Career Services

POSITION:

St. Mary’s University is excited to be developing a new academic opportunity in Entrepreneurship and Social Responsibility (ESR) and is looking for a visionary instructor and scholar who will help make it one of Alberta’s premier interdisciplinary degree programs. We invite applications for a full-time, tenure- track position at the rank of Assistant or Associate Professor, starting no later than July 1, 2023. The successful candidate will have a strong commitment to the intersection of business and the liberal arts, with a disciplinary background in business management, economics, sustainability studies or other related academic fields. The successful candidate will teach some of our existing management and economics courses but will also help build new course offerings that emphasize creating and sustaining socially-minded, ethically-grounded, and EDI (equity, diversity, inclusivity)-focused businesses.

St. Mary’s offers both research-teaching-service stream (3/3 teaching load) and teaching-service stream (4/4 teaching load) appointments, which may be negotiated by the successful candidate.

For a list of our current course descriptions, please see:  https://www.stmu.ca/universitycalendar/
For a Statement of Educational Philosophy, please see:  https://stmu.ca/about/statement-of-educational-philosophy/
For our current Collective Agreement, please see:
https://www.stmu.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Collective-Agreement.pdf

RESPONSIBILITIES:

•    Instructing, assessing, and mentoring students in the program
•    Developing courses, including Work-Integrated-Learning opportunities
•    Contributing to ongoing development of the ESR program
•    Engage in university committee and other service work
•    Maintain a program of scholarship

COMPENSATION:

St. Mary's University offers a competitive compensation package and comprehensive benefits program. Compensation will be commensurate with qualifications and experience.

APPLICATIONS:

Interested applicants are invited to submit 1) a cover letter (including a brief statement of citizenship/immigration status); 2) a detailed, current curriculum vitae; 3) a brief statement on   teaching philosophy/approach and examples of syllabi for courses previously taught and/or teaching evaluations; and 4) a brief statement on research or relevant work experience that includes scholarship focus, and a few examples of publications if available. Please send applications via email to  careers@stmu.ca with the subject line of: Assistant/Associate Professor in Entrepreneurship and  Social Responsibility. Applications will be considered starting September 1, 2022, and the position will remain open until a suitable candidate is found. We are unable to accept applications and dossiers through third party platforms.

ABOUT US:

St. Mary’s University is an innovative teaching and research institution that provides affordable, accredited, and highly valued degrees in the Liberal Arts and Sciences and Education. We are a liberal arts institution grounded in the Catholic Intellectual Tradition, located on the ancestral territory of the Blackfoot Confederacy (Siksika, Kainai, and, Piikani First Nations), the Tsuut’ina and Iyarhe Nakoda Nations, as well as the Metis Nation, Region 3. Our students are inspired to combine academics with a passionate commitment to ethics, social justice and respect for diversity of opinion and belief. Currently, St. Mary’s has over 1000 full- and part-time students, 150 full- and part-time faculty and staff, and an average class size of 25. The university has grown by over 50% in the last eight years alone.

St. Mary’s University hires on the basis of merit, is committed to employment equity, and encourages all qualified individuals to apply. However, we especially seek applications from women, Indigenous Peoples, visible minorities, ethnic minorities, and persons with disabilities. Canadians and permanent residents of Canada will be given priority.

We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those applicants being interviewed will be contacted. No phone calls please.

QUALIFICATIONS:

•    A PhD (doctoral degree) in a relevant discipline
•    Demonstrated excellence in teaching (either as an instructor or tutorial assistant)
•    A record of scholarship and/or relevant employment or volunteering experience(s)