Office of Student Engagement - Graduate Assistant

Office of Student Engagement - Graduate Assistant

Employment Type Graduate AssistantHourly Rate $15

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Primary Duties and Responsibilities

Essential Graduate Assistant Responsibilities:
Assist with operations and communications for approximately 200 student organizations, including training, maintenance of the online resource center, handbook, finance, advisor training, etc. 
Contribute to the creation and upkeep of policies, procedures, and resources for student organizations. 
Assist with reviewing event submissions via BruinLink. 
Aid in the supervision and facilitation of training for student workers. 
Provide guidance and review applicable policies to students who wish to start new student organizations. 
Assist with maintaining the Booqable rental system for student organizations. 
Assist with planning large-scale, collaborative campus events (, Homecoming, BruinLink Fair, It Must Be Wednesday, Day to Dream, Panhellenic Recruitment, Greek Sing, etc.). 

Other Responsibilities:
Provide administrative support to the Student Engagement professional staff. 
Assist the Office of Student Engagement with analyzing data and completing reports. 
Attend and assist in execution and facilitation of meetings and events as scheduled by the Office of Student Engagement. 
Other Duties as assigned. 

Compensation: 
Hourly wage of $15 and candidates can work a maximum of 20 hours per week.
10-month position (August-May) totaling approximately $1200/month. 
6 hours of tuition credit per semester. 

Supplemental Information Needed:
Resume
Cover Letter
Three Professional References' Names & Phone Numbers

The physical requirements described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee’s vision must be adequate to read correspondence, computer screen, forms, etc. The employee is regularly required to talk and hear. The employee frequently is required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms. This position is very active and may require standing, walking, bending, kneeling, crouching, crawling, and climbing. The employee must frequently lift and move loads of 20-50 pounds. Close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus, with or without corrective lenses.

Required Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree 
Enrollment in a University graduate studies program 
Maintain full-time status (minimum six credit hours) 

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
Commitment to furthering diversity and inclusion efforts and ability to work effectively with a wide range of constituencies in a diverse community. 
Highly motivated, Self-Starter. 
Event planning. 
Communication – written and verbal. 
Organization skills. 
Conflict Management skills. 
Basic understanding of Leadership Development theory. 
Utilizing Microsoft Office products to create worksheets, documents, agendas, and related documents. 

Experience: 
Experience working in a fast-paced environment and the ability to respond to high-pressure situations.

Ability to thrive in an environment of hard work. 

Experience with or knowledge of student organizations is strongly preferred. 

Experience supervising or leading student workers. 

Experience multi-tasking. 

Creating and facilitating leadership development trainings. 

Engaging with constituents at multiple levels – senior campus administrators, students, faculty, and staff.

Required Education- Bachelor’s degree - Enrollment in a University graduate studies program - Maintain full-time status (minimum six credit hours) Required Experience- Experience working in a fast-paced environment and the ability to respond to high-pressure situations. Ability to thrive in an environment of hard work. - Experience with or knowledge of student organizations is strongly preferred. - Experience supervising or leading student workers. - Experience multi-tasking. - Creating and facilitating leadership development trainings. - Engaging with constituents at multiple levels – senior campus administrators, students, faculty, and staff.