2024 Fall/ Spring | Sessional Instructional Asst (Comms) | RSM CPS (Sept-Apr)

Date Posted: Oct 22, 2024

Req Id: 40282

Faculty/Division: School of Management

Department: School of Management

Campus: St. George (Downtown)

Description:

Work with the RC Centre for Professional Skills team and Commerce course instructors and their TAs on deliverables related to the development of professional skills. Duties may include facilitating group and individual appointments with students and providing support for students in developing both written and oral communication skills. This could include:
- providing feedback on drafts of written assignments and support for building effective writing skills;
- providing support for both individual and group written assignments;
- providing feedback on drafts of video-based oral communication assessments and support for effective video presentations;
- providing oral communication coaching and feedback;
- providing support for both individual and group video presentations.

Duties and appointments will be delivered primarily remotely/online, using WCOnline and other platforms such as Zoom or Teams. Some sessions will be delivered in person, to be scheduled in consultation with the TA, depending on schedule and preference.

Duties may also include the development of teaching resources related to oral or written communication skills, or presentation skills. This course will be online; however, you may be required to be in person depending on the circumstances, so candidates must be available and comfortable with both.

Qualification: The ideal candidate will have a background in finance, accounting, or management, excellent command of spoken and written English, and a deep interest in teaching professional skills to undergraduate students. Experience teaching or working as an SIA in a business program or business communications program, a demonstrated commitment to best practices in pedagogy, and experience developing students’ skills through similar initiatives to those listed above are assets. Experience providing feedback on oral or written communication deliverables, or teaching writing, oral communication or presentation skills at the university level is an asset.

Class Schedule: Courses may be online or in-person, depending on circumstances, so candidates must be available and comfortable with both.

Sessional Dates of Appointment: Nov 1, 2024 - Apr 30, 2025

Salary: The minimum hourly rate shall be: September 1, 2020 $46.92 plus 4% vacation pay September 1, 2021 $48.79 plus 4% vacation pay September 1, 2022 $50.74 plus 4% vacation pay September 1, 2023 $52.26 plus 4% vacation pay NOTES:

This job is posted in accordance with the CUPE 3902 Unit 3 Collective Agreement.

It is understood that some announcements of vacancies are tentative, pending final course determinations and enrolment.

Policies

The University of Toronto is strongly committed to diversity within its community and especially welcomes applications from racialized persons / persons of colour, women, Indigenous / Aboriginal People of North America, persons with disabilities, LGBTQ2S+ persons, and others who may contribute to the further diversification of ideas.

Candidates who are members of Indigenous, Black, racialized and LGBTQ2S+ communities, persons with disabilities, and other equity seeking groups are encouraged to apply, and their lived experience shall be taken into consideration as applicable to the position.

The University of Toronto invites all qualified applicants to make application.

The University strives to be an equitable and inclusive community, and proactively seeks to increase diversity among its community members. Our values regarding equity and diversity are linked with our unwavering commitment to excellence in the pursuit of our academic mission. The University is committed to the principles of the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA). As such, we strive to make our recruitment, assessment and selection processes as accessible as possible and provide accommodations as required for applicants with disabilities. If you require any accommodations at any point during the application and hiring process, please contact [email protected]. During employment, to request accommodation from the University, contact the supervisor or department chair and/or Health & Wellbeing Programs & Services at [email protected]. For more information about accommodations at U of T, please visit our Accommodation webpage.

All jobs are posted in accordance with the CUPE 3902 Unit 1 Collective Agreement. It is understood that some announcements of vacancies are tentative, pending final course determinations and enrollment.

Duties of this position shall be performed at the campus on which the position is located. Where the duties are intended to be performed at another location, such other location will be specified in the posting.

Positions posted here are open to Graduate Students in the School of Graduate Studies, Postdoctoral Fellows and Undergraduate Students in the University of Toronto.

Preference in hiring shall be given to Graduate Students enrolled in the School of Graduate Studies of the University of Toronto or those who have made application to be enrolled in the School of Graduate Studies of the University of Toronto.

The hiring criteria for Teaching Assistant positions are academic qualifications, the need to acquire experience, previous experience, and previous satisfactory employment under the provisions of this collective agreement.

Application Procedure:

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