Working with Vantage Faculty & Staff
Current positions within Vantage College are described below. For additional opportunities within UBC, please view the faculty and staff postings on the UBC Careers page.
Graduate Teaching Assistant, English for Academic Purposes, VANT 140, Vantage One Science
UBC Vantage College invites applications for multiple Graduate Teaching Assistant positions in the 2025/2026 academic year to assist with academic English courses in Vantage One Science Program.
UBC Vantage College offers first-year curriculum in a cohort program to academically strong international multilingual students whose English language proficiency does not yet meet the English language requirements for direct admission into UBC degrees. Students take courses in one of the Vantage One programs (Science, Engineering or Arts) before transferring into second year in their degree program. The primary goals of the Vantage One curriculum are: (1) to encourage students’ cultural, linguistic, and academic engagement in disciplinary communities and (2) to maximize students’ successful transition to Year Two in the Faculties of Science, Applied Science or Arts. For more information about the Vantage One programs, please see https://vantagecollege.ubc.ca/
UBC Vantage College is hiring multiple Graduate Teaching Assistants for VANT 140 (Content and Language Enrichment Tutorials) in the Vantage One Science Program, which focuses on academic English specific to the Science courses taught in that program (i.e. CHEM 121, MATH 100, MATH 101, EOSC 110, PHYS 117, PHYS 119, CPSC 103, and SCIE 113). A complete description of the Vantage One Science program can be found here: https://vantagecollege.ubc.ca/science.
The Teaching Assistant positions may involve up to 192 hours per term, for each of Winter Term 1 and Term 2 of the 2025-2026 academic year, and are subject to final budgetary approval. Each course section is allocated 24 hours of GTA support. Therefore, a full GTAship would involve assisting in multiple course sections.
Duties
The Graduate Teaching Assistant supports the academic English instructors with teaching, assessment and feedback, as well as coordination, with an emphasis on qualitative feedback, tutoring and marking. Duties may include attending regular program/course meetings/classes, holding office hours, providing student feedback where applicable, conducting research to support materials design, attending mandatory training sessions and marking/collaborating in assignment and exam design, as well as potentially designing and facilitating study skills workshops with students.
Qualifications
Graduate Teaching Assistants must be registered as full-time graduate students at UBC and must have experience teaching and/or tutoring English language learners for academic purposes. Formal training and teaching in TESOL or Applied Linguistics is an asset. The academic English courses at Vantage College are informed by Systemic Functional Linguistics and genre-based pedagogies; therefore, while prior knowledge in these areas is not required, depending on the assigned duties, applicants may be expected to have an interest in familiarizing themselves with the theoretical and pedagogical approaches used in the courses they support.
In addition, as some aspects of VANT 140 are closely linked to the language and literacy practices of first year Science courses offered in the program, familiarity and prior experience with any or a combination of the following science curriculum topics is also an asset for applicants interested in serving as GTA for the VANT 140 courses:
- Term 1: Chemistry, Physics, Math
- Term 2: Computer Science, Earth and Oceans Sciences, Scientific Communication, Math
Application instructions
The following application materials must be sent to the following e-mail: employment@vantagecollege.ubc.ca. Please send as separate Word or .pdf files, using this file-naming convention: LASTNAME, Firstname_Application Form; LASTNAME, Firstname_CV; etc. Use the subject heading “Graduate Teaching Assistant – VANT 140, Vantage One Science”. Review of applications will begin on May 1st. Applications will continue to be accepted until the positions have been filled.
All Applicants are required to include the following in their application package:
(1) a completed Vantage College VANT 140 SCIE GTA Application Form
(2) curriculum vitae, including a list of all teaching related activities,
(3) evidence of teaching effectiveness (e.g. teaching evaluations), if available
For questions about this position, please contact the Director of our Academic English Program, Dr. Sandra Zappa-Hollman: sandra.zappa@ubc.ca.
Equity and diversity are essential to academic excellence. An open and diverse community fosters the inclusion of voices that have been underrepresented or discouraged. We encourage applications from members of groups that have been marginalized on any grounds enumerated under the B.C. Human Rights Code, including sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, racialization, disability, political belief, religion, marital or family status, age, and/or status as a First Nation, Métis, Inuit, or Indigenous person. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadian citizens and permanent residents will be given priority.
Graduate Teaching Assistant, English for Academic Purposes, VANT 140, Vantage One Engineering
UBC Vantage College invites applications for multiple Graduate Teaching Assistant positions in the 2025/2026 academic year to assist with academic English courses in the Vantage One Engineering Program.
UBC Vantage College offers first-year curriculum in a cohort program to academically strong international multilingual students whose English language proficiency does not yet meet the English language requirements for direct admission into UBC degrees. Students take courses in one of the Vantage One programs (Science, Engineering or Arts) before transferring into second year in their degree program. The primary goals of the Vantage One curriculum are: (1) to encourage students’ cultural, linguistic, and academic engagement in disciplinary communities and (2) to maximize students’ successful transition to Year Two in the Faculties of Science, Applied Science or Arts. For more information about the Vantage One programs, please see https://vantagecollege.ubc.ca/
The Vantage College is hiring for multiple anticipated Graduate Teaching Assistants for VANT 140 (Content and Language Enrichment Tutorials), which focuses on academic English specific to the Engineering courses taught in that program (i.e. APSC 160, APSC 172, APSC 182, APSC 173, APSC 178, and APSC 183). A complete description of the Vantage One Engineering program can be found here: https://vantagecollege.ubc.ca/engineering
The Teaching Assistant positions may involve up to 192 hours per term. The advertised positions are available for Winter Term 1 and Term 2 of the 2025-2026 academic year, and are subject to final budgetary approval. Each course section is allocated 24 hours of GTA support.
Duties
The Graduate Teaching Assistant supports the academic English instructors with teaching, assessment and feedback, as well as coordination, with an emphasis on qualitative feedback, tutoring and marking. Duties may include attending regular program/course meetings/classes, holding office hours, providing student feedback where applicable, conducting research to support materials design, attending mandatory training sessions and marking/collaborating in assignment and exam design, as well as potentially designing and facilitating study skills workshops with students.
Qualifications
Graduate Teaching Assistants must be registered as full-time graduate students at UBC and must have experience teaching and/or tutoring English language learners for academic purposes. Formal training and teaching in TESOL or Applied Linguistics is an asset. The academic English courses at Vantage College are informed by Systemic Functional Linguistics and genre-based pedagogies; therefore, while prior knowledge in these areas is not required, depending on the assigned duties, applicants may be expected to have an interest in familiarizing themselves with the theoretical and pedagogical approaches used in the courses they support.
In addition, given the focus on specific disciplinary written and/or oral practices linked to engineering content, familiarity and prior experience with any or a combination of the following engineering curriculum topics is also an asset for applicants interested in serving as GTA for VANT 140:
Term 1:
- APSC 160 – Introduction to Computation in Engineering Design
- APSC 182 – Matter and Energy I
- VANT 150 – Sustainability & Engineering Design
Term 2:
- APSC 178 – Electricity, Magnetism, and Waves
- APSC 183 – Matter and Energy II
- VANT 150 – Sustainability & Engineering Design
Application instructions
The following application materials must be sent to the following e-mail: employment@vantagecollege.ubc.ca. Please send as separate Word or .pdf files, using this file-naming convention: LASTNAME, Firstname_Application Form; LASTNAME, Firstname_CV; etc. Use the subject heading “Graduate Teaching Assistant – VANT 140, Vantage One Engineering”. Review of applications will begin on May 1st. Applications will continue to be accepted until the positions have been filled.
All Applicants are required to include the following in their application package:
(1) a completed Vantage College VANT 140 ENG GTA Application Form
(2) curriculum vitae, including a list of all teaching related activities,
(3) evidence of teaching effectiveness (e.g. teaching evaluations), if available
For questions about this position, please contact the Director of our Academic English Program, Dr. Sandra Zappa-Hollman: sandra.zappa@ubc.ca
Equity and diversity are essential to academic excellence. An open and diverse community fosters the inclusion of voices that have been underrepresented or discouraged. We encourage applications from members of groups that have been marginalized on any grounds enumerated under the B.C. Human Rights Code, including sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, racialization, disability, political belief, religion, marital or family status, age, and/or status as a First Nation, Métis, Inuit, or Indigenous person. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadian citizens and permanent residents will be given priority.
Graduate Teaching Assistant, English for Academic Purposes, LLED 200 & 201
UBC Vantage College invites applications for multiple Graduate Teaching Assistant positions in the 2025/2026 academic year to assist with academic English courses in the Vantage One Science, Vantage One Engineering, and Vantage One Arts Programs.
UBC Vantage College offers first-year curriculum in a cohort program to academically strong international multilingual students whose English language proficiency does not yet meet the English language requirements for direct admission into UBC degrees. Students take courses in one of the Vantage One programs (Science, Engineering, or Arts) before transferring into second year in their degree program. The primary goals of the Vantage One curriculum are: (1) to encourage students’ cultural, linguistic, and academic engagement in disciplinary communities and (2) to maximize students’ successful transition to Year Two in the Faculties of Science, Applied Science or Arts. For more information about the Vantage One programs, please see https://vantagecollege.ubc.ca/
The Vantage College is hiring for multiple anticipated Graduate Teaching Assistants positions for LLED 200 (Introduction to Writing in Academic and Professional Registers) and LLED 201 (Critical Reading and Writing in Academic and Professional Registers). These courses are developed and taught in close coordination with the other courses in the program.
The Teaching Assistant positions may involve up to 192 hours per term. The advertised positions are available for Winter Term 1 and Winter Term 2 of the 2025-2026 academic year, and are subject to final budgetary approval. Each course section is allocated 24 hours of GTA support.
Duties
The Graduate Teaching Assistant supports the academic English instructors with teaching, assessment and feedback, as well as coordination, with an emphasis on qualitative feedback, tutoring and marking. Duties may include attending regular program/course meetings/classes, holding office hours, providing student feedback where applicable, assisting with the collection of relevant information to support materials design, attending mandatory training sessions and marking/collaborating in assignment and exam design, as well as potentially designing and facilitating study skills workshops with students
Qualifications
Graduate Teaching Assistants must be registered as full-time graduate students at UBC and must have experience teaching and/or tutoring English language learners for academic purposes. Formal training and teaching in TESOL or Applied Linguistics is an asset. The academic English courses at Vantage College are informed by Systemic Functional Linguistics and genre-based pedagogies; therefore, while prior knowledge in these areas is not required, depending on the assigned duties, applicants may be expected to have an interest in familiarizing themselves with the theoretical and pedagogical approaches used in the courses they support in order to be able to successfully complete certain duties (e.g., providing feedback to students aligned with a systemic functional perspective on language).
Application instructions
The following application materials must be sent to the following e-mail: employment@vantagecollege.ubc.ca. Please send as separate Word or .pdf files, using this file-naming convention: LASTNAME, Firstname_Application Form; LASTNAME, Firstname_CV; etc. Use the subject heading “Graduate Teaching Assistant – English for Academic Purposes, LLED 200 & 201”.
Review of applications will begin on May 1st. Applications will continue to be accepted until the positions have been filled.
All Applicants are required to include the following in their application package:
(1) a completed Vantage College LLED GTA Application Form
(2) curriculum vitae, including a list of all teaching related activities,
(3) evidence of teaching effectiveness (e.g. teaching evaluations), if available
For questions about this position, please contact the Director of our Academic English Program, Dr. Sandra Zappa-Hollman: sandra.zappa@ubc.ca
Equity and diversity are essential to academic excellence. An open and diverse community fosters the inclusion of voices that have been underrepresented or discouraged. We encourage applications from members of groups that have been marginalized on any grounds enumerated under the B.C. Human Rights Code, including sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, racialization, disability, political belief, religion, marital or family status, age, and/or status as a First Nation, Métis, Inuit, or Indigenous person. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadian citizens and permanent residents will be given priority.