Vacancy Announcement: Sessional Lecturer MANU 378 201

Job Posting

SESSIONAL LECTURER FOR:

MANU 378 201

Manufacturing Engineering

GENERAL INFORMATION

The Faculty of Applied Science at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver campus invites applications for a part-time sessional lecturer to teach MANU 378 201 Engineering Materials II, Winter term two (January 6- April 30, 2025).  MANU 378 201 is a course offered within the Faculty of Applied Science by Manufacturing Engineering. It is subscribed by 3rd year Manufacturing Engineering students. This is a core course in the Manufacturing Engineering (MANU) Program that will focus on materials selection for different design criteria; importance of shape and processing variables; computer software in selection.

JOB DESCRIPTION

The position involves preparing and giving two one-hour lectures twice per week and a three-hour tutorial each week during the second term for one section. The course runs from January 6 to April 8, 2025. The instructor will prepare tutorials, assignments, mid-term exams, and final exam. It is the responsibility of the instructor to maintain an interactive learning environment in which all students are involved. This typically involves posing thought-provoking questions to students as well as answering questions posed by students. The instructor will need to be available to students outside of normal classroom hours to answer questions. The instructor is responsible to maintain records of grades and to submit final grades in a timely fashion to the Department office.

 QUALIFICATIONS

Applicants should have a degree in Engineering with experience in Materials Engineering and proven evidence of teaching effectiveness. Experience in teaching is an asset.

The salary range for this position is $9,000-$11,000 for the term depending on experience.

 APPLICANTS SHOULD SUBMIT A CV AND BRIEF COVER LETTER OUTLINING QUALIFICATONS AND REALTED EXPERIENCE TO:  mtierney@apsc.ubc.ca

 The deadline for applications is midnight November 15, 2024

 For more information on Manufacturing Engineering, please visit: 

https://manufacturing.engineering.ubc.ca/

Applicants are asked to complete the following equity survey:  

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The survey information will not be used to determine eligibility for employment, but will be collated to provide data that can assist us in understanding the diversity of our applicant pool and identifying potential barriers to the employment of designated equity group members. Your participation in the survey is voluntary and anonymous. This survey takes only a minute to complete. You may self‐identify in one or more of the designated equity groups. You may also decline to identify in any or all of the questions by choosing “not disclosed”.

 UBC hires on the basis of merit and is committed to employment equity. All qualified persons are encouraged to apply. Equity and diversity are essential to academic excellence. An open and diverse community fosters the inclusion of voices that have been underrepresented or discouraged. We encourage applications from members of groups that have been marginalized on any grounds enumerated under the B.C. Human Rights Code, including sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, racialization, disability, political belief, religion, marital or family status, age, and/or status as a First Nation, Metis, Inuit, or Indigenous person. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents of Canada will be given priority.

With gratitude, we acknowledge that the University of British Columbia Faculty of Applied Science and its programs, distributed on two academic campuses, are located on traditional, ancestral and unceded territories of the Musqueam people and of the Syilx (Okanagan) peoples.