What are the responsibilities and job description for the Temporary Cabinet Newspaper Editor position at Geneva College?
The following statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified.
Summary of Responsibilities: The part-time editor position for The Cabinet newspaper is a temporary position to fill the need for Spring 2025. This position involves assigning and editing news articles, managing student writers, and using software to create Geneva College’s student newspaper, The Cabinet.
The editor is responsible for assigning news and feature articles to students enrolled in COM 209, editing articles written by students, using Adobe InDesign software to create and design The Cabinet newspaper publication, scheduling for the newspaper to be printed, and delivering the printed edition throughout campus.
Essential Responsibilities: (These essential responsibilities are those the individual must be able to perform unaided or with the assistance of reasonable accommodation.)
- Customer Service:
- Adequately prepare students for a future career in journalism
- Provide the student staff with clear expectations, evaluations and timelines through carefully written topical outlines and approved, standardized syllabi
- Provide interesting and relevant news and feature writing assignments for students that demonstrate learning outcomes in a real-life setting
- Suitably challenge, engage, serve and communicate with students to encourage their participation and learning while maintaining mutual value and respect
- Respond to student questions on a timely basis
- Ensure course and program learning outcomes are delivered as defined by the syllabus
- Supervision:
- Supervise student employees to include training, planning, assigning, and directing work, coaching, addressing complaints and resolving problems.
- Must have a mindset of mentoring employees under supervision. Should be able to lead in a way that sets a good example, promotes teamwork, and encourages a positive, efficient work environment.
- Miscellaneous:
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Exhibits behavior that is consistent with and supportive of Geneva’s mission, vision, core values, and standards of conduct:
- Geneva Mission Statement: Geneva College is a Christ-centered academic community that provides a comprehensive education to equip students for faithful and fruitful service to God and neighbor.
- Vision Statement: Geneva College will inspire students to integrate faith in Christ into all aspects of life in the real world, and to serve faithfully within their callings for Christ and Country.
- Core Values:
- Serve with grace.
- Pursue Godly wisdom.
- Foster academic strength.
- Engage culture faithfully.
- Inspire vibrant hospitality.
- Honor one another.
- Standards of Conduct: Employees of Geneva College will affirm upon hire, and annually thereafter, their promise to abide by the College’s Standard of Conduct Policy. All employees must conduct their personal affairs so there can be no opportunity for unfavorable reflections upon the Christian beliefs and mission of the College, either expressed or implied. It is expected that employees will conduct themselves in a manner consistent with biblical standards, values, and character. These standards of personal conduct do not apply to family members and/or friends of the employee.
Job Requirements - Administrative:
- General: Individuals must possess the knowledge, skills, and abilities listed or are able to explain and demonstrate that they can perform the essential responsibilities of the job, with or without reasonable accommodations in order to safely perform the essential responsibilities of the job.
- Physical: Must be able to perform the following: talking, hearing, and seeing. Must have sufficient manual dexterity to be able to operate all office equipment including, but not limited to computers, printers, copiers, scanners, and telephones.
- Confidentiality: Individuals must recognize that management of data, including personal information, grades, budgets, programs, and policies is necessary to the operation of the College. Such information must be kept private and confidential for the protection of the College and to obey Federal and/or State laws. Should there be doubt as to whether a certain matter is to be protected, it should be discussed with your supervisor before making a disclosure.
- Mental: Must be able to reason, analyze, prioritize, conceptualize, make judgments, and solve problems.
Qualifications:
- Minimum:
- Education/Certification: Enrolled in, or graduate of Geneva College.
- Experience: Candidate must have experience as the student editor of The Cabinet newspaper at Geneva College.
- Skill/Abilities: Assigning and editing news articles, managing student writers, and using software to create Geneva College’s student newspaper, The Cabinet.
- Christian Commitment: eligible candidates must be thoughtful and articulate Christians and an active member of a Protestant evangelical Christian church. Preference will be given to candidates who support and have an articulate understanding of the Reformed faith. The individual must understand and support the College’s “Foundational Concepts of Christian Education” by expressing an evangelical Christian profession of faith and demonstrate the ability to integrate a Christian perspective in their work.
- Preferred:
- Education/Certification:
- Enrolled in a related major, English Writing, or Communications
- Education/Certification:
