NeMLA Graduate Assistant

Gannon University • Erie, PA

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About The Position

The English Department seeks a graduate student to work in the role of NeMLA Graduate Assistant on projects related to the Northeast Modern Language Association ( NeMLA ), a professional academic association focused on literatures, languages, and the interdisciplinary humanities. The NeMLA Graduate Assistant would support NeMLA’s executive director and associate executive director on a variety of administrative work. As a student representative of both NeMLA and Gannon University, the utmost professionalism and integrity is expected at all times. This position will help to develop the following NACE career readiness competencies: Career & Self Development: Proactively develop oneself and one’s career through continual personal and professional learning, awareness of one’s strengths and weaknesses, navigation of career opportunities, and networking to build relationships within and without one’s organization. Communication: Clearly and effectively exchange information, ideas, facts, and perspectives with persons inside and outside of an organization. Professionalism: Knowing work environments differ greatly, understand and demonstrate effective work habits, and act in the interest of the larger community and workplace. Graduate Assistant will be working in collaboration with supervising faculty member Dr. Derek DiMatteo, associate executive director of NeMLA and assistant professor of English at Gannon.

Requirements

• The ideal candidate will be a Gannon University graduate student in good standing with their department with a GPA above 3.2
• Strong communication skills in English (verbal and written)
• Highly organized and disciplined with strong time-management
• Attentive to details
• Self-directed, independent, and able to follow instructions unsupervised
• Work collaboratively with faculty, staff, and external professionals
• Proficient in Microsoft Office (especially Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and OneDrive)
• Reliable, honest; must be in good academic standing with no prior academic integrity violations; required to adhere to strict confidentiality policies

Nice To Haves

• Social Media management experience
• HTML & CSS , and WordPress or other CMS backend administration
• Proficiency with Adobe creative suite (especially InDesign, Acrobat, Photoshop, and Illustrator)
• Intermediate or advanced proficiency in non-English languages (Portuguese, Hindi, Japanese, Chinese, French, Spanish, German)

Responsibilities

• Assisting with the annual convention (preparation, logistics, set-up/breakdown, operations, and possibly coordinating other staffers)
• General office work (e.g. database management, inventory tracking, filing, organization)
• Social Media posting
• Researching and gathering information to support executive decision-making (e.g. tracking and organizing documents and information, research new vendors or products, etc.)
• General communication between the association and its members and officers or board of directors
• Preparing content for the newsletter (including researching, writing, editing, and coordinating with contributors)
• Other special projects and duties as assigned

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees