The current answer is very focused on the specific OP, but I want to write a more general answer. I am a professor at a small liberal arts college (SLAC) that hired a tenure track applied mathematician last year. Here are a few things to consider:
- Advertising a position costs money. The longer the ad stays up, the more it costs. We advertised in math jobs, but perhaps only started to show the job a month before we started accepting applications.
- I think we also advertised in SIAM. Honestly, I was less involved with the applied math search than with the stats search, where we advertised at the Joint Stats Meeting.
- We also sent out emails to our professional contacts so that they could pass along the job ad to anyone who might be interested.
- Some other SLACs advertised in other places, e.g., the Chronicle of Higher Education. We felt what we did was enough.
For the job candidate this means you should check mathjobs frequently; at least once per week. You can filter mathjobs by the postdate, and only check jobs posted since you last checked. When you first search, you can filter mathjobs by job type, to focus only on tenure track jobs. You can also filter based on location. I am unaware of any way to filter to only see liberal arts jobs, but it's honestly not that much work to read the name of every university hiring (there are often only around 300 for tenure track jobs) and click the ones you think might be SLACs. You can tell quickly from the job ad if it's a SLAC, because the job ad will probably say "liberal arts" or "excellence in undergraduate teaching", etc. It's good to get into the habit of recognizing liberal arts colleges, if you plan to work at one. I'm sorry I don't know a way to limit the search.
Do not assume that a job ad that says "mathematics" excludes "applied mathematics." Generally speaking, it's harder to hire an applied mathematician at a SLAC than a pure mathematician. In most searches, if we get an application from a strong applied mathematician (meaning: we think they'll be an excellent teacher, able to teach and develop applied math courses, will have sufficient research to get tenure, and might be able to include undergrads in some aspect of their research) then we take it seriously. Sometimes, the search will be limited to a certain area (like: topology) but this is rare. Most SLAC searches are open to a mathematician in any research area and applied mathematicians have a leg up because so many undergraduates want to take courses in applied math, but pure mathematicians are not sure we can properly develop and teach such courses. One last point I want to respond do:
How do I find applied math tenure track positions at four-year / liberal arts colleges with little to no focus on research?
I guess the answer hinges on what you mean by "little." At most good SLACs they will want multiple publications before tenure. At the place I did my undergraduate, teaching and research were weighted equally, and the teaching load was 2-2. At my university, teaching is more but it's probably more like a 60-40 split; the teaching load is 2-3. At my university, to pass your third year review, you should publish a paper from your thesis (or postdoc) and work out something else and get it submitted, within the first two years. To pass tenure you should have at least 4 publications in good journals. Some professors have many more than that. One upside, for an applied mathematician, is that it is quite possible that the norms in your area will be to publish more papers than a pure mathematician, in which case this number might be easier for you than, say, a logician. But, if you want a lower load, then you need to look at lower ranked SLACs, where the teaching load will be 3-3 and you can probably get tenure based on 2 good publications (or 3 to be safe). If you want even less of a research focus than that, you can find colleges with a 4-4 teaching load where 1 publication (namely: your PhD thesis) suffices. But tenure is only useful if the university stays in business, so I'd be leery of places with a small endowment, where they accept 90% or more of applicants. Places like that can sometimes fail, or shrink (and therefore lay-off faculty), or change focus and lay off entire departments (including tenured faculty), etc. It's wiser to plan to maintain enough of a research program that you can land on your feet if things go sideways.