Canadian College of Technology and Business (CCTB) Careers

Description

Program: Database Developer Analyst Diploma Program

Location: Vancouver, B.C. 

Shift Type: Day or evening courses available 

Job Type: Contract, Part-Time

Job Summary

The Canadian College of Technology and Business (CCTB) is an educational institution specializing in career development, certification and technical training in business and information systems Our principal educational philosophy is to provide the best technical training in both business management processes and core-industry technologies to allow our students to obtain a high degree of success upon entry into positions of business and technology. We provide relevant programs which ensure our students meet the demands of today’s ever-changing job market.

CCTB is currently seeking an experienced professional Instructor to teach a module in the Database Developer Analyst Diploma Program.

Responsibilities

• Create an exhilarating learning environment to students in the IT Program.
• Develop and deliver an effective learning environment using available resources, incorporating various teaching/learning methods to meet the course objectives.
• Manage lesson planning, assignments, class, and overall course assessment of the students’ work while ensuring students’ awareness of course objectives and CCTB’s expectations.
• Guide class discussions while encouraging debate and feedback by students.
• Challenging ideas, encouraging students to develop skills and knowledge in critical and rational thinking.
• Manage, coordinate and mentor student’s engagement in various cutting-edge state of the art technology research and development related projects.
• Engage students by tutoring and academic counselling while providing constructive feedback and encouragement when needed.
• Provide academic support to students inside and outside of the classroom (regularly scheduled office hours, email, group study sessions, etc.).
• Attend and participate in department and faculty meetings relevant to faculty responsibilities.
• Conduct further research into their specific field of knowledge.

Education and Experience

• A master’s degree from a recognized University in a relevant discipline or other relevant qualification in the field of Data Science or IT is required.
• Minimum 5 years of teaching experience in the post-secondary environment or equivalent work experience in related field or combination of both.
• Minimum of 5 years of professional and current experience in the data science industry. Experience in (included but are not limited to) data integration, data management, data warehousing and reporting, big data analytics.
• Experience with building predictive and prescriptive models in a business setting (i.e., regression, decision trees, deep learning etc.).

Knowledge and Skills

• Comfortable writing complex SQL queries to extract and integrate data from multiple database sources.
• Use Tableau Desktop and other visualization tools to rapidly generate impactful, interactive visualizations.
• Take the lead on the visual design for the class to ensure students are presented with best practices and that dashboards are as usable, elegant, and attractive as possible.
• Ability to explain dashboard projects to students from start to finish.
• Regularly demonstrate and implement the numerous capabilities of Tableau Desktop and other visualization tools, such as multi-source dashboards, data blending, table calculations, advanced calculated fields, advanced statistical analysis, guided analytics, custom geocoding, etc.
• Previous curriculum and program development experience is considered an asset.
• Proven experience supervising students, providing support and feedback in constructive and meaningful manners is highly desirable.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Ability to communicate complex information to students both orally and written in an understandable manner.
• Demonstrate a commitment to diversity and equality when interacting with students and colleagues.
• Capable of working independently as well as being part of a team.
• Being able to work under pressure/fast-paced environment and deliver on scheduled deadlines.

We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those candidates selected for interviews will be contacted.