Assistant Professor in Food, Forests and (Bio)Fuels – Policy

Educational

Job Class
College Bargaining

Job Title
Assistant Professor in Meals, Forests and (Bio)Fuels – Coverage

Division
Dept Forest & Conservation Sciences College of Forestry (Richard Hamelin)

Posting Finish Date
January 16, 2024

Be aware: Functions will likely be accepted till 11:59 PM on the day previous to the Posting Finish Date above.

Job Finish Date

The anticipated pay vary for this place is $115k-$135k yearly.

Two Black College Assistant Professor Positions – Joint appointments on the College of Forestry and College of Land & Meals Methods on the College of British Columbia, Vancouver

UBC’s campuses are situated on the standard, ancestral, and unceded territories of the Syilx (Okanagan) Peoples and of the Coast Salish Peoples, together with the territories of the xwməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Stó:lō and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil- Waututh) Nations.

The Alternative

The College of Forestry and the College of Land & Meals Methods enthusiastically search candidates who determine as Black for 2 jointly-appointed tenure-track Assistant Professors with an anticipated begin date of July 1, 2024. These two positions are the primary of three college hires forming the black College Cluster in Meals, Forests, and (Bio)Fuels. This chance varieties a part of the College broad Black College Cohort Hiring Initiative .

There’s an pressing international want to deal with crucial questions on how one can sustainably and equitably meet future calls for for meals, manufactured wooden merchandise, and vitality, whereas sustaining biodiversity and ecological capabilities of our international forests and farmlands. The Schools of Forestry and Land & Meals Methods Black College Cohort Rent in Meals, Forests and (Bio)Fuels will take an interdisciplinary method to understanding these complicated socio-ecological challenges and the way forward for bio-based meals and gas programs. By means of our present interdisciplinary analysis applications, which embrace students in pure and social sciences, our two schools are uniquely positioned to contribute meaningfully to addressing the position of bioenergy in assembly the UN Sustainable Growth Objectives (SDGs). Specifically, this cohort would additional the 2 schools’ capability to deal with SDGs on Inexpensive and Clear Vitality, Local weather Motion, First rate Work and Financial Development, Good Well being and Properly-Being, Business, Innovation, and Infrastructure, Life on Land, and Zero Starvation.

The cluster’s interdisciplinary method may have three pillars centered on ecology, coverage, and economics.

For the present solicitation, we search two distinctive candidates for this cluster rent initiative: one in Ecology and one in Coverage.

The Coverage place requires a minimal of a PhD or equal within the areas of bioenergy, presumably together with experience in vitality coverage and governance, vitality or land-use modeling, social impacts of vitality, programs evaluation, and vitality transitions.

Consideration could also be given to promising candidates who’re very close to completion of a doctorate diploma by the point of the appointment.

Candidates must be inventive, progressive scientists, with demonstrated analysis accomplishments and proof of dedication to efficient educating. Candidates will likely be anticipated to take care of a dynamic externally funded analysis program, and to take lively roles in educating and the supervision of trainees (undergraduate, graduate, and postdoctoral researchers). Candidates will likely be collectively appointed between the College of Forestry and the College of Land & Meals Methods. For extra info on each the College of Forestry and the College of Land & Meals Methods, please see the next hyperlinks: https://forestry.ubc.ca/ ; https://www.landfood.ubc.ca/

Wage

The anticipated pay vary for these positions is $115k-$135k yearly.

The Software Course of

Pursuant to Part 42 of the BC Human Rights Code, this search will likely be restricted to certified Black students. We welcome functions from Black students who might also determine as Indigenous (First Nation, Métis, Inuit) Peoples, multi-racial individuals, individuals with disabilities, ladies, and/or members of 2SLGBTQIA+ communities. Candidates are invited to self-identify by way of the Applicant Range Survey , which takes roughly two minutes to finish. All questions are voluntary, with an choice to say no to reply. Candidates who want to be thought-about for this initiative should self determine as ‘Black’ to be thought-about eligible. All info collected by UBC will stay confidential and any reported knowledge will likely be in mixture type shared with the Search Committee co-chairs to trace intersectional range and help an equitable and meritorious search course of.

Functions must be submitted by way of the UBC Profession Web site. candidates should submit the entire following paperwork:

• Cowl letter
• Present CV together with checklist of publications;
• Analysis assertion (2-3 pages single-spaced) describing your work to this point and future plans together with any analysis associated to meals, forests, and (bio)fuels.
• Assertion of educating pursuits, method and philosophy (1-2 pages);
• UBC aspires to advertise inclusive excellence by supporting and recognizing efforts to advance fairness, range and inclusion in addition to decolonization (EDID) by way of the tutorial and analysis ecosystem. Present a quick (1-2 web page) assertion describing present and future commitments or pursuits associated to EDID. Your feedback might relate to lived/dwelling expertise, skilled work or apply, tutorial and analysis actions, and/or community-engagement.
• Lengthy-listed candidates will likely be requested to rearrange for 3 letters of reference to be submitted to the search committee.

All certified candidates are inspired to use; nonetheless, Canadian residents and everlasting residents will likely be given precedence for the place. To adjust to the Authorities of Canada’s reporting necessities, the College gathers details about candidates’ standing as both a everlasting resident of Canada or Canadian citizen. Candidates needn’t determine nation of origin or present citizenship; nonetheless, all functions should embrace one of many following statements:

• Sure, I’m a citizen or everlasting resident of Canada
• No, I’m not a citizen or everlasting resident of Canada

Deadline for software is January 15, 2024.

Any inquiries, together with for help in submitting your software, could also be despatched to go looking administrator Patty Renneckar at [email protected] .

Profession Interruptions

UBC acknowledges that sure circumstances might trigger profession interruptions that legitimately have an effect on an applicant’s file of analysis achievement. We encourage candidates to notice of their functions whether or not they want consideration given to the impression of any such circumstances attributable to well being, household, or different related causes in an effort to enable for a good evaluation of their analysis productiveness.

Twin Profession Inquiries

UBC is dedicated to supporting candidates inside a twin profession family. Inquiries about spousal/accomplice employment could also be directed to the Workplace of the Provost & Vice President Educational at [email protected].

Dedication to Accessibility and Lodging

The College is dedicated to creating and sustaining an accessible work atmosphere for all members of its workforce. Inside this hiring course of we are going to make efforts to create an accessible course of for all candidates (together with however not restricted to individuals with disabilities).

If in case you have any questions concerning lodging or accessibility throughout the recruitment and hiring course of or type extra info and help, please go to UBC’s Middle For Office Accessibility web site at https://hr.ubc.ca/health-and-wellbeing/working-injury-illness-or-disability/centre-workplace-accessibility or contact the Centre at [email protected].

Job candidates requiring lodging to take part within the hiring course of ought to contact search administrator Patty Renneckar at [email protected] .

About Vancouver

UBC is situated in Vancouver, British Columbia, a dynamic rising city area of roughly 2.5 million on the west coast of Canada. A gateway to the Pacific Rim, Vancouver is acknowledged for its high quality of life and atmosphere, dedication to sustainability, and is constantly ranked as one of the various cities in Canada, and one of the livable cities on the planet. UBC seeks to recruit and retain a workforce that’s consultant of Vancouver’s range, to take care of the excellence of the College, and to supply college students richly different disciplines, views and methods of understanding and studying.