UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO
Te Whare Wananga o Otago
Dunedin, New Zealand
LECTURER/SENIOR LECTURER/ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR IN TOURISM
(UP TO THREE POSITIONS)
Reference number: AG00/18
Centre for Tourism
Division of Commerce
Applications are invited for the above positions.
Applicants must have effective teaching skills and organisational abilities,
and should have an international record of research and scholarship in
Tourism or other relevant disciplines. Candidates who have tourism industry
experience and/or have shown a capacity to work closely with industry,
public stakeholders and indigenous communities are especially welcomed.
Up to three positions are available. Exceptionally experienced candidates
may be considered for appointment at the level of Associate Professor.
Appointments may be either confirmation path (equivalent to US tenure track)
or fixed term of up to three years. The persons appointed will have special
responsibilities for teaching in the undergraduate Bachelor of Tourism, the
postgraduate Master of Tourism and Diploma in Tourism programmes, and
contributing to PhD supervision. Successful candidates will also be involved
in the development of new academic and executive development programmes. The
Centre for Tourism is developing three main foci in its international and
domestic research and teaching strategy: tourism in rural and peripheral
regions, tourism entrepreneurship and business and regional development, and
events, conventions and facility management. It is expected that the
successful applicants will be able to substantially contribute to one or
more of these areas.
Applicants should be able to teach in one or more of the following areas:
Destination Management and Analysis
Entrepreneurship in Tourism
Events and Conventions Management
Heritage Tourism
Interpretation and Visitor Operations Management
Resort and Facilities Management
Tourist Behaviour
The ability to contribute to one or more of the following would also be an
advantage:
Global Tourism (particularly with reference to the Pacific Rim and/or
Europe)
Tourism Development (in urban, rural and peripheral areas).
The position may be discussed informally by contacting:
Professor C. Michael Hall, Director, or Dr. James Higham, Centre for
Tourism, University of Otago, PO Box 56, Dunedin, NEW ZEALAND,
Telephone: 0064 3 479 8520, Facsimile: 0064 3 479 9034,
E-mail: Michael Hall <[log in to unmask]> James Higham
<[log in to unmask]>
Centre for Tourism: http://www.commerce.otago.ac.nz/tourism/
Reference Number: AG00/18 Closing Date 23 June 2000.
METHOD OF APPLICATION
Further details regarding this position, the University and the application
procedure are available from the Director, Personnel Services, University of
Otago, PO Box 56, Dunedin, New Zealand (facsimile 0064-3-474 1607).
Information about the University of Otago is available at:
http://www.otago.ac.nz
Applicants should send two copies of their curriculum vitae together with
names, addresses and fax numbers of three referees, to the Director,
Personnel Services by the specified closing date, quoting the appropriate
reference number.
If an applicant is shortlisted for interview, whanau support will be
welcome.
Equal opportunity in employment is University policy.
E tautoko ana Te Whare Wananga o Otago i te kaupapa whakaorite whiwhinga
mahi.
INFORMATION FOR CANDIDATES
For appointment as
LECTURER/SENIOR LECTURER/ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR IN TOURISM
Reference number: AG00/18
Centre for Tourism
In the University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand - 2000
1. General
A statement of information and conditions of appointment for applicants for
all academic posts within the University is attached.
The University is situated in the City of Dunedin, the main city in the
Otago district in the South Island of New Zealand. Dunedin, with its
population of over 100,000 is situated on the shores of the Otago Harbour.
It is within three-four hours travel of Skifields, the Central Otago alpine
region, the Central Otago wine region, the Lakes District, Fiordland, the
Catlins and coastal Otago, including the Whitestone heritage precinct of
Oamaru. There are many interesting walking trails including the world
famous Milford Track.
The University of Otago was the first university in New Zealand (established
1869), making it older than many universities around the world. It has grown
to over 15,000 students and has an array of special schools and facilities,
some of which are unique in New Zealand. The University is a thoroughly
modern university with pioneering research in many fields, the most up to
date learning systems and a vigorous relationship with, and contribution to,
community and national life.
Otago is a campus university. The Water of Leith meanders through the
campus past 100 year old buildings and new high rise ones. The whole effect
is to produce a university quarter where living and studying are a way of
life - but only five minutes from the main street and cafe district of the
city, Otago gives an unrivalled university experience as well as a fine
teaching and learning environment.
The links between the city and the University are particularly evident
within the business field, where a close association exists between the
Division of Commerce, government, individual firms and commercial
organisations. Applicants will find here the possibility of friendly and
keenly co-operative relationships between University and the wider
community.
For more information about the University, please visit our Website
http://www.otago.ac.nz
2. Division of Commerce
The Commerce Division is one of the four teaching Divisions of the
University, the others being the Divisions of Health Sciences, Humanities,
and Sciences. The administrative head of the Commerce Division is the
Assistant Vice-Chancellor, Professor David Buisson. The Division consists
of the Advanced Business Programme and the Departments of Accountancy and
Business Law, Economics, Finance and Quantitative Analysis, Information
Science, Management and Marketing. New programmes are also being developed
in international business and entrepreneurship. The current number of
academic staff in the Division is approximately 175. The Division offers
the degrees of Doctor of Philosophy, Master of Business Administration,
Master of Commerce and Bachelor of Commerce (with majors in each of the
above subject areas) and Master of Tourism, Diploma in Tourism and Diploma
in Business (Tourism), as well as the Bachelor of Tourism, which commences
in 1999.
The University Computing Services Centre has a VAX Cluster that includes a
8550 and two 11/750s. Convenient access to most destinations is available
via electronic mail facilities. The Centre offers a variety of facilities
and services to staff and students. In addition, the Division of Commerce
has microcomputer laboratories of 250 IBM or compatible networked PCs for
undergraduate students and, for MBA and other postgraduate students,
separate installations of microcomputers in a networked configuration. The
Centre for Tourism is well equipped with its own network of PCs.
3. The Tourism Programme
The Centre for Tourism is an autonomous component of the Division of
Commerce. A recently completed review of the Centre has recommended that it
be accorded departmental status.
Established in 1989 Tourism courses at Otago were offered principally at
postgraduate level until the late 1990s. In 1999 a new undergraduate
degree, the Bachelor of Tourism, has been offered, and this has proved to be
highly successful thus far. The elements of the tourism programme are as
follows.
Post Graduate Diploma in Tourism (P.G.DipTour)
A fifteen month post graduate Diploma. The maximum entry for each cohort of
the Diploma is 30 students. The most recent Prospectus is available from the
Centre for Tourism.
PhD candidates
More than to a dozen such candidates are now enrolled at any one time. They
are supervised within the Centre for Tourism or by members of other
Departments (e.g., Marketing), whose expertise is most relevant to the
candidate's area of research. This is an area of significant projected
growth over the next few years and the Centre for Tourism is the national
leader in doctoral research.
Master of Tourism (MTour)
This is a two year programme, which may be taken by taught courses similar
to the DipTour and either a year long thesis or a shorter project and
further taught papers.
Diploma for Graduates (DipGrad)
This is a general 'conversion' programme for graduates in any discipline and
may be taken in Tourism by taking some or all of the P.G.DipTour papers.
Bachelor of Tourism
A three year degree in Tourism Management (B.Tour) commenced in 1999. The
successful candidate will play a significant role in its development,
particularly with respect to the development of relationships with industry,
local communities and Maori. Plans for an Honours programme are in
progress.
4. The Position
The Centre for Tourism currently has a full-time staff of five people
together with several part-time positions; other Departments contribute to
the programme. Due to Professor Kearsley taking up a position in the School
of Humanities and the resignation of a staff member at the beginning of 2000
the Centre is now in the position of being able to offer up to three new
positions. The new appointments will raise the staff to a minimum of six
full-time posts along with various part-time positions. At present, an
annual intake of approximately 45 postgraduate students' study for the
M.Tour, the one year Diploma in Tourism and DipGrad. The appointees will be
responsible for teaching in each of these including supervision of some of
the required research essays. The appointees will also be responsible for
developing extramural (distance) teaching modules as well as teaching in the
extramural programme. In addition, the successful candidates will
contribute to the new undergraduate degree, where appropriate, but
particular in one or more of Destination Management and Analysis,
Entrepreneurship in Tourism, Events and Conventions Management
Heritage Tourism, Interpretation and Visitor Operations Management, Resort
and Facilities Management, Tourist Behaviour.
The candidates will also be expected to contribute to the tutorial programme
where appropriate, and to undertake such administrative duties as Professor
Hall and the Centre's management team may require. It is likely that
successful candidates will be requested to fulfill the requirements of newly
established liaison positions with respect to Maori and Industry
relationships. Candidates who have tourism industry experience and/or have
shown a capacity to work closely with industry and indigenous communities
are especially welcomed. Candidates must demonstrate commitment to the
principles of the Treaty of Waitangi.
In addition to playing a central role in advancing future directions of the
Tourism programme at the University of Otago, the appointees will be
expected to engage in a vigorous programme of research and publication. The
Centre for Tourism has substantial externally funded research programmes
details of which are available on the Centre's website.
The successful candidate will have demonstrated teaching competence in the
field of tourism studies and will have commenced a record of published
research in one or more topic areas in that field. Applicants for the
lectureship should hold a PhD or be enrolled in a Ph.D. programme. A PhD is
normally essential for appointment at the senior lecturer level.
For more information about the Centre for Tourism, please visit our Website
at http://www.commerce.otago.ac.nz/tourism/
5. Salary
Lecturer NZ$45,000-$55,000 PA
Senior Lecturer NZ$58,500-$73,750 PA
Associate Professor NZ$75,000-$85,500 PA
Initial placement within a scale will depend on the academic (teaching and
research) as well as practical qualifications of the appointee. Within
scales, progression on to the scale maximum is normally by automatic annual
increment at Lecturer level, on satisfactory performance at Senior Lecturer
level and on merit at Associate Professor level. In any one department of
the University there is no fixed ratio of Senior Lecturers to Lecturers.
Approximate status equivalents in the UK and USA are:
NZ USA UK
Senior Lecturer Associate Professor Lecturer/Senior Lecturer
Lecturer Assistant Professor Lecturer
Comparison of salaries based on the conversion of the New Zealand dollar
with other currencies has limited validity.
6. Date of Appointment
The successful applicant will be expected to take up the appointment as soon
as reasonably possible. Candidates should indicate the date on which they
would expect to be free to take up the appointment.
Applications quoting reference number AG00/18 close with the Director of
Personnel
Services on 23 June 2000.
University of Otago
PO Box 56
Dunedin
NEW ZEALAND
Telephone: 64-3-479 1100
Facsimile: 64-3-474 1607
May 2000
Director/Professor, Centre for Tourism, University of Otago, PO Box 56,
Dunedin, New Zealand Tel: +64 3 479 5477 (W), +64 3 479 8520
(Frances/Margaret - Secretary), Fax: +64 3 479 9034
Email: [log in to unmask] web site:
http://divcom.otago.ac.nz/tourism/
Editor, Current Issues in Tourism:
http://www.commerce.otago.ac.nz/tourism/current-issues/homepage.htm
Associate Editor for Asia and the Pacific, Tourism Geographies: An
International Journal of Tourism Place, Space and Environment:
http://www.for.nau.edu/geography/tg/
Chairperson, IGU Sustainable Tourism Study Group:
http://www.for.nau.edu/geography/igust/
- Korea IGC2000 meeting Information:
http://www.geog.nau.edu/igust/korea2000.html
Visiting Professor, School of Leisure and Food Management, Sheffield Hallam
University, UK: http://www.shu.ac.uk/schools/lfm/
Immediate Past President, ACSANZ http://www.powerup.com.au/~acsanz/
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