Graduate Assistant: Academic Success Center

DeSales University; Center Valley (Lehigh County); On-site; USD 25,000 - 34,000; Part time

Job summary

DeSales University in Center Valley, PA seeks a Graduate Assistant for the Academic Success Center to assist with student success, early alerts, and targeted interventions. The position supports the Assistant Director, Coordinator of Gateway to Success, and Coordinator of Tutoring, with opportunities to help plan the Gateway To Success Summer Program and oversee the textbook lending library.

Applicants must be current graduate students in a Higher Education program and able to work some evenings

Qualifications

• Current student in the university Master’s in Higher Education program.
• Passionate about helping students to achieve academic success.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Basic computer skills, including the ability to learn and utilize software effectively.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and ensure compliance with a variety of state and federal laws, guidelines, and regulations.
• Schedule requires occasional evening and weekend hours.
• Sensitive to issues of ethnicity, disability, and diversity.
• Dedicated to the mission of a Catholic, liberal arts institution.

Responsibilities

• Support the Assistant Director of the Academic Success Center, the Coordinator of Gateway to Success, and the Coordinator of Tutoring.
• Contribute to early alert responses and targeted interventions for subpopulations.
• Meet with individual students to provide guidance and support.
• Assist with planning and implementing the Gateway To Success Summer Program and ongoing programming during the year.
• Oversee the center’s textbook lending library and assist with event planning.

Skills

Excellent communication

Interpersonal skills

Confidentiality

Software proficiency

Compliance with laws

Evening/weekend availability

Diversity sensitivity

Catholic liberal arts mission

Education

Master’s in Higher Education (in progress)

Tools

Basic computer skills

Job description

GRADUATE ASSISTANT: ACADEMIC SUCCESS CENTER

DeSales University, in Center Valley, PA, is a private, coeducational, four-year liberal arts Salesian, Catholic university, under the leadership of the Oblates of Saint Francis de Sales. Founded in 1965, the 550-acre suburban campus is located 50 miles north of Philadelphia and about 90 miles southwest of New York City. A total enrollment of nearly 3,500 includes undergraduate day and evening students, and graduate students. DeSales has approximately 135 full-time faculty members and offers more than 40 bachelor's degrees, twelve graduate programs, and over 20 certificate programs in a wide range of disciplines; many of these can be completed fully online.

Overview

In 2024, the University transitioned to a new academic structure featuring a four-college/school model, which includes the Kathleen Waterbury and J.B. Reilly School of Business; a College of Arts, Education, and Humanities with a School of Education and a School of Performing Arts; a College of Sciences; and a College of Healthcare Professions with a designated School of Nursing. For further information, visitwww.desales.edu. EOE

Summary

The Graduate Assistant for the Academic Success Center primarily supports the Assistant Director of the Academic Success Center, the Coordinator of Gateway to Success, and the Coordinator of Tutoring. This role will involve a variety of functions designed to contribute to the overall operations of the ASC, students’ success and retention, including but not limited to early alert responses, targeted interventions for subpopulations, and meetings with individual students. This individual may also assist with the planning and implementation of the Gateway To Success Summer Program, to the extent that their schedule allows for this, in addition to supporting Gateway To Success during the academic year in areas such as programming, assessment, and individual student guidance. Finally, this position will include oversight of the center’s textbook lending library and assistance with event planning.

Qualifications

• Current student in the university Master’s in Higher Education program
• Passionate about helping students to achieve academic success
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Basic computer skills, including the ability to learn and utilize software effectively
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and ensure compliance with a variety of state and federal laws, guidelines, and regulations
• Schedule requires occasional evening and weekend hours
• Sensitive to issues of ethnicity, disability, and diversity
• Dedicated to the mission of a Catholic, liberal arts institution

DeSales University is an EEO employer - M/F/Vets/Disabled

Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S. DeSales University is unable to sponsor any employment visas at this time.