Assistant Professor, Associate Professor

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Assessment accommodation

When you apply to this selection process, you are not applying for a specific job, but to an inventory for future vacancies. As positions become available, applicants who meet the qualifications may be contacted for further assessment.

📢 How does this work?

*IMPORTANT* In order to be considered for the immediate vacancy, you must apply by April 30, 2023.

✅ Step 1: Read the entire advertisement. Want to join our team? Let us know you’re interested! Click “Apply Online”

✅ Step 2: Tell us about yourself! Attach your resume and answer the screening questions in the online application.
↪ Please provide complete and thorough details of your education and experience;
↪ Do not assume that the screening board has any previous knowledge of your background, qualifications, or work history. You must be specific and provide concrete examples/details for each experience element, as applications will be screened only on the information provided;
↪ Failure to provide sufficient information may result in your application being screened out of the process.

✅ Step 3 : In addition to your online application including a curriculum vitae, please submit the following via email to maude.latendresse with the subject line: “UT Position at CFC” :

i. A two-page outline of your proposed research programme and its relevance to the curriculum of Canadian Forces College programmes;

ii. Two samples of scholarly and/or other published work relevant to the curriculum of Canadian Forces College programmes

**If you wish to be considered in the process, it is important to provide us with the required documents and answer all textual questions. **

✅ Step 4: We will carefully review all of your qualifications. If your talent matches one of our immediate or upcoming opportunities we may contact you for further information or assessment.

Creating an environment where diverse perspectives are valued begins with self-declaration. Count yourself in and self-declare by identifying to which employment equity group(s) you belong. In order to self-declare, please ensure to indicate this by checking off the appropriate box within the online application as part of the Employment Equity section.

Work environment

Together, DND and the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) form the largest and most complex organization in Canada. DND's role is to provide services and support to the CAF in their operations and missions at home and abroad. DND and the CAF work side-by-side to fulfill the Government of Canada’s mission to defend Canada and Canadians and contribute to international peace, security and stability efforts.

What do we offer?

🍁 At DND we foster a work environment where employees have opportunities to grow, learn, progress in their careers and have job satisfaction over the long-term. You’ll enjoy:

✅ A career among a dynamic and dedicated team
✅ Opportunities for advancement
✅ A diverse, respectful and inclusive work environment
✅ A total benefits package including a competitive salary, health and dental insurance plans, pension plan and a variety of leave entitlements

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.

Intent of the process

The intent of this process is to fill one immediate need in Toronto for an indeterminate bilingual position for the Department of Defence Studies at the Canadian Forces College, the centre of professional military education in Canada.

A pool of partially qualified candidates may be established through this process to staff identical or similar positions with various tenures, language profiles and security requirements within the Department of National Defence.

Positions to be filled: Number to be determined

Information you must provide

Your résumé.

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

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

All-but-dissertation candidates will be considered with an exceptional record of professional military education (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 :

EX1: Acceptable teaching experience at the university in at minimum four (4) or in at minimum five (5) 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 command and leadership, both in militaries and in whole-of-government security operations;
e) Defence economics;
f) Regional area studies expertise in South/East Asia or Russia/Eurasia with a defence and security focus; OR
g) Asymmetric cyber strategies and means/modes of attack; artificial intelligence.

EX2: Acceptable research experience* at the university level in at least three (3) 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 command and leadership, both in militaries and in whole-of-government security operations;
e) Defence economics;
f) Regional area studies expertise in South/East Asia or Russia/Eurasia with a defence and security focus; OR
g) Asymmetric cyber strategies and means/modes of attack; artificial intelligence.

* Acceptable research experience is defined by graduate-level research paper, invited/accepted 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.

EX3: 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.

EX4: Experience with the supervision of senior undergraduate theses or graduate level directed projects and papers.

🔹In addition to EX1-EX4, Associate Professor (UT03) positions require the following: 🔹

EX5: Experience that would demonstrate effective teaching at the graduate/professional level in the fields related to the position being staffed over period of years.

EX6: 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.

If you possess any of the following, your application must also clearly explain how you meet it (other qualifications)

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 EX1 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: South/East Asia and Russia.

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 EX2 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.

** 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)

Various language requirements
Bilingual Imperative BBB/BBB, CBC/CBC ,CCC/CCC and CCP/CCP
English Essential

Information on language requirements

Second Language Writing Skills Self-Assessment
In order to help you decide if you should apply to a bilingual position, an optional self-assessment of your writing skills in your second official language is available for you to take before completing your application.

For more information, please consult:
Unsupervised Internet Test of Second Language Writing Skills

COMPETENCIES :

C1. Demonstrating integrity and respect
C2. Thinking things through
C3. Showing initiative and being action-oriented
C4. Working effectively with others
C5. Communication

Personal Suitability

PS1: Reliability

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

Selection may be limited to members of the following Employment Equity groups: Aboriginal persons, persons with disabilities, visible minorities, women

Information on employment equity

The Department of National Defence is committed to providing an environment where justice, fairness and the elimination of barriers helps build a skilled, diverse and representative workforce reflective of Canada. We welcome diversity in all its forms, promote employment equity and encourage you to indicate if you belong to one of the designated groups when you apply. Please note that preference for hiring will first be given to candidates who are members of the above mentioned designated groups.

↪ In support of Strong, Secure, Engaged (SSE) initiative #24, consideration may be given to the spouses or common-law partners of Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) members.

Conditions of employment

Reliability Status security clearance

Other conditions of employment may be required for some positions. These conditions will be communicated to the candidates considered for that specific appointment. They may include :

Ability and willingness to travel as part of teaching responsibilities
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

If there are limitations or special circumstances preventing you from submitting your application via the PSRS online portal, you must contact us and receive approval to apply via an alternate means PRIOR to the closing date.

✅ Depending on the position being staffed:
↪ Additional qualifications, operational requirements and/or conditions of employment may be required
↪ Varying degrees of breadth and depth of experience may be deemed essential
↪Asset qualifications may be invoked as essential qualifications
↪You may be contacted and asked to submit information or be further assessed

✅ Persons are entitled to participate in the appointment process in the official language of their choice.

✅ A variety of assessment tools may be used. This may include application screening, interviews, role play scenarios, written assessments, reference checks, board knowledge, interactions with internal staff during the process, etc.
↪ Please note that your overall conduct and communications, including email correspondence, throughout the entire process may be used in the assessment of qualifications and competencies.

✅ Top down selection may be used during any stage of the selection process.
↪ Please note that achieving the pass mark on any of the assessments used does not mean you will move forward in the selection process. Management may decide to use a score that is higher than the pass mark on any of the evaluations used throughout the selection process. Management may also decide to use top-down selection at any stage of the process.

✅ Appointment decisions may be based on one or more of the following criteria:
↪ Matching of the individual's experience or qualifications to the strengths and weaknesses of the work team;
↪ Matching of the individual's experience or qualifications to the specific duties of the position being staffed;
↪ Depth, breadth, type of work-specific experience;
↪ Level/degree of one or more competencies/qualifications;
↪ Organizational Needs.

✅ All information obtained throughout the selection process, from the time of

application to close of process, may be used to evaluate the applicants.

✅ Our organization will only accept on-line applications for this opportunity. Please click “Apply online” to submit your application. Should you have a disability or an exceptional circumstance that requires an alternative application method, please contact us for guidance.

✅ Applicants who apply to this selection process must include in their application a valid email address and make sure that this address is functional at all times and accepts messages from unknown users.

✅ The term “Aboriginal” is used within this job advertisement as it relates to the Employment Equity Act and other legislative frameworks. The term “Indigenous” is used where possible, in alignment with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

Preference

Preference will be given to veterans first and then to Canadian citizens and permanent residents, 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.

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