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DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS - TE TARI HU-O-TE-KOHAO
DIVISION OF SCIENCES
About our team/Mo te tima
The Physics Department at the University of Otago was the first Physics Department established in New Zealand, and a foundation discipline when the University opened in 1871.
Today, the Department embraces innovative teaching methods, promotes a vigorous research ethos, and is committed both to Physics as a discipline and to its applications. Our key objectives are to provide students with the highest quality education, and to produce research of international excellence.
The role/Te mahi
As a Teaching Fellow within our Department, your focus will be supporting Jumpstart Physics during Summer School 2025, and teaching within PHSI191 Biological Physics, in Semester one 2025.
JumpStart Physics is designed to prepare students for PHSI191 as part of the Health Science First Year programme and is tailored to students whose training in secondary school physics and mathematics is incomplete.
Key tasks of the role will include:
Involvement in Jumpstart Physics teaching; providing tutorial support to students.
Supervising PHSI191 labs and providing tutorial support to students in PHSI191.
Coordinating assessment marking and ensuring the provision of constructive and timely feedback to students.
Potentially supporting other undergraduate laboratory teaching in physics.
Your skills and experience/Ka pukeka me ka wheako
Successful candidates will have:
Experimental physics lab skills. Ideally, you will be able to assist in the organisation and delivery of in lecture experimental demonstrations.
Good equipment and experimental skills.
Demonstrated relevant teaching experience at a tertiary or secondary institution.
An ability to relate to a wide variety of people within a teaching and research environment.
Excellent interpersonal skills, including written and verbal communication.
Commitment to working in a culturally safe and respectful manner and demonstrated understanding and appreciation of Te Ao Maori, Te Tiriti o Waitangi principles, and Pasifika values.
An ability to work collegially and independently.
Further details/Puroko
This is a full time (1FTE), fixed term (6 month. January – July 2025) position, located in Dunedin.
The successful candidate will be appointed to an appropriate step on the Teaching and Professional Practice Fellow salary scale ($70,692 to $96,058 pro rata), based on skills, qualifications and experience.
You must have the right to live and work in New Zealand to apply for this role.
The University of Otago is a workplace that values and utilises diverse and inclusive thinking, people and behaviours. This means that the contributions of staff with diverse backgrounds, experiences, skills and perspectives are valued and respected.
Specific enquiries may be emailed to Dr Terry Scott via the email address below.
Application/Tono
Applications quoting reference number 2401554 will close on Sunday, 17 November 2024.
Applications may be reviewed as submitted and candidates may be invited to interview immediately. The University reserves the right to close this vacancy at any time.
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