Senior Lecturer

University of New Hampshire

About The Position

This position is a 9-month, 0.88 FTE Senior Lecturer in the Department of Natural Resources and the Environment. The selected candidate will have primary responsibility for leading and delivering courses for the Professional MS in Geospatial Science and the Certificate in Geospatial Science. Initial workload will be 4.25 units of Teaching, 3.75 units of Service. Workload units may change from year to year. Duties/Responsibilities Reporting to the Chair of the Department of Natural Resources and the Environment, the Senior Lecturer will: Provide overall strategic vision, direction, and leadership for the graduate programs in Geospatial Science (both the Certificate in Geospatial Science and the Professional MS in Geospatial Science). Design and teach courses required for the graduate programs in Geospatial Science. Maintain hardware and software associated with the graduate programs in Geospatial Science. Assist in recruiting faculty or adjuncts teaching core courses in the graduate programs in Geospatial Science to ensure program excellence, consistency, and alignment. Develop partnerships across the UNH campus to ensure that the graduate programs in Geospatial Science fulfill their promise as a shared university program with strong involvement and buy-in from the colleges and promote interdisciplinary faculty engagement in the program. Develop and execute strategies to grow student enrollment of the graduate programs in Geospatial Science and enhance student learning experiences. Provide academic and career advising and mentorship to students in the graduate programs in Geospatial Science. Engage in faculty governance for the Department of Natural Resources and the Environment, participate in faculty committees and other governance activities at the program, Department, College, and University levels as appropriate, and perform other tasks as assigned in an annual workload letter consistent with the Lecturers United Collective Bargaining Agreement. The University of New Hampshire is an R1 Carnegie classification research institution providing comprehensive, high-quality undergraduate and graduate programs of distinction. UNH is located in Durham on a 188-acre campus, 60 miles north of Boston and 8 miles from the Atlantic coast and is convenient to New Hampshire’s lakes and mountains. There is a student enrollment of 13,000 students, with a full-time faculty of over 600, offering 90 undergraduate and more than 70 graduate programs. The University actively promotes a dynamic learning environment in which qualified individuals of differing perspectives, life experiences, and cultural backgrounds pursue academic goals with mutual respect and shared inquiry. EEO Statement The University System of New Hampshire is an Equal Opportunity/Equal Access employer. The University System is committed to creating an environment that values and supports diversity and inclusiveness across our campus communities and encourages applications from qualified individuals who will help us achieve this mission. The University System prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or marital status. The pay range for this position is listed above. Actual offer will be based on skills, qualifications, experience, and internal equity, in addition to relevant business considerations. More information on benefits can be found here: USNH Employee Benefits | Human Resources Location: Durham Salary Grade: Faculty 01 Are you an employee of KSC, PSU, UNH or the system office? Apply internally within Workday through the Jobs Hub app. The University System of New Hampshire is the largest provider of postsecondary education in the Granite State. With approximately 30,000 enrolled students annually and more than 90,000 alumni living in state, the institutions of the University System - the University of New Hampshire - Durham, the University of New Hampshire School of Law, the University of New Hampshire at Manchester, Plymouth State University, and Keene State College - have a direct impact on hundreds of thousands of New Hampshire citizens every year.

Requirements

Ph.D. in Geospatial Science, Natural Resources, or a closely related field.
Demonstrated experience in teaching courses in GIS and Remote Sensing at the graduate level.
Demonstrated experience in teaching a course on UAV drone operations for remote sensing.
Demonstrated experience teaching in person and online.
Demonstrated experience in academic program management.
A U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Remote Pilot Certificate.

Responsibilities

Provide overall strategic vision, direction, and leadership for the graduate programs in Geospatial Science (both the Certificate in Geospatial Science and the Professional MS in Geospatial Science).
Design and teach courses required for the graduate programs in Geospatial Science.
Maintain hardware and software associated with the graduate programs in Geospatial Science.
Assist in recruiting faculty or adjuncts teaching core courses in the graduate programs in Geospatial Science to ensure program excellence, consistency, and alignment.
Develop partnerships across the UNH campus to ensure that the graduate programs in Geospatial Science fulfill their promise as a shared university program with strong involvement and buy-in from the colleges and promote interdisciplinary faculty engagement in the program.
Develop and execute strategies to grow student enrollment of the graduate programs in Geospatial Science and enhance student learning experiences.
Provide academic and career advising and mentorship to students in the graduate programs in Geospatial Science.
Engage in faculty governance for the Department of Natural Resources and the Environment, participate in faculty committees and other governance activities at the program, Department, College, and University levels as appropriate, and perform other tasks as assigned in an annual workload letter consistent with the Lecturers United Collective Bargaining Agreement.

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