Job TitleGraduate Assistant
Job Description SummaryHaverford College invites applications for our part-time (10 – 15 hours per week), non-exempt, fixed-term Graduate Assistant opportunity. This is a two-year term position.
Job Description
Office of Academic Resources (OAR)
The OAR is Haverford College's learning center and provides curricular support to strengthen student learning, persistence, and scholarship through reciprocal learning and reflection activities, while building an inclusive community of care and empowerment. We are a center where knowledge is generated for transformative purposes, both at individual and institutional levels.
About the Position
The OAR is actively engaged and collaborating with faculty to build and integrate our peer academic support systems. The role works directly with the program supervisor for the OAR peer tutoring program in designing, facilitating, and evaluating peer academic support training across the academic program, and assisting with program administrative tasks and record keeping.
Primary Responsibilities
- Develop an AY25-26 pre-semester training schedule for all interested departments across the college and coordinate the physical spaces and materials needed for each training (25%)
- Coordinate training sessions for OAR peer tutors and any departments who are prepared to compensate their drop-in support staff for additional training (45%)
- Reconciliate peer tutor timesheets on a weekly basis and follow-up to ensure accurate timesheet submissions (20%)
- Meet weekly with the Assistant Director to share reports on training, timesheets, and design a strategic plan for continued implementation of a new Peer Educator Administration model for Haverford (10%)
Line of Report: The Graduate Assistant reports to the Assistant Director of the Office of Academic Resources
Work Location
This position will be eligible for a hybrid work schedule, pursuant to the College’s Work Location Policy.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree
- Pursuing a postsecondary degree in education, or related field (such as social work)
Professional Competencies
- Commitment to equity across the college community
- Exceptional organizational skills and attention to detail
- Excellent time management and prioritization skills; ability to manage multiple projects and priorities and meet negotiated timelines
- Comfortability working both independently and as part of a team
We are aware that some people are less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet every qualification in the job description including the preferred qualifications. We are most interested in finding the best candidate for the job, and recognize that a successful candidate may come from a less traditional career trajectory, such as having skills and abilities gained outside a classroom context, or an equivalent skill set. We encourage you to apply, even if you don’t believe you meet every one of our preferred qualifications.
To Apply: Interested applicants are invited to submit an application, to include a cover letter and resume. The application deadline is November 18, 2024. Application review will begin after the deadline has passed. Please email [email protected] with questions about submitting your materials. Should the search committee be interested in pursuing your candidacy, you will hear from them directly. Finalists will be asked to provide three professional references.
Haverford College is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer committed to diversity, equity, inclusion, social justice, and providing equal opportunities and access to all individuals regardless of race, ethnicity, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin or ancestry, age, marital status, disability, or veteran status. Women, non-binary and transgender individuals, people of color, Indigenous people, and those with other or multiple historically marginalized and/or underrepresented identities are especially encouraged to apply.
We at Haverford College recognize that we live and work on Lenape land and pay respect and honor to the caretakers of this land, from the time of its first human inhabitants until now, and into the future. We seek to maintain and build upon our current and ever-evolving connections with members of Lenape tribes and communities, in recognition of our intertwined histories and with a goal of moving toward right relationship between the Haverford of today and Lenape peoples.
What We Do
Haverford is one of America's leading liberal arts colleges, a close-knit intellectual community that combines the Quaker values of dignity, tolerance and respect with a rigorous academic program. Guided by the student-run Honor Code–one of the oldest in the country–Haverford students demonstrate an awareness for the greater good in how they work, study, socialize, debate and resolve conflict. Our students are entrusted with freedom and responsibility from their first days on campus—an act of trust that aims to develop the whole person and create a lasting bond between the individual and the institution
