Coastal Science and Policy Program: Lecturer Pool

Coastal Science and Policy Program:
Lecturer Pool Position Overview

Position title:

Coastal Science and Policy Pre‑six Lecturer

Salary range: A reasonable estimate for an appointment to teach a standard five‑credit course is $8,872 (based on salary point
1). Compensation for Summer Session courses may vary from courses taught during the academic year.

Percent time:
Variable, based on the course load assigned.

Anticipated start:
Appointments are contingent on the hiring unit’s instructional need and the availability of funding. This recruitment is valid for initial appointments made in fall quarter 2025 through fall quarter 2026. Initial appointments with effective dates outside of this recruitment period will require an alternative open recruitment.

Position duration:
Appointments are typically made during one or more quarters of the regular academic year (fall, winter, and spring quarters), but they may also be made during Summer Session.

Open date:
June 16, 2025

Most recent review date:
Wednesday, July 16, 2025 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)

Final date:
Tuesday, June 16, 2026 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)

The Coastal Science and Policy Program at the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) invites applications for an ongoing pool of lecturers who may be appointed to teach graduate level courses on coastal sustainability issues, including social sciences, facilitating change in relationships and institutions relevant to sustainability issues and solutions, coastal policy and governance, social change and social inequality relevant to conservation and sustainability practices, coastal economics, statistics and experimental design, leadership, and communication.

Applicants with expertise in coastal issues and cases, from watersheds to open ocean, and working with one or more of the following areas are strongly encouraged to apply: social science methodologies and theory; sustainability solutions development and implementation; leadership approaches such as collective leadership and adaptive leadership; stakeholder engagement and facilitation; effective communication design and implementation; climate change; natural resource management (including human rights, social justice, and equity considerations);

and/or coastal science and policy.

The campus is especially interested in candidates who are committed to ensuring opportunity for students of all backgrounds and to fostering a community of inclusion and belonging through their teaching and other assigned duties.

Internal candidates will be given priority consideration. The hiring unit will not sponsor employment‑eligible immigration statuses for this position.

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• M.A./M.S. (or equivalent foreign degree) in biology, ecology, communications, environmental studies, environmental policy, natural resources management, or related field.
• A minimum of three years’ combined experience in any of the following areas:
  1) teaching experience at the college or university level; and/or
  2) experience as a practitioner in the field of conservation working on coastal/marine issues; and/or
  3) experience developing, designing, and facilitating trainings or workshops addressing coastal/marine conservation issues in industry (e.g. the for profit sector or non profit sector).

• Curriculum Vitae – Your most recently updated C.V.
• Cover Letter – Letter of application that briefly summarizes your qualifications and interest in the position.
• Teaching Statement – Teaching statement appropriate for the students that enroll at UC Santa Cruz. Candidates are urged to review the statement guidelines before preparing their application.

• 2‑4 letters of reference required.

Applications must include confidential letters of recommendation. All letters will be treated as confidential per University of California policy and California state law. For any reference letter provided via a third party, direct the author to UCSC’s confidentiality statement at…