Associate Dean, Sustainability Engineering, Schulich School of Engineering

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Place Description

The Schulich Faculty of Engineering on the College of Calgary invitations purposes for the place of Affiliate Dean, Sustainability Engineering, with an anticipated begin date of July 1, 2024. This can be a key management place throughout the Schulich Faculty of Engineering (SSE). The Affiliate Dean appointment is a five-year time period, renewable topic to overview. The profitable candidate can be supplied a tenured tutorial appointment on the Professor degree.

The Schulich Faculty of Engineering is looking for an excellent chief, transdisciplinary relationship-builder, and tutorial to imagine the position of Affiliate Dean to steer the varsity’s Sustainability Engineering initiatives. The position contains serving as Division Head-equivalent for the brand new BSc in Sustainable Methods Engineering program, accountability for the Sustainability Engineering finances in collaboration with the Administrative Supervisor (Sustainability Engineering), and main the recruitment of college members. We’re looking for a candidate who has achieved excellence and affect of their profession, has a observe report of constructing collaborations and offering assist to different members, and has the potential to facilitate transdisciplinary conversations. The profitable candidate will construct, assist, and promote Sustainability Engineering within the context of the College’s strategic plan Forward of Tomorrow , the ii’ taa’poh’to’p Indigenous Technique, the Institutional Sustainability Technique , and the Schulich Faculty of Engineering’s Strategic Plan Schulich Momentum , whereas creating reciprocal relationships with trade, authorities, and the broader neighborhood on a daily and sustained foundation to advertise Sustainability Engineering.

Candidates should have a acknowledged observe report of educating and externally funded transdisciplinary analysis or contributions to transdisciplinary analysis groups in an Engineering or associated subject with a deal with sustainability and meet the College of Calgary necessities for appointment on the Professor rank. Expertise with instructional management, pedagogical innovation, and/or sustainability coverage can be thought-about an asset. It’s required that the Affiliate Dean can have earned a doctoral diploma in Engineering or a carefully associated self-discipline and both is registered as a Skilled Engineer in Canada or is eligible to be registered as a Skilled Engineer in Canada.

Candidates should additionally display the power to mentor and assist junior college members and college students, open and clear strategy to resolving complicated points in a tutorial unit, and have good communication abilities. The Affiliate Dean will foster the continued pursuit of scholarly and analysis excellence in Sustainability Engineering and construct inner and exterior relationships to learn the Sustainability Engineering initiative. The Affiliate Dean can be a dedicated advocate for fairness, range, inclusion and accessibility; reality and reconciliation; and a wholesome work atmosphere for all members of Sustainability Engineering.

How one can Apply
candidates are inspired to use on-line through the ‘Apply Now’ hyperlink. Please bear in mind that the applying course of permits for under 4 attachments (which can require you to merge paperwork). An entire software ought to embrace:

• Cowl letter and curriculum vitae, together with the title and get in touch with data of three referees
• A most three-page assertion offering a 3-to-5-year imaginative and prescient for Sustainability Engineering with respect to analysis and academic actions. The assertion also needs to communicate to your management fashion and decision-making strategy, alongside together with your concepts to assist engagement and the enablement of college and workers in a not too long ago established tutorial unit.
• Assertion of analysis pursuits, accomplishments and imaginative and prescient (most of two pages)
• Assertion of educating philosophy (most of two pages)
• Assertion on fairness, range, inclusion and accessibility (most of two pages)

Utility Deadline: January 2, 2024

Questions could also be addressed to:
Dr. Anders Nygren
Vice Dean, Schulich Faculty of Engineering
E-mail: [email protected]

Sustainable Methods Engineering
The BSc in Sustainable Methods Engineering is a technical, transdisciplinary engineering program specializing in learn how to design, combine, and handle complicated techniques over their life cycles, with a objective of environmental, financial, and social sustainability. This system focuses on sustainably engineered techniques and integrates materials from a variety of engineering disciplines (civil, chemical, mechanical, geomatics, software program and electrical), in addition to science, indigenous research, agriculture, and enterprise.

Schulich Faculty of Engineering
The Schulich Faculty of Engineering , based in 1965, is dwelling to 6 engineering departments, practically 200 college members, over 4000 undergraduate college students, and greater than 2000 graduate college students. Guided by its strategic plan Schulich Momentum , the varsity continues to pursue its imaginative and prescient of recognition for enhancing its international analysis affect and driving innovation, for increasing entry to and inclusivity in engineering, for contributions in the direction of Fact and Reconciliation, and for enriching pupil success and expertise.

The College of Calgary has launched an institution-wide Indigenous Technique  committing to making a wealthy, vibrant, and culturally competent campus that welcomes and helps Indigenous Peoples, encourages Indigenous neighborhood partnerships, is inclusive of Indigenous views in all that we do.

As an equitable and inclusive employer, the College of Calgary acknowledges {that a} numerous workers/college advantages and enriches the work, studying and analysis experiences of all the campus and higher neighborhood. We’re dedicated to eradicating boundaries which were traditionally encountered by some folks in our society. We try to recruit people who will additional improve our range and can assist their tutorial {and professional} success whereas they’re right here. Particularly, we encourage members of the designated teams (girls, Indigenous peoples, individuals with disabilities, members of seen/racialized minorities, and numerous sexual orientation and gender identities) to use. To make sure a good and equitable evaluation, we provide lodging at any stage through the recruitment course of to candidates with disabilities. Questions relating to [diversity] EDI at UCalgary may be despatched to the Workplace of Fairness, Variety and Inclusion ([email protected] ) and requests for lodging may be despatched to Human Assets ([email protected] ).

All certified candidates are inspired to use; nonetheless Canadians and everlasting residents can be given precedence. On this connection, on the time of your software, please reply the next query: Are you a Canadian citizen or a everlasting resident of Canada? (Sure/No)

Further Data

To be taught extra about tutorial alternatives on the College of Calgary and all now we have to supply, view our Tutorial Careers web site . For extra data go to Careers within the Schulich Faculty of Engineering .

The College strongly recommends all college and workers are absolutely vaccinated in opposition to COVID-19.

Concerning the College of Calgary
UCalgary is Canada’s entrepreneurial college, situated in Canada’s most enterprising metropolis. It’s a prime analysis college and one of many highest-ranked universities of its age. Based in 1966, its 36,000 college students expertise an progressive studying atmosphere, made wealthy by analysis, hands-on experiences and entrepreneurial considering. It’s Canada’s chief within the creation of start-ups . Begin one thing at present on the College of Calgary. For extra data, go to ucalgary.ca .
About Calgary, Alberta

Calgary is one of many world’s cleanest cities and has been named one of many world’s most livable cities for years. Calgary is a metropolis of leaders – in enterprise, neighborhood, philanthropy and volunteerism. Calgarians profit from a rising variety of world-class eating and cultural occasions and revel in extra days of sunshine per yr than every other main Canadian metropolis. Calgary is lower than an hour’s drive from the majestic Rocky Mountains and boasts essentially the most in depth city pathway and bikeway community in North America.