Winter Specialist Instructor Posting
Please note that the information provided below is subject to operational constraints and may change at any time.
September 2025 – April 2026
Competition details, including a summary of duties and responsibilities, required education/experience, total hours, and hourly rate are available in this document (PDF).
Applicants must complete and submit this by the application deadline: 4 July, 2025 (16:00).
Specialist Instructors (SIs) support teaching in SEOS, typically in a lab environment. They are often referred to as Teaching Assistants (TAs). Marking positions are also available.
Most classroom positions are generally 75 hours in 2025-2026. Marking positions are always enrollment dependent.
Please notify the office immediately should your contact information change or if you will be unable to accept a position any time after your application has been submitted.
To ensure your application receives full consideration, please be sure to indicate every course which you are qualified (and willing) to instruct.
Fall Positions (Type; estimated number of SIs)
- EOS 110 - Oceans & Atmosphere (TA; multiple;)
- EOS 120 - Dynamic Earth (TA; multiple)
- EOS 170 - Natural Hazards (Marker; 1-2)
- EOS 205 - Mineralogy (TA; 2-3)
- EOS 220 - Weather and Climate (cross-listed GEOG; Marker; 1)
- EOS 261 - The Climate System (Marker; 1)
- EOS 314 - Descriptive Physical Oceanography (TA; 1)
- EOS 316 - Igneous & Metamorphic Petrology (TA; 2-3)
- EOS 325 - Earth System Modelling (TA; 1)
- EOS 330 - Paleobiology (TA; 1-2)
- EOS 335 - Isotopes in Natural Sciences (Marker; 1)
- EOS 350 - Understanding the Oceans (Marker; 1)
- EOS 410 - Global Tectonics (Marker; 1)
- EOS 450 - Quaternary Geology (TA; 1)
Spring Positions (Type; estimated number of SIs)
- EOS 120 - Dynamic Earth (TA; multiple)
- EOS 130 - Climate Change (cross-listed GEOG, TA; multiple)
- EOS 170 - Natural Hazards (Marker; 1-2)
- EOS 201 - Sedimentary Geology (TA; 2-3)
- EOS 202 - Structural Geology (TA; 2-3)
- EOS 240 - Geochemistry (TA; 2-3)
- EOS 312 - Introductory Chemical Oceanography (TA; 1-2)
- EOS 313 - Introductory Geological Oceanography (TA; 1-2)
- EOS 321 - Earth History (TA; 1-2)
- EOS 340 - Atmospheric Physics (cross-listed PHYS, Marker; 1)
- EOS 365 - Climate & Society (Marker; 1)
- EOS 420 – Resource Geology< (TA, 1-2)
- EOS 440 - Hydrogeology (TA, 1)