TA7881- Winter 2016-FARE*4360 Marketing Research

Teaching Assistant Work Assignment
Posting Details
Type of Work Assignment and Bargaining Unit: 
GTA, Unit 1
Academic Unit: 
Food Agriculture and Resource Economics
Semester(s) of Assignment(s): 
Winter 2016
This Work Assignment(s) may be assigned to fulfill the terms and conditions of a guaranteed Job Security Period: 
Yes
Course Details
Course Number: 
FARE*4360
Course Name: 
Marketing Research
Course Format: 
In-Class
Course Description: 
See Course Calendar
Projected Class Enrolment: 
60
Level of Appointment for GTA, GSA-1 UTA(s)
The following is an estimate of number and levels of available appointments at the time of posting. This may change (increase or decrease) at the time of assignment contingent on departmental needs.
This Posting includes Multiple Work Assignments: 
No
Number of Available 0.5 (70 hour) Work Assignments: 
1
Number of Available 0.75 (105 hour) Work Assignments: 
0
Number of Available Full 1.0 (140 hour) Work Assignments: 
0
Total Number (Load) of Assignment(s) Available: 
0.5
Duties and Responsibilities
Anticipated Duties and Responsibilities: 
Orientation-Training
Student Consultation
Meetings
Invigilating Exams
Grading
Other Duties (specify below)
Other Duties Described: 
May be asked to attend class lecture on occasion; will help instructor with group advising; email correspondence/monitoring.
Qualifications
Required Qualifications: 
The candidate should have knowledge and experience of designing, administering and analyzing surveys and be familiar with basic multivariate statistical methods. He or she should have at least an undergraduate degree and be familiar with using theoretically derived models in survey research. The candidate would be expected to advise student groups in the development and implementation of a customer survey and the subsequent data analysis. Further, the candidate will be expected to invigilate and grade exams. Finally, on rare occasions when the instructor is absent, the candidate will be expected to deliver lectures that have been prepared jointly with the instructor.
Days Required and Wages
Days and Times Required: 
Lectures are held Tuesdays and Thursdays, 1:00-2:20 pm
Period of the Work Assignment (Start Date and End Date): 
January 7, 2016 to April 29, 2016
Wage Rate (per hour, per semester, per Full-load 1.0 Work Assignment): 
GTA $40.45 per hour; $5,666.51 per semester effective 2015/16
Other Posting Information
Application Deadline (All postings will automatically expire at 11:59 pm on this day): 
Friday, December 11, 2015
Posting Email Contact: 
farejobs@uoguelph.ca
Hiring Contact Information: 
Debbie Harkies, Dept. of FARE, Room 303, J.D. MacLachlan Bldg., Univ. of Guelph, email: dharkies@uoguelph.ca

At the University of Guelph, fostering a culture of inclusion is an institutional imperative. The University invites and encourages applications from all qualified individuals, including from groups that are traditionally underrepresented in employment, who may contribute to further diversification of our Institution. For more information, the Office of Diversity and Human Rights (DHR) is a welcoming, safe and confidential one-stop shop for information, training and support on issues relating to diversity and human rights on our campus.

All applicants must be eligible to work in Canada specifically at the University of Guelph before applying for an academic work assignment. All successful applicants must reside in Ontario and must be able to attend on-campus in-person meetings as required.

Teaching Assistant work assignments are unionized with CUPE 3913 and their terms and conditions of work are covered by the Unit 1 Collective Agreement between the University and CUPE 3913 (email contact: president@cupe3913.on.ca).