Job Detail
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Job ID 38447
Job Description
About the job
About Emeritus
Emeritus partners with top-tier universities across the United States, Europe, Latin America, India and China to bring world-class business and professional education to a global audience. Using technology and curriculum innovation, Emeritus enables working professionals access high quality education that will give them the skills needed to be future ready. With offices in six countries, 2300+ team members, and more than 200,000 learners, Emeritus is a global leader in the $280 billion global professional education market.
In 2021, Emeritus launched its Senior Executive Programs division, partnering with top-tier universities and business schools to offer 9-12 month certificate programs to mid-senior level executives.
General Description
The Associate Grader will be responsible for marking assignments complete/incomplete, providing feedback, awarding points according to rubrics, and other grading activities.
The successful candidate will be an experienced educator or practitioner, have subject-matter expertise in or adjacent to the relevant program topic, excellent time management skills, have a strong desire to help people learn, and an interest in online learning and education.
This work is flexible and remote. Compensation will be on an hourly or per-assignment basis.
Key Responsibilities of the Role
- Attend meetings to learn about assigned courses and to understand the scope and objectives for graders.
- Review the course content to learn the assignment requirements.
- Calibrate grading with existing rubrics and outputs from other graders.
- Mark assignments “complete/incomplete” in the learning-management system and provide feedback.
- Follow the prescribed process for instances of suspected plagiarism.
- Resolve grading related queries raised by the participants. Collaborate with other members of the learner experience team when necessary.
- Share insights from grading with other members of the learner experience team.
- Request corrections to rubrics when necessary, communicating with the Instructional Designer and Program Delivery Manager.
Required Qualifications
- Proficient in written English.
- A bachelor’s or higher degree in a related field.
- Minimum 5 years’ work experience in a related field and/or demonstrated subject-matter expertise
- Experience with providing timely and effective written feedback on assignments.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience as an educator of global learners or practitioner on a global team with an understanding of the difference in feedback expectations across different cultures.
- Experience as a practitioner in one or more of the following:
- Data Science, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning
- Healthcare
- HR Leadership
- Digital Transformation
- Finance
- Sustainability
- Cybersecurity
- Fluency in additional languages to English, including Spanish, Portuguese, Mandarin, Arabic is desired.
EMERITUS provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
