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POSTING DATE: 30 May 2019

APPLICATION DEADLINE: 12 June 2019

POSITION: Teaching Assistant for SUST 3000.03 Environmental Decision-Making FALL TERM 2019

DEPARTMENT/LOCATION: College of Sustainability, 1401 Mona Campbell

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

WORK ASSIGNMENT: The Teaching Assistants will be responsible for assisting the instructor for SUST 3000 Environmental Decision-Making.  Course duties will include leading computer-based lab sessions for linear-based modelling (e.g., population variability analysis), Geographic Information Systems (GIS), and Game Theory (the study of models that support decision-making of independent and competing actors). Duties also include assisting with updating the computer labs, marking assignments and lab reports, exam marking, student assistance and TA meetings with the course instructor (time to be determined in consultation with successful applicants). The Teaching Assistants report directly to the course instructor and Academic Advisor and Program Manager in the College of Sustainability.

Applicants must be available for at least one of the following scheduled tutorial times: Wednesday or Thursday 8:30 – 10:00 am or Tuesday 11:30-1:00, and must indicate their availability in their cover letters.

REQUIREMENTS OF POSITION: Successful applicants must be a senior undergraduate, graduate or professional students at Dalhousie University. Students having graduated within the past two years will also be considered. Expertise and experience in conservation biology, ecology, ecological statistics, or geographic information systems is required. Other academic experience or background related to: physical geography, earth science, risk management, environmental studies and assessments, economics, or other discipline that entails quantitative decision-support methods would be an asset. The Teaching Assistant must be reliable, enthusiastic about the position, and be willing to consider and engage with students from a diversity of disciplinary perspectives. 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 1) a cover letter that explains how the applicant meets the specific requirements of the position and 2) a résumé 3) contact information for two references. Applications should be sent by email to:

Sherry Elliott

Manager, Finance & Administration

College of Sustainability, Dalhousie University

sustprog@dal.ca

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.