Institute for Energy Studies - Non-Tenure Track Faculty Vacancy Pool
Institute for Energy Studies - Non-Tenure Track Faculty Vacancy Pool
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$ 1800 - 2600
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Job Description
Western Washington University with over 15000 students in seven colleges and the graduate school is nationally recognized for its educational programs students and faculty. The campus is located in Bellingham Washington a coastal community of 90000 overlooking Bellingham Bay the San Juan Islands and the North Cascades Mountain range. The city lies 90 miles north of Seattle and 60 miles south of Vancouver British Columbia. Western has additional sites in Anacortes Bremerton Everett Port Angeles and Poulsbo. Western is recognized nationally for its successes such as being named one of the top public mastersgranting institutions in the Pacific Northwest for 25 years in a row by U.S. News & World Report.
Western Washington University is committed to achieving excellence through advancing inclusive success increasing our Washington impact and focusing on transformational education grounded in the liberal arts and sciences and based on innovative scholarship research and creative activity. Westerns greatest strength is the outstanding students faculty staff and alumni/ae who make up its community. Western supports an inclusive governance structure for all and provides a learning and working environment in which everyone can thrive. In pursuit of this excellence individual employees are expected to establish and maintain productive and effective inclusive working relationships amongst diverse populations including staff faculty administration student and external constituents. Further individual employees are expected to have the ability to operationalize sustainability concepts (economic societal environmental) into all aspects of performing their job duties.
The Institute for Energy Studies (IES) is a multicollege collaboration at WWU which is designed to meet growing demand from students and from Washingtons growing clean energy economy for interdisciplinary education related to the science technology policy and business aspects of human conversion and use of energy. Our energy programs are designed to provide both breadth and depth with a practical toolkit of technical and analytic skills from classroom and experiential learning.
The IES academic program is unique in the country in offering undergraduate degrees that directly address key energy/climate challenges and their solutions via handson experiential learning such as our Campus as a Lab initiative preparing graduates to hit the ground running as practitioners and leaders of a clean energy transition. Through efforts of the IES WWU was named one of only twelve institutionsgloballyby the U.S. Dept. of Energy for their firstever Zero Energy Design Designation.
The Institute for Energy Studies supports Westerns mission which states that together with our students staff and faculty we are committed to making a positive impact in the state and the world with a focus on academic excellence and inclusive achievement. We encourage applications from women people of color people with disabilities veterans and other candidates from underrepresented backgrounds and with diverse experiences interested in this opportunity.
The Institute for Energy Studies maintains a vacancy pool of qualified persons interested in temporary nontenure track teaching positions. The positions are usually parttime with occasional opportunities for fulltime appointments. Positions may become available at any time and are typically filled on a quarterly basis.
The Institute and the University value teaching and seek exemplary teachers who are current in their field who will actively engage students in their own learning and who will follow University guidelines regarding course objectives content instructional format and level of challenge. We seek individuals with teaching interests in fields relevant to the clean energy transition to a decarbonized Northwest energy system such as energy efficiency energy system science netzero/lowcarbon energy planning and managementlocal energy/climate policies and strategies enterprise energy management or urban/community energy planning. We expect students to be given feedback on their course work and examinations and that adjunct faculty members will be available to students through regularly scheduled office hours.
- Bachelors degree in a related discipline
- Demonstrated ability to work effectively with diverse students faculty and staff and commitment to cultivating learning environments that are equitable and inclusive of students with diverse social identities and backgrounds
- Recent relevant industry or government experience
- Masters degree or higher in a related discipline
- Successful teaching experience
Salary
$1800$2600 per credit commensurate with experience and qualifications
Bargaining Unit
United Faculty of Western Washington
Application Instructions
A cover letter and curriculum vitae are required and should address your experience related to the position responsibilities and the required and preferred qualifications. Please also note courses (existing and proposed) you would be most qualified to teach. You may wish to consult our program and course offerings at
Required Supplemental Materials
Please provide contact information for three references.
This vacancy pool is refreshed annually; please see applicable close date information below (open continuously until December 31 of each year). Applicants who continue to remain interested in being considered for ongoing opportunities should resubmit updated materials to the new pool once posted.
Applications are accepted continuously for potential NTT faculty openings; please apply at your earliest convenience. Vacancy pool closes no later than December 31 2025.
Western Washington University (WWU) is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer committed to assembling a diverse broadly trained faculty and staff. Women minorities people with disabilities and veterans are strongly encouraged to apply. In compliance with applicable laws and in furtherance of its commitment to fostering an environment that welcomes and embraces diversity WWU does not discriminate on the basis of race color creed religion national origin sex (including pregnancy and parenting status) disability age veteran status sexual orientation gender identity or expression marital status or genetic information in its programs or activities including employment admissions and educational programs. See WWUs Policy onEnsuring Equal Opportunity and Prohibiting Discrimination and Retaliation. Inquiries may be directed to the Office of Civil Rights and Title IX Compliance Title IX and ADA Coordinator Western Washington University Old Main 126 (MSHigh Street Bellingham WA 98225; 360.650.3307 (voice) or 711 (Washington Relay);
WWU is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities upon request. To request this document in an alternate format or to request an accommodation please contactHuman Resources Disability Services 360.650.3751 or 711 (Washington Relay).
Annual Security and Fire Safety Report: This report is provided pursuant to the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act (The Clery Act). It includes statistics for the previous three calendar years concerning reported crimes that occurred on Westerns campus; in certain offcampus buildings or property owned or controlled by Western; and on public property within or immediately adjacent to and accessible from the campus. The report also includes institutional policies concerning campus security such as policies concerning alcohol and drug use crime prevention the reporting of crimes sexual and other matters. You can obtain a copy of this report in printed or alternate formats by contacting the Office of the Vice President for Enrollment and Student Services at . The report can be found at: Annual Security and Fire Safety Report.
All new employees must comply with the immunization policy and show employment eligibility verification as required by the U.S. Citizen and Immigration Service before beginning work at WWU. A thorough background check will be conducted on all new hires and rehires which includes a sexual misconduct background check.
Employment Type
Full Time
