Senior Teaching Assistant

Te Tari Pūhanga Pūrere | Department of Mechanical Engineering
Located in Ōtautahi | Christchurch, Aotearoa | New Zealand

• 30.8 hours per week (0.82 FTE)
• 12-Month fixed term position

Kia hiwa rā, kia hiwa rā!
He hiahia, he pūkenga nōu ki te mahi a te Senior Teaching Assistant? Nāia te pōwhiri nā Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha kia tono mai i te tūranga nei.

Āu Mahi | What You Will Do
The role of the Teaching Assistant Coordinator is to assist with the teaching of an assigned course within the Department and to provide guidance to other Teaching Assistants working on the course. This will involve the supervision of Lab Demonstrators, providing assistance within the laboratory, and also to students.

Mōu | Who You Are
A successful candidate will have a Master's Degree or is studying toward a PhD, and the following:

• Demonstrated academic ability Proficient in English (written and oral)
• Previous lab demonstration experience in a university environment will be an advantage
• Sufficient knowledge in computational mechanics to support the third year BE Hons course Computational and Applied Mechanical Analysis' with minimum supervision.
• Be capable of independently generating master solutions, quizzes, test and exam questions unsupervised.

Mahi Ngātahi | Who You Will Work With
Te Tari Pūhanga Pūrere | Department of Mechanical Engineering remains at the forefront of research and technology and preserve our strong international reputation for high quality teaching. We aim to constantly develop our alumni and industry partnerships, to provide students with the highest level of education, and to expand the scope of our research expertise by attracting and retaining highly-skilled academic and support staff.

For more information about our department and team, please visit us here

Please take a virtual tour  of our Engineering facilities.

Ngā Painga o UC | Why UC
Ngā Uara | Our Values of manaakitanga, whanaungatanga and tiakitanga guide our decisions and behaviour and provide a roadmap for how we do things at UC, affirming our commitment to pastoral care and support for our ākonga and staff. They challenge and inspire us to be the best we can, and make UC a great place to work and study. For more info on Ngā Uara | Our Values visit us here .

We are committed to accessible higher education, service to the community and the encouragement of talent without barriers of distance, wealth, class, gender or ethnicity. The University explicitly aims to produce graduates and support staff who are engaged with their communities, empowered to act for good and determined to make a difference in the world.

For more information about Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha | University of Canterbury, please visit https://www.canterbury.ac.nz/

This roles salary is step 04 of the Academic Support Staff Salary Scale, this step is paid at $33.28

The closing date for this position is: March 13th 2024 (midnight, NZ time)
Please note, applications will be reviewed as they are received, and interviews may take place before the close date.

Pēhea te tono mai | How You Apply

Applications for this position must be submitted via our careers website and should include a cover letter and resume.

Please note, we do not accept applications by email, however we are happy to answer your queries in relation to the application process, please forward these to [email protected]

For overseas applicants, please visit Immigration New Zealand  website to review visa requirements for visiting and working in New Zealand.

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Job Details

Reference #	19309
Posted on	27 Feb 2024
Closes on	13 Mar 2024 23:55
Location(s)	Christchurch
Expertise	Engineering
Job level(s)	Experienced
Work type(s)	Fixed term part-time
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