24.02.2025Job advertisement Social Anthropology: Tutorial position for master students in the autumn semester 25

In autumn semester 2025, five tutors will teach scientific working techniques in the introductory year. The BA module “Einführung in die Arbeit mit ethnologischen Texten” for all first-year students consists of an exercise group (6 ECTS credits, taught by lecturers) and a tutorial (3 ECTS credits, taught by tutors). You will be provided with the syllabus for the course and necessary teaching materials. In addition, you will be trained in your teaching activities and attend the program “Start! Teaching for Students“. You will coordinate your activity with the other tutors and the lecturers of the module.

Interested master students are requested to send their CV and a short letter of motivation to Linda Hodel (verwaltung@isek.uzh.ch). Application deadline: 30 March 2025. We will contact you by the end of April 2025 at the latest.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Teaching in a tutorial group with a maximum of 20 first-year students
• Guiding students who do exercises on scientific working techniques
• Guidance and feedback on students' work (team projects)
• Possibly scanning and making available literature
• Administrative tasks on OLAT

You should meet the following requirements:

• Students in the Master's program at ISEK - Social and Cultural Anthropology
• Participation in preliminary meetings about the course schedule between June and September 2025
• Prior (August / September) completion of the basic module of the program „Start! Teaching for Students “ (see below)
• Reliability & independence
• Independent work in consultation with the other tutors and lecturers
• A certain amount of flexibility in terms of the distribution of tasks and working hours (time frame: up to 90 hours, mainly during the lecture period, pre-tutorials during the semester break)
• Proficiency in German is an advantage

The position offers:

• Own experience in independent lesson preparation and teaching activity
• Deepening of experiences with scientific work
• Deepening of experiences with scientific work
• Payment according to UZH guidelines, per semester CHF 2250

Start! Teaching for Students

We would like to draw your attention to the training program for tutors „Start! Teaching for Students“. The program prepares you for your employment as a tutor. It is free of charge and can be booked via the module booking tool (from February 2025). There are a total of three modules, which can be booked and completed independently of each other. The individual modules focus on different didactic settings and competences. Further information can be found at: https://www.start-teaching.uzh.ch/en.html

ISEK - Social and Cultural Anthropology, in February 2025