SALARY: Minimum $40,602 ANNUAL (12 months)  – Depending on Qualifications

JOB SUMMARY
The sustainability lecturer will be a key team member of the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies and the UW Madison Office of Sustainability. The sustainability lecturer will be expected to teach a load of 10 credit hours each fall and spring semester. Courses may include 1) Systems Thinking (3 credits, existing course), 2) Life Cycle Assessment (3 credits, existing course), 3) Introduction to Sustainability (3 credits, new course), 4) Capstone for the Graduate Sustainability Certificate (3 credits, new course) and/or 5) Community Service in Sustainability (1 credit, seminar style course).

This 12-month appointment also includes summer teaching responsibilities of four credits: 1) Introduction to Sustainability (3 credits), and 2) Community Service in Sustainability (1 credit).

Responsibilities will include lecturing, conducting regularly scheduled office hours, writing and grading exams and homework, supervising teaching assistants, and creating new course content. Continuing professional development opportunities will be provided.

Facilitates classroom, online, and/or laboratory instruction and assists with instructional development and design for a single course or series of courses within an academic discipline to support the delivery of quality instruction. Provides for-credit instruction in formats such as classroom, online and/or laboratory settings, including grading. Serves as an instructor of record.

RESPONSIBILITIES
Facilitates classroom, online, and/or laboratory instruction and assists with instructional development and design for a single course or series of courses within an academic discipline to support the delivery of quality instruction. Provides for-credit instruction in formats such as classroom, online and/or laboratory settings, including grading. Serves as an instructor of record.

60% Facilitates classroom, online and/or laboratory instruction for one or more courses, including assessment of student performance

20% Develops instructional design and curriculum relevant to a course of instruction

10% Serves as an initial point of contact for students as it relates to specific course or series content and expectations

10% Supervision of Teaching Assistants with the department

EDUCATION
Required: Terminal Degree, PhD., ABD, other terminal degree

QUALIFICATIONS

  • Interest in teaching quantitative sustainability courses
  • Experience with sustainability in research and/or teaching context
  • Demonstrate experience/interest in working with an interdisciplinary sustainability team
  • Experience with quantitative aspects of sustainability in research and/or teaching contex
  • Contributions to diversity, inclusivity, and equity in the field of sustainability

WORK TYPE
Full Time: 100%

This position may require some work to be performed in-person, onsite, at a designated campus work location. Some work may be performed remotely, at an offsite, non-campus work location.

APPOINTMENT TYPE, DURATION
Ongoing/Renewable

SALARY
Minimum $40,602 ANNUAL (12 months)
Depending on Qualifications

INSTITUTIONAL STATEMENT ON DIVERSITY
Diversity is a source of strength, creativity, and innovation for UW-Madison. We value the contributions of each person and respect the profound ways their identity, culture, background, experience, status, abilities, and opinion enrich the university community. We commit ourselves to the pursuit of excellence in teaching, research, outreach, and diversity as inextricably linked goals.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison fulfills its public mission by creating a welcoming and inclusive community for people from every background – people who as students, faculty, and staff serve Wisconsin and the world.

HOW TO APPLY
Please submit a cover letter referring to your related work experience and a resume detailing your educational and professional background.

CONTACT
Lili Gagliano
lili.gagliano@wisc.edu
608-890-4747
Relay Access (WTRS): 7-1-1. See RELAY_SERVICE for further information.

For more information and to apply: https://jobs.hr.wisc.edu/en-us/job/517479/sustainability-lecturer