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PART-TIME ACADEMIC POSTING
LECTURE/LAB ASSISTANT
 
Department of Chemistry, DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada   B3H 4R2
 
POSTING DATE:
July 18, 2014
 
APPLICATION DEADLINE:
August 1, 2014
 
POSITION:  PART-TIME ACADEMIC –  1 First-year chemistry
program assistant
 
CHEM 1011A/1021A                                       
CONCEPTS IN CHEMISTRY I/ ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY
 
TERM:       September 2014 – December 2014
 
DEPARTMENT/LOCATION:
Department of Chemistry
 
PAY RATE:
As per CUPE 3912 Agreement                                       
                                                                               
WORK ASSIGNMENT:                                                                            
The part-time academic will be a member of the Dalhousie
Chemistry first-year teaching team, and will be responsible for
assisting with all aspects of the Concepts in Chemistry teaching
program. Major duties of the position include holding tutorials,
meeting with students, laboratory instruction, preparing and
grading assignments, tests and exams.  This position takes
direction from the Chemistry Department’s first-year coordinator and reports to the Chair of the Department.
 
REQUIREMENTS:                                             
A minimum MSc in Chemistry (or equivalent) is required, as well as
demonstrated experience teaching university-level chemistry.
 
PLEASE APPLY IN WRITING BY THE APPLICATION DEADLINE.  Send a complete CV, summary of relevant teaching experience, and names of 3 references to:
 
Dr. Norman P. Schepp, Chair
Department of Chemistry
P.O. Box 15000, 6274 Coburg Road
Dalhousie University
Halifax, NS   B3H 4R2
 
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 an Employment Equity/Affirmative Action
employer.  The University encourages applications from qualified
Aboriginal peoples, people with a disability, racially visible persons
and women.