UQAM is looking for qualified candidates to renew its faculty and ensure quality development in all its areas of activity. The Department of Biological Sciences is seeking to fill a non-tenure track assistant professor position in wetland carbon dynamics and ecology associated with a research chair that is funded for five years. The University is committed to extending the position beyond the five-year time frame into a permanent faculty appointment in the Department of Biological Sciences.
The position will allow the candidate to develop an independent research program in wetland carbon biogeochemistry and ecology with a potential focus on conservation and management practices for climate mitigation in collaboration, among others, with Government agencies. The successful candidate will join a very dynamic and interdisciplinary Faculty of Sciences at Université du Québec à Montréal, and will be able to interact and collaborate with a large number of colleagues working in terrestrial ecosystems, aquatic ecology, and biogeochemistry and climate modelling, including the Groupe de Recherche Interuniversitaire en Limnologie (GRIL), the Centre d’Étude de la Foret (CEF), the Centre pour l’étude et la stimulation du climat à l’échelle régionale (ESCER) and the Centre de recherche sur la dynamique du système Terre (Geotop).
SELECTION CRITERIA:
PhD in wetland ecology, biogeochemistry, or related subject, with at least 2 years of postdoctoral experience. The candidate must have research expertise in the study of carbon dynamics in wetlands, particularly in the quantification of surface exchanges as well as storage in soils. Knowledge of aspects of hydrology and vegetation dynamics will be an advantage. Interest in exploring nature-based solutions for climate change mitigation and adaptation strategies will be an asset.
The successful candidate will be expected to teach the equivalent of 1 full course a year, in the general areas of wetland ecology and biogeochemistry, plant ecology, ecosystem ecology, impact of climate change, and to mentor and supervise undergraduate and graduate students.
The candidate must have the ability to communicate in French or a willingness to learn *
*The successful candidate must have a functional mastery of the French language (ability to give courses in French) before the end of the first contract. Adequate mastery of the French language (level B2 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages) will be a necessary condition for obtaining tenure, in accordance with the provisions of the UQAM-SPUQ collective agreement. French lessons could be offered.
JOB TYPE: Assistant Professor position non-tenure track
STARTING DATE: ideally December 1st, 2024, but a later entry is negotiable
SALARY: According to the UQAM-SPUQ collective agreement
Concerned about being representative of Quebec society and determined to enrich itself with its diversity, the University invites all qualified people to submit their applications, in particular women, indigenous people, members of visible and ethnic minorities, as well as disabled people in relation to the Equal Access to Employment Program. People from these groups are invited to self-identify when submitting their application by completing the identification questionnaire at this address and attaching it to their application file: www.rhu.uqam.ca/visiteurs /equality/QuestionnaireAccesEgalite.pdf
In accordance with Canadian immigration requirements, priority must be given to people with the necessary authorizations to work in Canada. This criterion is not a priority within the meaning of the applicable collective agreements.
Candidates are requested to send a cover letter (including teaching philosophy), a curriculum vitae (detailed, dated and signed), a brief research statement (1 page) (documents in either French or English), and three letters of recommendation (directly sent by the referees).
All documents must be submitted BEFORE FRIDAY 19 of August, 2024, 5 p.m., to
Madame Catherine Mounier, directrice
Département des sciences biologiques
Université du Québec à Montréal
C.P. 8888, Succursale Centre-ville
Montréal (Québec) H3C 3P8
Téléphone : 514 987-3000, poste : 8912
Télécopieur: 514 987-4647
Courriel : mounier.catherine [at] uqam.ca (mounier[dot]catherine[at]uqam[dot]ca)
Internet: http://www.rhu.uqam.ca