Careers

FACULTY AND STAFF

We value our faculty and staff members and are always looking for talented people to join our thriving team. Excellent benefits, diverse career opportunities, and a true community spirit are just some of the reasons you should consider joining our team of talented, dynamic faculty and staff. For a full list of current openings, visit UBC’s Staff & Faculty Careers page.

CURRENT faculty postings

Sessional Lecturer Positions – Winter Term 1

CURRENT TEACHING ASSISTANT postings

Graduate & Undergraduate Teaching Assistant Appointments

The list of offered courses and the number of positions available are contingent on the School of Engineering budget and the number of registered students. Teaching assistant appointments fall under the BCGEU collective agreement.  Therefore, Masters students are given preference for a position for two years. Doctoral students are given preference for a position for four years.

Salary:

The wage rates are as follows:

Typical Teaching Assistant duties may include the following:

Marking TAs: marking course assignments and/or quizzes, uploading grades to CANVAS, and attending meetings with the course instructor as required. Collecting and filing student sample work for accreditation.

Tutorial TAs: tutorial course delivery, marking assignments and/or quizzes, uploading grades to CANVAS, and attending meetings with the course instructor as required.

Laboratory TAs: attending lab training, preparing for lab sections, providing instruction on theory and lab procedures, marking lab reports / assignments / quizzes, uploading grades to CANVAS, reviewing and improving lab procedures, monitoring student compliance with lab safety rules, and correcting experiment setups during labs as required.

Applications for 2025/2026 Winter Term TA positions have now closed.  Thank you for applying.  Offer letters will go out in early July 2025.

The next TA round of hiring will be posted in February 2026 for Summer 2026.