Sports Turf Horticulture Instructor

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Competition ID:

4368

Internal Closing Date:

November 30, 2025

External Closing Date:

November 30, 2025

# of Openings:

1

• Salary Information:

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Employment Type:

Temporary Part Time

Workplace Type:

On-Site

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Employee Group:

Faculty (Kwantlen Faculty Association)

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SPORT TURF HORTICULTURE INSTRUCTOR

POSITION TYPE: NR1

POSITION START: January 2026

FACULTY OVERVIEW:

As Canada's only polytechnic university, Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU) is the fourth largest university in the province of British Columbia and serves communities in the South Fraser region and beyond. A Leader in innovative education with a teaching-focused mandate, KPU offers all learners opportunities to achieve the highest standards of academic performance.

Within KPU, the Faculty of Science has over 1,500 full-time students and over 200 faculty members and instructors from across the natural and applied sciences. Faculty of Science includes nine departments and over 30 programs at the undergraduate level, with offerings at all four KPU campuses. The faculty is also home to Canada Research Chair: Dr. Paul Adams.

The Faculty of Science offers experiential learning through hands-on curriculum and co-ops and research collaboration opportunities with KPU's Institute for Sustainable Horticulture (ISH), Institute of Sustainable Food Systems (ISFS), and Applied Genomics Center (AGC). As well, our faculty is home to over a hectare of horticulture field lab and working farm and a state-of-the art brewery, which has been recognized internationally and locally, winning BC Brewery of the Year in 2019.

For more information about the Faculty of Science, please visit our website at:

POSITION OVERVIEW:

The School of Horticulture invites applications for Part-Time Non-Regular Type 1 Contract Instructor(s) to teach HORT 1232 Sports Turf management Practices (Spring 2026 Semester) at the KPU Langley campus.

The following is a brief description of the specific course, and supplementary qualifications:

HORT 1232 Sports Turf management Practices - Students will explore management techniques for specialized turf areas such as football, rugby and soccer fields, baseball diamonds, bowling greens, and grass tennis and croquet courts. They will examine the management of alternative sports surfaces such as synthetic turf athletic fields, skinned baseball infields, clay and asphalt tennis courts, and hybrid turf and synthetic sports fields. Students will practice sports turf maintenance. They will prepare abstracts from relevant journal articles.

COURSE OBJECTIVES

• Perform maintenance procedures on athletic fields
• Practice laying out athletic fields such as baseball diamonds and soccer fields
• Maintain and repair turf on sports fields
• Perform safety inspections on athletic fields and playgrounds
• Evaluate an annual maintenance and renovation schedule
• Evaluate the construction and maintenance of synthetic turf surfaces
• Examine challenges of sports field managers
• Describe sustainable innovations and future trends in sports field maintenance
• Write abstracts from relevant journal articles
• Discuss sustainable methods of sports turf management practices

Applicants interested in applying to teach can find further information on the School of Horticulture by visiting our website at

More information concerning the working conditions for a faculty member are outlined in Article 12 of the Kwantlen Faculty Association (KFA) Collective Agreement

QUALIFICATIONS:

Minimum qualifications for this position include at least five years of relevant industry experience in the maintenance and/or management of sports turf fields and sites. Preference will be given to candidates who hold a Landscape Horticulturist Red Seal, another recognized industry certification, or an appropriate bachelor's degree. Teaching experience is considered an asset. The successful candidate will be expected to organize field trips that provide students with opportunities to observe and learn from professionally maintained sites.

APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS:

Candidates are asked to submit:

• Current resume/CV
• Cover letter highlighting key qualifications and teaching approach

This competition is for a NR1. When possible, priority will be given to the candidate(s) who can maximize the FTE either individually, or collectively, as such please indicate on your application your preferred workload percentage. This competition could also be used to add candidates to our Qualified Faculty List, therefore also please indicate on your application if you are interested in being added to this list.

• SALARY INFORMATION: Placement on the salary scale will be dependent on level of education and relevant teaching experience. Advancement up the pay scale is based on FTE and employment status.

Total Rewards

As a part of our total rewards offerings, KPU also offers extended health and dental benefits, healthcare spending account, generous vacation package, defined pension plan, parenthood top-up, sick leave, long-term disability, life insurance, professional development days, tuition waiver, inhouse training & development, inter-campus transportation, and more

Note: Eligibility requirements apply, benefits may vary depending on the employee group the position belongs to and whether the position offered is temporary or part-time.

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Note to Applicants

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We thank all applicants for their interest in employment with KPU. Only candidates who are legally eligible to work in Canada will be considered; only those selected for an interview will be contacted.