Application Restrictions
Open to both Internal and external
Job Type
Open Learning Faculty Member
Posting In effect from
25/11/2024
Closing Application Date
2/12/2024
OLFM Type
Regular Continuous
Teaching Allocation Percentage (TAP)
50%
Anticipated Start Date
6/12/2024
Position End Date (If Applicable)
DUTIES
Students will explore the characteristics of families around the world, especially in non-Western societies, as they experience the forces of globalization and social change. Building on comparative family studies, students will first explore varied kinship structures and stages in family life. Students then investigate how contemporary families are impacted by global forces, including media, employment, violence, and migration. Students will also examine how social inequality, through the relations of gender, race and poverty, further influences family dynamics. In concluding the course, students review the potential of social policy to support the needs of global families in transition.
Open Learning Faculty Members are teaching staff in the Open Learning division of TRU, and the role of the Open Learning Faculty Member is to actively encourage, support and guide students toward success in their academic studies. Open Learning Faculty Members must be skilled in teaching, fully knowledgeable of the subject matter and demonstrate a positive, open and caring attitude in all interaction with students.
Responsibilities of the Open Learning Faculty Member (Web) include but are not limited to:
We anticipate 20 - 25 students in this course per year. These numbers are only estimates and actual numbers for the course may be greater or less than the estimated numbers.
QUALIFICATIONS
We are looking for candidates with a Ph.D. in academic Sociology, or closely related discipline, with teaching experience in the course subject area. Candidates are encouraged to demonstrate their teaching experiences with flexible modalities and contributions to the fields of discipline specific scholarly research and/or the scholarship of teaching and learning.
The Open Learning Faculty Member must:
The pay for Open Learning Faculty Members varies based on several factors including the number of students in the course, the type of work, the type of course and the number of assessments completed by students in the course. The total pay includes amounts based on hourly rates as well as set dollar amounts for certain types of work. For more information, please refer to the TRU/TRUOLFA Collective Agreement: https: // www. truolfa.ca/assets/documents/Collective Agreement20192022.pdf
Pay Band
Location
BC CA (Primary)
Qualified TRUOLFA applicants will be given first consideration filling this post
# of Hires Needed
1
Organizational Unit
Thompson Rivers University -> Open Learning -> Program Delivery
Diversity and Inclusion Commitment:
Thompson Rivers University is strongly committed to hiring based on merit with a focus on fostering diversity of thought within our community. We welcome those who would contribute to the further diversification of our staff, our faculty and its scholarship including, but not limited to, women, Indigenous, Black and People of Colour, persons with disabilities and persons of any sexual orientation or gender identity. Please note that all qualified candidates are encouraged to apply, however applications from Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority.