[ES_JOBS_NET] Job: Lecturer/director of GIS & Cart Labs at UMBC

[Maggie Holland]

 hi everyone - Our department (Geography & Environmental Systems) at UMBC
is hiring!
We're looking for someone to fill a lecturer/director of GIS & Cartography
labs at UMBC.  We're a really interdisciplinary bunch with a strong
emphasis on training our students in applied GIS (across technical
platforms and fields).

Details on position and link to apply via Interfolio here (and below):
https://ges.umbc.edu/lecturer-and-director-of-gis-and-cartographic-laboratories/

Will start reviewing applications as of June 16th.

Thanks for sharing with your networks!
-Maggie
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Margaret Buck Holland, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Dept. of Geography & Environmental Systems
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
mbholland.wordpress.com
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*University of Maryland Baltimore County*

*Department of Geography and Environmental Systems*



*Lecturer and Director of GIS and Cartographic Laboratories*



Geography & Environmental Systems <http://ges.umbc.edu/>

Baltimore, Maryland, 21250



The Department of Geography and Environmental Systems at the University of
Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) invites individuals with strong Geospatial
expertise to apply to our open position. The position is a 50/50 split
between teaching and management of the department’s geospatial labs. The
successful candidate is expected to teach a lab and field-based course that
makes extensive use of introductory GIS, environmental science, and basic
field sampling techniques. Along with teaching, the successful candidate
will manage the department’s two computer labs (54 seats), which serve
several hundred students each year. Teaching experience in GIS and
experience in managing geospatial computing infrastructure is required.
Experience in cartographic design and visualization, advanced geospatial
analysis, or GIS programming is preferred. Please note that this is not a
tenure track or research faculty position, but is a multi-year fixed-term
position with potential for advancement.



The successful candidate will teach GES 286 (Introduction to the
Environment: A Geospatial Perspective) each Fall and Spring semester with
two or three lab sections (30 students each), along with directing
GIS/Cartographic Internships (GES 482/483) for undergraduate students.
Additionally, there will be opportunity to teach an advanced course in
area(s) of the successful applicant’s specialty. The ability to communicate
geospatial topics to undergraduate audiences, assist with class curricula
development, and a familiarity with a variety of geospatial applications
such as ArcGIS and QGIS is required. Additional knowledge related to
associated software such as Microsoft Office, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe
Photoshop, ENVI, Microsoft Office, Python, and R, is highly preferred.



Responsibilities also include supervising undergraduate student lab
assistants and managing lab equipment. The successful candidate should be
able to maintain Windows computer software and hardware, a variety of
geospatial software packages, and computer software licenses. They will
need to manage the department plotting and printing resources, and work
with the university’s Department of Information Technologies (DOIT) to
resolve issues affecting GES computing resources.



UMBC ranks in the top 15% of national universities in the diversity of its
student body and emphasizes an inclusive workplace for faculty and staff.
Applicants should document a commitment to equity and diversity and
describe how their teaching and work environment will foster an inclusive
and equitable educational environment. Applicants must hold a minimum of a
Masters Degree at the time of appointment. While the focus of our search is
for a Lecturer with expertise in geospatial analysis and lab management, we
welcome applicants from a broad range of fields and disciplines, including
GIS, urban and regional planning; public health; environmental health;
environmental studies; environmental science; human or physical geography;
black/Africana studies; indigenous studies; and other ethnic or regional
studies disciplines.



UMBC is listed in the most recent Carnegie ranking as a Research
University, High Research Activity. The Department has grown to more than
250 majors in recent years, with more than 60 graduate students in M.S.,
M.P.S., and Ph.D. programs. Faculty interests span topics from human
geography to environmental science and management, and several faculty
explicitly incorporate issues of social and environmental justice in their
research and teaching. Collaborative opportunities include faculty in
Africana Studies, American Studies, Biological Sciences; Chemical,
Biochemical & Environmental Engineering; Computer Science & Electrical
Engineering; Gender, Women and Sexuality Studies; Global Studies;
Interdisciplinary Studies; Language Literacy and Culture; Public Policy;
Sociology, Anthropology, Health Administration & Policy; and the
multi-campus Marine, Estuarine & Environmental Sciences program. Other
opportunities at UMBC include the Joint Center for Earth Systems Technology
(JCET) <http://www.jcet.umbc.edu/> a research consortia formed by UMBC and
NASA-Goddard Space Flight Center; the Center for Urban Environmental
Research and Education (CUERE) <http://www.umbc.edu/cuere>, a research
center focused on the environmental, social and economic impacts of urban
and suburban landscape transformation; and the U.S. Geological Survey Water
Science Center <http://md.water.usgs.gov/> for the MD-DE-DC region. UMBC is
in close proximity to Washington D.C. and a broad array of federal, state,
and local agencies as well as to other research institutions along the
Washington-Baltimore-Philadelphia corridor. We encourage applicants to
visit our department site ges.umbc.edu for additional information.



Applications should be sent to apply.interfolio.com/87297 and should
include:

1.    Cover letter with description of qualifications that include the
following sections:

1.    commitment to equity and diversity in teaching and program
management;

2.    teaching experience, along with any evidence of teaching excellence
such as sample lessons, syllabi, or peer/student evaluations (appended as
supporting documents); and

3.    technical and applied geospatial experience such as lab management,
computer hardware troubleshooting, applied projects or similar

2.    Resume/CV;

3.    Separate document with names/contact information of three references.



Questions can be directed to Joseph School at school at umbc.edu. Formal
review of applications will begin on June 16, 2021 and will continue until
the position is filled. UMBC is especially proud of the diversity of its
student body, and we are strongly committed to increasing faculty and staff
diversity. We seek and encourage applications from underrepresented groups,
including: BIPOC, women, persons with disabilities, and persons of minority
sexual orientation or gender identity. UMBC is an Equal Opportunity /
Affirmative Action Employer.
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