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POSTING DATE: 2 August 2019

APPLICATION DEADLINE: 15 August 2019

POSITION: Markers for SUST 1000.06 What is Sustainability? FALL TERM 2019

DEPARTMENT/LOCATION: College of Sustainability, Mona Campbell Building Suite 1401.

PAY RATE:  $16.61/hour as per CUPE Collective Agreement

WORK ASSIGNMENT: SUST 1000 literacy diagnostic markers will grade two rounds of assignments. Round 1 will be near the beginning of the term (20 – 27 September), and Round 2 will be at the end of the term (3 - 10 December). Please be sure that you can commit roughly 12 hours of marking time for each one-week round of marking (24 hours total) when applying to one of these four positions. Markers must work collaboratively with each other and with course instructors to calibrate their grading. Markers must be available for a two-hour training session, date to be determined with the successful applicants, held at the College of Sustainability. Payment is hourly as per CUPE Collective Agreement, but it is anticipated that this position will take 26 hours (24 hours marking and two hours training/marking calibration).

Markers report directly to the Academic Advisor and Program Manager in the College of Sustainability.

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. Applicants must have experience in literacy and/or writing coaching, as well as a background in a field related to Environment, Sustainability and Society. Experience with marking is an asset.

IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN THE ABOVE POSITION, PLEASE APPLY IN WRITING BY THE

APPLICATION DEADLINE. Applications must include a brief cover letter outlining relevant literacy and/or writing coaching experience as well as a résumé with contact information for two references. Applications should be submitted as one PDF file. 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. For more information, please visit www.dal.ca/hiringfordiversity.