Student Assistant/Tutor - English Language Centre - Work Integrated Learning
$15.75 plus 4% vacation pay
April 20, 2020 to August 30, 2020 with possibility of extension in the fall semester (approximately 15 hrs/wk in fall and winter, dependent on performance and funding)
Working with the English Language Centre professional staff, summer students will engage as teaching assistants and mentors in a wide array of activities designed to assist new students to master English, to ease the transition to a new culture, and in support of UPEI Recruitment & Retention and Experiential Learning opportunities (established as priority pillars within the UPEI Strategic Plan).
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Greeting students in a friendly manner, answering inquiries and directing students to the appropriate staff person
- Conceptualize, organize, lead, & budget English language program socio-cultural activities
- Collaborating with instructors to align activities with academic content
- Mentoring and tutoring English language skills
- model/ illustrate skills required in university such as expressing opinions, participating in class discussion, critical thinking and how to be an effective group member
- design an ethnographic project to help students reflect upon their experience of the new culture
- Recruit volunteers to assist new international students transition to life in PEI and practice speaking with a native English-speaker
- Organizing transportation, booking tickets
- Helping to maintain social media
- Assisting with research on current and future projects
- Monitoring and responding to a role-based Gmail account
- Leading campus tours
- Performing other duties as required
QUALIFICATIONS:
The successful candidate will have:
- Previous experience in a similar role and familiarity with a post-secondary environment
- Strong leadership skills; ability to adapt quickly to situations
- Ability to lead a team of student assists
- Ability to liaise with supervising staff
- Experience organizing events
- Strong computer skills with a keen eye for detail
- Excellent communication (both verbal and written) and interpersonal skills
- Ability to work in both a team environment and independently and be willing to work occasional evenings and/or weekends
- A customer-service orientation and be comfortable interacting with people from many countries
- Cross-cultural experience and familiarity with working in a post-secondary educational environment is a definite asset
- Ideally, the candidate is an undergraduate student with second or third year standing
Priority will be given to University of Prince Edward Island students in accordance with Recruitment, Selection, Hiring and Employment Policies and the Procedures manual.
Please submit electronically a cover letter, quoting the competition number, a resume and reference list to be received no later than the closing date via the link posted on the UPEI Human Resources website. Applications will not be accepted via email.
If you are unable to apply online, you can drop off your resume to the Human Resources Department, Kelley Building, University of Prince Edward Island, 550 University Avenue, Charlottetown, PEI C1A 4P3, Fax Number (902) 894-2895.
In accordance with Canadian immigration requirements, all qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadian citizens and permanent residents will be given priority. The University of Prince Edward Island is committed to gender equity in employment.
Only those applicants who are invited to an interview will be acknowledged.
