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TEACHING ASSISTANTS POSTING

DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3H 4R2


POSTING DATE: July 29, 2014

APPLICATION DEADLINE: August 7, 2014

POSITION(S): Up to three (3) Teaching Assistant (TA90) positions for ERTH 3500.03 – Geoscience Information Management (and associated cross-listings: ERTH 5600, GEOG/ENVS 3500) for the fall 2014 term. There are seven lab sections:

Section    Day Time
B01    Monday    2:30 pm to 5:30 pm
B02    Tuesday    2:30 pm to 5:30 pm
B03    Wednesday    2:30 pm to 5:30 pm
B04    Thursday    9:00 am to 12:00 pm
B05    Thursday    2:30 pm to 5:30 pm
B06    Thursday    6:00 pm to 9:00 pm
B07    Friday    2:30 pm to 5:30 pm



DEPARTMENT/LOCATION: Department of Earth Sciences.

PAY RATE: According to CUPE Agreement Local 3912

WORK ASSIGNMENT: Each position is for 90 hours of work. Duties are varied and will include preparing lab/tutorial material, demonstrating the labs/tutorials, marking the labs/tutorials and assignments, and assisting the course instructor with teaching related duties. The Fall Term starts on September 4, 2014 and ends December 2, 2014 with the exam period continuing until December 14, 2014. You will be expected to mark student submissions in the exam period and/or invigilate the final exam.

REQUIREMENTS OF POSITION: Applicants must have formal course work in GIS, and at least 2 years experience using ArcGIS software. Some experience with GPS and remote sensing is preferred.

IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN THE ABOVE POSITION(S), PLEASE APPLY IN WRITING CLEARLY INDICATING THE COURSE NUMBER AND THE LAB SECTION(S) BY THE APPLICATION DEADLINE TO:

Charles Walls
Department of Earth Sciences, Dalhousie University
charles.walls@dal.ca


All offers of employment are conditional upon sufficient student enrolment in the course and approval by the University. Dalhousie University is an Employment Equity/Affirmative Action employer. The University encourages applications from qualified Aboriginal peoples, people with a disability, racially visible persons, and women.