Memorial University of Newfoundland invites applications
for the position of Director of a new Centre of Regional
Development Studies. The centre coordinates and facilitates
the university’s educational, research, and outreach
activities in the area of rural and regional development,
providing a single point of access to expertise resident
at the university’s several campuses and an instrument
for disseminating Memorial’s contributions to rural
sustainability.
The Director will report to the Vice-President (Academic)
and be responsible for encouraging the development of appropriate
academic programs, identifying funding from external agencies,
matching needs for research with appropriate graduate programs,
playing a coordinating and informational role for the university’s
many outreach activities, and fashioning working partnerships
within the university and with other organizations. The
director will have a relevant doctorate and a demonstrated
record of intellectual and administrative leadership.
The largest university in Atlantic Canada, Memorial provides
diverse undergraduate and graduate opportunities for approximately
17,000 full- and part-time students within a fine learning
environment. Further information about Memorial is available
on the university’s website at www.mun.ca. Full terms
of reference for the position of Director and details of
remuneration are available from the office of the Vice-President
(Academic).
Applications will be considered beginning Oct. 20 for a
position to be filled effective Jan. 1, 2004 (negotiable).
Please respond, including the names and addresses of three
referees, to
Dr. Evan Simpson
Vice-President (Academic)
Memorial University
St. John’s, NF A1C 5S7
E-mail: vpacad@mun.ca
Memorial University is committee to employment equity and
encourages applications from qualified women and men, visible
minorities, aboriginal people and persons with disabilities.
Filling this position is contingent upon approval of the
Centre by the university Senate and Board of Regents.
