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TEACHING ASSISTANT/MARKER/DEMONSTRATOR POSTING

DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, B3H 4R2

POSTING DATE: 20 August 2020

APPLICATION DEADLINE: 03 September, 2020

POSITION: Teaching Assistant for the RBC Sustainability Leadership Certificate (SLC) Program. Beginning FALL 2020 and running until the end of March 2021.

DEPARTMENT/LOCATION: College of Sustainability, 1401 Mona Campbell

PAY RATE: 130 hours as per CUPE Collective Agreement ($3173 gross pay).

WORK ASSIGNMENT: The TA will train with our curriculum development team to learn the curriculum and assignments associated with the RBC SLC program. The TA will assist in the delivery of three leadership certificate, which will be online for 2020-2021 year. The TA is expected to help lead parts of the program, as requested by the facilitators. The TA will also be expected to assist with organizing the online delivers of the certificate (on Brightspace) as well as conducting routine online check-ins with the participants over the course of the program.

The TA is expected to attend an online training/briefing session prior to each component and must commit to participate in all of the synchronous online sessions to assist with program implementation.  Exact dates for the training sessions will be announced in early September and these will be held in an afternoon or evening time slot prior to each set of synchronous sessions. These four synchronous sessions will take place over the course of several days, each lasting about an hour.


Synchronous Sessions:

    Welcome to the RBC SLC: October 13-16, 2020

    Module 1: October 26-30, 2020

    Module 2: January 18-22, 2021                        

    Module 3: March 15-19, 2021​


REQUIREMENTS OF POSITION: The RBC SLC TA must be reliable, energetic, and enthusiastic about sustainability, have experience at Brightspace, proficient at writing in the English language, and comfortable in facilitating the learning of undergraduate students. Completion of an undergraduate degree is required.  Completion of the RBC SLC is beneficial but not required. Experience with design and implementation of social change projects for sustainability is an asset. Successful applicants will be required to submit a form signed by their graduate studies supervisor acknowledging the TA position, if applicable.

IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN THE ABOVE POSITION, PLEASE APPLY IN WRITING BY THE

APPLICATION DEADLINE. Applications must include a cover letter and a résumé with contact information for two references. Applications should be sent by email to:

Peter Mushkat, Interim Director
College of Sustainability, мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Ö±²¥ cos.secretary@dal.ca

мÓÆÂÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±Ö±²¥ is committed to fostering a collegial culture grounded in diversity and inclusiveness. The university encourages applications from Indigenous persons, persons with a disability, racially visible persons, women, persons of a minority sexual orientation and/or gender identity, and all candidates who would contribute to the diversity of our community. For more information, please visit www.dal.ca/hiringfordiversity.