Lecturer Pool Global Poverty and Practice

Position overview

Salary range: The posted UC academic salary scales set the minimum pay at appointment. See the following table for the salary scale for this position: https://www.ucop.edu/academic-personnel-programs/_files/2025-26/represented-july-2025-scales/t15.pdf. A reasonable estimate for this position is $70,977-$101,198.

Percent time: Positions may range from 8% to 100% time during the academic year, while summer appointments are handled on a by-agreement basis.

Anticipated start: Positions usually start at the beginning of the semester (in mid-January for Spring Semester; in mid-August for Fall Semester). Summer appointments begin in late May and run into early August.

Review timeline: Appointments for fall semester are usually reviewed in April and May, and in October and November for spring course needs, and summer course needs in March and April.

Position duration: Semesters or Summer Sessions. These positions are temporary appointments with no guarantee of reappointment at the end of the term.

Application Window

Open date: November 26, 2025

Most recent review date: Wednesday, Dec 10, 2025 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)

Final date: Monday, Nov 9, 2026 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)

Position description

Lecturer - Global Poverty and Practice Minor - ISSP, College of Letters & Science, University of California, Berkeley

The Interdisciplinary Social Sciences Program (ISSP) at the University of California, Berkeley seeks applications for a temporary lecturer to teach interdisciplinary core courses serving the Global Poverty and Practice (GPP) Minor.

DUTIES OF THE POSITION: Teaching one or more of the following courses related to Global Poverty: Global Poverty: Challenges and Hopes (Lecture), Ethics, Methods, and Pragmatics of Global Practice (Seminar), Global Poverty and Practice Capstone Reflection (Seminar).

In addition to teaching responsibilities, general duties may include holding office hours, assigning grades, advising students, preparing course materials (e.g. syllabus), writing exams, interacting with students outside of class time via email and/or a course web site, and managing teaching assistants.