The Department of Medical Genetics has a part-time Teaching Assistant (TA) position available for the following course:
Term 2 (Jan 1 – Apr 30, 2025): MEDG 585 – Applied Variant Interpretation
Job Description for Teaching Assistant Position in Medical Genetics 2024W – Term 2
Qualifications: Graduate students are eligible to apply; preference will be given to students enrolled in the Medical Genetics Graduate Program and the Genetic Counselling Graduate Programs. Applicants must have expertise in Variant Interpretation especially within the Genetic Counselling context.
Duties: May include attending online lectures, grading reports and exams, holding group review sessions, posting course information on Canvas, and helping students on an individual basis. Some positions may also involve maintaining or improving web pages. Top criteria for choosing the TAs will be experience/competence in the course material.
This course will be held entirely online and in an asynchronous format for 2024W. TA will be responsible for supporting instructors and students using online platforms. This online course is offered in an asynchronous format and duties may occur outside of the hours of 7:30am to 8:00pm, Mondays to Fridays with advance consent of the TA.
Hours Per Week and Salaries:
GTA I – graduate student who has completed two years’ service as a GTA GTA II – graduate student with less than two years’ service as a GTA
9 hours per week x 16 weeks (144 hours total for the term). Salary: $1,445.76/month for GTA I; and$1,391.40/month for GTA II
Note: The Medical Genetics Graduate Program encourages each graduate student to TA once during their graduate career and thus encourages supervisors to not reduce the student’s stipend the first time they TA. Whether funds from subsequent TA positions are considered “part of” or “in addition to” a student’s stipend is at the discretion of the individual research supervisor and is to be discussed between the student and the supervisor before the student accepts a TA position. The decision to apply for a TA position should be discussed with, and approved by, the student’s research supervisor and the supervisor is to sign the student’s application form.
Application Deadline: Monday, November 18, 2024, 4:30 PM
Application: Please email your cover letter and CV to Rene Mrzljak at rmrzljak@cw.bc.ca
UBC hires on the basis of merit and is committed to employment equity. We encourage all qualified applicants to apply.