Unity College seeks an enterprising colleague to join our Wildlife Biology/Wildlife and Fisheries Management faculty for fall of 2016. The successful applicant will engage in teaching and advising undergraduate students, scholarly research, and service to the college mission, which emphasizes sustainability science. Faculty are expected to involve undergraduates in research activities. We are searching for a broadly- trained wildlife or fisheries biologist with skills and knowledge that enhance the ability of program faculty to offer multiple introductory and advanced courses within the Wildlife programs. Desired specialties include human dimensions of wildlife, urban wildlife management, or aquatic or terrestrial game management.
Required functions include: -Teaching introductory and advanced classes in the Wildlife and Fisheries Management and Wildlife Biology programs. -Advising and mentoring students seeking careers in the wildlife and fisheries fields. -Providing opportunities for undergraduate research through existing or newly developed projects. -Developing and/or maintaining partnerships with outside entities to benefit the wildlife programs and provide a range of opportunities for students. -Teaching courses from outside the above programs as appropriate, and contribute to our Environmental Citizen general education curriculum and engage in transdisciplinary teaching with their colleagues. The ideal candidate for this position will have: -Terminal degree in fisheries or wildlife biology/management or closely related field of study. -Field experience in fisheries or wildlife research or management -Experience working for/with state or federal management agencies -Demonstrated ability teaching in a college environment -Specialty knowledge of human dimensions of wildlife, urban wildlife management, or game management. Additional Information: Experiential Education: Unity is an environmentally focused academic community committed to sustainability science education that includes service-learning and field, project and community-based educational experiences. Student research, internships, field courses, independent studies and co-curricular programming all contribute to the hands on/minds on teaching and learning atmosphere at Unity College. From our new colleagues we expect exceptional teaching and visionary curricular thinking. In addition, faculty are expected to mentor students, engage with community, pursue scholarship and share in governance. General Information: This is a salaried, 9-month academic year position subject to regular evaluation and renewal and eligible for the following benefits: medical; dental; employer-paid STD, LTD, Life; flexible benefits plan offering medical and dependent care reimbursement accounts; voluntary life insurance; faculty medical leave, 403(b) retirement plan. Teaching workload for faculty is up to 21 credits per year. Review of applications will begin March 7, 2016 and will continue until the position is filled. For more details see https://www.interviewexchange.com/jobofferdetails.jsp?JOBID=68514
