Job Description

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT

DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT AND ORGANIZATIONS, SCHOOL OF BUSINESS

Competition No.

25.10.295

CATEGORY

SALARY

CLOSING DATE

Full-Time Tenure-Track Commensurate with qualifications and experience. New hires will normally be placed within the first 8 steps of the Assistant Professor salary table. A review of applications will begin November 28, 2025 and continue until a suitable candidate is found.

About Us

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MacEwan University is where caring faculty help people connect their passions to their future paths. Located in the heart of Edmonton's diverse and dynamic downtown community, and on the traditional lands of Treaty 6 First Nations and homelands of the Metis people, MacEwan is known for exceptional undergraduate learning. With its dedication to teaching excellence, informed by scholarly research, innovation, and creative activity, MacEwan provides an exceptional collaborative and supportive learning environment with a commitment to human rights, environmental sustainability, and opportunities for community engagement. We are committed to creating an equitable, diverse, inclusive, and welcoming community for all peoples, cultures, and identities.



Our comprehensive undergraduate university offers 55 programs to more than 20,000 full- and part-time students in business, communications, community and human services, design, fine and performing arts, health, humanities, natural science, nursing, public safety, and social science. Through a wide array of experiential learning opportunities, and strategic relationships in the community, we partner with others to produce graduates of stature. Along with a robust grounding in their chosen disciplines, MacEwan students are given durable life skills that prepare them to take on the world.

Opportunity

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The Department of Management and Organizations in the School of Business invites applications for an entry-level, full-time, tenure-track appointment in Human Resources Management at the rank of Assistant Professor, commencing July 1, 2026, subject to final budgetary approval.


The Department of Management and Organizations has 18 full-time faculty and offers Human Resources Management and Management majors, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, and Property Management minors, in addition to Honours Designations in the Bachelor of Commerce.


You will teach a variety of undergraduate human resources management courses (e.g., Introduction to HRM, Employee Relations, Compensation, Learning and Development, HR Analytics and Program Evaluation), pursue academic and/or community-based scholarship, and work collaboratively to contribute service to the operation of the University


You must have, or be close to completion of, a terminal degree in Human Resources Management or a closely related field and will demonstrate a primary commitment to undergraduate teaching and an ongoing research program. A professional Human Resources designation, such as CPHR, and professional experience in HR will be considered an asset.


You will submit a cover letter, curriculum vitae, teaching dossier (including recent teaching evaluations), statement of research interests, and sample of scholarly work.


Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted by the Department Chair to provide three (3) letters of reference sent directly from referees.


Only selected candidates will be required to submit official transcripts sent directly from the institutions where you completed your degrees.


Questions about this opportunity may be addressed to Dr. Noufou Ouedraogo, Interim Department Chair, at ouedraogon@macewan.ca.