What are the responsibilities and job description for the Graduate Assistant - FYE - Fall 2025 position at University of Central Missouri?
Salary : $500.00 Semi-Monthly
Location : UCMO - Warrensburg, MO
Job Type : Graduate Assistant
Job Number : G97965
Division : Kickoff
Opening Date : 01 / 14 / 2025
Description
The Graduate Assistant for First-Year Experience supports the Director in planning, implementing, and assessing the university's first-year experience, orientation, transition, and retention programs and services. The Graduate Assistant works closely on the execution of major programs such as Central Summer Academy, Kickoff (Freshman, Transfer, International, and Parent / Family), and UNIV 1400 Freshman Seminar. The Graduate Assistant is expected to be student-centered, administratively sound, task-oriented, relationship-oriented, problem-solve, work autonomously and with a team, and be proficient with computers and technology. Small and large group facilitation skills, strong customer service skills, an appreciation for diversity, and the ability to work successfully with various constituents are also highly desired.
Examples of Duties
Essential duties of the Graduate Assistant include the following :
- Assist the Assistant Director of First-Year Experience in developing, implementing, staffing, and assessing FYE events.
- Develop a weekly e-newsletter blast for UNIV 1400 instructors regarding campus events, important dates, and training.
- Assist UNIV 1400 instructors as needed, including scheduling multi-class presentations, securing resources, and gathering data.
- Assist in the development and implementation of FYE marketing efforts, including creating, producing, and editing publications and social media.
- Assist in the recruitment, selection, training, mentoring, and supervision of FYE Executive and Student Leadership Teams.
- Research high-impact programs focused on first-year student orientation, transition, and retention and make recommendations for implementation and enhancements of current programming.
- Attend Annual Conference on the First-Year Experience
Typical Qualifications
Education :
Experience :
Supplemental Information
GA Type : Student Affairs
GA Hour Expectations : Full-time GA working 20 hours a week
Start Date of Position : 08 / 11 / 2025
End Date of Position : 12 / 12 / 2025
Total Stipend for Semester : $4,500.00
Scholarship : Students filling a Graduate Assistantship (GA) position are eligible to receive a graduate tuition waiver, a graduate non-resident tuition waiver (if applicable), and a graduate mandatory fees waiver. The scholarships are in the form of a waiver and the funds are not deposited into the student's personal account. Instead, the student's bill is reduced by the amount of the scholarship awarded. If the maximum amount of the scholarship is not used, the remainder is not paid to the student in any form and unused scholarship money cannot be carried over to another semester. The scholarship is applied to graduate level courses only; courses taken for undergraduate credit are not eligible to be covered by the GA scholarship. The non-resident fee scholarship only applies to classes taken on the UCM Warrensburg campus. The maximum scholarship amounts are based on the size of assistantship held. For a full (20-hour per week) assistantship, the scholarship covers tuition costs and mandatory fees up to 12 credit hours of graduate coursework per semester. Graduate assistantship positions less than full will be prorated accordingly.
Special Instructions :
Full-time benefits-eligible position : Benefits include competitive salary; health, dental, vision, life insurance, AD & D, long-term disability; 3 weeks paid vacation per year; 3 weeks of accrued sick leave per year; 13 paid holidays; retirement; and generous education assistance for an employee, spouse and dependent children taking classes at UCM.
Part-time benefits-eligible positions : Benefits include generous education assistance for the employee.
Temporary, adjunct, student employment, or graduate assistant positions : Benefits are not included.
Completed UCM online application for employment required. Incomplete applications will not be considered.
A review will begin immediately and continue until filled unless indicated otherwise.
NOTE : A background check is required for the selected candidate of all staff, faculty, adjunct, and temporary positions and any job offer is contingent on the results of this check. Student employees and graduate assistants do not require a background check to be conducted prior to employment.
The University of Central Missouri is an Equal Opportunity Employer and specifically invites applications from women, minorities, veteran status, and people with disabilities.
This position is not eligible for benefits.
Salary : $500
