Teaching Assistant at Alfaisal University in Riyadh

Job Title: Teaching Assistant
Job Location: Riyadh
Employer: Alfaisal University

Over view

Alfaisal University is a private non-profit research university for both men and women that was founded by the highly reputed King Faisal Foundation in 2003. The University began instruction in 2008 offering strong undergraduate and graduate programs in Business, Engineering, Medicine, and Life Sciences. With a culturally diverse student population and internationally distinguished faculty, Alfaisal University aspires to be a world class institution. Situated in the austere grounds of the Late King Faisal Palace, the University is located at the heart of Riyadh, a center of industry, commerce, research, and an ever growing student population. Alfaisal University is currently seeking to fill the following vacancy for Saudi national fluent in English language: Teaching Assistant, to Perform duties that are not instructional in nature or deliver direct services to students or parents. Serve in a position for which a teacher or another professional has ultimate responsibility for the design and implementation of educational programs and services.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree from an appropriately accredited institute;
• 1 - 3 years of related and relevant experience.

Roles and Responsibilities:

     Assist faculty members with classroom instruction, exams, record keeping, and other miscellaneous projects.
    Tutor or mentor students.
    Perform laboratory research.
    Clean labs and set up or remove specimens.
    Obtain materials needed for classes, including texts and other materials.
    Prepare presentations for lectures.
    Deliver lectures.
    Hand out assignments and grade papers.
    Proctor examinations.
    Record grades and inform students of their final grades.
    Arrange for teaching observations.
    Meet with students during office hours.
    Help professors and teachers develop course plans.
    Assist with student conferences.
    Lead discussion sections.
    Teach undergraduate courses.
    Create and write materials such as a syllabus, visual aids, answer keys, supplementary notes, and course websites.
    Correspond with students on Blackboard or related inter-campus communication system.
    Provide librarians with assistance cataloguing or displaying collections.
    Enforce laboratory rules.
    Take attendance and record responses.
    Record lecture given by professor.

Skills/Qualifications:
•    Enthusiasm
•    Imagination
•    Energy
•    Adaptability
•    Patience
•    Responsibility.

Deadline Date: 10.02.2014
How to Apply:
•    Interested applicants are encouraged to send an email to:
 newjobs@alfaisal.edu.