Job location: Remote

Saybrook University is seeking a Graduate Assistant to join Student Affairs.

The Student Affairs Graduate Assistant (GA) serves as a para-professional and provides support for the Office of Student Affairs to assist with developing initiatives in support of student life and engagement at Saybrook University. The GA role will perform administrative, clerical, and research-related tasks that maintain and advance the resources and programming provided by Student Affairs. The GA plays an integral role in assisting with departmental programming, conducting research on relevant topics related to student affairs and student life for the department.

Position Qualifications:

• Outstanding customer service abilities including in person, phone, and electronic communications.
• Excellent office skills, including typing, organization, and attention to detail.
• Computer knowledge, including Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Publisher, and data entry.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Flexible and quick learner with a high retention rate.
• Strong problem-solving skills.
• Experience with program planning, event implementation, and database programs, graphic design, social media.
• Able to perform basic clerical and administrative tasks and provide general departmental assistance to Student Affairs staff.
• Academically in good standing (at least 4 semesters or more)
• Qualify for Federal Work Study (FWS).

Duties:

• Support Student Affairs programs through assistance with research, logistics, marketing, material preparation, onsite implementation, and post-event evaluation.
• Update website & Community Pages information and calendar to reflect current programs, services, and events.
• Design content strategies and set short-term communication goals for Student Affairs
• Manage Student Affairs newsletter, social media posts, and office flyers
• Share content through various channels, ensuring strong web presence

Please note: For the protection of faculty, staff, students and all who enter our facilities, Saybrook University has made the decision to require COVID-19 vaccination for all employees, unless granted medical or religious exemption, as a condition of employment beginning January 31, 2022.

Saybrook University is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

About Saybrook University:

Saybrook University was founded over 40 years ago by some of the greatest minds of the 20th century and continues to inspire a new generation of innovators. A non-profit regionally accredited university known for its commitment to humanistic studies and rigorous research, Saybrook University’s academic model puts the student at the center of everything we do to provide a unique, transformational, learning experience. Saybrook offers advanced degrees in organizational systems, psychology, mind-body medicine, and counseling, all in flexible learning formats to help students continue to be active contributors to the fields they work in while they advance their education. Saybrook University is proud to be a community of creative, compassionate innovators dedicated to pursing new ways of thinking and doing for our professions, organizations, and communities.

For more information, visit www.saybrook.edu.

Saybrook University is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

About Saybrook University:

Saybrook University was founded over 40 years ago by some of the greatest minds of the 20th century and continues to inspire a new generation of innovators. A non-profit regionally accredited university known for its commitment to humanistic studies and rigorous research, Saybrook University’s academic model puts the student at the center of everything we do to provide a unique, transformational, learning experience. Saybrook offers advanced degrees in organizational systems, psychology, mind-body medicine, and counseling, all in flexible learning formats to help students continue to be active contributors to the fields they work in while they advance their education. Saybrook University is proud to be a community of creative, compassionate innovators dedicated to pursing new ways of thinking and doing for our professions, organizations, and communities.

For more information, visit www.saybrook.edu.

Saybrook University offers a generous compensation and benefits package, as well as the opportunity to work for a leader in the field of education. Some of our key benefits include: generous paid time-off, medical and dental coverage, company-paid life and disability insurance, retirement plan with employer contribution, multiple flexible spending accounts (FSA), tuition reimbursement, professional development, and regular employee appreciation events.

Saybrook University is an Equal Opportunity Employer.