Graduate Fellowship and Writing Support Graduate Assistantship (0.5 FTE)

This position focuses on fellowships and graduate writing with the following three goals:

·        Raise awareness of graduate funding opportunities

·        Help UA students develop stronger fellowship applications

·        Improve campus support for graduate writers

 

GA for Graduate Fellowship and Writing Support

 

$17,459.50/year for 20 hours/week (annualized pay $34,919)

Contract dates: August 16, 2021 – May 22, 2022, with potential for additional summer funding

 

The graduate assistant will work with the OFCE Assistant Director in writing the GradFunding Newsletter, publicizing and managing fellowship development programs, and supporting graduate writers. Duties include researching current fellowship opportunities, writing or editing articles about graduate funding, publicizing application development programs, and administering application development programs. Additionally, the graduate assistant will assist with graduate writing support through publicizing writing support, facilitating Writing Efficiency Sessions, improving campus resources for graduate writers, and other activities.

 

·        Ability to utilize Office programs, including Word, Excel, Power Point, and Publisher

·        Experience with other software/website programs, such as Qualtrics, Google Docs, UA lists, Box, D2L, Zoom

·        Experience with basic grant writing, communication, and marketing preferred

·        Strong interpersonal and organizational skills are necessary

·        Training for FERPA is required. 

 

·        Research opportunities for the GradFunding Newsletter

·        Write or edit articles for the GradFunding Advice

·        Publicize fellowship Application Development Programs, workshops, information sessions, review sessions

·        Help manage and communicate with students in Application Development Programs

·        Assist in updating OFCE website as needed

·        Review fellowship applications

·        Communicate grant writing advice to applicants via email

·        Create marketing materials for graduate writing support

·        Facilitate Writing Efficiency Sessions

·        Work with individual or groups of graduate writers to identify writing goals

·        Research and write discussion questions for writing tips 

·        Other duties as assigned

 

To apply, submit CV and letter of interest on or before June 21.

Please send questions to Dr. Shelley Hawthorne Smith, Assistant Director of the Office of Fellowships and Community Engagement and Assistant Professor in the Graduate College: shellh@email.arizona.edu.