Job Analysis & Job Description

Human Resource Management

(MGT300)

Assignment Two (part one)

Name: Nardeen Malak

ID: 081585
Lec: (B) Tut: (A)
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Job Title Teaching Assistant

Date 1st of November, 2010
Superior’s Title Vice Dean (Head Teacher)
Hours Worked 9 AM to 4:30 PM
Job Analyst’s Name Nardeen Malak

1. what’s the job overall purpose

 Helping both students and teachers in all areas of the curriculum, he or she is a
teaching assistant that helps develop the teaching process as a whole

2. if the incumbent supervises others, list them by job title; if there is more than one
employee with the same title, put the number in parentheses following
 The incumbent helps and assist both, teacher and student. However, he\she doesn’t particularly
supervise a certain employee

3. Activities that are part of the incumbent’s supervisory duties

o Coaching and counseling
o Others (please specify) > supporting students, and carry out follow ups for them, helping
teachers with the preparation of the learning environment.

4. JOB DUTIES: describe briefly WHAT that incumbent does and, If possible, HOW
he\she does it. include duties in the following categories:
a. Daily duties (those performed on a regular basis every day or almost every day)
1) Attend lectures with students.
2) Carry out tutorials.
3) Have daily Office hours.

b. Periodic duties (those performed weekly, monthly, quarterly, or at other regular

intervals)
1) Weekly follow up for students with their parents.
2) Attend meetings.
3) Doing administrative work.
4) Help in registration activities.
5) Perform exams proctoring.
6) Carry out Extra tutorials.

c. Duties performed at irregular intervals

Not specified

5. Is the incumbent performing duties he \she considers unnecessary? If so, describe.

 Yes, the questioned TA believes that there are some tasks that are considered to be irrelevant to
there working area, such as;

1. exam proctoring
2. administrative work
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The questioned TA also suggested to assign exam proctoring to other specialist and to leave
administrative work for administrators

6. Is the incumbent performing duty not presently included in the job description? If
so, describe.
 No, the questioned TA could not recall any tasks that were not included in the job
description as it has been modified recently.

7. EDUCATION: check the box that indicates the educational requirements for the job (not
the educational background of the incumbent)
o 2-year college degree (or equivalent)

8. EXPERIENCE: check the amount of experience needed to perform the job

9. LOCATION: check location of job and if necessary or appropriate, describe briefly.

o Indoors
(inside the university, in classes, and in the office during office hours, field trips is probable at
sometimes)

10. MACHINES, TOOLS, EQUIPMENT, AND WORK AIDS: Describe briefly what
machines, tools, equipment, or work aids the incumbent works with on regular basis:
1) Computers, or laptops
2) White boards
3) Projectors
4) Data shows
5) Markers
6) PowerPoint presentations

11. Have concrete work standards been established (errors allowed, time taken for particular,
task, etc) required by the job?

12. Are there any personal attributes (special aptitudes, physical characteristics, personality
traits, etc.) required by the job?
TAs should have good communication skills to be able to communicate with both students
and teachers and to be able to handle group activities. They also should be easily adaptable
and flexible to cope with students.
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Job identification Relationships

Job Title Teaching Assistant Reports to: Head teacher
Job Analyst’s Name Nardeen Malak Superior’s Title Vice Dean
Preparation Date 1st of November, 2010 Hours Worked 9 AM to 4:30 PM

 job summary
Helping both students and teachers in all areas of the curriculum, he or she is there to assist and
develop the teaching process as a whole. Beside supporting, coaching and counseling students
they are responsible for carrying out a follow ups with their parents. TAs also helps in the
preparation of the learning environment.

 Responsibilities and Duties

 Teaching assessment responsibilities

1. Attend lectures with students.
2. Carry out tutorials.
3. Specify daily office hours for the student’s sake.
4. Assist teachers with maintaining student’s class work.
5. Carry out a weekly follow up with their parents.
6. Preparation and presentations of student’s assignments.
7. Attend meetings.
8. Carry out extra tutorials.

 Administrative duties
1. Help in the registration process.
2. Perform exam proctoring.
3. Doing other unspecified administrative work.

 Qualifications
• Education: at least 2 years college degree is needed
• Skills: knowledge of the courses that they will teach, very good computer skills, and very
good language skills.
• Personality traits: TAs should be adaptable, having good communication skills,a and
helpful

 Working conditions
• the TAs day starts at 9am and ends at 4:30pm
• the working environment confined to classrooms and office inside the university
• sometimes field trips are needed outside the university
• computers, data shows, projectors, markers, and white boards are needed to assist the
working environment of the TA