Sessional Faculty

**Position Job Title**: Sessional Faculty Positions (Graduate)

**Location**: Vancouver

**Reports To**: Department Chair

University Canada West has opened a new campus at Vancouver House and is experiencing significant growth. We are seeking a passionate learner-centered sessional faculty with specializations to teach:
**Marketing**

MRKT 610; Methods of Marketing Research

MRKT 612; Marketing Analytics

MRKT 621; Marketing Management

MRKT 623; Digital Marketing Strategy

MRKT 625; Marketing Promotion

MRKT 627; International Marketing

MRKT 630; Sustainable Marketing

**About University Canada West**

**Specific Responsibilities**

Faculty will:

- Create a positive classroom and learning environment through effective student engagement
- Provide constructive feedback to facilitate student learning and achievement
- Guide class discussions while encouraging debate, critical thinking, and constructive feedback by students
- Employ and further develop skills in academic technologies and tools to enhance and support student learning
- Ensure teaching design and methods comply with pedagogical and UCW standards
- Assess student achievement of learning outcomes using a variety of assessments and learning activities
- Develop, revise, and adapt appropriate learning resources for students
- Make appropriate student referrals to academic and personal university support programs as and when needed
- Contribute to high quality curriculum development and revision
- Maintain contacts with relevant industry and professional associations
- Attend and participate in department and university faculty meetings pertinent to faculty responsibilities
- Contribute to professional conferences, seminars, and workshops in your field of expertise and in teaching and learning
- Remain currency in technical knowledge and instructional delivery approaches and techniques
- Participate in professional development workshops, seminars and training and maintain your own continuing professional development
- Conduct further research into their specific field of knowledge and/or scholarship of teaching and learning
- Depending on expertise, instruct in a range of programs such as in the ACBSP accredited BCom & MBA programs, or in the BA Business Communications or Associate of Arts degrees.

**Specific Responsibilities**

**Minimum**:

- Master’s degree in a relevant discipline
- Demonstrated experience in effective teaching at the post-secondary level
- Willing to use or learn to use, academic technology and tools to enhance and support student learning
- Ability to teach in face-to-face, blended, and online environments
- Ability to employ active learning, experiential learning and learner centered approaches to teaching
- Demonstrated ability and commitment to cultivating equitable and inclusive learning environments
- Demonstrated ability to teach students with diverse social identities and backgrounds
- Effective time management skills
- Excellent interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills

**Preferred requirements**:

- Terminal degree in a relevant discipline
- 5+ years experience post-secondary teaching in face-to-face, blended, and online environments
- Experience in teaching students with diverse social identities and backgrounds
- Demonstrated experience employing active learning, experiential learning and learner centered approaches
- Professional experience in industry or business
- Knowledge and experience in course design and development
- Track record of scholarly activity in the field and/or scholarship of teaching and learning
- Evidence of excellence in teaching, assessing student work and providing constructive feedback

Note: This position includes requests for service (such as committee work and student coaching) within the university.

**Specific Requirements and Competencies for the following Faculty**:
The specifics below may exceed or take precedence over aforementioned general requirements and competencies:
**MRKT 610/ Methods of Marketing Research**
- Phd/DBA degree in Marketing Or a relevant discipline

**MRKT 612; Marketing Analytics**
- Phd/DBA degree in Marketing Or a relevant discipline

**MRKT 621; Marketing Management**
- Phd/DBA degree in Marketing Or a relevant discipline

**MRKT 623; Digital Marketing Strategy**
- Phd/DBA degree in Marketing Or a relevant discipline

**MRKT 625; Marketing Promotion**
- Phd/DBA degree in Marketing Or a relevant discipline

**MRKT 627; International Marketing**
- Phd/DBA degree in Marketing Or a relevant discipline

**MRKT 630; Sustainable Marketing**
- Phd/DBA degree in Marketing Or a relevant discipline

**Application Process**

Interested applicants should submit the following materials (preferably as a single PDF file): cover letter, curriculum vitae (CV) including evidence of teaching experience and scholarly accomplishments, cover letter clearly indicating the program and/or course(s), a sample syllabi, and teaching portfolio (if applicable) as well a