Job Number: 07945. Salary: Per Part-time Faculty Salary Schedule. The schedule can be found on our employment web site, employment.blinn.edu.

OBJECTIVE: To perform the day-to-day operations of the instructional programs in physical and historical geology and oceanography.  

ESSENTIAL DUTIES: Teaches courses as scheduled. Maintains office hours as set by the college. Prepares course information sheets, which include stated objectives for each course. Keeps current on developments regarding instructional methodology. Provides a grade evaluation on each student's performance in a fashion and frequency required by the college. Performs other related tasks as assigned.

MINIMUM REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS: Must have a Master's Degree or higher in geology or in a closely related area plus 18 graduate hours in geology and/or oceanography.
Ability to establish and maintain effective, professional working relationships with other instructors, staff, administration and students.  

APPLICATION PROCEDURES:
The complete job description can be found on our employment web site.

In order to be considered for the position, you must complete the following steps:
1)  Create the Blinn College online employment application at http://employment.blinn.edu.
2)  After you complete your application, please be sure to search jobs and click on this position and apply to this job.
3)  You will be prompted to answer several questions in order to successfully apply to the job.

The Department of Geological and Mining Engineering and Sciences at Michigan Tech seeks applications for a 9-month (academic year) lecturer (non-tenure-track) position. A Ph.D. in geology or a related field is desirable, but applicants with MS degrees, particularly with significant professional experience, will also be considered. Candidates will be evaluated based on their potential for being effective teachers and student mentors. Teaching responsibilities are nominally 3 courses per semester for the academic year and some departmental service in support of the undergraduate programs, for example, assessment. Candidates should possess sufficient educational background and experience to teach our large-lecture course in physical geology. Those candidates with expertise in depositional systems, structural geology, geomorphology, and environmental geology are especially desirable. Teaching opportunities potentially exist for the summer semester. We also value candidates with expertise that would allow them to become involved in research and field activities.

Michigan Tech has a total student population of about 6,300 and is located in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, a pristine area on the south shore of Lake Superior. The department is committed to a strong educational focus and values basic and applied interdisciplinary research. Undergraduate and graduate programs are offered in Geology, Geological Engineering and Applied Geophysics. Interested candidates can learn more about the department programs, courses, and research and find contact information for faculty at http://www.geo.mtu.edu.

Only electronic applications will be accepted, preferably, as a single, complete pdf file that includes a cover letter outlining the applicant’s interest in and qualifications for the position, a curriculum vitae, and teaching statement (philosophy and interests). A request for references will be made after the initial applicant screening. Applications should be e-mailed to geosearch@mtu.edu.

We intend to fill the position in time for the fall 2009 semester.
Applications received by July 1, 2008 will receive the fullest attention. Michigan Tech is an ADVANCE institution, one of a limited number of universities in receipt of NSF funds in support of our commitment to increase diversity and the participation and advancement of women in STEM. Michigan Tech is an equal opportunity educational institution/equal opportunity employer.

The Department of Geology at the University of Otago, New Zealand (www.otago.ac.nz/geology), seeks applicants for the confirmation path [tenure track] position of Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in marine geology/sedimentology. The successful appointee must start by January 2010. Duties will include: helping with teaching of established courses at undergraduate level, helping to develop new courses where appropriate, supervising postgraduate students, teaching field classes (both land and ship-based), maintaining an active (desirably field-oriented) research programme, and helping with departmental administration. Applicants must have completed a Ph.D. and must be able to take advantage of the dynamic geological environment of New Zealand for teaching and research. We seek a marine geologist able to work with both modern and ancient sediments, able to develop opportunities linked with RV Polaris, and whose skills, knowledge and experience will integrate with and strengthen existing teaching and research programmes in New Zealand's top PBRF-ranked earth sciences department.

Specific enquiries may be directed to Associate Professor R. Ewan Fordyce, Head of Department - Geology, Tel 64 3 479 7535, E-mail hod.geology@stonebow.otago.ac.nz

Applications quoting reference number A08/168 close on Friday 17 April 2009.

Application Information With each application you must include an application form, an EEO Information Statement, a covering letter, contact details for three referees and one copy of your full curriculum vitae. For an application form, EEO Information Statement and a full job description go to: www.otago.ac.nz/jobs Alternatively, contact the Human Resources Division, Tel 64 3 479 8269, Fax 64 3 479 8279, Email job.applications@otago.ac.nz

Equal opportunity in employment is University policy.