Position Title: Extension Assistant or Associate Professor Institute for Labor Studies and Research Extension Specialist – Labor and Industrial Relations Location: Morgantown, WV Screening will begin: September 20, 2012 Revised from: April 2, 2012 and continue until position is filled. Brief Description The Institute for Labor Studies and Research (ILSR) at West Virginia University has an opening for an individual who will be responsible for conducting labor and industrial relations research; developing, coordinating, and teaching educational programs for the labor movement; and providing service to labor organizations, union members and other clients. ILSR is a program unit of the Center for Community, Economic, and Workforce Development, part of the WVU Extension Service. ILSR’s mission is “to support and strengthen the trade union movement, to improve labor-management relations, to promote social justice within unions, and to enhance labor’s role in the community.” This mission is “accomplished by providing university-quality programs of teaching, research, and service for labor organizations at the local, state, regional, and national levels.” The successful candidate will be expected to take an active role in all ILSR initiatives and to work collaboratively with other ILSR faculty to fulfill the unit’s research, teaching, and service obligations. The position will report to the Program Leader of ILSR. For more information, see attachment