Graduate Assistant - Student Organizations

Chapman University Careers•Irvine, CA

About The Position

The Graduate Assistant for Student Organizations provides oversight and development of student organizations and assists in managing departmental events, initiatives, and policies. The Graduate Assistant is a member of the Department of Student Engagement and the Division of Student Affairs.

Requirements

Little to minimal prior experience.
Ability to learn support process.
Familiarity with Microsoft Office Suite.

Responsibilities

Supervise and manage the Student Organization Assistants – including planning weekly staff meetings
Identify training and development needs and implement appropriate strategies to address those needs.
Ensure student staff and student organization leaders’ thoroughness in navigating University resources, policies, and procedures, including those pertaining to event and facility scheduling, funding and financial procedures, contract and risk management procedures, and event publicity.
Oversee responses to academic and professional organization inquiries, onboarding new organizations, and managing End of Semester Reports.
Oversee approval of new academic student organizations, assess organizational and event risk management, and manage related online systems.
Oversee Student Event Advisory Committee meetings on Fridays at 12pm.
Provide opportunities for the development of academic student organization leadership that nurture organization growth and provide leadership development for organization members, primarily by facilitating President’s Council meetings.
Assist with events for all recognized student organizations including the President’s Leadership Summit and Involvement Fair, and other leadership workshops.
Assist with efforts to enhance academic student organization membership recruitment through support during Orientation, Student Involvement Fair, other recruitment programs, and coaching of student organization leadership.
Maintain positive working relationships with campus partners from academic/administrative departments, Student Government Association, and Sodexo in support of the work of student organizations.
Participate in and contribute to Department of Student Engagement programs, services, experiences, and resources as determined by supervisor
Other duties as assigned