Job Description

Job Title

Graduate Assistant (Non-Teaching) Full Fixed

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We are one of Canada's top universities and leading research institutions. With more than 8,000 undergraduate and graduate students, two campuses (Lethbridge and Calgary), seven faculties and schools, and more than 2,500 employees, ULethbridge is Lethbridge's second largest employer. Faculty and staff come together to contribute, each in their own way, to establishing ULethbridge as Canada's destination university. In 2022, Lethbridge was recognized as one of Canada's top small cities.

Rank

Tenure Information

Not Applicable

Position Details

The University of Lethbridge's Sustainability Strategy and Action Plan (https://www.ulethbridge.ca/planning-and-reporting/sustainability-plan) outlines the necessity for high quality data and baseline conditions to be catalogued using standard protocols and comparative methods, such as the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System (STARS) program.



The ideal graduate student researcher for this position will be familiar with the Lethbridge Campus of the UofL, as a starting point, to create our institutional profile, motivate interest in and submissions to an online sustainability tracking system (such as STARS or the THE Impact Rankings program), and build relationships with both academic and administrative teams who are contributing to sustainability actions in their everyday work, whether teaching, research, or operations.



The GA will be responsible for starting our baseline data collection and tracking experience; building the foundation for uLethbridge to assess and monitor activity, achievements, and advancement in our sustainability leadership. Current graduate student applicants from any discipline and program are welcome to apply, with preference for those with knowledge of sustainability, environmental sciences, and information/data collection, management, and synthesis.

Please note: Only registered University of Lethbridge graduate students are eligible to apply for this posting.

Graduate Assistant wages will be paid according to Schedule A of the

ULGSA

Collective Agreement.

Position Category

Graduate Assistant

Faculty

Campus

Lethbridge