On-Campus Employment
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The King's University is committed to hiring our students to fulfill temporary positions throughout the University. Students working on campus provide King’s with talented people who significantly contribute to the smooth operations and research projects at the University.
To be eligible for work as an employee, students must meet the following criteria:
- Enrolment or acceptance as a student in King’s University
- Students must maintain satisfactory academic standing in accordance with the King’s Academic Calendar each term and must adhere to the Student Code of Conduct. Students on academic or non-academic probation are not eligible.
Student Life
The main objective of the International Programming Student Worker is to provide a strong community of support for international students. This includes taking on an active role in familiarizing the students to the Canadian culture and the King’s community, getting to know the student on a personal level, and planning programming catered towards international students throughout the school year. The student worker will also be a part of the Global Awareness Week planning committee and assist in executing events during Global Awareness Week.
Employment Dates: Monday, August 20, 2025 – April 30, 2026
Reports to: Orientation and Transitions Coordinator
Responsibilities
- Assist and facilitate the International Students’ Orientation (Fall and Winter terms)
- Ensure all new international students have an assigned Student Navigator.
- Plan, and collaborate programs and run one monthly event from Oct to Dec and Jan to Mar.
- Includes welcome lunch or supper in Fall and Winter, monthly international student drop by, cultural celebrations such as Nigerian Independence Day, Diwali. Participating in Thanksgiving Dinner in collaboration with Community Life Coordinator.
- Be present and help with other International Programming.
- Participate in weekly meetings.
- Design and update monthly themes for the International Students bulletin board by the atrium.
- Oversee a scheduled office hour once a week.
- Be present to socialize, and to provide referral to the pertinent on-campus services.
- Send birthday greetings to international students.
- Check the International Student pages on the King’s website and make sure it is up to date.
- Guide and educate Student Navigators in providing logistic, social, cultural, and mental health support to international students.
- Help to organize, collaborate, and execute Global Awareness Week events.
- Help with international student publications and provide a voice for the students.
- Write an article for The Chronicle about the International Programming once a term.
- Design posters and social media posts for events.
- As a member of the Student Life & Learning team your duties may include supporting the office and operations from time to time, which may include front desk duties, tabling, and proctoring.
Qualifications
- Registered in at least your second academic year at King’s throughout the term of position.
- Must be studying on a full-time basis (minimum of 9 credits per term) and maintain a current and current GPA of 2.0 (and cannot be on academic probation/suspension)
- Enjoy working and interacting with people from different cultures.
- Demonstrates confidence and maturity in developing strong interpersonal relationships.
- Excellent organizational, oral, and written communication skills
- Self-motivated and takes the initiative to help others.
- Possesses a positive attitude towards cultural differences and practices.
- Willingness to learn and explore various approaches to role responsibilities.
- Ability to maintain confidentiality of records and information.
- Committed to helping new students to make a smooth and successful transition into life at The King’s University.
- Experience with computer software programs including Canva, Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Excel.
Key Dates: Mandatory training will be provided.
Remuneration: The hours for the first week of work will be increased as we train and plan for the first semester.
Working Conditions: Irregular hours; must be prepared to work some evenings and weekends.
Community Relations
Temporary May - August
15 hours per week with full time July 7-11 and July 14-18
This position is responsible for the administrative duties associated with the projects undertaken by Community Relations including, but not limited to, event planning and execution including Art and Science Camps, alumni updates and social media and marketing strategies. Under the direct supervision of the Community Relations Manager, the student worker is tasked with engaging with alumni and assisting Community Relations staff where needed. The individual that fills this position will be personable, independent, outgoing and a team player.
Responsibilities
- Provide organizational support for Community Relations events, in collaboration with the Community Relations Manager – EX: Orientation, summer events, Art and Science camps
- Following and executing alumni updates as per the set-out procedure via Raiser’s Edge
- Mail outs of giveaways and purchased items
- Maintaining and revamping the alumni update board
- Assisting with data entry
- Assisting with social media (Instagram)
- Evaluate the Art and Science camp structure (schedule and activities) and camp program
- Make all facility bookings and food arrangements for the Art and Science camps
- In consultation with the university’s marketing department, coordinate marking plans for camps
- Hire and supervise camp counsellors. Lead counsellor training.
- Manage the participant registration process
- Coordinate communication with registrants
- Must be available full time during July 7-11 (Art Camp) and July 14-18 (Science Camp)
Qualifications
- Professing Christian
- Previous camp leadership experience preferred
- Must have First Aid certification
- Abide by and respect the policies of The King’s University
- Must provide a criminal record check
- Minimum of two years of experience and/or some relevant post-secondary education
- Excellent organizational skills and time management required
- Ability to work productively with limited supervision
- Exceptional customer service skills and creativity are a must
- Ability to work in a team environment
- Ability to maintain confidentiality
- Proficiency in word processing and spreadsheet software
Faculty Social Sciences
The Research Assistant is responsible for transcribing video/ audio data into text/ written documents. This process requires impeccable listening skills, a firm grasp of the Shona language, and high attention to detail.
Position dates: March - June
Responsibilities
- Listening to audio/ video recordings carefully and transcribing the content accurately
- Reviewing drafts for any spelling, grammar, or formatting errors
- Identifying and noting any inaudible sections or potential discrepancies in the audio file
- Ensuring that transcriptions follow specified formatting and style guidelines
- Submitting completed transcriptions in a timely manner and meeting set deadlines
- Maintaining confidentiality and following all ethical guidelines for handling sensitive information
- Updating and editing transcriptions based on feedback
Qualifications
- Previous experience as a Transcriber or similar role
- Excellent listening skills and a keen ear for detail
- Strong written Shona skills, including spelling, grammar, and punctuation
- Fast and accurate typing skills
- Ability to manage time effectively and meet deadlines
- A high school diploma or equivalent qualification
Faculty of Natural Science
A NSERC USRA position investigating the most prevalent trace metal in oil sand bitumen in the Athabasca Oil Sands Region (AOSR) in northern Alberta, namely vanadium. During bitumen upgrading, vast amounts of vanadium enriched petroleum coke are produced as a solid waste by-product. Vanadium has been found to leach from coke at toxicologically relevant concentrations, which may have major implications for the ecosystems chronically exposed to this contaminate. A detailed understanding of vanadium sources and mobility is critical for assessing and mitigating long-term environmental risk. This research aims to unravel key aspects of vanadium’s environmental chemistry by investigating vanadium’s interactions with naphthenic acids, another common AOSR toxicant, as well as the formation of a labile vanadium species during the coking process.
Application deadline: February 28th, 2025
Responsibilities
Work with the supervising faculty member to:
- Characterize the geometric and electronic structure of V-NA complexes
- Assess ability of NA to reduce V(V) to V(IV) under various environmental conditions
- Determine V-NA binding affinity in comparison to other known NA salts
Qualifications
- Must be a Canadian resident or permanent resident
- Must maintain a minimum 2.5 GPA
- Must be a returning fulltime student
- Must have completed CHEM 200 and 201
- Demonstrates responsibility, time management, good communication, and initiative
How to Apply:
Upload your cover letter outlining your qualifications and motivation for applying and NSERC FORM 202 (as the resume). By submitting your application, you are consenting to the hiring manager viewing your transcripts and course timetables for the purpose of determining eligibility for the position.
Faculty of Natural Science
A NSERC USRA position to better understand the effects of urbanization on the stress response of birds. Natural history collections contain specimens collected over many years that bear witness to the steady urbanization of the world. We will use the Naturalis Biodiversity Centre’s collection of European blackbirds (approximately 700 specimens representing 200 years of data) to retroactively investigate the effects of urbanization on these birds. The project is based on measuring three variables in parallel through time in the blackbird collection: pollutant concentration in feathers as a proxy of urbanization, feather corticosterone concentration as a measure of individual stress, and beak dimensions as an evolutionary response to shifting habitat patterns. We feel this is a novel way in which museum collections can be marshalled for evidence of how anthropogenic development may impact the evolution of organisms moving forward.
Application deadline: February 28th, 2025
Responsibilities
Work with the supervising faculty members to:
- Optimize and complete corticosterone extraction from feathers currently being collected from the Naturalis collection based on exiting published protocols
- The student will also explore options for quantifying representative pollutant concentrations in the feathers
Qualifications
- Must be a Canadian resident or permanent resident
- Must maintain a minimum 2.5 GPA
- Must be a returning fulltime student
- Demonstrates responsibility, time management, good communication, and initiative
- Has completed Chem 200/201 and courses in either ecology, environmental or analytical chemistry
- Is interested in research at the interface of chemistry and biology
How to Apply:
Upload your cover letter outlining your qualifications and motivation for applying and NSERC FORM 202 (as the resume). By submitting your application, you are consenting to the hiring manager viewing your transcripts and course timetables for the purpose of determining eligibility for the position.
Faculty of Natural Science
A NSERC USRA position focusing on developing blockchain-based solutions for peer-to-peer energy trading (P2P-ET) to support Canada’s goal of achieving a 100% net-zero power system by 2035. The project’s first phase aims to develop a decentralized application (DApp) on blockchain to enhance energy trading efficiency and facilitate decentralized transactions. Key research activities include market analysis, smart contract development, and DApp implementation, with a focus on improving efficiency, security, and intelligence in energy trading. This position offers a unique opportunity to explore cutting-edge blockchain technologies while gaining hands-on Computer Science research and development experience in literature review, data collection and analysis, system design, implementation, performance evaluation, and academic writing.
Application deadline: February 28th, 2025
Responsibilities
Work with the supervising faculty member to:
- Collect and analyze energy market data from sources like AESO and AEMO.
- Develop Solidity smart contracts for AMM-based energy trading.
- Build a decentralized application (DApp) on the Ethereum blockchain.
- Evaluate system performance based on efficiency, security, and scalability.
- Write a research report reflecting challenges, approaches, results, and lessons learned.
Qualifications
- Must be a Canadian resident or permanent resident
- Must maintain a minimum 2.5 GPA
- Must be a returning fulltime student
- Proficiency in programming (any language)
- Experience in data acquisition and analysis
- Strong interest in blockchain technology, smart contracts, and Web3 development
How to Apply:
Upload your cover letter outlining your qualifications and motivation for applying and NSERC FORM 202 (as the resume). By submitting your application, you are consenting to the hiring manager viewing your transcripts and course timetables for the purpose of determining eligibility for the position.
Faculty of Natural Science
Increased urbanization has forced wildlife and humans to coexist in close proximity. This NSERC USRA position is part of a larger research program that investigates how individual variation in behaviour impacts 1) the ability of wildlife (white-tailed jackrabbits) to maintain connectivity within a fragmented city landscape and how an individual’s proximity to human activity impacts this connectivity, and 2) how infection with zoonotic parasites may impact habituated behaviour of wildlife (coyotes), and the consequences for humans. This proposal, which draws on novel themes from behavioural and movement ecology and a One Health approach to emerging zoonotic diseases, explores the ways in which anthropogenic development leads to coexistence and/or conflict with urban adapted species.
More specifically this position will investigate the ways human activity shapes wildlife behaviour across 4 sub-projects:
- White-tailed jackrabbit space use, landscape genetics, and microbiome in the city of Edmonton
- Use of anthropogenic material in bird nest determined from museum collections
- Prevalence of toxoplasmosis in coyotes and it's relation to habituation and conflict
- Wildlife and human use and temporal overlap on recreation trails in the town of Athabasca
Application deadline: February 28th, 2025
Responsibilities
Work with the supervising faculty member and the research team to:
- Conduct field and lab work related to the research sub-projects
- Collaborate with UofA and Royal Alberta Museum researchers on existing sub-projects
- Be involved in data analysis and writing up results for publication
Qualifications
- Must be a Canadian resident or permanent resident
- Must maintain a minimum 2.5 GPA
- Must be a returning fulltime student
- Completed an ecology and statistics course
- Willingness to work outside of normal business hours in order to trap WTJ
- Willingness to complete animal care training to be involved in the WTJ trapping
How to Apply:
Upload your cover letter outlining your qualifications and motivation for applying and NSERC FORM 202 (as the resume). By submitting your application, you are consenting to the hiring manager viewing your transcripts and course timetables for the purpose of determining eligibility for the position.
Faculty of Natural Science
The USRA award holder will work with the research team at the King’s Centre for Visualization in Science (KCVS), including the KCVS director and project supervisor on a research project that includes international collaboration with experts in systems thinking and chemical industry, focused on carrying out and visualizing the life cycle analysis (LCA) of hydrogen and ammonia.
Application deadline: February 28th, 2025
Responsibilities
Work with the supervising faculty member to:
- Carry out background literature research on ammonia and hydrogen
- Contribute to project meetings and reports
- Co-develop interactive learning tools focused on molecular energy carriers
Qualifications
- Must be a Canadian resident or permanent resident
- Must maintain a minimum 2.5 GPA
- Must be a returning fulltime student
- Must have a background in chemistry at the undergraduate level
- Have an interest in sustainability science and science communication
- Have an interest in developing experience in coding and game development for educational purposes
How to Apply:
Upload your cover letter outlining your qualifications and motivation for applying and NSERC FORM 202 (as the resume). By submitting your application, you are consenting to the hiring manager viewing your transcripts and course timetables for the purpose of determining eligibility for the position.
Faculty of Natural Science
Hsp90 is an ATP-dependent protein folding chaperone present in all eukaryotes. It functions as a homodimer in the context of a complicated cycle which is regulated by dozens of co-chaperones. It remains to be clarified how asymmetric co-chaperone interactions influence Hsp90’s ATPase activity. This project utilizes a heterodimer strategy that restrict co-chaperone binding to one subunit or the other to interrogate the competitive and cooperative nature of various co-chaperones when bound to specific subunits of Hsp90. The research assistant will be exposed to enzymatic analysis and many molecular biology and biochemical techniques. The research student will first receive training in molecular biology techniques to construct Hsp90 C-terminal linker truncation mutants and then training in protein expression and purification techniques using the AKTA purification system. The student will then be tasked to perform various in-vitro enzymatic assays using the plate-reader to investigate our research questions/objectives.
Application deadline: February 28th, 2025
Responsibilities
Work with the supervising faculty member to:
- Prepare media, buffers, and other chemical and reagent solutions
- Perform a variety of molecular genetic techniques to construct plasmids
- Express plasmids in bacteria, harvest cells, and purify proteins
- Conduct and analyze enzymatic assays
Qualifications
- Must be a Canadian resident or permanent resident
- Must maintain a minimum 2.5 GPA
- Must be a returning fulltime student
- Self-motivated and display initiative
- Effective time management skills and organizational skills
- Strong communication and problem-solving skills
- Ability to work in a team
- Experience with computer software programs including Microsoft Word and Excel
- Display a special interest in biochemistry and/or molecular cell biology
How to Apply:
Upload your cover letter outlining your qualifications and motivation for applying and NSERC FORM 202 (as the resume). By submitting your application, you are consenting to the hiring manager viewing your transcripts and course timetables for the purpose of determining eligibility for the position.
Faculty of Natural Science
Natural history and museum collections are crucial storehouses of data collected in the past and provide retroactive glimpses into the effect of humans. As such they are important records of the increasing impact of human through time and across space. By allowing us to quantify the past effect of humans on different species they provide insights into what the future may hold for species under the current context of increasing human influence in the Anthropocene. Nests are commonly included in natural history collections and can record, as bioindicators, the measurable influence of anthropogenic waste on terrestrial systems. Canada by virtue of its spatial extent may show important variation in human impacts from relatively pristine wilderness to large cities as well as a relatively recent history of urbanization both of which we expect to be reflected in ANM. Thus, the goal of this project is twofold: first, the student worker will go through the approximately 150 nests in the Royal Alberta Museum (RAM) collection to determine the extent of ANM in each nest. The student will develop a database for the nests with reproduceable methodology around the estimation of ANM. Second, the student will use the methodology developed to coordinate the collection of standardized data from other natural history nest collections across Canada. These data will then be statistically analyzed to determine patterns of ANM use in time and space and with respect to ecological covariates.
Application deadline: February 28th, 2025
Responsibilities
Work with the supervising faculty member to:
- investigate the approximately 150 nests in the Royal Alberta Museum (RAM) collection to determine the extent of ANM in each nest. The student will develop a database for the nests with reproduceable methodology around the estimation of ANM.
- use the methodology developed to coordinate the collection of standardized data from other natural history nest collections across Canada. These data will then be statistically analyzed to determine patterns of ANM use in time and space and with respect to ecological covariates.
Qualifications
- Must maintain a minimum 2.5 GPA.
- Must be a returning fulltime student.
- Must have completed BIOL330 and STAT300 at a minimum.
- Demonstrates responsibility, time management, good communication, and initiative.
How to Apply:
Upload your cover letter and resume. By submitting your application, you are consenting to the hiring manager viewing your transcripts and course timetables for the purpose of determining eligibility for the position.
Faculty of Natural Science
The research assistant will enhance the EventFinder software suite, training a neural network to classify elk, moose, mule deer, and white-tailed deer. The existing software classifies images as animal, human, vehicle or noise; software trained on images in an Alberta context is needed to better recognize Alberta ungulates and determine the number of ungulates in an image. This module will be freely released in the EventFinder suite, and the network weights would also be available should other programmers want to use the trained networks in their research.
Application deadline: April 11th, 2025
Responsibilities
Work with the supervising faculty member to:
- Set up a computer and software for programming and training. This also involves finding a remote machine available for rent that is better suited for training large artificial neural networks.
- Create a training and testing set of data from existing labeled digital images.
- Oversee, measure, and correct the training of the neural network.
- Determine metrics for the accuracy of the trained modules.
- Produce documentation and instruction for using the neural network module as part of the EventFinder suite.
Qualifications
- Must maintain a minimum 2.5 GPA
- Programming experience, particularly with Java and Python
- Familiarity with basic neural networks and image processing
How to Apply:
Upload your cover letter and resume. By submitting your application, you are consenting to the hiring manager viewing your transcripts and course timetables for the purpose of determining eligibility for the position.
Faculty of Natural Science
The student researcher will work with the research team at the King’s Centre for Visualization in Science (KCVS), including the KCVS director and project supervisor on a research project focused on the role of hydrogen in energy transitions.
Application deadline: February 28th, 2025
Responsibilities
Work with the supervising faculty member to:
- Carry out background literature research on ammonia and hydrogen
- Co-develop interactive learning tools focused on the sustainability of different method of producing hydrogen for diverse applications
- Contribute to web-site development for existing and new projects
Qualifications
- Must be a Canadian resident or permanent resident
- Must maintain a minimum 2.5 GPA
- Must be a returning fulltime student
- Must have experience and/or interest in working with gaming engines such as UNITY
- Experience or aptitude in coding
- Must have some background in chemistry and ideally physics
- Have an interest in sustainability science and science communication
How to Apply:
Upload your cover letter and resume. By submitting your application, you are consenting to the hiring manager viewing your transcripts and course timetables for the purpose of determining eligibility for the position.
Faculty of Natural Science
In this position, a successfully applicant will investigate the most prevalent trace metal in oil sand bitumen in the Athabasca Oil Sands Region (AOSR) in northern Alberta, namely vanadium. During bitumen upgrading, vast amounts of vanadium enriched petroleum coke are produced as a solid waste by-product. Vanadium has been found to leach from coke at toxicologically relevant concentrations, which may have major implications for the ecosystems chronically exposed to this contaminate. A detailed understanding of vanadium sources and mobility is critical for assessing and mitigating long-term environmental risk. This research aims to unravel key aspects of vanadium’s environmental chemistry by investigating vanadium’s interactions with naphthenic acids, another common AOSR toxicant, as well as the formation of a labile vanadium species during the coking process.
Application deadline: February 28th, 2025
Responsibilities
Work with the supervising faculty member to:
- Characterize the geometric and electronic structure of V-NA complexes
- Assess ability of NA to reduce V(V) to V(IV) under various environmental conditions
- Determine V-NA binding affinity in comparison to other known NA salts
Qualifications
- Must maintain a minimum 2.5 GPA
- Must have completed CHEM 200 and 201
- Demonstrates responsibility, time management, good communication, and initiative
How to Apply:
Upload your cover letter and resume. By submitting your application, you are consenting to the hiring manager viewing your transcripts and course timetables for the purpose of determining eligibility for the position.
Faculty of Natural Science
A student will be developing and validating a quantitative approach for elemental lead mapping using laser-ablation inductively coupled mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS). Lead has a long history of usage for many purposes that extends back for millennia. Unfortunately, its usefulness is marred by its toxicity, which is exasperated by the rapidity of its uptake and its long retention in the skeleton. The objective of this work is to shed new light on the extent and nature of lead exposure and, specifically, how social factors (including age, ancestry, social status, and diet) influenced this exposure. Underlying our research is the historic suspicion that lead was the culprit partially responsible for the ill health of colonial era military and civilian populations in the West Indies (Caribbean). Previous work has exquisitely demonstrated patterns of lead distribution, but the capacity to anchor these findings in a quantitative manner has been lacking and this ultimately has limited the extent of inference between individual remains, across archaeological sites and comparisons with modern populations. Thus, the primary objective of our research is to more precisely quantify lead exposure so individuals and sites can be directly compared.
Application deadline: February 28th, 2025
Responsibilities
Work with the supervising faculty member to:
- Collect laser ablation ICP-MS data
- Map and quantize the local distribution of lead in bone
- Use software to process and analyze data
Qualifications
- Must maintain a minimum 2.5 GPA
- Must be a returning fulltime student
- Must have completed CHEM 200 and 201
- Demonstrates responsibility, time management good communication, and initiative
How to Apply:
Upload your cover letter and resume. By submitting your application, you are consenting to the hiring manager viewing your transcripts and course timetables for the purpose of determining eligibility for the position.