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POSTING DATE: July 25, 2017  

APPLICATION DEADLINE: August 4, 2017 or until position is filled

POSITION: Teaching Assistant for ENVS/ERTH 3701, Fundamentals of Hydrology

SALARY: 90 hours as per CUPE Collective Agreement ($2070 gross pay) per term

DEPARTMENT/LOCATION:  Environmental Science

WORK ASSIGNMENT:

The teaching assistant will lead undergraduate students in tutorial sessions covering a variety of topics in third-year hydrology. The TA will grade assignments, assist with course and materials preparation, prepare and mark exams, help with field excursions, foster student participation in class, and also spend time preparing for tutorials. The TA will also help in organizational items related to the course.

REQUIREMENTS OF POSITION:  Successful applicants must be graduate or professional students at ±«Óãtv University, in a field related to environmental science or hydrology or with undergraduate education in a field related to environmental science or hydrology. The TA must have first year chemistry and have taken a hydrology course. The TA must be reliable, energetic, and enthusiastic about the tutorial topics, and comfortable in facilitating the learning of undergraduate students.

Applications must include a covering letter and a résumé or curriculum vitae with two references. Applications should be sent by email to:

Shannon Sterling
Environmental Science
Faculty of Science
±«Óãtv University
shannon.sterling@dal.ca

All offers of employment are conditional upon sufficient student enrolment in the course and approval by the university.

±«Óãtv University is committed to fostering a collegial culture grounded in diversity and inclusiveness. The university encourages applications from Aboriginal people, persons with a disability, racially visible persons, women, persons of minority sexual orientations and gender identities, and all candidates who would contribute to the diversity of our community.