Teaching Assistant Job Posting

Department/School/Unit: School of Interdisciplinary Science                                                                                     Bargaining Unit: CUPE 3906 Unit #1

Wage Rate:  Class ‘B’ only / $25.30

Date of Posting:  February 21, 2019

*     Not all courses will be assigned teaching assistants as such decisions are subject to budgetary and enrolment considerations. Required courses with tutorial sections receive priority consideration.

**    As defined by the applicable Undergraduate calendar found at http://academiccalendars.romcmaster.ca/index.php.

Anticipated Duties:

Lecture/Laboratory/Tutorial Locations, Times and Days (if available):  N/A

Skills, Qualifications, Abilities and Experience – Required & Preferred:

A successful candidate will have completed at least 2 years of university, having taken:

• Biology 1A03
• Life Science 2G03 or Biology 2C03
• Biology 2B03
• LIFESCI 2CC3 (with a grade of at least 7)

 Strong applicants will also have:

• Successfully completed other courses in cellular and/or molecular biology or physiology
• Completed or be enrolled in LIFESCI 3BB3
• Experience with teaching, mentoring, tutoring, or coaching.

We are looking for competent, dynamic, and confident TAs to run weekly tutorials. Other TA duties may include grading short answer tests or assignments, and hosting office hours and review sessions.

For additional postings as per 13.03(b):

Full application includes: Completed application form (refer to School of Interdisciplinary Science website), resume and covering letter, transcript/unofficial grade report.

Please submit complete applications to the Mosaic Job Posting for LIFESCI 2CC3 TAs. Please submit all documents in one pdf file. Interviews will begin upon receipt of applications.  

In order to be considered for TA positions in multiple courses, you must apply to each separate job posting on MOSAIC and submit the requested documents.

Application deadline: 11:59pm on 24 February 2019.

All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply. However, those legally able to work in Canada and at McMaster University will be given priority. McMaster is strongly committed to employment equity within its community, and to recruiting a diverse faculty and staff. Accordingly, the University especially encourages applications from women, members of visible minorities, Aboriginal persons, members of sexual minorities, and persons with disabilities.

Please note: those who have not, at the time of application, been assigned 260 hours of Teaching Assistantship(s) will be given priority consideration. Those who have already been assigned 260 hours of Teaching Assistantship(s) at the time of application may nevertheless apply. Once the preference note above has been taken into account, applicants who have already been assigned 260 hours of Teaching Assistantship(s) may be offered the position, but in order to accept such offer they must obtain and submit written approval to work such additional hours pursuant to section 2.4.3 of the SGS calendar in the case of graduate student applicants, and from the appropriate Department Chair in the case of undergraduate applicants.

If you require this information in an alternate/accessible format, please contact Nina Bovair, Employee/Labour Relations Administrator at extension 23850.