What are the responsibilities and job description for the Manager Writing Center position at Western Michigan University?
Position Details
Posting Summary
College
Merze Tate College
Executive Area
Provost & VP Academic Affairs
Department
Academic Support Programs
Posting Detail Information
Posting Number
S1006P
Job Type
Full Time, Regular
Pay Type
Exempt/Salaried
Pay Grade
E
Campus Location
WMU-Kalamazoo - Main Campus
Salary Range
Pay is commensurate with qualifications and experience, combined with an excellent benefits package.
General Summary
Directs a full-service writing center that helps maintain a culture of writing and academic integrity through consultations, workshops, and material development.
Major Duties
- Designs, implements and assesses programming to meet the needs of students, staff, faculty, and alumni. Collaborates with other departmental programs to increase student resource utilization.
- Collects and evaluates data relevant to student success and initiatives to inform future decision-making, policies, and procedures.
- Aids students, staff, faculty, and alumni better understand their individual writing related issues. Executes writing strategies at all stages of the writing process.
- Creates courses, workshops and training materials. Updates promotional materials. Presents to students, teaching assistants, faculty, staff, classes, and campus organizations.
- Supervises independent research.
- Maintains an active research agenda. Presents original scholarships at professional conferences. Publishes in peer-reviewed and non-peer-reviewed journals.
- Hires, trains, evaluates, and supervises student employees.
Minimum Qualifications
- Master’s degree in related field from an accredited institution.
- Two years’ relevant experience.
- Strong interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills.
- Experience with coursework in rhetoric writing and writing cross the curriculum theory and pedagogy.
- Knowledge of student development and writing development needs.
- Knowledge of Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) on-line instruction.
- Excellent writing skills.
- Ability to work irregular shifts and extended hours, including weekends and holidays.
Desired Qualifications
Special Instructions to Applicants
- External applicants should use the WMU Application.
- Internal applicants should use the WMU – Internal Application.
Additional Position Information
- Staff Compensation System pay grades and rates are available at: https://wmich.edu/hr/staffcompensation
- Western Michigan University offers generous benefits to its employees including health, dental, vision, life and disability insurance, retirement, and tuition discount for the employee and tuition remission for eligible dependents. To access information about the specific benefits available for this position, s://www.wmich.edu/hr/enrollment-staff
Physical requirements and working conditions
- Office or other indoor work with minimal physical demands such as occasionally lifting or moving materials less than 25 pounds.
- Work is generally performed in a well-lit, temperature-controlled indoor environment with occasional exposure to the outdoors or any number of elements.
