals

  • We believe the Bible to be the inspired, the only infallible, authoritative Word of God.
  • We believe that there is one God, eternally existent in three persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
  • We believe in the deity of our Lord Jesus Christ, in His virgin birth, in His sinless life, in His miracles, in His vicarious and atoning death through His shed blood, in His bodily resurrection, in His ascension to the right hand of the Father, and in His personal return in power and glory.
  • We believe that for the salvation of lost and sinful people, regeneration by the Holy Spirit is absolutely essential.
  • We believe in the present ministry of the Holy Spirit by whose indwelling the Christian is enabled to live a godly life.
  • We believe in the resurrection of both the saved and the lost; they that are saved unto the resurrection of life and they that are lost unto the resurrection of damnation.
  • We believe in the spiritual unity of believers in our Lord Jesus Christ.
Do you affirm and support the Statement of Faith as adopted by the National Association of Evangelicals?*

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I hereby certify that, to the best of my knowledge, the answers to the foregoing questions and statements are true and correct. If anything contained in this application is found to be untrue, I understand I will be subject to dismissal at anytime during my employment. If employment is obtained under this application, I will comply with all the rules and policies of the University.*

Multnomah University is an equal opportunity employer, and as such does not engage in discrimination in its programs, activities, and policies against students, prospective students, employees or prospective employees, because of race, color, ethnic or national origin, age, personal handicap, or gender. Such policy is in compliance with the requirements of Titles VI and VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and all other applicable federal, state and local statutes, ordinances, and regulations.

The security of all the members of the campus community is of vital concern to Multnomah. Information regarding crime prevention advice, the authority of the Campus Safety Department, policies concerning reporting of any crimes which may occur on the campus, and crime statistics for the most recent 4-year period may be requested from the Multnomah Campus Safety Department. For additional information, please call the Campus Safety office at 503.251.6499.
This statement is in compliance with the Clery Act reporting requirements.

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