Graduate Assistant for Bridge Scholars

& Development By Goebel Media Group; Milledgeville (GA); On-site; USD 12,000 - 17,000; Part time

Job summary

Georgia College & State University seeks a Graduate Assistant for Bridge Scholars to provide educationally beneficial assistance to departments, offices and faculty. The role requires interpersonal and clerical skills and a commitment to student success.

Graduate assistants work between ten and twenty hours per week, with contracts for 150-300 hours across fall and spring semesters; the proposed salary is $10/hour.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• Graduate admission approved to Georgia College & State University.
• Graduate assistants must work between ten and twenty hours per week (contract dependent).
• Maintain academic good standing. If GPA falls below 3.00, program requires improvement or termination of assistantship.
• Graduate assistants total 150-300 hours across fall and spring semesters.

Responsibilities

• Assist with surveys, research, analyses, and reporting.
• Provide educationally beneficial assistance to departments and faculty.
• Support administrative staff and students with clerical tasks.
• Assist faculty with undergraduate courses and grading as needed.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Clerical skills

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Georgia College & State University (GCSU) is the state's designated public liberal arts university, where students learn the essential skills to compete in a fast-paced and technology-driven global society. As one of only three selective state institutions in the University System of Georgia and a top 10 ranked public university in the Southeast, GCSU offers nationally recognized undergraduate and graduate programs that emphasize an expansive liberal arts education focused on critical thinking. Through personalized attention and award‑winning, high‑impact practices such as internships, service‑and community-based learning, leadership development, and study abroad, GCSU prepares leaders, problem solvers and life‑long learners for successful careers. The university offers small class sizes and personalized attention for optimal student engagement in a residential setting with opportunities for a variety of transformational experiences through experiential learning. The university's beautiful and historic campus is located downtown in Milledgeville, Georgia, a charming college town of approximately 19,000 residents in Central Georgia and located only 90 miles southeast of Atlanta.

Georgia College & State University is committed to protecting academic freedom and supporting the freedom of expression as outlined in the University System of Georgia's Freedom of Expression and Academic Freedom policy and its Ethics Code of Conduct. For more information, visit us online at gcsu.edu.

The Graduate Assistant for Bridge Scholars performs a variety of support duties through close interaction with administrative staff and faculty and, as needed, with other departments and/or organizations.
A limited number of graduate assistantships are offered to departments with graduate degree programs, as well as to other administrative offices.
Graduate assistants provide educationally beneficial assistance to the departments which award the assistantships. By policy, graduate assistantship duties should be relevant to students' major field of study and shall be of academic value.
The duties and responsibilities of this position require interpersonal and clerical skills and an understanding of effective customer service.

Administrative Support - 90

• Assist with various tasks including, but not limited to conducting surveys and research, analyzing results, and generating reports.
• Support, Communicate, Program.
• Full range of administrative functions, including problem solving and interpersonal contacts, receptionist duties, and office management.
• Assist faculty with undergraduate courses and supervising students in clinical/lab settings.
• Assist faculty with grading students' assignments.

Other duties and responsibilities - 10

Other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Educational Requirements

Bachelor's degree.

Other Required Qualifications

Be approved for regular admission to a graduate degree program at Georgia College & State University.
Maintain academic good standing. If a student's grade point average falls below 3.00 (academic warning), the student will have next semester or summer term to improve and return to good standing before termination of the assistantship. Should a student fail to return to good standing after the next semester or summer term, or should a student receive academic exclusion and be dismissed from the degree program, the assistantship will be terminated at once.
Graduate assistants are required to work between ten and twenty hours per week (depending on their contracts) for a total of 150-300 hours during the fall and spring semesters. Course loads for graduate assistants must be at least six graduate semester hours.

The proposed salary is $10/hour.

The University System of Georgia is comprised of our 25 institutions of higher education and learning as well as the System Office. Our USG Statement of Core Values are Integrity, Excellence, Accountability, and Respect. These values serve as the foundation for all that we do as an organization, and each USG community member is responsible for demonstrating and upholding these standards. More details on the USG Statement of Core Values and Code of Conduct are available in USG Board Policy 8.2.18.1.2 and can be found online at https://www.usg.edu/policymanual/section8/C224/#p8.2.18_personnel_conduct.

Additionally, USG supports Freedom of Expression as stated in Board Policy 6.5 Freedom of Expression and Academic Freedom found online at https://www.usg.edu/policymanual/section6/C2653.

Equal opportunity and decisions based on merit are fundamental values of the University System of Georgia (USG). The Board of Regents prohibits discrimination on the basis of an individual's age, color, disability, genetic information, national origin, race, religion, sex, or veteran status ("protected status"). No individual shall be excluded from the participation in, denied the benefits of, or otherwise subjected to unlawful discrimination, harassment, or retaliation under, any USG program or activity because of the individual's protected status; nor shall any individual be given preferential treatment because of the individual's protected status, except that preferential treatment may be given on the basis of veteran status when appropriate under federal or state law.

This is not a supervisory position.
This position does not have any financial responsibilities.
This position may be required to drive.
This role is not considered a position of trust.
This position does not require a purchasing card (P-Card).
This position will not travel.
This position does not require security clearance.
This position may drive 1%-24% of the time.

• Criminal Background Check
• Motor Vehicle Check
• Verification of Enrollment