Career Opportunities

Sessional Position

Appointment Process 

Electronic applications may be submitted to the Department Head in c/o Sheeraz Marfatia at sheeraz@civil.ubc.ca.

Applications of current members of the Civil Engineering Sessional Pool will include:

  1. A letter of application or indication of preferences noting availability, and desired course/s.
  2. A current CV including relevant educational background, teaching and research experience, and training, publications, and/or awards and qualifications for teaching.
  3. Indicate your P.Eng. status. Applicants for Design courses must include confirmation of P.Eng. (with APEGBC) in their application dossier.

Applications of NEW Sessional Lecturers will include:

  1. A letter of application or indication of preferences noting availability, and desired course/s.
  2. A current CV including relevant educational background, teaching and research experience, and training, publications, and/or awards and qualifications for teaching.
  3. Indicate your P.Eng. status. Applicants for Design courses must include confirmation of P.Eng. (with APEGBC) in their application dossier.
  4. Names and full contact information of at least two referees able to speak to applicant’s teaching qualifications.

Note: Graduate students applying to teach should be aware of UBC Policy 75 and Faculty of Graduate Studies requirements: Graduate Studies Procedures – Permission to Teach. Submit with your application, a Request for Permission to Teach PTT (complete with signatures) which the Department will submit to Graduate Studies when/if required.

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 candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority.

Positions are subject to final budgetary approval. 

Term 1Term 2
IWME 506CIVL 305
CIVL 203CIVL 409
CIVL 215CIVL 425/CIVL 521
CIVL 250CIVL 426/CIVL 526
CIVL 320CIVL 441
CIVL 402CIVL 446
CIVL 418CIVL 523
CIVL 445 CIVL 598N
CIVL 478CIVL 598S
CIVL 498M/CIVL 598MURSY 550
CIVL 524

Posting end date: July 27, 2022