Graduate Assistant

General Summary

Provide programming and administrative support for the Center of Race & Ethnicity (CORE) within the Office of Access and Opportunity (OAO). Works under the supervision of the CORE Program Coordinator.

Essential Duties

• Collaborate with CORE Coordinator, Student Organizations, EMU affiliates, and outside partners to plan, implement, and evaluate programming for cultural heritage months.
• Create, manage, and attend CORE programs as assigned, which may include evenings and weekends.
• Collect program evaluations and assessments.
• Aid OAO in developing, coordinating, and facilitating multicultural trainings and presentations for Eastern Michigan University's campus and community affiliates.
• Aid in managing the CORE student staff with cultural heritage programming, including weekly and daily task delegation as needed.
• Attend OAO Student Trainings and assist with developing and facilitating content for CORE-specific training/professional development.
• Collaborate with other OAO Graduate Assistants on Intersectional Programming.
• Maintain weekly office hours in accordance with your graduate assistantship requirements (20/wk).
• Other duties as assigned by Program Coordinator and OAO Director.

Supervision

• The general direction of heritage celebration events is coordinated by CORE staff, including the program coordinator, graduate assistant, and the CORE Student Programmers.
• Responsibilities typically include functions such as planning cultural heritage celebrations, overseeing the organization of the CORE office, and selecting and scheduling Student Programs.
• This also includes reporting disciplinary behaviors and actions of student staff to the CORE Coordinator.
• Supervision Received: General direction is received from the Program Coordinator of the Center of Race & Ethnicity and the Office of Access and Opportunity. Other professional staff in OAO will step in as necessary.

Availability & Academic Expectations

• Ability to work up to 20 hours per week (10 for 50%).
• GPA of 3.0 or higher is required.
• Admission and enrollment in a graduate program is required.
• Maintenance of a 67% course completion is required.
• Enrollment in at least 6 credits for Fall and Winter semesters is required.

Minimum Qualifications

• Experience coordinating initiatives that engage and increase retention and degree completion for first-generation students and students of diverse backgrounds.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Experience working with students of diverse educational, racial, ethnic, and cultural backgrounds.
• Marketing, fundraising, and recruitment experience, such as website management, utilizing social media, fundraising campaigns, or other projects aimed at engaging college students.
• Considerable knowledge of research or academic initiatives on diversity or social justice including understanding of intersecting identities.
• Experience public speaking, including past experience facilitating training, dialogues, and presentations.
• Ability to manage and report budget updates to CORE Coordinator.
• A positive, adaptable, and collaborative approach to working with diverse students and colleagues.

Preferred Qualifications

• Assist with the development and implementation of departmental diversity education programs, conducting workshops that focus on awareness of cultural differences and commonalities, privilege, race, ethnicity, and their intersections across multiple identities.
• Serve as a campus resource for multicultural education and training for faculty, administrative offices, academic support programs, and student organizations.
• Serve as liaison for recognized student organizations that serve students from diverse cultural and religious backgrounds.
• Ability to assist with the identification and development of grant proposals to support departmental activities.