Careers
Faculty and Staff
We value our faculty and staff members and are always looking for talented people to join our thriving team. Excellent benefits, diverse career opportunities, and a true community spirit are just some of the reasons you should consider joining our team of talented, dynamic faculty and staff. For a full list of current openings, visit UBC’s Staff & Faculty Careers page.
SESSIONAL LECTURER POSTINGS
We also hire faculty into term appointments for a specified period of time for courses taught in the Department of Biology. Sessional lecturers teach and/or perform related duties, including course coordination or lab supervision, for a period of less than 12 months.
CURRENT POSTINGS
The Department of Biology of the Irving K. Barber Faculty of Science at UBC, Okanagan campus, requires instructors to teach the following courses during the Winter Session, 2024W, Term 2. The courses are scheduled to be taught in person, on campus at UBC Okanagan, Kelowna.
2024W – TERM 2 (JANUARY 1 TO APRIL 30, 2025)
Tuesday/Thursday, 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm
Evaluating food system sustainability issues, including management and technology alternatives, through the lenses of (1) systems-analytic (i.e., life cycle) thinking and tools; and (2) sustainable scale (relative to ecological carrying capacity), distributive justice, and efficient allocation. Credit will be granted for only one of BIOL 424or MGMT 470. [3-0-0] Prerequisite: Third-year standing. Equivalency: MGMT 470.
Applicants with a PhD in the discipline or a related discipline, and relevant research and post-secondary teaching experience are preferred. This course is scheduled to be offered in person, in Kelowna.
Interested applicants should submit:
• a Curriculum Vitae (including but not limited to previous teaching experience),
• recent teaching evaluations (if available), and
• the name of three referees who have agreed to submit letters of reference
Please send application documents in electronic format using WORD or PDF files to: Janet Heisler, Department Manager at janet.heisler@ubc.ca.
For more information regarding the positions, please contact Dr. Perry Howard, Department Head at biology.head@ubc.ca.
Deadline for receipt of application is midnight on Friday, December 6, 2024.
The minimum compensation per 1 month teaching 3 credit course is $2389.77.
Note: All positions are subject to funding and enrolment. Dates and times of courses subject to change.
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.
Students
Teaching Assistants
Each academic year, we have openings for Graduate Teaching Assistants (GTAs) and possibly Undergraduate Teaching Assistants (UTAs) for biology courses in the September and January terms.
The Teaching Assistant duties may include:
- Instruction in labs
- Marking assignments, labs, and exams
- Discussion periods
- Tutorials and lectures
- Invigilation duties
- Academic assistance to students in office hours
CURRENT POSTINGS
2024W – TERM 2 (January 1 to April 30, 2025)
Graduate TA – Data Consulting
The Department of Biology, in partnership with the Centre for Scholarly Communications has
openings for Graduate Teaching Assistants (GTAs), for Data Consulting in the
January term.
To apply for 2024 W T2, please email a copy of your resume, unofficial transcripts and timetables
for 2024W Term 2 to Senior Department Administrator, Christina Grant at
christina.grant@ubc.ca.
Deadline for receipt of application is midnight on November 25th, 2024.
Subject to funding, the Department of Biology has full-time and part time TA positions available in 2024W Terms. Qualifications preferred include an understanding of the discipline and good grades. UTA’s must be a major in the discipline, have fourth-year standing, and must maintain a minimum of 18 credits in the Winter session (2024W). Part-time students can also be considered.
UBC Okanagan hires on the basis of merit and is strongly committed to diversity within its community and especially welcomes applications from women, visible minority group members, Indigenous persons, persons with disabilities, persons of any sexual orientation or gender identity, and others who may contribute to the further diversification of ideas. However, Canadians and permanent residents of Canada will be given priority.