ORCA is often hiring undergraduate and graduate students throughout the academic year, but our big intakes are in August of each year, and smaller intakes in December and April of each academic year.
We are looking for invigilators who:
- Are reliable and vigilant.
- Are able to focus on a small set of tasks and responsibilities for up to 3-hours at a time without getting bored or antsy.
- Take academic integrity seriously.
- Are comfortable making announcements with a loud and clear voice, in English to students writing exams.
Work Performed
ORCA invigilators will:
- Check students in as they arrive to write their test by verifying their identity.
- Assist students who are experiencing technical difficulties with ORCA equipment.
- Report technical issues on the appropriate Slack channel.
- Supervise the students in the ORCA and watch for academic misconduct.
- Submit a report to the ORCA Director and/or Administrative Coordinator when academic misconduct is suspected.
- Assist with information collection and synthesis when academic misconduct is suspected.
- Ensure the ORCA testing rooms are comfortable, clean, and tidy places for students to be writing exams, at the direction of ORCA staff.
- Assist with beta-testing new software, hardware, policies, and procedures in ORCA testing rooms.
- Assist with room set-up and take-down when needed.
- Move/deliver supplies from one building to another as-needed.
- Proof-read and provide feedback on ORCA materials prepared by ORCA staff such as instructions for students, faculty, staff, and other administrators.
- Perform other administrative and logistical tasks as assigned by ORCA staff.
ORCA invigilators are not responsible for
- Answering students’ questions, unless it’s an issue with the ORCA equipment.
- Knowing anything about the courses whose exams are being written.
- Dealing with any student queries about ORCA outside their scheduled shifts.
Preferred Qualifications
- Undergraduate and graduate students at UBC will be strongly preferred for this role
- ORCA invigilators must have a reliable way to get to campus within 1.5 hrs (with 30 mins optimal)
- Students enrolled in courses using ORCA are NOT eligible for the ORCA invigilator role
- An active list of courses using ORCA can be found here: https://orca.ubc.ca/active_courses
- Students on full-time coop terms are NOT eligible for the ORCA invigilator role.