POSITION: Westerns ENVS and Master in Environmental Management (MEM) programs seek a lecturer with a half-time teaching reassignment to serve as the founding CSLC Executive Director.Responsibilities include entrepreneurial development and management of the CSLC vision for a center for environmental education and cold climate sustainable living experiments, in partnership with the CSLC Board and donors; teaching two courses in the academic year in Westerns MEM and ENVS programs; recruiting an annual cohort of CSLC-relevant graduate students, supervising CSLC- focused graduate fellowships, and mentoring masters projects toward career opportunities; and co-facilitating an intensive residency for all MEM students each summer. Depending upon academic expertise, successful candidates would teach from a range of potential MEM courses in integrative land management, sustainable and resilient communities, environmental science, environmental policy, public lands management, or relevant undergraduate courses. Responsibilities also include: facilitating community partners across the region to advance the missions of CSLC and Westerns Center for Environment & Sustainability; building a global network of CSLC collaborators from other cold climates; and university service and professional activity.
Information on the MEM program can be found at http://www.western.edu/mem. Information on Westerns Center for Environment & Sustainability, of which the MEM programs are a part, can be found at http://www.western.edu/centerenvs. Information on the Coldharbour Sustainable Living Center can be found at http://gunnisoncoldharbour.org SALARY/BENEFITS: 12-month salary is commensurate with qualifications, ranging from $50,000-$60,000. Benefits include an employee/employer shared contribution retirement plan and life and health insurance. Funding for the CSLC teaching reassignment is for the first four years. START DATE: July 1, 2014 (upon hiring, will be compensated for attending MEM retreats and for developing courses throughout late spring-early summer 2014) QUALIFICATIONS: Ph.D. preferred, with consideration given to Masters-level candidates with excellent organizational leadership and teaching skills. Candidates must demonstrate a strong commitment to: entrepreneurial approaches to organizational development and fundraising collaboration among diverse stakeholder groups interdisciplinary environmental problem-solving, focused on sustainable living experiential and environmental education online and blended learning excellence in teaching and project/professional mentoring APPLICATION: To apply, please go to www.western.edu/jobs and use our online application. Required attachments to your online application include a letter of application outlining your interest in the position, curriculum vitae, and academic transcripts. Unofficial transcripts are acceptable during screening. Official transcripts are required prior to employment. Send three letters of recommendation to: MEM/Coldharbour Search Committee Western State Colorado University Taylor Hall 303 600 N. Adam Street Gunnison, CO 81231 Or have three letters of recommendation emailed to Erica Boucher at [email protected]. Please refer all questions to the chair of the search committee, Dr. Jeff Sellen ([email protected]). Phone number: (970) 943-3162 Screening of applications will begin March 10, 2014 and will continue until the position is filled. Western is a public university with an enrollment of 2,400 students who come from across Colorado and all fifty states. Faculty members share a strong commitment to personalized education with the liberal arts and sciences and professional training as its core. They are student- oriented, collegial, energetic, and engaged in the campus and community. The curriculum provides professional flexibility where experiential learning and interdisciplinary approaches are valued. Our campus is located in Gunnison, Colorado, a rural community 200 miles southwest of Denver. At an elevation of 7,700 feet in the southern Rocky Mountains, the Gunnison Valley provides spectacular year-round recreational opportunities. Employees have chosen Western because of the quality of life combined with rewarding careers. Visit http://www.western.edu to learn more about Western. Western State Colorado University is an affirmative action/equal opportunity educator and employer.
