Graduate Assistant

UTRGV's Writing Center is looking for a highly motivated graduate student to provide support and assistance. There are positions available on both the Edinburg and Brownsville campus.

Discipline Specific Required Qualifications

Responsibilities:

• Work with and supervise Writing Center Staff in the organization, coordination, scheduling, and confirmation of tutoring sessions and meetings.
• Assist with basic administrative functions of an office: logging students in and out at front desk, data entry, scanning, copying, running errands, greeting visitors, answering phones and distributing messages, monitoring and responding to departmental emails, and assisting with a wide variety of other general office duties.
• Provide information to students, faculty, staff, and the general public regarding department services, policies, and procedures.
• Pay close attention to detail in the organization, tracking, and reporting of assigned projects and ongoing work tasks.
• Support Writing Center Consultants in their professional development as peer tutors and with their feedback giving skills.
• Participate in and/or lead new/ tutor training's, as needed.
• Hold tutoring sessions with students, when necessary.
• Collect, organize, and analyze graduate student attendance data.
• Research for, prepare, and conduct presentations and workshops, as requested.
• Open and close the Writing Center.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Discipline Specific Required Qualifications

• Be currently enrolled in a graduate program at UTRGV.
• Possess effective communication, verbal, writing, and editing skills.
• Possess strong attention to detail and meticulous data entry skills.
• Possess excellent organizational and project management skills.
• Be able to multi-task and meet deadlines.
• Possess superior interpersonal skills and be able to work collaboratively with others.
• Be flexible to work a pre-determined schedule between the hours of operation of the Writing Center (Monday - Thursday 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM; Friday 8:00 AM - 1:00 PM) and other pre-scheduled events.

Preferred Qualifications

• Possess bilingual communication skills.
• Possess experience with communication apps such as Zoom, Skype, and Microsoft Teams.
• Possess knowledge of standard office equipment and software such as Microsoft Word, Excel, etc.
• Possess knowledge of departmental procedures.

Salary $1,250 monthly Number of Vacancies 3 Desired Start Date 03/03/2025