Graduate Assistant

Western New Mexico University • Mission, NM

5d • Hybrid

About The Position

This position involves department-specific responsibilities, including teaching assistant, research assistant, program management, and clerical duties. Specific roles vary by department. For the Writing Center, duties include academic service to students locally and remotely, assessing and marking written work, conducting online consultations, assisting the faculty director with communication, training, and statistics, conducting classroom visits, updating the handbook, attending WAC events, and researching writing pedagogy. In the Early Childhood Center, duties involve administrative support for the Family Counseling Center. For Graduate Admissions & Outreach Programs, the role supports Dual Enrollment by processing applications, assisting with events, registrations, and special projects to enhance customer service.

Requirements

• 20 hours required per week for 17 weeks (Fall & Spring)
• 20 hours required per week (Summer)

Responsibilities

• Department specific responsibility
• Teaching assistants
• Research assistants
• Program managing
• Clerical duties
• Assessing and marking written work submitted by students
• Conducting Skype and Zoom interactions with students
• Ensuring timely and polite responses to student assignments and consultation requests
• Assisting the faculty director in communicating with the general faculty about the Writing Center
• Assisting the faculty director in training and monitoring additional tutors
• Conducting in-person and Zoom visits to WNMU classrooms to advertise and explain Writing Center services
• Assisting the faculty director in keeping accurate statistics
• Updating the Writing Center handbook
• Attending relevant WAC events
• Conducting occasional research into WAC principles of writing pedagogy
• Performing administrative duties to support the Family Counseling Center in the Early Childhood Center of Excellence
• Supporting the Dual Enrollment side of Graduate Admissions & Outreach Programs
• Processing applications for dual students daily
• Assisting with dual enrollment nights, registrations and any special projects related to dual enrollment

Benefits

• 6 credit-hours tuition/ “required” fees waiver (Spring & Fall)
• WNMU stipend (NM minimum wage) (Spring & Fall)
• 3 credit-hours tuition/ “required” fees waiver (Summer)
• WNMU stipend (NM minimum wage) (Summer)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed