Invigilator

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PLEASE NOTE: This position is required for the exam period taking place at MACDONALD CAMPUS.

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Hiring Unit: Faculty of Agricultural & Environmental Sciences - MACDONALD CAMPUS

Exam Period: December 4 – December 22, 2026

Position Summary:

• Prepare the examination room prior to each session to specific requirements as well as ensuring that equipment and facilities are functioning properly.
• Assist professors with the distribution of their exams.
• Ensure that only students with valid identification enter the examination room.
• Monitor student activity to ensure exam integrity is maintained.
• Assists professors in obtaining student signatures on sign-in sheets.
• Escort students to the lavatory.
• Ensure that when the exam has officially ended students stop writing.
• Assist professors with the collection of exams.
• Ensure the examination room is cleaned and empty after examination.
• Other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Previous invigilating experience, an asset.
• Graduate Student preferred at McGill.
• Punctuality - work shift starts 30 minutes prior to scheduled start time of exams.

Before applying, please note that to work at McGill University, you must be both authorized to work in Canada and willing to work in the province of Quebec at the campus where the position is based / located.

McGill University is an English-language university where most teaching and research activities are conducted in the English language, thereby requiring English communication both verbally and in writing.