Graduate Assistant

Posting Details

Title Information

Assistantship Title
Graduate Assistant

Job Class Code
10096

FLSA
Exempt

Minimum Qualifications

1. Must be admitted to a graduate degree program.
2. Must be in good academic standing
3. Be registered full-time for the respective semester - nine (9) semester credit hours during the fall semester, nine (9) semester credit hours during the spring semester, or three (3) semester credit hours during the summer session or be registered in the required number of semester credit hours to fulfill the only remaining requirements of the degree plan.

Position Information

Posting Number
A1214

Working Title
Graduate Assistant

Location
Edinburg, Texas

College
College of Liberal Arts

Department
College of Liberal Arts / Psychological Science

Division
Provost - Academic Affairs

FTE
.5

Scope of Job

The UTRGV Psychology Clinic is looking for a qualified psychology graduate assistant to join our mental health clinic team to providing quality mental health services and training experiences for graduate students. The Psychology training clinic offers clinical practicum training and investigative clinical research experiences for our PhD Clinical Psychology graduate students. Our training clinic emphasizes working with disadvantaged and culturally diverse individuals and families from our community. Our staff, faculty, and students are bilingual Spanish speaking and work with local community agency to serve those most in need of accessing mental health services. As a clinic team member, the intern should be prepared to work in a fast-paced team environment and develop sensitivity to client privacy and gain broad experiences in an array of mental and emotional health issues.

We are looking for highly organized student with an excellent academic track record for the position of graduate assistant. Graduate assistants are responsible for organizing outcome measures, assisting undergraduate interns, assist with clinic client check-ins, researching relevant topics, organizing/aggregating/ analyzing data, and assisting faculty with research, among other duties.

Responsibilities:
• Assist in office management including processing referrals, screening clients, and checking in clients using electronic health records.
• Assist in the distribution of outcome measures and data entry and analysis of outcome measures
• Analyze clinic outcomes measures data and develop clinic statistical reports
• Assist with the management of clinic training materials and didactic lectures
• Provide support to social media efforts
• Finding information in libraries and researching internet sources.
• Designing research methodologies or populating literature reviews.
• Participate in research and co-author research papers with their faculty when applicable.
• Assist faculty with teaching material and grading papers.

Discipline Specific Required Qualifications

Must be admitted to a graduate Psychology degree program. Applicant should be enrolled in 9 hours over the Spring semester. Applicant should be in good academic standing with a minimum GPA of 3.0.

Preferred Qualifications

Applicant should be enrolled in 3 hours over the summer. Applicant should be in good academic standing with a minimum GPA of 3.0. Preferred majors: Psychology, Social Work

Salary

Number of Vacancies
1

Desired Start Date
06/01/2025

Posting Detail Information

EEO Statement

It is the policy of The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley to promote and ensure equal employment opportunities for all individuals without regard to race, color, national origin, sex, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information or protected veteran status. In accordance with the requirements of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, as amended, our University is committed to comply with all government requirements and ensures non-discrimination in its education programs and activities, including employment. We encourage women, minorities and differently abled persons to apply for employment positions of interest.

Open Date
05/15/2025

Special Instructions to Applicants

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Quick Link
https://careers.utrgv.edu/postings/47087