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College Professor – Business Administration Jobs in Vernon, Canada at Okanagan College
Competition Details
Position Number: P00143
Position Title:
College Professor – Business Administration
Division/Portfolio:
School of Business
Department/Program:
Business Administration
Location:
Vernon, Kelowna, Penticton, Salmon Arm
Flexible Work Options:
Other
Your Opportunity
The role and responsibilities of a faculty member focus on activities related to teaching, academics and scholarship. Duties include awareness of current scholarship and ongoing mastery in one’s field, instructional and professional duties, professional development, and service. The duties may also encompass scholarly activity.
Responsibilities Instructional Duties
- Instructional (teaching) assignments
- Course preparation and program revision
- Development of new programs and modes of delivery
- Evaluation of student work
- Instruction of laboratory exercises, concepts, theories, techniques, and use of equipment
- Student contact for advising, tutoring and supervision both in and outside lecture or laboratory periods
- Revision and development of existing and/or new courses in all formats
- Preparation of materials for use in laboratories
- Setup and take down of laboratory materials
- Preparation of timetables
- Control of inventory, maintenance of equipment, ordering of materials
- Recognition Prior Learning Assessment and Recognition (PLAR) coordination
- Other functions related to instruction
Professional Development
Professional development is an activity intended to promote teaching excellence, subject area competence, and technical competence in an area of professional or instructional expertise.
Service
- School visitations
- Active membership on appropriate college or union committees, councils or boards
- Participation in professional or academic organizations
- Application of the employee’s academic or professional competence or expertise in the community at large
- Attendance at articulation meetings
- Representing OC at other functions, administrative duties and other duties
Scholarly Activity
Scholarly activity includes scholarship, research and creative activities. A College Professor may be released from instructional and/or professional duties to perform scholarly activity.
Education and Experience
The minimum qualification is a Master’s degree or an equivalent level credential appropriate for the discipline;
Doctorate preferred. Independent, post‑secondary or public school teaching experience directly related to the duty assignment. Graduate level training that enables sole responsibility for teaching undergraduate students in the area directly related to the teaching assignment. Experience demonstrating a learner‑centered teaching philosophy is desired. An active profile in scholarship, research and creative activity is preferred.
Skills and Abilities
- Designs and teaches a course with regard for learning outcomes
- Teaches in a variety of modes, including lecture, discussion, active student involvement and laboratory work as appropriate
- Interests in use of appropriate technological aids in instruction
- Open to feedback from others on ways to improve teaching and related activities
- Knowledgeable about the subject matter of the teaching area and able to teach the subject matter at a post‑secondary level
- Maintains currency and vitality in one’s discipline through professional activities, professional development and/or scholarship
- Interested in course and program development
- Collegial and willing to work constructively with others
- Comfortable in a computerized environment and with programs relevant to instruction and academic discipline
Preferred Qualifications
The Business Administration department is seeking professors for replacement work for the Fall 2025 and Winter 2026 semesters at Kelowna, Vernon, Salmon Arm, and Penticton, as well as for the Summer 2026 semester at Kelowna and online offerings. The ability to teach in at least one of the specialty areas of Accounting, Entrepreneurship, Finance, Human Resources Management, Management, Marketing, and Tourism and Hospitality Management is needed.
Theoretical knowledge, practical experience with 4 to 6 years of related non‑teaching business experience, as well as teaching experience in the specialty areas are preferred. The…
Title: College Professor – Business Administration
Company: Okanagan College
Location: Vernon, Canada
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