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Department of Plant Food and Environmental Sciences Part-time Document Formatter/Editor Faculty of Agriculture Truro Campus |
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Employer: |
Â鶹´«Ã½; Faculty of Agriculture Campus Department of Plant, Food, and Environmental Sciences |
Duties: |
Duties will include: ØÌý Formatting of MS Word, MS Excel and Adobe PDF documents, ØÌý Proofreading and editing of documents, ØÌý Document organization and compilation, ØÌý Preparation of a hyperlinked table of contents, ØÌý Preparation of Course Amendment Forms, ØÌý Coordination and organization of digital files, ØÌý Communication, and ØÌý Other related tasks. Ìý |
Qualifications: |
ØÌý Excellent English language written communication skills, ØÌý Excellent attention to detail, ØÌý Effective team-worker and communicator, ØÌý Efficient, organized and responsible. Ìý |
Hours: |
40-60 hours total through and early September; part-time. |
Duration: |
September, 2021; may be extended depending upon need |
Wage: |
As per the Â鶹´«Ã½ Pay Scale |
Application Deadline: |
7 September, 2021 |
Contact: |
Ed Versteeg e-mail: ed.versteeg@dal.ca Ìý |
To apply: |
Email resume and cover letter (including names of 3 references) to: Ed Versteeg Ìý |
Submissions must be received by email e-mail by midnight on the closing date.
AGRI1000 Agricultural Ecosystems
Teaching Assistant Posting
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Department:Ìý Plant, Food, and Environmental Sciences Cox institute
Posting Date: August 30, 2021
Application Deadline: Sept, 6 2021
Position: Teaching Assistant
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Work Assignment:
A Teaching Assistant is required to support the AGRI1000 Agricultural Ecosystems course in the fall of 2021 in the lecture portion of the course. Responsibilities will be helping with course delivery, supporting delivery of lectures when the instructor is not available, grading of lecture assignments and exams, supporting online discussion, attending in tutorial sessions if the instructor is not available.
Requirements:
The candidate should be enrolled in their graduate studies at the Â鶹´«Ã½ Agricultural campus, but a 4th year student will also be considered if they have high academic standing. Ideally the TA will have taken or been involved with the AGRI1000 course in the past or have a breadth of experience in agriculture. Having an animal science background would be an asset, but backgrounds in soils, plants, and/or business would also be acceptable.
If you are interested in the above position, please apply by email by the application deadline to Dr. Andrew Hammermeister, andrew.hammermeister@dal.ca .
Applications must include cover letter stating their interest and background relevant to the course, CV, transcript (if the applicant is a 4th yr. student) and three references.
All offers of employment are conditional upon sufficient student enrolment in the course and approval by the University.
Â鶹´«Ã½ is committed to fostering a collegial culture grounded in diversity and inclusiveness. The university encourages applications from Indigenous persons, persons with a disability, racially visible persons, women, persons of a minority sexual orientation and/or gender identity, and all candidates who would contribute to the diversity of our community. For more information, please visit
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