Sessional lecturer WOOD

Sessional Lecturer, WOOD 330 – Department of Wood Science

Academic Job Category:
Faculty Bargaining –

Job Title:

sessional lecturer (WOOD 330). Department:
Industrial Engineering & Department of Wood Science, Faculty of Forestry and Environmental Stewardship (Taraneh Sowlati).

WOOD 330 is a 3-credit course offered within the Faculty of Forestry & Environmental Stewardship by the Department of Wood Science for 3rd‑year students in the Wood Products Processing program. The course has two lectures and one lab per week, all delivered in person. It covers the use of industrial engineering concepts and methods to analyse and improve organisations’ competitiveness, including operations strategy and competitiveness, supply chain management, time study, inventory management, Monte Carlo simulation, linear programming, and sensitivity analysis.

The position involves preparing and delivering lectures (two 1‑hour lectures per week; each lecture is 50 minutes) and a two‑hour lab per week during the first term. Lectures run from September1 to December
31,2026. The instructor will prepare course notes, slides, assignments, quizzes, case studies, a mid‑term, and a final exam to be given during the formal exam period. Responsibilities include delivering lectures, leading lab sessions, supervising and mentoring teaching assistant(s), providing feedback on assignments, quizzes, case studies, and exams, maintaining records of grades, and submitting final grades in a timely fashion to the Department office.

Availability to students outside normal class and lab hours to answer questions is required.

• PhD in Industrial Engineering / Operations Research / Management Science or a relevant field, or enrolled in a relevant PhD program with the qualifying exam completed; post‑doctoral fellows and research staff holding a PhD are also eligible.
• Teaching or TA experience is required.
• Familiarity with Canvas and knowledge of the wood industry, forest products supply chain, and programming are required.

Expected salary: $4,000 per credit.

Posting End Date:
June
14,2026 (applications accepted until 11:59PM on that date). Job End Date:
December
31,2026. All positions are subject to enrollment and availability of funds and will be governed by UBC’s “Agreement on Conditions of Appointment for Sessional and Part‑time Faculty Members”.

Equity and diversity are essential to academic excellence. An open and diverse community fosters the inclusion of voices that have been underrepresented or discouraged. We encourage applications from members of groups that have been marginalized on any grounds enumerated under the B.C. Human Rights Code, including sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, racialization, disability, political belief, religion, marital or family status, age, and/or status as a First Nation, Metis, Inuit, or Indigenous person.

All qualified persons are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents of Canada will be given priority.

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