Contract Lecturer - Psychology

The University of Alberta; Edmonton; On-site; CAD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of Alberta's Department of Psychology invites applications for a 12-month lecturer position, recurrent for 3 years, focusing on teaching and teaching-related activities. This in-person role is based at North Campus, Edmonton.

Successful candidates will teach seven courses across Fall, Winter, and Spring, contribute to curriculum delivery, and support student learning within the Faculty’s programs in Psychology.

Qualifications

• Prior university teaching experience.
• Ability to teach multiple psychology courses.
• Strong communication and organizational skills.

Responsibilities

• Teach seven courses across Fall, Winter and Spring.
• Lead in-person lectures and teaching-related activities at North Campus.
• Collaborate with faculty to support student learning and success.

Job description

This competition is open to all applicants however; internal applicants will be given priority consideration based on minimum qualifications, or a combination of experience, skills, and abilities before external applicants are considered.

While this position welcomes applications from individuals external to the university, current Academic Teaching Staff are first notified of available positions and will receive first consideration in accordance with the terms of the Academic Teaching Staff Agreement before considering external candidates for positions with a term 8 months or longer. Please login to verify your internal candidate status.

This is a Term Recurring position.

Location - This role is in-person. Work primarily takes place at North Campus, Edmonton.

Working for the Department of Psychology

The Department of Psychology serves approximately 22,000 undergraduate students per year, including 4300 students enrolled in Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science programs with Psychology as their declared major or minor. In addition, the Department offers Masters and PhD programs.

Position Summary

The Department of Psychology, Faculty of Science, at the University of Alberta is accepting applications for 12 month lecturer position, recurrent for 3 years, that will include 100% Teaching and Teaching Related Activities. The applicant is expected to teach 7 courses throughout the academic year (usually 3 Fall, 3 Winter, 1 Spring).

Courses the contract lecturer may be asked to teach may vary, and may include, for example:

• PSYCH 104 Basic Psychological Processes (Science)
• PSYCH 275 Brain and Behaviour (Science)
• PSYCH 375 Introduction to Cognitive Neuroscience (Science)
• PSYCH 377 Human Neuropsychology (Science)
• PSYCH 381 Principles of Learning (Science)

This position requires primarily in-person teaching and teaching-related activities, on the University North Campus, to facilitate students’ learning and progress through their degree program as well as the operational needs of the Faculty.