GSA Writing Advisor Position

April 6, 2023

University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Office of Graduate Student Life

                              

GSA WRITING ADVISOR POSITION, 20 hours a week – AY 2023- 2024

The Office of Graduate Student Life (OGSL) is operated by the Graduate Student Association (GSA) to meet the needs of graduate students as they pursue degrees at the master’s and doctoral levels in all disciplines at UMBC.

Job Duties
•Provides advice and support for all phases of graduate student writing and oral assignments, including organization, drafting, and editing.
•Assists graduate students with using grammar, sentence structure, and style appropriate for each academic task.
•Advises graduate students on a variety of documents, including essays, papers, applications, resumes, thesis and dissertation chapters.
•Maintains relationships with repeat advisees and meets the needs of one-time advisees.
•Supports both native and non-native speakers of English, as well as students from a variety of disciplines.
•In addition to individual sessions, the Writing Advisor is responsible for conducting a yearly Writing Workshop and a Literature Review Workshop.  May be requested to host additional workshops.  A familiarity with various style guides is helpful.
•Conducts occasional workshops on writing strategies relevant to graduate work (cover letter writing, citation use, essay prose, etc.).
a•Promotes Writing Advisor role and services to UMBC graduate community.
•Works with Historian to update, maintain and advertise Writing Advisor website content.

•Maintains tracking system for Writing Advising appointments.

•Works with E.A.A. and Communications Manager to promote the Writing Advisor.

•Submit a “Bi-weekly Writing Tip” for the GSA to post.

•Prepares monthly report for the Executive Councils review and places in Google Drive/FY23 Reports.

•Attends Graduate School Orientation to inform students of this service.

•A positive attitude, strong time management skills, and a sense of humor are advantageous.

•Other duties as assigned (e.g. assisting with the Graduate Research Conference).

� Works with other writing centers/assistants on campus (i.e. Library Writing Center, ELI) to refer students to the appropriate help facility.

�Develops written procedures and guidelines to ensure continuity of Writing Advisor support and training of new hires.

Qualifications & Requirements
•Strong interpersonal, analytical, oral and written communication skills required.
•A strong command of English, written composition and metalinguistic knowledge is critical.
•Commitment to diversity & team building is necessary to work with UMBC’s diverse population and programming.
•Bachelor’s degree.
•Applicants may not hold a doctoral degree or have UMBC adjunct faculty status.
•Independent and self-motivated work ethic is crucial.
•Essential to be able to work independently and as a part of a team.
•A positive attitude, superior time management skills, patience & a sense of humor are advantageous.

 

OGSL Expectations

•Serves as a member of the OGSL and assists the OGSL & GSA in its mission of supporting and promoting graduate students.

•Collegially supports and assists the GSA Executive Administrative Assistant, the Communications Manager, and the Community Liaison.

•Collaborates with the OGSL team & GSA Executive Council to implement GSA’s mission.

•Attends weekly OGSL team meetings, monthly Senate meetings, GSA Social Hours, Graduate Student Week events, the Graduate Experiences, Achievements, and Research Symposium, and The Graduate School events.  Works 20 hours per week staffing the office.

•Maintains and develops knowledge of the Graduate Student Handbook, The Graduate School policies, and GSA policies.

This is a 20-hour/week assistantship including tuition remission for Fall and Spring, stipend for Fall and Spring AY 2023-2024 and GA health insurance.  

 

Please Follow Application Instructions Carefully – Your Application Will Not Be Reviewed Unless ALL Materials Are Submitted

Electronically submit:
•Your resume in PDF
•Cover letter in PDF
•Contact information for faculty reference (Name, Title, Address, Email, Phone)

• 3 Various Writing Samples in PDF to:
Dawn L. Galindo

Executive Administrative Assistant, GSA
The Commons 308
dgalindo@umbc.edu