About the Opportunity
About Northeastern:
Founded in 1898, Northeastern is a global research university and the recognized leader in experience-driven lifelong learning. Our world-renowned experiential approach empowers our students, faculty, alumni, and partners to create impact far beyond the confines of discipline, degree, and campus. Our locations—in Boston; Charlotte, North Carolina; London; Portland, Maine; San Francisco; Seattle; Silicon Valley; Toronto; Vancouver; Miami; Oakland; Arlington and the Massachusetts communities of Burlington and Nahant—are nodes in our growing global university system. Through this network, we expand opportunities for flexible, student-centered learning and collaborative, solutions-focused research. Northeastern’s comprehensive array of undergraduate and graduate programs— in a variety of on-campus and online formats—lead to degrees through the doctorate in nine colleges and schools. Among these, we offer more than 195 multi-discipline majors and degrees designed to prepare students for purposeful lives and careers.
The College of Professional Studies is one of nine colleges of Northeastern University, a nationally ranked private research university. Founded in 1960, the College provides lifelong experiential learning that unleashes the capacities of aspiring individuals in all stages and walks of life. The College teaches undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral students on campus and online in more than 90 programs.
About the Opportunity:
Northeastern University’s College of Professional Studies invites applicants for a part-time faculty position to teach in the Master or Professional Studies Analytics, located on-ground in Toronto.
Responsibilities:
The Master of Professional Studies in Analytics is looking for a part-time faculty teaching courses across the program with special emphasis on applied machine learning, artificial intelligence and experiential network addressing the business challenges in the industry.
Instructional areas include, but are not limited to, analytics, with expertise in probability and statistics, data exploration, data visualization, and predictive analytics. The mission of the Master of Professional Studies in Analytics program is to foster foundational analytics skills among working professionals, including preparing data, conducting data analysis such as regression, forecasting, optimization, data visualization, and data story telling. This degree prepares students for entry-‐ and mid-‐level roles in analytics, such as data analyst, data specialist, database analyst, program analyst, research analyst, or research associate. These roles are general analyst roles and are not specific to any professional domains or disciplines (e.g., business, marketing, and engineering). The degree is deeply rooted in experiential learning that is closely linked to professional applications in the work force.
Qualifications:
Minimum qualification: Masters in an aligned discipline and analytics-industry experience.
Preference for candidates with a PhD in a sciences field, or similar.
Demonstration of teaching at the graduate level (on-ground) is strongly preferred.
Supervision:
This position will report to the Associate Dean of Graduate Programs.
Applicant must be legally entitled to work in Canada for the duration of the appointment without employer sponsorship.
Application Materials:
Applicants should submit materials including a letter of interest, vitae, and contact information for three professional references. In your cover letter, please discuss how you can support our commitment to fostering an inclusive environment for all faculty, staff, and students. Please direct questions to Chris Bolick (
[email protected]). Applications will be reviewed until the position is filled.
Position Type
Academic
Additional Information
Northeastern University considers factors such as candidate work experience, education and skills when extending an offer.
Northeastern has a comprehensive benefits package for benefit eligible employees. This includes medical, vision, dental, paid time off, tuition assistance, wellness & life, retirement- as well as commuting & transportation. Visit https://hr.northeastern.edu/benefits/ for more information.
All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
Pay Range:
The per credit rate is $2,049.43 CAD
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