Graduate Laboratory Instructor (Up to 20 Positions) - Department of Biology - Faculty of Science

Fall Courses:

Current Issues in Environmental Biology (Bio 1010), Introductory Microbiology for Health Sciences (Bio 1060) Human Anatomy (Bio 1210)/Human Anatomy & Histology (Bio 2260), Genes, Cells and Macromolecules (Bio 1310), Zoology (Bio 2040), Ecology (Bio 2220), Plant Community Ecology (Bio 3140), Research Methods and Communications in Biology (Bio 3310), Intro Physiology of Cells and Organisms (Bio 3260), Wildlife Ecology (Bio 4620)

Winter Courses:

Human Physiology (Bio 1220), Organisms & Their Environment (Bio 1320), Botany (Bio 2020), Microbiology (Bio 2060), Genetics I (Bio 2230)/Human Genetics (Bio 2240), Vertebrate Zoology (Bio 3040), Molecular Biology Research Techniques (Bio 3520), Comparative Environmental Vertebrate Physiology (Bio 4020), Conservation Genetics (Bio 4130), Environmental Toxicology (Bio 4850)

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Duties include:

• Instructing and leading labs and/or tutorials, and marking exams and assignments
• Proctoring in-lab quizzes and tests
• Aiding with lab set up and tear down as required
• Other duties as assigned by the course instructor or laboratory coordinator

QUALIFICATIONS:

Applicants must:

• Be a UPEI graduate student in good standing
• Have completed a Bachelor of Science in Biology or a similar program that required a course with a laboratory component that is equivalent to the lab they want to instruct
• Have good communication skills
• Be WHMIS (Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System) trained or be willing to take the training

• The course(s) they are interested in
• The days and hours they are available to work (both afternoons and evenings)
• Current phone number and e-mail address
• Applicants must complete and submit a PSAC Employment Application Form,

Priority will be given to University of Prince Edward Island students in accordance with Recruitment, Selection, Hiring and Employment Policies and the Procedures manual.