Instructor of Landscape Design
Department of Plant, Soil & Environmental Sciences
Brief Position Description: The Department of Plant, Soil and Environmental Sciences (http://www.umaine.edu/pse) at the University of Maine seeks qualified applicants for this three-year, fixed-length-term position with the potential for extension depending on funding and job performance. This is a 100% teaching, academic-year position serving the Department’s highly successful Environmental Horticulture B.S. Program (http://www.umaine.edu/lhc). Teaching responsibilities will include: landscape design, construction, and management courses, a course in using technology in landscape design, coordination of the field experience/internship program, and a first-year student orientation class. One or more additional courses may be taught based on the successful applicant’s expertise and program’s needs. The successful applicant will be expected to advise undergraduate students and lead the Program’s student recruiting and development activities, including fundraising, organizing student trips to professional conferences, and publicizing outstanding student achievement. The Environmental Horticulture Program, formerly Landscape Horticulture, has a long-standing record of strong student-faculty interactions and has consistently resulted in nearly 100% employment in their profession for its graduates.
The successful candidate is expected to develop strong working relationships with alumni, private companies, and state organizations that support the Environmental Horticulture Program and often hire its graduates. The University of Maine has a number of on- and off-campus facilities that are available for Landscape Design teaching and research including greenhouse facilities, research farms, and the 7 ha Lyle E. Littlefield Ornamental Trial Garden and Research Center which includes over 2500 different woody and herbaceous plant species/varieties and is the most northern trial garden in the Eastern U.S.
This position requires an MLA in Landscape Architecture, MS in Horticulture, or PhD in Horticulture with an emphasis in Landscape Design. We seek a candidate with professional experience, a strong background in landscape design and the use of modern computer-assisted design technology, excellent teaching skills, excellent written and verbal communications skills, and the ability and desire to work closely with students, faculty, alumni and industry professionals.
Interested individuals may contact Dr. Gregory Porter, Chair, Department of Plant, Soil and Environmental Sciences, 5722 Deering Hall, Orono, ME 04469-5722, (207) 581-2943, porter@maine.edu. Review of applications will begin on October 1, 2009. Please include a letter of intent, CV, and academic transcripts. Three reference letters must be sent directly to the department chair.
The University of Maine is an Equal Opportunity /Affirmative Action employer.
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This document last modified on August 04, 2009