Title: GA - Pre-Professional - Multicultural Center - Fall 2024 - Spring 2025
Division Name: Student Affairs
Department: Multicultural Center
Campus Location: Normal, IL

Graduate Assistants for the Multicultural Center at Illinois State University assist the staff in varying capacities, based on the needs of the campus community and overall staff composition. Graduate Assistants may advise student organizations, assess programs and services, assist with Multicultural Center operations, and provide outreach to the greater campus community. Graduate Assistants may also assist with coordinating programs and services related to anti-racism, equity, and justice for the campus community. The combination of duties within each Graduate Assistant's position description may vary each semester but will include some of the duties and responsibilities below.

1. Advise one or more Sponsored Identity-based Student Organizations with the Center in planning campus-wide events, including contracting, budgeting, and event management.
2. Assist in the development of curriculum for outcome-based learning and team-building sessions for the Sponsored Identity-based Student Organization's leadership.
3. Use an intersectional lens to assist student leaders in the planning, marketing, and delivery of programs and services which support the University's core value of diversity and inclusion.
4. Assist with Multicultural Center programming by developing learning outcomes, creating program plans, researching available resources, developing marketing strategies, mapping program logistics, designing program assessments and implement programs.
5. Assist with Multicultural Center operations including oversee reservations, managing podcast room, and collecting assessment data.
6. Manage social media platforms including but not limited to; Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
7. Implement outreach initiatives that connect programs and services to the campus community.
8. Process and maintain paperwork and reports for all the programs and services.
9. Participate in regular staff meetings, trainings, required professional development sessions, office events, and supporting office functions.
10. Serve as a University representative for the Multicultural Center, on and off-campus, as business needs dictate and travel with students to conferences and workshops (may include driving University vehicles).
11. Perform other duties and functions as assigned.

Evening and weekend hours will be required.

$1820/month

1. Eligible for appointment as per the requirements in the Graduate Assistant Handbook which can be found at http://hr.illinoisstate.edu/downloads/GA_Handbook.pdf
2. Must be a degree seeking graduate student at Illinois State University in one of the following programs: Social Work, Psychology, Marketing, CSPA, Sociology, Sports Management, Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Communication, and Family Consumer Science

Monday-Friday; Evenings and some weekends

August 2024

Resume & Cover Letter

Please Note: These documents are required to be submitted online in order to complete the application process. Please have these documents ready prior to clicking on "Apply"

Note: If you have not yet been assigned a University ID, but are interested in applying for this graduate assistantship, please proceed with the graduate assistant application process. For the first question regarding your University ID, simply enter in nine (9) zeros (e.g., 000000000).

You must be eligible for employment in the United States and at Illinois State University and/or for the number of hours required for the position.

Illinois State University student employees are restricted to no more than 28 hours per week of on-campus employment for all positions held. International students are restricted by their visa status to no more than 20 hours per week of on-campus employment when the university is in session but may work up to 28 hours per week when the university is not in session. Please contact the Office of International Student and Scholar Services for guidance on visa restrictions on work hours. The University cannot grant exceptions to visa status rules/laws.

Matt Adachi, Program Coordinator Multicultural Center
mmadach@ilstu.edu

This position is subject to a criminal background investigation and if applicable, an employment history review, based on University Policy 3.1.30 and any offer of employment is contingent upon you passing a satisfactory criminal background investigation and/or an employment history review. You may not begin work until the criminal background investigation results have been received and cleared by Human Resources.

Illinois State University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

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