Education Assistant

• Job Type: Support Staff - Non-Union
• Bargaining Unit:
• Regular/Temporary: Temporary
• End Date if Temporary: 5/13/2025
• Hours Per Week: 19
• Standard Work Schedule:
• Building:
• Salary Range: $9100.00 - 9100.00

The salary of the finalist selected for this role will be set based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to departmental budgets, qualifications, experience, education, licenses, specialty, and training. The above hiring range represents the University's good faith and reasonable estimate of the range of possible compensation at the time of posting.

Position Summary

The Education Assistant will assist professors in MS program courses and assist the MS Program Director and Associate Director with general programmatic elements.

Responsibilities

[80%] Academic and Faculty Support during instruction session (8/1/24-5/13/25)

• Assist with live classes
• Review lecture recordings on Canvas for clarity
• Grade assignments as needed
• Answer student questions (online and via Canvas)
• Review materials as requested by course director (such as discussion boards, papers, assignments, questions
• Assist faculty with administrative aspects of courses (including but not limited to Canvas postings, scheduling, tracking assignment submission)
• Assist faculty in obtaining relevant course materials and creating an archiving system that can be easily migrated from year to year
• Provide exam proctoring support as needed

[20%] MS Program Support (8/1/24-5/13/25)

• Support the review and revision of MS Program student documents (such as Student Handbook, Student Honor Code, etc.)
• Support student events
• Performs related duties and responsibilities as assigned/requested

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor???s degree 

Preferred Qualifications

• Graduate-level knowledge of at least one of the following are requested: Biochemistry,
  Epidemiology, Physiology, Biostatistics
• Two years of related experience

Equal Opportunity Employer / Disability / Veteran

Columbia University is committed to the hiring of qualified local residents.

About Columbia University

Columbia University is one of the world's most important centers of research and at the same time a distinctive and distinguished learning environment for undergraduates and graduate students in many scholarly and professional fields. The University recognizes the importance of its location in New York City and seeks to link its research and teaching to the vast resources of a great metropolis. It seeks to attract a diverse and international faculty and student body, to support research and teaching on global issues, and to create academic relationships with many countries and regions. It expects all areas of the university to advance knowledge and learning at the highest level and to convey the products of its efforts to the world.