Writing Instructor

3 weeks ago


Old Toronto, Canada Victoria University Full time


Posting Date: April 5, 2024
Closing Date: May 6, 2024
Number of Vacancies: 1

Duration:September 16, 2024 to April 30, 2025
Hours of Work: average20 hours per week, scheduled between 9-6pm, Monday through Friday, based on mutual agreement
Hourly Rate of Pay: $53.41

The Victoria College Writing Centre invites applications for a Writing Instructor position. This position will serve two terms, the first running September 16, 2024 to December 20, 2024, and the second running January 13, 2025 to April 30, 2025, with a minimum of 20 working days. The number of hours will average 20 hours per week, with the aim of scheduling fewer hours in less busy periods and more hours at peak demand. Appointments will normally take place between 9-6pm, Monday through Friday, with the specific schedule based on mutual agreement.

The chief duty of instructors at the Writing Centre is to provide one-on-one writing instruction to undergraduate students working in a variety of disciplines, especially on organization, reasoning, style, and language use.Instructors may also be asked to prepare instructional material and to deliver group instruction.

The Victoria College Writing Centre encourages applicants with relevant skills for teaching writing one-on-one across a variety of disciplines and those with experience teaching in university courses with a significant writing instruction component. A strong ability to work with a diverse group of students and with students whose first language is not English is an asset.

Qualifications include a completed graduate degree from a post-secondary institution and preference for previous experience in working with a writing centre.

The current rate of pay is $53.41 per hour.

APPLICATION PROCESS
To be considered for a position, please send a letter of intent, updated curriculum vitae, and two-page writing sample by May 6, 2024.

Applications should be sent to:
Maria Cichosz
Assistant Professor, Literature and Creative Writing


This position is posted in accordance with the CUPE 3902, Unit 2 Collective Agreement.

Victoria University encourages applications from qualified women or men, members of visible minorities, aboriginal peoples and persons with disabilities, members of sexual minority groups, and others who may contribute to the further diversification of ideas.

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