University of British Columbia Okanagan Campus, Faculty of Management
Professor, Associate Professor or Assistant Professor

The Faculty of Management at the University of British Columbia invites applications for tenure-track positions at the rank of Professor, Associate Professor or Assistant Professor. Successful candidates will hold a doctoral degree in their field and be able to demonstrate a strong record and interest across research, teaching and community engagement (commensurate with the rank applied for) in areas relevant to our Faculty vision and aims, and the UBC Plan. Candidates for a Professor or Associate Professor position will currently hold a tenured faculty appointment. The available positions are subject to budgetary approval and the start date is as soon as mutually convenient.

ABOUT THE FACULTY OF MANAGEMENT: The Faculty of Management is located at the University of British Columbia's Okanagan campus. We offer undergraduate, graduate and professional development programs, and participate fully in UBC's interdisciplinary graduate study (IGS) program. Our vision is for informed students, citizens, leaders, managers and entrepreneurs to understand businesses and organizations from multiple perspectives, taking into account public interests, and focusing explicitly on ethics; thus for people to be innovative and creative in imagining and realizing their future. We aim to focus on rapidly changing and uncertain contexts, and on management in globally connected regions. Accordingly, our mission is to be outstanding in our contributions in scholarship, education and service so as to nurture capabilities to be innovative, imaginative and adaptive in leading and managing flourishing and sustainable businesses, organizations, communities and regions. Our aim is to have a major impact in practice on innovation and socio-economic development in the Okanagan, the British Columbia interior and comparable regions throughout the world.

FOLLOWING PLACE AND PROMISE: The UBC Plan, we are fully committed to transformative student learning through outstanding teaching and research, and through enriched educational experiences; to research excellence; and to community engagement that enhances economic, social and cultural well being in practice. We are equally committed to enhancing and drawing from the special characteristics of the Okanagan Campus, including its being a creative arena for inter- and multi-disciplinary study; and a diverse, cross-cultural space that integrates the local, regional, national and global.

The Faculty has embarked on a period of substantive change and development. We seek colleagues fully committed to participating in that change and to contributing to leading the development. Successful candidates will demonstrate a record of excellence in areas that are central to the Faculty's vision, mission, aims and commitments. In that context, we are interested in candidates in any subject area of management and business.

JOB QUALIFICATIONS: More specifically, candidates must demonstrate a strong record and interest across the following areas (commensurate with the rank applied for):
- Significant publications in areas central to the Faculty's vision, mission, aims and commitments
- Support for research through grants and external funding
- Innovation in the dissemination and application of research
- Teaching in areas central to the Faculty's vision, mission, aims and commitments
- Development of hybrid or blended learning environments
- Scholarship that is not only disciplinary but that also crosses disciplines
- Relationship and capacity building with regional communities and organizations
- Knowledge translation with regional communities and organizations
- Administration and collegial governance in a university setting
- Mentoring of colleagues and students
- Relationship building with colleagues
- Leading and working in teams
- Development of the Faculty's vision and mission, and of its further growth and advancement

FURTHER INFORMATION: For more information about the UBC Faculty of Management, please consult the faculty web page: http://www.ubc.ca/okanagan/management

APPLICATION PROCEDURE: Applications must include:
(1) A cover letter that addresses the above-mentioned requirements for candidates (commensurate with the rank applied for) and that explains the candidate's own philosophy and approach to their work
(2) A current and complete curriculum vitae
(3) Statements outlining a program of future research and community engagement, and areas of teaching interest
(4) A sample of research scholarship
(5) Evidence of accomplishments in the above-mentioned requirements for successful candidates
(6) Names and contact information for three referees

All documents must be submitted as email attachments to Carol Zuckerman (Faculty Administrator; carol.zuckerman@ubc.ca). Preferred formats are Microsoft Word (doc or .docx) and Adobe Acrobat (.pdf). Candidates are responsible for ensuring that letters from the three referees are sent directly to the same address. Applications and references will be reviewed starting 1 October 2013 and will continue until the positions are filled.

UBC hires on the basis of merit and is committed to employment equity. All qualified persons are encouraged to apply. We especially welcome applications from members of visible minority groups, women, Aboriginal persons, persons with disabilities, persons of minority sexual orientations and gender identities, and others with the skills and knowledge to engage productively with diverse communities. Government regulations require that Canadians and permanent residents of Canada will be given priority.