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POSTING DATE: May 30, 2016

APPLICATION DEADLINE: June 8, 2016

POSITION: Part-time Academic: Communities and Ecosystems (BIOL3061); September 1, to December 31, 2016

DEPARTMENT/LOCATION: Biology

PAY RATE: $4,881-5,969

WORK ASSIGNMENT: The instructor is responsible for the class lectures. The instructor will also assist students on an individual basis, hire/supervise TA’s, invigilate tests and examinations and mark and submit grades. The position reports to the Chair of the Department.

REQUIREMENTS OF POSITION: The instructor will possess an advanced degree in biology (with emphasis in ecology as it relates to communities and ecosystems, sustainability and political ecology) and have prior, recent teaching experience in at least one of the fields of ecology or sustainability. First-time applicants to the Department of Biology must provide the names of two references.

IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN THE ABOVE POSITION, PLEASE APPLY IN WRITING BY THE APPLICATION DEADLINE TO:

Chair biochair@dal.ca
Department of Biology, Room 2088
Dalhousie University
Halifax, NS B3H 4R2

All offers of employment as a part-time academic are conditional upon sufficient student enrolment in the course and approval by the University.

Dalhousie University is committed to fostering a collegial culture grounded in diversity and inclusiveness. The university encourages applications from qualified Aboriginal people, persons with a disability, racially visible persons, women, persons of minority sexual orientations and gender identities, and all qualified candidates who would contribute to the diversity of our community.