Human Resource Management - Assistant/Associate Professor

Guided by Like No Other, Athabasca University’s (AU) strategic plan, AU’s approach to accessible yet transformative education and research is truly distinctive. Our academic mission is to remove barriers to post-secondary education for learners, regardless of their age, location, career, or educational background. 

Based in the beautiful region of Athabasca, Alberta, AU is one of four Comprehensive Academic and Research Universities (CARUs) in the province. We are a public, board-governed, open, and online university serving more than 35,000 students across Alberta, Canada, and around the world. 

AU seeks to be an agile and inclusive workplace in which all team members can grow, make their highest contribution, and each make a difference to our academic vision and mission.

Led by President Dr. Alex Clark, AU is embarking on an exciting new chapter. Drawing from five decades of growth in distance and online education, we aim to grow our position as Canada’s foremost innovator in flexible, online and accessible learning. With an inclusive Senior Leadership Team dedicated to empowering every team member to contribute, learn and thrive, AU stands poised for an exciting and ambitious next stage of development. 

Athabasca University's Faculty of Business is recruiting for a full-time permanent Assistant/Associate Professor, Human Resource Management (HRM).

About the Faculty:
The Faculty of Business is a major AACSB-accredited business school in Canada, offering programs for undergraduate and graduate students studying at the Bachelor, Master's, Postgraduate Diploma, and Doctoral levels. The Faculty of Business is dedicated to supporting students, the business community, and society by providing internationally recognized, outstanding, innovative, challenging, and accessible business education.

The Position:
The Assistant or Associate Professor will be expected to teach, coordinate, revise and write a variety of HRM courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels.

In addition to having an ability to teach across a variety of topics in HRM, a candidate applying for an Assistant Professor will show the potential to conduct and publish research in the field of HRM. A candidate applying for an Associate Professor will demonstrate having a strong research program and record of publishing in a HRM related field.

Industry or management experience to enable the connection of theory to practice in learning environments will be considered an asset at both the Assistant and Associate Professor levels.

Qualifications:

• Candidates should have a doctorate in Human Resource Management or related area, or be near completion (i.e., ABD).
• Candidates applying for Assistant Professor need to show a combination of teaching and research potential. Candidates applying for Associate Professor need to demonstrate teaching excellence and a successful publishing record.
• Industry or management experience and the ability to connect theory to practice in a learning environment will be considered an asset for this position.
• The candidate will be expected to contribute to a collegial culture.
• The candidate will have a keen interest in, and commitment to, teaching and working in an online environment. Previous online teaching experience will be considered an asset.
• A candidate that holds an HR professional designation, such as CPHR should acknowledge that in their application.

This full-time position is located in Alberta.

The institutional academic job profile can be viewed at: Academic Role Description

Application Requirements:
Applications must be submitted through our online recruitment system. Include the following:

• A letter of application
• Curriculum Vitae
• Evidence of research effectiveness, such as:
• A research statement
• A published article or other research output
• Evidence of teaching effectiveness, ideally in a teaching dossier, such as:
• A teaching philosophy statement
• Teaching or course evaluations
• A sample syllabus
• Artifacts of teaching initiatives (e.g., websites, videos, podcasts)
• Names and contact information for three referees

Contact:
For further information regarding this position, please contact Jessica Good, Associate Professor, Human Resource Management, Faculty of Business by e-mail at: [email protected]

Athabasca First
Wherever possible, AU seeks to attract and hire qualified team members to reside in the Athabasca region. We will offer relocation assistance for the right candidate should you decide to relocate to the Town of Athabasca. As a resident of the town or county of Athabasca, you can choose to work on and from our beautiful campus in Athabasca.

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To apply, please visit our Career Opportunities page.