Job Description
Job Title:
Teaching Assistant, Biomedical Informatics
University-Level Unit:
Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine
Faculty/Department-Level Unit:
Surgery
Employee Category:
Other Teaching Staff
Location_ONB:
Kent Ridge Campus
Posting Start Date:
30/09/2026
Job Purpose
Support faculty and course owners in the teaching delivery and teaching administration of Biomedical Informatics programmes, with a primary focus on the MSc in Biomedical Informatics.
Key Responsibilities
- Support faculty in preparing teaching, tutorial, workshop and assessment materials.
- Provide onsite support for lectures, tutorials, workshops and practical sessions, including classroom setup and teaching logistics.
- Maintain Canvas course sites, including uploading teaching materials, announcements, assignments, rubrics and learning resources.
- Support assessment administration, including setting up submissions, tracking deadlines, checking submissions and maintaining assessment records.
- Collate and maintain marks and grading records, and follow up with faculty on outstanding marks or grading matters.
- Support students on teaching related matters including Canvas, course materials, submissions and assessment timelines.
- Support capstone teaching activities including project tracking, presentations and assessment related coordination.
- Maintain teaching files, assessment documents, Canvas records and course delivery documentation.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Data Science, Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Statistics, Business Analytics, Information Systems, Software Engineering or a related discipline.
- Preferably 1 to 3 years of relevant teaching support, academic support or industry experience.
- Familiarity with Learning Management Systems such as Canvas.
- Basic knowledge of data analytics, AI, programming or related technical tools would be advantageous.
- Strong organisational and communication skills with good attention to detail.
- Able to manage multiple teaching and assessment timelines and work closely with faculty and students.
- Proactive, service oriented and comfortable providing onsite teaching support.
Req ID:
34532