Course Coordinator BIOL 1P93 Fall D2

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Post End Date:

July 14, 2025 at 11:59 PM

This job advertisement is to fill an existing vacancy in the CUPE4207-1 (Employee Group)

Foundations in Biology I

Compensation

Teaching Assistant, Course Coordinator and Lab Demonstrator positions are paid according to the qualifications that the employee holds.

• Employees who do NOT hold a 4-year honours degree or a 3-year pass degree will be paid the undergraduate rate – $22.07 per hour. (Rate effective September 1, 2024)
• Employees who hold a 4-year honours degree or a 3-year pass degree will be paid the graduate rate – $34.73 per hour. (Rate effective September 1, 2024)

Duties

Reporting to the Department Chair or Course Instructor, the duties and responsibilities of the Course Coordinator will be in accordance with Article 22.04 of the Collective Agreement.

Responsibility 1:

• Manage waitlists and overrides into courses, as required
• Manage requests to switch lab sections
• Coordinate and administer make-up exams
• Correspond with students who have missed laboratories, assignments, test, exams and assisting in the coordination of make-up assessments, as approved by the course instructor and/or senior demonstrator
• Work with Brightspace (or other online learning system) and Gradebook (or similar) to update and manage course grades, as required
• Academic Misconduct-Maxient

Responsibility 2:

• Liaise with Student Academic Services (SAS) and course instructors to coordinate academic accommodations relating to individual students
• Communicate with SAS as required to contest individual student complaints regarding accommodations. This individual in this position will ‘represent’ the department in cases escalating to higher levels.

Responsibility 3:

• Maintain familiarity with existing provincial and university regulations around academic accommodations
• Liaise with Senior Demonstrators, Faculty, and staff to maintain awareness of changes in policies affecting them

Responsibility 4:

• Liaise with Student Health Services as needed to intervene in serious mental health issues affecting individual students, particularly those with the potential for self-harm
• Deal with vaccination, masking, and related issues to ensure students are aware of regulations and policies. Intervene when required to refer non-compliance issues to university authorities
• Follow up to verify medical documentation or claims preventing students from completing assessments

Responsibility 5:

• Collect anonymous data relating to numbers and types of accommodations and undertake basic data analysis to track trends
• Identify problem areas and propose solutions

Qualifications

Safety is a major issue in these labs and the incumbent must be able to detect potential hazards and have the ability and skills to rapidly and appropriately deal with problems as they occur.

Education:

• Successful completion of a BSc; Master’s degree preferred
• Peer mentorship training
• experience delivering online labs

Prior Experience:

• Have a basic knowledge of how biology laboratories, assignments, papers, test, and exams are conducted in the department
• Be familiar with the Department of Biological Sciences commitment to upholding academic rigour, as defined by course instructors and the department
• Be able to work with online learning systems
• Be able to identify and respond to mental health crises by alerting appropriate university, or other, personnel
• Work within a team

Knowledge (know how, specific skills):

• Solid computer competency including word processing, spreadsheet, database, Sakai, web applications, social media, internet search engines, graphics, video editing
• Ability to maintain accurate records
• Excellent writing, grammar, editing, and proofreading skills.
• Excellent oral and written communication, listening and comprehension skills

Human Relation Skills:

• Effective organizational, time management and communication skills
• Communicate well with all department faculty and staff to maintain the academic standards set out by individual instructors for all courses
• Ability to interact with persons from diverse backgrounds
• Ability to work independently in a supportive and collaborative manner, and as part of a team
• Ability to establish priorities, organize own work, and work with minimal supervision

Problem Solving, Analysis & Innovation:

• Ability to research, learn, teach, train and disseminate knowledge.
• Demonstrate willingness to learn and a high level of self-motivation and autonomy.

Preferred or Asset Skills:

• Demonstrated professionalism and effectiveness.
• Knowledge of student engagement trends, post-secondary best practices

Applications

Please include a cover letter and a current resume. Members with seniority can provide seniority date within the application questionnaire.

For further information

Chair name

905-688-5550 xExt

Positions listed on this posting are subject to course enrolments and budgetary approval.

As per Article 22.04 of the Collective Agreement:

Members shall not accept any appointment which, taken together with all other appointments at the University, would cause the member to exceed the maximum number of regular hours (i.e., not overtime hours) allowable in a work week under the Employment Standards Act, as amended from time to time.

The Collective Agreement governs part-time Instructor, Teaching Assistant, Lab Demonstrator, Course Coordinator and Marker-Grader positions at Brock University. The Agreement can be accessed on the Human Resources Web Site – brocku.ca/human-resources

Additional Comments

Course descriptions can be found on the Undergraduate course calendar website:

http://www.brocku.ca/webcal/

Academic terms generally run from:

Fall – September to December

Winter – January to April

Spring – May to July

Summer – July to August

• Actual dates can be found on the Timetables available on the Office of the Registrar web page: https://brocku.ca/registrar/toolkit/registration/

We are committed to offering flexible work arrangements where possible as outlined in our Flexible Work Arrangement Policy. As a student-centered organization, all employees are required to work on campus as needed.

Brock University is committed to creating a respectful and equitable workplace. We strive to foster a culture of diversity and inclusion in our work and learning environments. We welcome applications from all qualified individuals and actively encourage applications from women, people with disabilities, members of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community, Indigenous Peoples, people who identify as Black, African and/or Caribbean, as racialized and/or as from ethnic and cultural minority groups, and other underrepresented demographic groups at Brock and in the Niagara region. Brock also recognizes intersectionality and the interconnected identities, histories, and experiences of these aforementioned groups.

We are committed to inclusive and barrier-free recruitment, and we accommodate the needs of applicants throughout all stages of the recruitment process, as outlined in our Employment Accommodation Policy and consistent with the requirements of the Ontario Human Rights Code. Please contact [email protected] if you require a disability related accommodation so we can ensure your participation needs are met.

Brock University does not use AI Technology at any stage of the recruitment process.

We appreciate all applications received. Candidates that are selected for an interview will be contacted.

Learn more about Brock University by visiting www.brocku.ca.

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