Guangdong Technion-Israel Institute of Technology

Job Post –Teaching Assistant (Chemistry Lab）

Position Title: Teaching Assistant (Chemistry Lab)

Department: Chemistry Program

Report to: Dr. Michail Paraskevas

Start Date: September 2021

Type of Position: Part-time (Hourly Pay)

Number of Hiring: 4

Post ID: RS-20210008

Position Description  

GTIIT chemistry lab courses of Analytical Chemistry 1 and 2 is now looking for 4 teaching assistants working the labs:

  1. Analytical Chemistry 2 is an Instrumental Analytical Chemistry Course. This is a part-time hourly-paid role, for 3 eight-hour lab classes per week.

  2. The position will also include paid training in instruments, carrying out the procedures and relevant safety information.

  3. The lab classes are expected to start in October 2021 and will run for 10-11 weeks. The training will be provided in the weeks before this date (estimating beginning of September 2021).

Position Responsibilities

  1. Before starting the semester: (a) Learning lab safety, means and regulations, (b) Doing all experiments

  2. Delivering general instructions and explanations to a group of students, on the lab session

  3. Supervising the lab work of a group of circa 8-10 students

  4. Assisting students with the lab procedures and instruments during the lab session

  5. Taking care of safety issues in the lab, in general, and in a student group, in particular

  6. Asking questions for evaluating the knowledge and readiness of the students

  7. Evaluating student performance in the lab

  8. Being present in the lab during all session time

Required Job Specifications

  1. Undergraduate degree (or higher) in chemistry or a chemistry-related subject

  2. Experience of working in an instrumental analytical chemistry lab environment

  3. Knowledge of either HPLC, GC, GC-MS, AAS, UV-Vis and Spectrofluorometry

Required Job Competencies

  1. Language ability: CET 6 or above, good at speaking, reading and writing English

  2. Good communication and educational skills

  3. Ability to read scientific documents and lab procedures

Application

Please submit the following documents to: aao@gtiit.edu.cn (and michail.paraskevas@gtiit.edu.cn )

- Curriculum vitae 

- Short self-introduction in English (less than 200 words)

- A list of analytical techniques and instruments which you usually operate

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted by GTIIT for interview.