Work at the UCLA Graduate Writing Center--Apply by 8/14

The Graduate Writing Center is looking to hire writing consultants from across the disciplines to start in Fall 2019. They are very interested in graduate students who have experience with scientific writing and writing successful fellowship/grant applications for organizations such as Ford, NSF, NIH, Fulbright, or other major extramural funding agencies. Other types of writing experience are also relevant (see below).

Working at the Graduate Writing Center is a great professional development opportunity for students working toward careers in academia or industry. This work provides a unique opportunity to work with other graduate students and to learn about writing and scholarship across the university. Our consultants gain valuable professional and communication skills working with fellow graduate students while making $22.50/hour.

Qualifications and eligibility are described in further detail below (expand this post). Please read them before applying. This work can be combined with other UCLA employment (such as TA, GSR positions).

To apply, please email a CV, cover letter, interview availability (see below), and grammar test availability (see below) to: Marilyn Gray at gwcc@saonet.ucla.edu

Applications are due by Wednesday, August 14th. 

WRITING CONSULTANT POSITIONS FOR UCLA GRADUATE STUDENTS

*POSITION DESCRIPTION*

Writing consultants work roughly 4-10 hours/week providing one-on-one writing assistance to graduate students. They also attend staff meetings and training opportunities. Consultants may also take advantage of professionalization opportunities to lead writing workshops and other programs.

*QUALIFICATIONS*

We are particularly interested in people who are:

·         experienced in scientific or professional writing;

·         recipients of major extramural fellowships/grants (Ford, Fulbright, NSF, NIH, etc.)

·         familiar with the publication process inside or outside of academia;

·         ESL certified and/or experienced working with ESL students

·         experienced in teaching writing

We prefer to hire graduate students who:

·         can work regularly scheduled hours during the academic year

·         can commit to working for the GWC for two years (we are willing to consider people who can commit to only one year if they have either ESL experience or extensive experience teaching writing)

·         are at least in their second year of graduate study

*COMPENSATION*

Title: Student Assistant IV
$22.50/hour
(Note: This is not an Academic Apprentice position and therefore does not pay fees.)

*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%.

*INTERVIEW AND TRAINING SCHEDULE*

Please note the schedule below because applicants must be able to attend EACH of the following:

1)  We are scheduling applicant interviews August 15^th, 16^th, 19^th, 20^th, and 21^st. Please indicate your availability between 10am and 7pm on each of those days. Skype interviews may be possible if the applicant is out of town.

2)  If selected for an interview, you must take a grammar test. This test will be offered twice – Friday, August 16th, 12:00-2:30pm and Tuesday, August 20th, 5:30-8:00pm. Please indicate which of those times you prefer.

3)  If hired, you must be fully available for training. You will be compensated at the hourly rate for training time. There will be three full training days: September 16th, 17th, and 18th, 9:30am – 7:00pm each day, as well as part of a day on the 19^th (probably in the afternoon).

Note: We will not be able to consider your application if you cannot make the training dates. If you have a minor scheduling conflict, please apply but note the scheduling problem in your cover letter/email. It may be possible to arrange to make up a small portion. We will be flexible with course conflicts for applicants from programs already in session and with observance of religious holidays.


APPLICATION DEADLINE: Wednesday, August 14th, 2019
Please email CV, cover letter, interview availability, and grammar test availability to: 
Marilyn Gray (gwcc@saonet.ucla.edu)