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POSTING DATE: November 14, 2017

APPLICATION DEADLINE: November 30, 2017

POSITION: Laboratory Teaching Assistant Position(s) (2 positions at 45 hours or 1 position at 90 hours)

DEPARTMENT / LOCATION: Environmental Science, Faculty of Science

RATE OF PAY: According to the CUPE Agreement

WORK ASSIGNMENT: Teaching Assistants will be responsible for assisting the primary instructor teaching ENVS 3400.03: Environment and Human Health with supervising laboratory sessions and marking student lab submissions. The Teaching Assistants report directly to the instructor of ENVS 3400.03.

REQUIREMENTS: Teaching Assistant must be a senior undergraduate or graduate student at Dalhousie University, preferably with a thorough command of Geographic Information Systems software (ArcGIS). Teaching Assistant must be reliable, energetic, and enthusiastic about the position.

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

Dalhousie 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.

Applications must include a covering letter a résumé or curriculum vitae. For more information, and to apply for the position please contact:

Dr. Daniel Rainham Environmental Science Faculty of Science,
LSC827 Dalhousie University
1355 Oxford Street
Halifax, NS B3H 4R2
Phone: (902) 494-1286
Fax: (902) 494-1123
daniel.rainham@dal.ca

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POSTING DATE: November 14, 2017

CLOSING DATE: November 30, 2017 or until positions are filled

POSITION: Teaching Assistant for ENVS/ ERTH 3601. Global Biogeochemical Cycles: the science of global change

SALARY: 65 hours as per CUPE Collective Agreement ($1495 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 biogeochemistry and global biogeochemical cycles, and in processes relating to atmospheric, lithospheric, terrestrial, hydrologic, and oceanic systems. The TA will grade assignments and student participation exams 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 Dalhousie University, in a field related to biogeochemistry and biogeochemical cycles or with undergraduate education in a field related to biogeochemistry and biogeochemical cycles. The TA must have first year chemistry. The TA must be reliable, energetic, and enthusiastic about the tutorial topics, and comfortable in facilitating the discussion of undergraduate students about recently published journal articles in the field.

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
Dalhousie University
shannon.sterling@dal.ca

All offers of employment as a part-time academic are conditional upon sufficient student enrolment in the course and approval by the University.

Dalhousie 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.