Start Date
Immediate
Expiry Date
30 Apr, 25
Salary
0.0
Posted On
29 Jan, 25
Experience
0 year(s) or above
Remote Job
No
Telecommute
No
Sponsor Visa
No
Skills
Accessibility, Graduate Students, Transformation, Mobilization, Reflection, Participatory Approaches, Social Issues, Research Funding, Professional Development Programs, Futures Studies, Teaching, Training, Conflict Resolution, Piloting, Health, Partnerships, Databases
Industry
Education Management
Description
The Faculty of Social Work is seeking outstanding candidates for an exciting community-based RESEARCH CHAIR at the rank of Associate Professor with tenure or Full Professor with tenure. This position can be based at the Faculty’s Lethbridge, Calgary, or Edmonton campus, with an anticipated start date of July 1, 2025. This position will report to the Dean of Social Work.
THE RESEARCH CHAIR OPPORTUNITY
The Research Chair in Systems Transformation and Family Justice will generate new knowledge to be translated into practical action. The Chair will work with community to identify innovative approaches and actions to help transform the family justice system from a less adversarial, court-centric model to one that focuses on helping families. The Chair will explore opportunities for long-term, sustainable, community-engaged, cross-sectoral research collaborations with key players in the social and family justice systems, post-secondary institutions, governments, foundations, community organizations, those with lived experience, and collective impact initiatives. The anticipated outcome is to improve the quality of life of children, individuals, and families encountering the family justice system by providing pathways to support and services, building resilience, and achieving well-being.
The Faculty of Social Work and the Faculty of Law are collaborating to bring two new research chairs to work closely with the new Centre for Transformation (the Centre) at the University of Calgary. These two Research chairs will bring an intersection of academic knowledge, networks, and practical experience in human services, justice, health, disability, and other systems to bring knowledge into practical action. They will also collaboratively lead transdisciplinary partnerships with various organizations, including other post-secondary institutions, provincially and nationally. The Chairs will be expected to:
The position entails 60% research, 20% teaching and 20% service. The teaching component will include BSW, MSW and/or PhD courses. The service component includes service at faculty, university, and professional levels.
The successful candidate will provide impactful Chair leadership - from grant applications to determining and operationalizing methods decisions to donor stewardship for a community-based, expanding collaborative, unified, and diverse research hub team. The Chair will provide co-leadership for a provincial/nationwide research centre to support the work of transforming systems that will incorporate approaches to justice by Indigenous communities and vulnerable racialized communities who faced trauma.
The Centre will be housed at UCalgary, in the community, and virtually and include a team of researchers, postdocs, grad students, and various research projects in cooperation with community, social service, and justice sector organizations. Two new UCalgary Social Work and Law faculty research associates, along with these chairs, will support the centre’s work.
The researcher’s innovative and collaborative engagement with the community invites participatory action as an orientation to move to knowledge mobilization. The Chair will provide training for the public in non-credit and credit offerings. The Chair will also provide funding stewardship of community donors and diversify the resourcing of research and demonstration projects. An emphasis on service to society while including all stakeholders involved is necessary. The Research Chair will make Alberta one of the world’s top research areas for transforming systems and developing family wellness justice. The Chair will attract and retain a diverse cadre of world-class researchers, reinforcing academic research and training excellence in justice-related systems, processes, and agencies.
The Faculty of Social Work Research Chair in Systems Transformation and Family Justice and the Faculty of Law Research Chair in Systems Transformation and Family Justice will work together to develop new knowledge and train others in the best practices to support the transformation of the family justice system. Given the complex link between the justice and social services systems, the two transdisciplinary research chairs will maximize impact. The two chairs will aim to accomplish the following:
The Chairs will work closely with the new Centre for Transformation to contribute to sustainable impact in the following ways:
The benefits of the research initiative will go beyond post-secondary institutions and benefit the broader community by (i) advancing how family justice professionals and social workers practice and (ii) contributing to better system and process coordination for cross-sector collaboration between justice, children’s services, various other relevant sectors, community-based agencies, educators, policymakers, funders, and practitioners-all in the aim of improving outcomes. Findings from the research initiative will have a transformational impact on the family justice ecosystem level in the following ways:
CANDIDATE REQUIREMENTS
This Faculty of Social Work Chair position is a community-based Research Chair in system transformation.
Preference will be given to candidates with a track record in impactful systems transformation research.
Appointment at the rank of Associate Professor requires evidence of an established academic program of a calibre equivalent to national recognition by peers. It is expected that a record of high-quality research and scholarship suitable to social work has been achieved. Evidence of ability to obtain funding to sustain a research program is required. Evidence of teaching effectiveness and expertise, including a demonstrated ability to teach a variety of courses, design learning experiences and supervision of graduate students is required. A satisfactory record of active involvement in university, professional or community service is expected.
Appointment at the rank of Professor is reserved for those whose academic achievements are of a caliber equivalent to international standing and as outstanding in their community and in the social work field. It is expected that a record of the highest quality of contributions to research and scholarship, teaching and service, including leadership contributions and impact and innovation within the relevant community and social work discipline, has resulted in distinguished recognition. Evidence of teaching effectiveness, including a demonstrated ability to teach a variety of courses, educational leadership and supervision of graduate students, is required. A distinguished record of service contributions to the institution, the social work discipline and profession, and the broader community is required for appointment to full Professor.
Requirements for this position include:
Other required credentials include:
The successful candidate will have demonstrated the potential to engage outstanding students and future researchers, build individual and community capacity through local and global partnerships, and attract competitive research funding. Candidates must demonstrate the ability to ensure a transformational voice in policy based on research, and facilitate discussions regarding research, services, programs, and systems transformation.
The candidate will have a deep knowledge of service systems, the use of databases and system methodologies, and significant research experience in social work, social sciences, or social policy.
Please refer the Job description for details