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Department: Temp Center
Salary/Grade: TMP/01
Position: Temporary Assistant Coordinator, Peer Learning Programs
Hours: This is a part-time position (15 hours per week/ flexible)
Pay: $25.00 per hour
Campus: TBD
Approximate start date: 9/1/2024
Approximate end date: 6/15/2025
Northwestern University is seeking a temporary Part-time Assistant Coordinator.
Temporary Job Description:
This is a 9-month part-time professional opportunity ideal for an individual with teaching, coaching, or mentoring experience and a desire to support college students' academic growth. There is opportunity for yearly renewal, dependent on performance and budget.
Northwestern University's office of Academic Support & Learning Advancement is looking for a part-time Assistant Learning Programs Coordinator with strong organizational and communication skills to support the unit's peer-learning programs.
Features of the role:
15 hours per week throughout the academic year; flexible schedule within business hours
Some opportunity for remote work
Ideal for somebody with
Outstanding professional skills
Excellent organizational and time-management skills
Ability to communicate effectively with a range of constituents, in person and in writing
High-level understanding of and sensitivity to diversity and inclusion in learning environments
Ability to provide sensitive but forthright feedback to undergraduates
Ability to work very occasional evening or weekend hours
A bachelor's degree, master's preferred
Background in learning support, teaching/education, or student services is a plus
Responsibilities:
Support logistical management of a large peer-learning program (e.g., waitlist management, attendance tracking, collection and distribution of information from faculty)
Contribute to the peer-leader recruitment and selection process, both supporting logistics and taking part in selection activities
Contribute to quality control in peer-learning programs through collecting feedback, observing, and providing formative feedback to peer group leaders
Support maintenance of learning management system (Canvas) and provide student feedback for a peer-leader training course
About the unit: Academic Support & Learning Advancement (ASLA) offers a range of academic support programs for undergraduate students at Northwestern, including tutoring and facilitated study groups, academic coaching, and other resources and events. ASLA serves nearly 7,000 students a year and is the central resource on campus for undergraduate learning support.
Our culture: We are a hard-working, highly collegial, and supportive group. We believe in continuous reflection and improvement, and we value discussion of diverse ideas. We strive to create inclusive and growth-oriented environments both for the students we support and for our staff.
Time frame: September 2024 through June 2025, with possibility for renewal the following year.
Northwestern University seeks to employ a varied and diverse range of dynamic people who understand the importance of our mission and vision. When you consider a temporary opportunity at Northwestern University, you know that you are joining an institution with a deep history of academic, professional and personal development.
Northwestern strongly recommends COVID-19 vaccinations and boosters for people who can obtain them as a critical tool for minimizing severe illness. More information can be found on the COVID-19 and Campus Updates webpage.
The Northwestern campus sits on the traditional homelands of the people of the Council of Three Fires, the Ojibwe, Potawatomi, and Odawa as well as the Menominee, Miami and Ho-Chunk nations. We acknowledge and honor the original people of the land upon which Northwestern University stands, and the Native people who remain on this land today.
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