Lecturer, Assistant Professor, Associate Professor

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Assessment accommodation

To be considered for the positions available you must apply on the Public Service Commission website. Candidates must provide the following information when submitting their application:

a) Interested candidates must submit a covering letter indicating how they meet Education and Experience factors (E1 to E6) and the Asset Qualifications (AQ1 to AQ4) by clicking on the ‘Apply Online’ button below at the bottom of the advertisement and pasting their cover letter in the space provided.

b) In addition to your online application including a curriculum vitae, please submit the following via email to , subject line: “UT Position at CFC” before the closing date:

i. A cover letter which identifies your qualifications for the position, including relevance of research and teaching interests and expertise to the curricula and programmes offered at the Canadian Forces College, especially the Joint Command and Staff Programme and the National Security Programme;
ii. A two-page outline of your proposed research programme and its relevance to the curriculum of Canadian Forces College programmes;
iii. Two samples of scholarly and/or other published work relevant to the curriculum of Canadian Forces College programmes;
iv. Proof of citizenship status;
v. Proof of education;
vi. Three reference letters, two academic and one outlining relevant professional or field experience, ideally indicating how your research and teaching experience is well suited to the curricula and programmes of the Canadian Forces College.

Work environment

The Department of Defence Studies or the Royal Military College, located at the Canadian Forces College in Toronto, Ontario, invites applications for two determinate positions and one tenure-track position at the levels of lecturer, assistant and/or associate professor.

As with other federal government establishments, the Canadian Forces College is a bilingual working environment, and offers a series of professional military education (PME) programmes at the graduate level primarily for merit-selected officers in the Canadian Armed Forces (and selected international officers and senior executives working in the security sector in relevant government departments). Members of the department, the largest and most interdisciplinary group of security- and defence-related academics in Canada, are a dynamic and highly professional team with a wide range of educational and professional backgrounds and expertise. For more information on the department and current faculty, please visit: https://www.rmcc-cmrc.ca/en/department-defence-studies.

Toronto is Canada’s largest, most diverse and cosmopolitan urban centre, the capital city of the province of Ontario, and the economic and financial engine of the country. Toronto is globally recognized as a hub of arts, culture, music, and sports. Home to three major universities, the Toronto International Film Festival, major league hockey, basketball, and baseball franchises, many national historic sites, museums, parks, and attractions, the city is adjacent to Lake Ontario, and has two international airports. The Canadian Forces College is located centrally on a beautiful historic property well serviced by public transit and major transportation routes.

Intent of the process

The immediate need of this selection process is to fill a determinate one-year position, a determinate two-year position, and an indeterminate position, at the Department of Defence Studies at the Canadian Forces College, the centre of professional military education in Canada. Although located in Toronto, the department is also part of the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, a university within the Department of National Defence.

Positions to be filled: Two determinate positions (of one year and two years respectively) at the UT01 or UT02 level; and one indeterminate position (UT02 or UT03 level), as lecturer, assistant or associate professor, depending on qualifications and experience.

A pool of partially qualified candidates may be established through this process to staff identical or similar positions within the Department of National Defence.

Positions to be filled: 3

Information you must provide

Your résumé.

A covering letter in 2,000 words (maximum)

In order to be considered, your application must clearly explain how you meet the following (essential qualifications)

Education:
A Ph.D. in military history, strategic studies/defence and security studies or war studies, or a relevant doctoral degree in the humanities, social sciences or commerce/business administration with a research/teaching focus on the conduct, consequences, complexity, and practices of conflict or the organization and management of contemporary militaries.

All-but-dissertation candidates will be considered with an exceptional record of PME engagement as well as teaching and research experience in the required fields below, with a condition of employment to complete the dissertation within two years of employment.

Degree equivalency

Experience:

E1: Acceptable teaching experience at the university level in at least three of the following fields:
a) Operational planning processes within militaries and 21st century security challenges.
b) Change management and organizational behaviour.
c) Public administration in Canada, especially at the federal level.
d) Theories and practices of leadership, both in militaries and in whole-of-government security operations.
e) Defence economics.
f) Gender and security.
g) Contemporary national and transnational security challenges and dilemmas.

E2: Acceptable research experience* at the university level in at least three of the following fields:
a) Operational planning processes within militaries and 21st century security challenges.
b) Change management and organizational behaviour.
c) Public administration in Canada, especially at the federal level.
d) Theories and practices of leadership, both in militaries and in whole-of-government security operations.
e) Defence economics.
f) Gender and security.
g) Contemporary national and transnational security challenges and dilemmas.

* Acceptable research experience is defined by graduate-level research paper, conference or workshop presentation, technical report, publication in peer reviewed and professional military journals or academic presses, or another form of demonstrable expertise in an alternate or multi-media format, on any of the areas listed above.

In addition to E1 and E2, both determinate Lecturer (UT01) or Assistant Professor (UT02) positions require the following:

E3: Experience, including professional experience that would demonstrate evidence of significant scholarly potential and engagement with PME or with mature adult learners in a related or similar environment.

E4: Experience with the supervision of senior undergraduate theses or graduate level directed projects and papers.

In addition to E1 and E2, Associate Professor (UT03) position require the following:

E5: Experience that would demonstrate effective teaching at the graduate/professional level in the fields related to the position being staffed over period of years.

E6: Experience that would demonstrate independent scholarly ** activity over a period of years in two or more fields related to the position being staffed.

** Scholarly is defined as publishing in refereed journals or academic presses in fields related to the position being staffed.

The following will be applied / assessed at a later date (essential for the job)

English essential

Information on language requirements

Abilities:

A1: Ability to teach effectively to professional students at the graduate level.
A2: Ability to communicate orally to professional students at the graduate level.
A3: Ability to communicate in writing at both an accessible and a scholarly level.
A4: Ability to negotiate.
A5: Ability to diplomatically and constructively navigate and excel within a multicultural, international and whole-of-government environment and communicate with students from a variety of backgrounds, occupations, and experiences.

Personal Suitability:

PS1: Interpersonal relationships.
PS2: Team building skills.
PS3: Reliability.
PS4: Judgment.
PS 5: Professionalism.

The following may be applied / assessed at a later date (may be needed for the job)

Asset Qualifications:

AQ1: Teaching experience at the graduate level or at a relevant professional school/professional military education institution or with mature adult learners in at least one of the areas listed at E1 above, or in these areas:
a) New forms of conflict and use of new technologies, e.g. asymmetric and cyber strategies and means/modes of attack; artificial intelligence.
b) Regional security policy and political/historical/cultural expertise in one or more of the following: Asia, Africa, or Latin America.

AQ2: Experience with designing/implementing innovative teaching methodologies, e.g. case studies and simulations.

AQ3: Experience with curriculum design and development in a professional/team-based context (e.g. professional military education).

AQ4: Scholarly activity, research interest in and potential in more of the areas listed at E2 above, or in these areas:
c) New forms of conflict and use of new technologies, e.g. asymmetric and cyber strategies and means/modes of attack; artificial intelligence.
d) Regional security policy and political/historical/cultural expertise in one or more of the following: Asia, Africa, or Latin America.

Conditions of employment

Reliability Status security clearance

Ability and willingness to travel
Ability and willingness to work flexible hours

Other information

The Public Service of Canada is committed to building a skilled and diverse workforce that reflects the Canadians we serve. We promote employment equity and encourage you to indicate if you belong to one of the designated groups when you apply.

Information on employment equity

Candidates whose applications are retained for further consideration may be required to travel to attend an interview or for the administration of a second language test. If you are asked to travel in relation to this appointment process, you should direct any questions you have about travel entitlements to the hiring organization, and they will provide you with the necessary information.

Candidates must meet all of the essential qualifications to be appointed to a position. A candidate may be appointed to a position even though he/she does not meet all of the asset qualifications. However, meeting these criteria is desirable and may be a deciding factor in choosing the person to be appointed.

For this selection process, we find that email is the most efficient way to communicate with you. Please provide a valid e-mail address, as all correspondence will be sent via e-mail. It is the responsibility of the candidate to ensure that accurate contact information is provided and updated as required. Candidates who apply to this selection process should include an e-mail address that accepts email from unknown users (some email systems block these types of email). Candidates are responsible to regularly check their e-mail and spam folders for information concerning this process. In some cases, there will be deadlines for responses (i.e., assessment invitations) and late responses will not be accepted. If you cannot receive results by email, it is your responsibility to inform us.

The Public Service of Canada is committed to building a skilled, diverse workforce reflective of Canadian society. As a result, it promotes employment equity and encourages candidates to indicate voluntarily on their application if they are a woman, an Aboriginal person, a person with a disability, or a member of a visible minority group.

The Public Service of Canada is also committed to developing inclusive, barrier-free selection processes and work environments. If contacted in relation to a job opportunity or testing, you should advise the Public Service Commission or the departmental official in a timely fashion of the accommodation measures which must be taken to enable you to be assessed in a fair and equitable manner. Information received relating to accommodation measures will be addressed confidentially.

Preference

Preference will be given to veterans and to Canadian citizens, in that order, with the exception of a job located in Nunavut, where Nunavut Inuit will be appointed first.

Information on the preference to veterans

We thank all those who apply. Only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.