POSITION 1:
Job no: 520644
Position Type: Faculty Full Time
Campus: UMass Boston
Department: Urban Planning and Community Development
Date opened: 18 Sep 2023 Eastern Daylight Time
Applications close: 12/8/23
General Summary:
The Department of Urban Planning and Community Development (UPCD) at the University of Massachusetts Boston (UMass Boston) seeks to hire a full-time, tenure-track Assistant Professor in Community Economic Development to serve as its lead researcher, instructor, and advisor in local economic development planning. Successful candidates must have an earned doctorate in urban planning (a professional planning degree is also preferred), a strong publication record in leading economic development or related planning journals, a history of successful external funding activity, a strong publication record in leading transportation and related planning journals, a well-thought out teaching strategy and exceptional teaching evaluations if experienced), and a record of successful collaboration with community-based organizations, trade unions, local business associations and local/state/federal agencies committed to advancing innovative forms of community-based enterprise, workforce development and green and blue jobs initiatives in economically distressed communities.
Responsibilities
The successful candidate will be expected to implement an ambitious research agenda focused on policies and plans aimed at expanding economic opportunity for residents of economically challenged and historically underinvested communities within our region. The Department is especially interested in candidates whose planning scholarship and practice focuses on resident-led, community-based, economic development initiatives, such as: small business incubators, cooperative businesses, green/blue enterprises, public/private development partnerships, community/university development partnerships, micro-lending and credit unions/community development finance institutions.
Successful candidates will teach undergraduate and graduate level courses that prepare students to analyze a wide range of economic, financial, and land use data to identify workforce and business development opportunities in economically distressed communities, especially those in the rapidly expanding “green and blue economies”. They will also teach students how to execute small area retail studies, various types of competitive analyses, and pro formas essential to the formulation of successful business plans and development strategies. They will also be asked to prepare students in the development of competitive philanthropic, government, and public/private funding proposals critical to successful local economic development in low-resource communities.
In addition, they will be expected to work with local entrepreneurs and businesses, community-based development organizations, business improvement districts, industry associations, labor unions, area lenders and funders, as well as municipal, regional, state and federal planners and policy makers to formulate economic development plans that expand employment, entrepreneurial, and business development opportunities for residents of chronically distressed communities.
Application instructions:
Interested individuals can initiate the application process by visiting the UMB’s Career Portal at: https://employmentopportunities.umb.edu/boston/en-us/listing/
After completing the University’s basic employment application, candidates can upload the following documents:
- Cover letter
- Research and Teaching Statement
- CV
- Complete contact information for three academic references
Application Deadline
For maximum consideration by UPCD Economic Development Search Committee, materials should be submitted, via the UMB Employment Portal, by Friday, December 8, 2023 by 12:00 am (EST).
For More Information
Contact Richard Hung, Associate Professor, Department of Urban Planning and Community Development, School for the Environment, The University of Massachusetts Boston at Richard.hung@umb.edu or 617-287-7378.
UMass Boston is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, we will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations for the hiring process. If reasonable accommodation is needed, please contact the ADA/504 Coordinator Andrea Haas or 617-287-5148.
POSITION 2:
Job no: 520645
Position Type: Faculty Full Time
Campus: UMass Boston
Department: Urban Planning and Community Development
Date opened: 19 Sep 2023 Eastern Daylight Time
Applications close: 12/8/23
Job Description
The Department of Urban Planning and Community Development (UPCD) at the University of Massachusetts Boston (UMass Boston) seeks to hire a full-time, tenure-track Assistant Professor to serve as the lead scholar for its newly created urban transportation planning and policy-making concentration. Successful candidates must have an earned doctorate in urban planning (a professional planning degree is also preferred), a history of external research funding activity, a strong publication record in leading transportation and related planning journals, a well-thought out teaching strategy and exceptional teaching evaluations if experienced), and a record of successful collaboration with public transportation agencies, commuter organizations, and alternative transportation groups (i.e. bicyclists and pedestrians) on important transportation policy issues.
UPCD was established as a graduate program designed to meet the professional education needs of those working in the urban planning, design, and development sectors of our economy without the benefit of graduate planning degrees. Launched with five students in 2015, UPCD’s graduate enrollment has grown to more than forty students. In 2021, UMass Boston added a BA in Community Development Program to UPCD, transforming the unit into the campus’s newest academic department. In January 2021, UPCD was granted “Program Candidacy Status” by the Planning Accreditation Board, and in May of 2023 UPCD’s MS in Urban Planning and Community Development Program was fully accredited by this national body through December of 2028.
The successful candidate will be expected to design and implement a research agenda that seeks to promote transportation equity within the Greater Boston Region. They will also be expected to teach undergraduate and graduate-courses in the areas of transportation economics/finance, system design and operations, agency management, and transportation policymaking and governance as well as other core planning classes. They will also be asked to work with municipal, regional, state, and federal transportation leaders to create internships that place UMass Boston planning students in challenging planning, policy, finance and management positions with leading public agencies and private firms that are shaping urban transportation decision-making within our region.
Application instructions:
Members of underrepresented groups and those dedicated to diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice are strongly encouraged to apply as this is clearly in line with our status as a Minority Serving Institution and an anti-racist University. Interested individuals must initiate the application process by visiting the UMB’s Career Portal at: https://employmentopportunities.umb.edu/boston/en-us/listing/.
After completing the University’s basic employment application, candidates must upload the following documents:
- Cover letter
- Research and Teaching Statement
- Diversity and Inclusion Statement
- CV
- Complete contact information for three academic references
Application Deadline
For maximum consideration by UPCD Transportation Equity Search Committee, materials should be submitted, via the UMB Employment Portal, by Friday, December 8, 2023 before 12 am (EST).
For More Information
Contact Richard Hung, Associate Professor, Department of Urban Planning and Community Development, School for the Environment, The University of Massachusetts Boston at Richard.Hung@umb.edu or 617-287-7378.
UMass Boston is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, we will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations for the hiring process. If reasonable accommodation is needed, please contact the ADA/504 Coordinator Andrea Haas or 617-287-5148.
Applications close: 12/8/23