Instructional Specialist Senior
for sections like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections if posting has real specific content. We must not repeat job title as heading. Must not include Job ID etc. Remove boilerplate. Must preserve all substantive info.
We need to parse the posting.
Key info:
- Job Profile Academic Program Specialist 2 (but we shouldn't repeat title as heading)
- Job Family Academic Program Management
- Time Type Full time
- Apply before 11:59 PM Arizona time the day before the posted End Date. (application instruction - we should remove application instructions)
- Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor's degree and three (3) years of experience appropriate to the area of assignment/field; OR, Any equivalent combination of experience and/or training from which comparable knowledge, skills and abilities have been achieved.
- Job Profile Summary: Coordinates day-to-day fiscal, administrative, and operational activities of a defined, program or a set of funded activities. Programs are usually focused to a single purpose, may be educational, or service oriented, and may exist as a subset of an integrated funded program activity.
- Job Description: The School of Life Sciences (SOLS) invites applications for one full-time, benefits-eligible, Instructional specialists with a tentative start date of August 2026. Subsequent fiscal year renewals are contingent upon satisfactory performance, availability of resources, and the needs of the unit.
- The Successful Candidates Support The School Of Life Sciences Teaching Laboratories (introductory Biology, Anatomy And Physiology, Introductory Microbiology, Etc.) By Teaching/instructing On-campus Immersion Laboratory Sections And Occasionally Online Courses
- The position of Instructional Specialist is a full-time position with work hours subject to the needs of the School of Life Sciences. Must be able to accommodate a flexible work schedule, including evenings as required. Assigned duties may vary semester-to-semester.
- The School of Life Sciences is a broadly interdisciplinary community... (description)
- The university has been ranked #1 for innovation by the US News & World Report for the past six years.
- We invite you to learn more about the School of Life Sciences and Arizona State University by visiting links.
- Learn more about what The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences has to offer by visiting link.
- The successful candidates will be responsible for instructing/teaching laboratory sections primarily focused on BIO 181 and 182 utilizing Dreamscape Learn, but may also instruct BIO 201, BIO 202, MIC 206, and/or other instructional laboratories as assigned and depending on department needs.
- Position Salary Range: $46,300 - $50,000; DOE
- Essential Duties (list):
- Instructs/teaches laboratory sections for BIO181 or BIO182, as assigned.
- Clearly communicate course requirements, means of evaluation, deadlines, and policies to students.
- Holds weekly student support hours.
- Guides students through lab exercises and grading assignments.
- Works closely with peers and immediate supervisor to determine and fulfill course needs.
- Adheres to/maintains support/assistance of the University’s laboratory safety program, as needed.
- Inform the supervisor of any service needs for the instructional laboratories.
- Inform the supervisor of any safety concerns for the instructional laboratories.
- Desired Qualifications (list):
- Experience in a high work volume environment managing multiple tasks and priorities; recordkeeping; ensuring adherence with policies, practices, and regulations.
- Prior experience teaching in a biology classroom or laboratory.
- Experience in planning and establishing priorities.
- Experience in developing and maintaining cooperative working relationships both within and across organizational areas.
- Experience using Microsoft Office applications (i.e., Access, Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and Outlook), and course management systems (i.e., Canvas)
- Evidence of effective communication skills.
- Evidence of a Master’s degree in biological sciences secondary education, or higher and post-secondary education.
- Evidence of a broad grasp of biology and experience in teaching and student mentoring.
- Ideally, applicants demonstrate experience and willingness to work as a team.
- Working Environment (list):
- Activities are performed in an office, lab setting and in the field subject to extended periods of field work, sitting, keyboarding, and manipulating a computer mouse, and standing for varying lengths of time.
- May be required to wear personal protective equipment before entering laboratories such as lab coat, gloves, safety glasses, closed toe shoes, and respirator.
- Frequent bending, reaching, lifting, pushing and pulling up to 25 pounds.
- Ability to clearly communicate to perform essential functions.
- This position receives regular review of objectives by department administrator.
- Department Statement (paragraph)
- Driving Requirement: Driving is not required for this position.
- Location: Campus: Tempe
- Funding No Federal Funding
- Instructions To Apply (remove)
- ASU Statement (boilerplate? Might be considered boilerplate but maybe keep? It's generic about ASU; but we should remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate. The ASU Statement is generic but maybe considered boilerplate. The instructions say remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. The ASU Statement is not exactly those but could be considered boilerplate. However, it's substantive about the university. Might be okay to keep? The instruction: "Remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions." The ASU Statement is not those categories, but it's still generic promotional text. Might be considered boilerplate but not explicitly prohibited. Safer to keep? However, we should prefer few substantive sections over many thin ones. The ASU Statement could be part of "About the role" or "Department Statement". We already have Department Statement. The ASU Statement is similar to department statement but about university. Could be merged into About the role. But we need to decide sections.
We need sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule.
We have:
- About the role: could include Job Profile Summary, Job Description overview, Department Statement, maybe ASU Statement.
- Responsibilities: Essential Duties list.
- Requirements: Minimum Qualifications.
- Qualifications: Desired Qualifications (maybe combine with Skills?).
- Skills: maybe include desired qualifications like experience using Microsoft Office, communication skills, etc. But we can treat Desired Qualifications as Qualifications.
- Benefits: The posting mentions "benefits-eligible" and "ASU’s comprehensive benefits package is a key part of your total compensation." Also "Position Salary Range: $46,300 - $50,000; DOE". So we have Pay and Benefits.
- Schedule: "full-time position with work hours subject to the needs of the School of Life Sciences. Must be able to accommodate a flexible work schedule, including evenings as required. Assigned duties may vary semester-to-semester." So we have schedule info.
We need to output only HTML fragment, using for section headings, - for lists,
for prose. No empty sections.
We must not include placeholders like "commensurate with experience", etc. We have actual salary range.
We must not repeat job title as heading.
We must not include Job ID etc.
We must not include application instructions.
We must not include boilerplate like EEO etc. The ASU Statement may be considered boilerplate but it's not EEO. However, there is also an EEO statement later: "All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other basis protected by law." That's EEO boilerplate; must remove. Also there is "Notice of Availability of the ASU Annual Security and Fire Safety Report" etc. That's legal boilerplate; remove. Also "Relocation Assistance – For information about schools..." maybe not boilerplate but could be considered benefits? It's about relocation assistance; not explicitly mentioned as benefit but could be part of benefits. However, we should only include if posting actually states them. It does state relocation assistance link. That's a benefit? Could be considered part of benefits. But we might keep it under Benefits as a bullet? However, the instruction: "Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones." So maybe we can include Benefits section with bullet points: benefits-eligible, comprehensive benefits package, relocation assistance info. But we need to check if we should include relocation assistance as a benefit. It's a statement: "Relocation Assistance – For information about schools, housing child resources, neighborhoods, hospitals, community events, and taxes, visit https://cfo.asu.edu/az-resources." That's a specific benefit. So we can include.
Also "ASU’s comprehensive benefits package is a key part of your total compensation. Visit the ASU Compensation Estimator" - that's benefits.
Also "Employment Verification Statement", "Background Check Statement", "Fingerprint Check Statement" are legal/boilerplate; remove.
Also "Driving Requirement Driving is not required for this position." That's a requirement? Could be part of Requirements or maybe a note. Could be included under Requirements as a bullet? But it's not a qualification; it's a requirement about driving. Could be placed under Requirements.
Also "Location: Campus: Tempe" could be part of About the role.
Also "Funding No Federal Funding" maybe not needed.
We need to ensure we preserve all substantive information. So we need to include location, funding? Funding No Federal Funding is substantive but maybe not needed for sections; could be included in About the role as a note.
But we must not invent or summarize away detail. So we need to keep the exact phrasing? We can paraphrase but must preserve all substantive information. It's okay to rephrase as long as we don't lose info. Safer to keep close to original.
We'll create sections:
About the role
Job Profile Summary: Coordinates day-to-day fiscal, administrative, and operational activities of a defined program or a set of funded activities. Programs are usually focused to a single purpose, may be educational, or service oriented, and may exist as a subset of an integrated funded program activity.
The School of Life Sciences (SOLS) invites applications for one full-time, benefits-eligible, Instructional Specialist with a tentative start date of August 2026. Subsequent fiscal year renewals are contingent upon satisfactory performance, availability of resources, and the needs of the unit. The successful candidates will support the School of Life Sciences Teaching Laboratories (introductory Biology, Anatomy and Physiology, Introductory Microbiology, etc.) by teaching/instructing on‑campus immersion laboratory sections and occasionally online courses.
The School of Life Sciences is a broadly interdisciplinary community of undergraduates, M.S. and Ph.D. students, staff, and faculty committed to transforming science education and research through innovations in teaching and connections to nationally recognized programs such as the Research in Inclusive STEM Education (RISE) Center. Arizona State University has been ranked #1 for innovation by U.S. News & World Report for the past six years.
Location: Campus: Tempe. Funding: No Federal Funding.
That seems to capture.
Responsibilities
- Instructs/teaches laboratory sections for BIO 181 or BIO 182, as assigned.
- Clearly communicate course requirements, means of evaluation, deadlines, and policies to students.
- Hold weekly student support hours.
- Guide students through lab exercises and grade assignments.
- Work closely with peers and immediate supervisor to determine and fulfill course needs.
- Adhere to/maintain support/assistance of the University’s laboratory safety program, as needed.
- for lists,
for prose. No empty sections. We must not include placeholders like "commensurate with experience", etc. We have actual salary range. We must not repeat job title as heading. We must not include Job ID etc. We must not include application instructions. We must not include boilerplate like EEO etc. The ASU Statement may be considered boilerplate but it's not EEO. However, there is also an EEO statement later: "All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other basis protected by law." That's EEO boilerplate; must remove. Also there is "Notice of Availability of the ASU Annual Security and Fire Safety Report" etc. That's legal boilerplate; remove. Also "Relocation Assistance – For information about schools..." maybe not boilerplate but could be considered benefits? It's about relocation assistance; not explicitly mentioned as benefit but could be part of benefits. However, we should only include if posting actually states them. It does state relocation assistance link. That's a benefit? Could be considered part of benefits. But we might keep it under Benefits as a bullet? However, the instruction: "Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones." So maybe we can include Benefits section with bullet points: benefits-eligible, comprehensive benefits package, relocation assistance info. But we need to check if we should include relocation assistance as a benefit. It's a statement: "Relocation Assistance – For information about schools, housing child resources, neighborhoods, hospitals, community events, and taxes, visit https://cfo.asu.edu/az-resources." That's a specific benefit. So we can include. Also "ASU’s comprehensive benefits package is a key part of your total compensation. Visit the ASU Compensation Estimator" - that's benefits. Also "Employment Verification Statement", "Background Check Statement", "Fingerprint Check Statement" are legal/boilerplate; remove. Also "Driving Requirement Driving is not required for this position." That's a requirement? Could be part of Requirements or maybe a note. Could be included under Requirements as a bullet? But it's not a qualification; it's a requirement about driving. Could be placed under Requirements. Also "Location: Campus: Tempe" could be part of About the role. Also "Funding No Federal Funding" maybe not needed. We need to ensure we preserve all substantive information. So we need to include location, funding? Funding No Federal Funding is substantive but maybe not needed for sections; could be included in About the role as a note. But we must not invent or summarize away detail. So we need to keep the exact phrasing? We can paraphrase but must preserve all substantive information. It's okay to rephrase as long as we don't lose info. Safer to keep close to original. We'll create sections:
About the role
Job Profile Summary: Coordinates day-to-day fiscal, administrative, and operational activities of a defined program or a set of funded activities. Programs are usually focused to a single purpose, may be educational, or service oriented, and may exist as a subset of an integrated funded program activity.
The School of Life Sciences (SOLS) invites applications for one full-time, benefits-eligible, Instructional Specialist with a tentative start date of August 2026. Subsequent fiscal year renewals are contingent upon satisfactory performance, availability of resources, and the needs of the unit. The successful candidates will support the School of Life Sciences Teaching Laboratories (introductory Biology, Anatomy and Physiology, Introductory Microbiology, etc.) by teaching/instructing on‑campus immersion laboratory sections and occasionally online courses.
The School of Life Sciences is a broadly interdisciplinary community of undergraduates, M.S. and Ph.D. students, staff, and faculty committed to transforming science education and research through innovations in teaching and connections to nationally recognized programs such as the Research in Inclusive STEM Education (RISE) Center. Arizona State University has been ranked #1 for innovation by U.S. News & World Report for the past six years.
Location: Campus: Tempe. Funding: No Federal Funding.
That seems to capture.Responsibilities
- Instructs/teaches laboratory sections for BIO 181 or BIO 182, as assigned.
- Clearly communicate course requirements, means of evaluation, deadlines, and policies to students.
- Hold weekly student support hours.
- Guide students through lab exercises and grade assignments.
- Work closely with peers and immediate supervisor to determine and fulfill course needs.
- Adhere to/maintain support/assistance of the University’s laboratory safety program, as needed.