Engineering Communications TA & Seminar Leader 2027

UM Careers; Winnipeg; On-site; CAD 30,000 - 33,000; Part time

Job summary

UM Careers at the University of Manitoba invites applications for the Teaching Assistant position for ENG 2040 A01 in Winter 2027. The role supports instruction in Engineering Education, with duties including creating materials, assisting in tutorials, labs, and seminars, and assessing student work.

This on‑campus appointment is for undergrad and graduate students, with hourly rates of $21.82 for undergraduates and $24.29 for graduates, plus vacation pay.

Qualifications

• Completion of academic studies and experience which have resulted in an expertise specifically appropriate to assisting in the instruction of the course(s) assigned.
• An empathetic approach to the instructional needs and concerns of students.
• Effective skills in the English language.

Responsibilities

• Attends orientation, planning and coordinating meetings as may be scheduled for staff in the course.
• May be required to attend lectures and other sessions of instruction in the course.
• Consults with the employment supervisor responsible for the course(s) for direction on assigned responsibilities.
• Prepares instructional material such as handouts, assignments, problem sets, tests, exams and presents to students in a variety of settings such as tutorials, laboratories, or seminars.
• Marks student work including the work submitted by students in the tutorial, lab or seminar for which she/he is responsible and the assigned portion of the work submitted by students in the course generally, e.g. the midterm exam, final exam or major project, the marking of which may be shared among the staff in a course under the employment supervisor responsible.
• Consults with students by maintaining regularly scheduled and posted times for such consultation and provides a reasonable amount of informally scheduled consultation if necessary.
• Such other related duties as may be assigned, e.g. development or adaptation of audio visual material, preparation of experiments, participation in field trips, etc.
• - Occasional approved substitution for other members of the teaching or teaching support staff including the necessary related tasks.
• - May initiate or be required to initiate information to students identifying assignment problems or misinterpretations.

Education

Completion of academic studies and experience relevant to instruction of assigned course(s)

Empathetic approach to instructional needs

Effective English language skills

Tools

MS Word

PowerPoint

Excel

PDF documents

Job description

UM Careers at the University of Manitoba invites applications for the Teaching Assistant position for ENG 2040 A01 in Winter 2027. The role supports instruction in Engineering Education, with duties including creating materials, assisting in tutorials, labs, and seminars, and assessing student work.

This on‑campus appointment is for undergrad and graduate students, with hourly rates of $21.82 for undergraduates and $24.29 for graduates, plus vacation pay.