Graduate Coordinator for Terps for Change
Full Time
College Park, MD 20742
Posted
Job description
Posting Details
Posting Details
Position Number:
1P0006
Title:
Graduate Assistant
Functional Title:
Graduate Coordinator for Terps for Change
Category Status:
04-Graduate Assistant
Applicant Search Category:
Graduate Assistant
University Authorized FTE:
50%
Unit:
VPSA-SU-Leadership & Community Service Learning
Hiring Range Minimum:
Hiring Range Maximum:
Campus/College Information:
Founded in 1856, University of Maryland, College Park is the state’s flagship institution. Our 1,250-acre College Park campus is just minutes away from Washington, D.C., and the nexus of the nation’s legislative, executive, and judicial centers of power. This unique proximity to business and technology leaders, federal departments and agencies, and a myriad of research entities, embassies, think tanks, cultural centers, and non-profit organizations is simply unparalleled. Synergistic opportunities for our faculty and students abound and are virtually limitless in the nation’s capital and surrounding areas. The University is committed to attracting and retaining outstanding and diverse faculty and staff that will enhance our stature of preeminence in our three missions of teaching, scholarship, and full engagement in our community, the state of Maryland, and in the world.
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Position Summary/Purpose of Position:
The Graduate Coordinator for Terps for Change is a position responsible for fostering student involvement in co-curricular service-learning, assisting with outreach and recruitment efforts, and assisting with assessment efforts. This position will have the opportunity to develop skills and gain experience related to: program management and development, leadership and service-learning theory and practice, supervision, student development, budgeting, advising, and working with a diverse student population.
Responsibilities:
Responsibilities:
- Attend and assist with the implementation of Monday Night Meetings (student development trainings also known as MNMs) every Monday from 4:00pm-5:30pm (1.5 hours per week).
- Supervise and manage Terps for Change Coordinators. (8.5hrs)
- Student Leader Training (MNMs and Retreats)
- Advise student coordinators through 1-on-1 meetings.
- Attend 1-2 dialogue observations per semester.
- Serve on the Terps for Change Leadership Team (6.5hrs)
- Plan and facilitate weekly Terps for Change staff meetings.
- Supervise two Terps for Change Interns.
- Attend Terps for Change Leadership meetings.
- Assist with large Terps for Change Projects (1-2hrs)
- Ensure that logistics have been completed including but not limited to: room reservations, food orders, technological needs, transportation issues, and other material preparation.
- Work with Education Intern to create new activities for the Coordinator activity bank for the new curriculum.
- Work with Marketing and Outreach Intern on the implementation of the new Scholarship program including participating in our fundraising events.
- Work with the program coordinator to develop, update, implement, and analyze assessment data (1-2 hours per week).
- Develop and administer performance evaluations of Terps for Change interns and coordinators.
- Assist with program assessment.
- Create and implement assessments for Terps for Change programs.
- Create end-of-semester and end-of-year reports for LCSL and Terps for Change staff.
- Other duties as assigned including assisting with the implementation of other Leadership & Community Service-Learning and Stamp programs as needed (1-2 hours per week).
- Opportunities to assist in other areas of Terps for Change exist if time allows.
- Terps for Change Pop Ups
- Creation of student leader training curriculum
- Other duties as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications:
Education:
This position is only open to Graduate Students who are currently enrolled at he University of Maryland, College Park.
Experience:
This position is only open to Graduate Students who are currently enrolled at he University of Maryland, College Park.
Experience:
Supervisory or program management experience
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
Excellent collaboration, written and oral communication skills
Preferences:
Preferences:
- Preference is given to students pursuing a career in related professional area (education, psychology, child development, counseling, or a closely related field)
- Experience in one or more of the following areas: experience working with college students, student organization advising, training and program development, leadership development, and/or service-learning
- Two-year commitment preferred.
- Positivity and a good sense of humor.
Additional Certifications:
Additional Information:
- This is a 20-hour a week, 12 month position. The position is part of the Leadership & Community Service- Learning (LCSL) unit. The mission of this organization is to: “engage students in experiential and community based learning to foster socially responsible leadership.”
- 12 month at-will appointment with opportunity to renew for a second year.
- 20 hours per week; Required to keep regular office hours.
- Summer and Winter term classes and internships are possible but will need to be discussed due to the nature of the assistantship
- Flexibility due to night and weekend programs.
- LCSL provides academic and co-curricular programs that foster student learning and development towards outcomes including civic engagement and social change for a socially just world. LCSL strives to model critical and positive service-learning practices in all programs and events.
Posting Date:
04/20/2023
Closing Date:
05/31/2023
Open Until Filled
No
Best Consideration Date
Physical Demands
Diversity Statement:
The University of Maryland, College Park, an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer, complies with all applicable federal and state laws and regulations regarding nondiscrimination and affirmative action; all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment. The University is committed to a policy of equal opportunity for all persons and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, physical or mental disability, protected veteran status, age, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, creed, marital status, political affiliation, personal appearance, or on the basis of rights secured by the First Amendment, in all aspects of employment, educational programs and activities, and admissions.
Women, minorities, LGBTQ+, veterans, and people with disabilities are encouraged to apply.
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