Instructor, Agriculture and Food Production

**Competition Number**
- P16039**Posting Title**
- Instructor, Agriculture and Food Production**Classification**
- Instructor**Location**
- Saskatchewan Polytechnic Moose Jaw Campus**Other Location(s)**

**Building**

**Other Building**

**Date Posted**
- 10/31/2024**Closing Date**
- 11/11/2024**JIQ #**

**Start Date**
- 10/31/2024**End Date**

**Open Until Filled**
- No**Ongoing**
- Yes**Category of work**
- Part Time (Full Time Hours)**Bargaining Unit**
- Faculty Association**Hours of Work**
- 1442.75 hours**Salary Range**
- As per Academic Instructor Grid.**Temporary Market Stipend**

**Incumbent**

**Total Assigned days (AC) / Total Hours per biweekly pay**
- 0.5 FTE - 99.5 assigned days**Posting Status**
- Open- Saskatchewan Polytechnic considers the diversity of our workforce to be one our leading strengths and greatest assets. Our employee diversity enhances our ability to meet the needs of an increasingly diverse student population. Currently, approximately 20% of our students are Indigenous. A continued emphasis on the development of a representative workforce is one of Sask Polytech’s strategic priorities and, as an organization, we are making significant efforts to attract and retain Indigenous employees.

Depending on expertise, the successful applicant may be required to teach courses in any of the following areas: agricultural machinery, precision agriculture, ag business, irrigation, beef cattle production, rangeland management, grain handling, storage and conveyance, and post-harvest food production. Saskatchewan farm machinery experience is a strong asset.**Job Duties/Qualifications, Skills and Abilities(QSA)**:

- Job Duties**Job Duties**
- 1. Qualified applicants will be required to teach in the traditional areas of agriculture and food production, as well as program specialty areas based on current program needs.
2. Ability to teach in other program areas is an asset.
3. Select, design, update and construct educational courses and lab aids/materials.
4. Manage his/her classroom/lab/activities to ensure an optimum learning environment for students.
5. Manage face-to-face, blended, and online courses to ensure an optimum learning environment for learners.
6. Follow all academic regulations and/or policies adopted by Saskatchewan Polytechnic and/or Moose Jaw Campus.
7. Accommodate students with special learning needs.
8. Pursue professional development opportunities and agricultural industry relationships to keep current with industry and educational requirements.
9. Practice good interpersonal, oral and written communication skills.
10. Work cooperatively with program heads and colleagues in an interdependent “team” environment, including the Co-operative Education Department.
11. Prepare and use appropriate delivery methods for instructing courses as assigned.
12. Use appropriate methods of evaluating and recording student progress.
13. Make necessary curriculum adjustments to course content.
14. Attend staff, program and division meetings.
15. Assist in/arrange for equipment maintenance within the program.
16. Assist in conducting and maintaining inventory, and in ordering supplies, equipment and books.- QUALIFICATIONS, SKILLS, ABILITIES AND EXPERIENCE**Specific Accountabilities**

**Duties**

**Required Qualifications, Skills and Abilities (QSA)**
- 1. Bachelor of Science in Agriculture or related bioscience degree, or an equivalent combination of education and experience. Post graduate training would be considered an asset.
2. Two years recent/relevant agriculture experience, preferably in an academic or research setting, including working knowledge/familiarity with agriculture in a Western Canadian context (e.g. relevant crop rotations and management practices).
3. Experience in customizing and adapting curriculum to client needs, both for content and delivery.
4. Hold or willing to obtain Professional Agrologist (PAg) status with the Saskatchewan Institute of Agrologists.
5. Effective communication (both oral and written) skills.
6. Effective interpersonal skills.
7. Effective instructional ability.
9. Ability to function as a team member in an ever-changing environment.
10. Demonstrates valuing diversity.**Desired QSA