Writing Center Job Opportunity
Working at the Graduate Writing Center is a great professional development
opportunity for people who want careers in either academia or industry. This
work provides a unique opportunity to work with other graduate students and to
learn about writing and scholarship throughout the university.
We are seeking to hire writing consultants from across the disciplines. We are particularly interested in people who have successfully applied for fellowships/grants from NSF, NIH, Fulbright, or other major extramural funding agencies.
Qualifications and eligibility are described in further detail below. This work can be combined with other UCLA employment (such as TA, GSR positions). Please contact Marilyn Gray with questions.
Applications are due by Wednesday, August 19th.
OPEN POSITIONS for UCLA Graduate Students
*Graduate Writing Center Writing Consultants*
The UCLA Graduate Writing Center (GWC) is planning to hire several writing consultants to begin in fall quarter 2015. We are hiring qualified people from all fields (see qualifications below). We are particularly interested in people with experience in scientific writing or professional writing; recipients of major extramural fellowships/grants application (NSF, NIH, Fulbright, etc.); people with publication experience; people with ESL certification; and people with experience teaching writing or writing-intensive courses. We prefer to hire graduate students who have at least two years left in their academic programs and can commit to working for two years. We are willing to consider people who can commit to only one year if they have ESL certification or extensive experience teaching writing. We will not consider incoming graduate students unless they have done at least one year of graduate-level course work elsewhere.
*Position Description*
4-10 hours/week providing one-on-one writing assistance to graduate students; participating in staff meetings and training opportunities; contributing to the ongoing work of the GWC; and leading writing workshops and programs.
*Qualifications*
Applicants should have experience in one or more of the following areas: writing grant and fellowship applications successfully; scientific or technical writing; professional writing; teaching composition or being a TA for writing-intensive courses (such as UCLA Writing I or Writing II courses); teaching ESL courses; being a writing tutor/counselor in a peer mentoring setting; academic publishing. Applicants must be available to work regularly scheduled hours.
*Interview and Training Schedule*
Please note the schedule below because applicants must be able to attend ALL of the following:
1) We will be scheduling interviews Thursday, August 20th; Friday, August 21st; Monday, August 24th; Tuesday, August 25th, and Wednesday, August 26th. Please indicate your availability between 9am and 7pm on those days. Please check email regularly after the application due date because there may be a quick turnaround time for notification of the interviews and grammar test times.
2) If you are selected for an interview, you must also take a grammar test as part of the job application process. This test will be offered twice – Friday, August 21st, noon-2:30pm, and Monday, August 24th, 5:30-8:00pm – so you must choose one of those times. (See end of email for grammar topics to review.)
3) If hired, you must be fully available for paid training:
September 15th, 16th, and 17th, 9:30am – 7:00pm each day.
We are seeking to hire writing consultants from across the disciplines. We are particularly interested in people who have successfully applied for fellowships/grants from NSF, NIH, Fulbright, or other major extramural funding agencies.
Qualifications and eligibility are described in further detail below. This work can be combined with other UCLA employment (such as TA, GSR positions). Please contact Marilyn Gray with questions.
Applications are due by Wednesday, August 19th.
OPEN POSITIONS for UCLA Graduate Students
*Graduate Writing Center Writing Consultants*
The UCLA Graduate Writing Center (GWC) is planning to hire several writing consultants to begin in fall quarter 2015. We are hiring qualified people from all fields (see qualifications below). We are particularly interested in people with experience in scientific writing or professional writing; recipients of major extramural fellowships/grants application (NSF, NIH, Fulbright, etc.); people with publication experience; people with ESL certification; and people with experience teaching writing or writing-intensive courses. We prefer to hire graduate students who have at least two years left in their academic programs and can commit to working for two years. We are willing to consider people who can commit to only one year if they have ESL certification or extensive experience teaching writing. We will not consider incoming graduate students unless they have done at least one year of graduate-level course work elsewhere.
*Position Description*
4-10 hours/week providing one-on-one writing assistance to graduate students; participating in staff meetings and training opportunities; contributing to the ongoing work of the GWC; and leading writing workshops and programs.
*Qualifications*
Applicants should have experience in one or more of the following areas: writing grant and fellowship applications successfully; scientific or technical writing; professional writing; teaching composition or being a TA for writing-intensive courses (such as UCLA Writing I or Writing II courses); teaching ESL courses; being a writing tutor/counselor in a peer mentoring setting; academic publishing. Applicants must be available to work regularly scheduled hours.
*Interview and Training Schedule*
Please note the schedule below because applicants must be able to attend ALL of the following:
1) We will be scheduling interviews Thursday, August 20th; Friday, August 21st; Monday, August 24th; Tuesday, August 25th, and Wednesday, August 26th. Please indicate your availability between 9am and 7pm on those days. Please check email regularly after the application due date because there may be a quick turnaround time for notification of the interviews and grammar test times.
2) If you are selected for an interview, you must also take a grammar test as part of the job application process. This test will be offered twice – Friday, August 21st, noon-2:30pm, and Monday, August 24th, 5:30-8:00pm – so you must choose one of those times. (See end of email for grammar topics to review.)
3) If hired, you must be fully available for paid training:
September 15th, 16th, and 17th, 9:30am – 7:00pm each day.
(If
you have a conflict with just a small portion of the training, it may be
possible to arrange to make up the portion.)
*Eligibility*
Applicants must be registered UCLA graduate students. To be eligible for employment at the GWC, your percentage employment for the academic year must not already be more than 50%. If you have a 50% TA or GSR position, you will have to confirm that your department will support an exception request for you to work above 50%.
We will not be able to consider your application at this time if you cannot meet the eligibility and scheduling requirements. If you have a minor scheduling conflict, you may apply but should note the scheduling problem in your cover letter/email.
*Payment*
Title: Student Assistant IV
$19.76/hour
(This is not an Academic Apprentice position. It does not pay fees.)
APPLICATION DEADLINE: 5pm on Wednesday, August 19th, 2015
Please email CV, cover letter, interview availability, and grammar test availability to:
Marilyn Gray
mgray@saonet.ucla.edu
*Eligibility*
Applicants must be registered UCLA graduate students. To be eligible for employment at the GWC, your percentage employment for the academic year must not already be more than 50%. If you have a 50% TA or GSR position, you will have to confirm that your department will support an exception request for you to work above 50%.
We will not be able to consider your application at this time if you cannot meet the eligibility and scheduling requirements. If you have a minor scheduling conflict, you may apply but should note the scheduling problem in your cover letter/email.
*Payment*
Title: Student Assistant IV
$19.76/hour
(This is not an Academic Apprentice position. It does not pay fees.)
APPLICATION DEADLINE: 5pm on Wednesday, August 19th, 2015
Please email CV, cover letter, interview availability, and grammar test availability to:
Marilyn Gray
mgray@saonet.ucla.edu