Humanities Student Assistant

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Job description

As a Student Assistant you will play a crucial role in supporting our offices mission to support and educate students and alumni as they explore discover and build their place in the world. This on-campus position offers an exciting opportunity to gain valuable experience enhance your interpersonal and organizational skills and the chance to work closely with faculty.

This position has traditionally evolved along with students and the skills they bring to the role so there is plenty of opportunity to contribute new ideas and your unique skills.

Core Responsibilities:

Faculty and Staff Assistance:Assist Humanities faculty and staff with daily tasks including copying scanning filing inter-office mail and keeping Lindsay House organized and tidy. Event Support:Collaborate with the Humanities faculty and staff to organize and execute department-related events workshops and information sessions. Assist with event promotion logistics registration and day-of event management. Social Media and Newsletter:Collaborate with Humanities faculty and staff to compose and share content for department social media and program email newsletters. Peer-to-Peer Engagement:Partner with Humanities faculty and staff to engage with fellow students and promote the Humanities department through outreach activities classroom presentations and student organization partnerships.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

Student will develop skills for working both autonomously and as part of a team; student will learn to problem solve exercise good judgement and discretion. Student will develop creative methods for advertising events to students to develop marketing and event management skills. Student will be able to identify professional goals and steps of how to achieve those goals in an attainable and measurable way

TO APPLY UPLOAD THE FOLLOWING DOCUMENTS LISTED BELOW:

• Resume
• Cover letter.Please address the cover letter to Dr. Carrie Helms chair of the Humanities Department

All current student employees should notify their other manager(s) if you work multiple jobs on campus at the same time. Additionally students may not work more than 20 hours per week (combined between all campus jobs) during the academic year. Students may not exceed 980 work hours per calendar year.

Student jobs do not automatically roll over to the next academic year or summer.

Chatham University strives to promote a campus environment that understands and embraces multiculturalism while increasing individuals intercultural competence. We actively work to build and sustain a diverse and culturally vibrant campus which promotes employee and student success and retention.

Chatham University is an Equal Opportunity Employer with a strong commitment to diversity inclusion and equity. Chatham University does not discriminate on the basis of race creed color religion gender gender identity gender expression sex (including pregnancy childbirth reproductive health decisions or related medical conditions) sexual orientation age national origin age disability genetic information veteran status marital or family status political affiliation or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.