The Community Service-Learning Program at the University of Alberta invites applications for their Postdoctoral Fellowship in Community Service-Learning. The term of the fellowship is 12 months with possibility of renewal (value = $44,000 plus $2500 research/travel fund). This fellowship is open to recent PhDs (degree completed within last three years) with experience and demonstrated research interests in community-engaged research and teaching.

The postdoctoral fellow is expected to develop and pursue a research project that relates to community service-learning and to actively contribute to the development of the Community Service-Learning Program at the University of Alberta. Additional responsibilities include facilitation of Humanities 101 or another program sponsored by Community Service-Learning and the opportunity to teach one of the following (with separate remuneration): CSL100, CSL300 or CSL350/360. For application details (including downloadable application form), please visit the Community Service-Learning Program at www.arts.ualberta.ca/csl.

Application deadline: May 15, 2009. Postdoctoral Fellowship begins August 1, 2009.

Eligibility Requirements:

Experience and demonstrated research interest in community-engaged scholarship and teaching (field or discipline open);
Willing to contribute to the development of the Community Service-Learning Program at the University of Alberta;
­Open to citizens of any country;
­A doctoral degree (within 3 years post-PhD from the time of application submission or will complete PhD prior to commencing the fellowship);
­Not holding a permanent faculty position at another university or college at the time of application submission;
Not holding or have held a postdoctoral fellowship from any funding agency or a University named fellowship (e.g. CIHR, NSERC, SSHRC, AHFMR, Killam/Notley).