Professional Tutor, Writing Center
About the role
The Writing Center aids students in a collaborative effort of creating their ideal texts and producing their best quality work. The Writing Center encourages multiple, independent visits for all types of students, in all stages of their writing, and seeks to produce better writers, not better texts. This position is a year-to-year, nine-month appointment depending on need. It requires 20 hrs/week working for the Writing Center and reports to the Director of the Writing Center. This professional tutor will be assigned to work primarily with Villanova undergraduate students, but may also work with graduate students or faculty members. Villanova is a Catholic university sponsored by the Augustinian Order.
Responsibilities
- Provide one-to-one consultations with Villanova students, staff, and faculty.
- Engage in a collaborative effort to help writers create their best quality work and improve writing skills.
- Complete online reports after each session.
- Attend brief team meetings (concerning workshops, discussing professional development opportunities, etc.)
- Support outreach efforts and secondary projects (running workshops, providing in-class presentations, etc.)
- Perform other duties and assist with projects as assigned.
Requirements
- Master’s degree required
- 3 years previous face-to-face tutoring experience;
- knowledge of excellent writing skills, rhetorical models, and effective one-to-one tutoring methods;
- Excellent written and verbal communications skills.
- Microsoft Office applications.
Qualifications
- Physical Requirements and/or Unusual Work Hours: Basic file handling
Pay
This position falls within hourly grade 12 and the range is $22.36-30.00/hr. The final salary will be determined with consideration of several factors including the selected candidate’s qualifications, department budget availability, market data, and internal equity. Salary Grade: 12 Job Classification: non-exempt
Schedule
Work Schedule: part-time/9-months Avg Hours Week 20