Guangdong Technion-Israel Institute of Technology
Job Post – Senior Writing and Editing Consultant/Senior Teaching Fellow
Position Title: Senior Writing and Editing Consultant/Senior Teaching Fellow
Department: Department of Student Affairs
Reporting to: the Dean of innovation in education
Start Date: ASAP
Type of Position: Full time
Number of Hiring: 1
Post Number: TS-20200004
Position Description
The senior consultant will be responsible for providing management, design, implementation and evaluation of communication programs to assist students in various written and oral communication tasks. Responsible for the delivery of all communication support related services.
Duties and Responsibilities
Reporting to the Director of Career Competencies Center, the Senior Communication Consultants will lead a comprehensive program in supporting students and faculties’ various writing tasks:
Work with students, faculty and researchers to ensure document accuracy. Reviewing written documents for clarity, grammar, spelling, punctuation, content, and style;
Conduct consultation sessions as assigned in any of the three available formats (face-to-face, online, and remote) with students, postdocs and faculty of a variety of experience levels on grad school applications, research manuscripts, grant applications, conference presentations, lab reports, academic assignments, and other technical writings;
Recruit and train Peer Communication Consultants who lead workshops and tutoring undergraduates. Training peer consultants to work productively and sensitively and to protect clients’ confidentiality;
Measure impact and design improved services. Provide feedback to peer consultants so that they can assume higher leadership roles within the Writing Center during their time at GT;
Assesses unmet needs and leads workgroups, researches best practices in the field, and interacts with GT faculty and administrators to develop new services;
Maintains a collaborative relationship with other Career Competencies Center staff for shared expertise and data across programs.
Required Job Specifications
Qualification required: PhD degree, prefer a degree in Teaching English as a Second Language from an internationally recognized university;
Work experience required: 5 years’ research experience, or 10 years’ teaching experience, prefer having experience of working with students on overseas graduate school applications;
International study or work experience is preferred.
Required Job Competencies
Communication skills (English & Chinese): high
Planning and organizing skills: high
Creativity and self-motivation: high
Ability to multi-tasking: high
Team player and adaptability: high
Microsoft Office skills: medium
Application Information
Please send your cover letter, English and Chinese CVs to AAO@gtiit.edu.cn. Only qualified candidates will be contacted.
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