Dyson Wellness Center Graduate Assistant

Description of Job Duties

*Numbers below match areas of responsibility with contribution to academic/career goals. Areas of Responsibility
1. Work with the Dyson Wellness Center (DWC) staff to create health and prevention education programming.
2. Hire, train, manage, and supervise the Peer Health Educators.
3. Manage the DWC website and all social media.
4. Collaborate with the campus and local community to provide quality programs.
5. Create publicity and distribute promotional materials.
6. Organize, coordinate, and implement campus events.
7. Represent the Dyson Wellness Center in outreach, communication with prospective students, families, current students and staff.
Contribution to Academic/Career Goals:
1. Learn skills such as effective communication, professional behavior, listening/comprehension skills as well as learning medical and psychological subject matter. Working with other professionals toward common goals.
2. Learn to discern quality of applicants, provide both supportive and critical feedback to paraprofessionals, lead training, and receive and utilize constructive feedback.
3. Gain strategies to increase audience interest within professional boundaries. Improve written communication skills to a target audience.
4. Gain effective written and oral communication skills, share insight, creative thinking, listening skills, and provide contributions in a timely manner.
5. Learn marketing, communication, collaboration, and professionalism skills.
6. Gain organization and effective communication skills as well as critical problem-solving.
7. Learn professional presentation while maintaining authenticity.

List the specific tasks assigned to the GA, including hours per week spent on each task.
8 hrs/wk = organizing, coordinating and implementing campus events 8 hrs/wk = supervising Peer Health Educators
3 hrs/wk = collaboration and working with DWC staff 1 hr/wk = website/social media updates
20 Hrs/Wk Total

Do the job duties for this position have any potential exposure to student records? Yes Do the job duties for this position include any driving requirements? No Will this position be working with minors? No Job Qualifications *Numbers below match areas of responsibility with contribution to academic/career goals. Areas of Responsibility
1. Work with the Dyson Wellness Center (DWC) staff to create health and prevention education programming.
2. Hire, train, manage, and supervise the Peer Health Educators.
3. Manage the DWC website and all social media.
4. Collaborate with the campus and local community to provide quality programs.
5. Create publicity and distribute promotional materials.
6. Organize, coordinate, and implement campus events.
7. Represent the Dyson Wellness Center in outreach, communication with prospective students, families, current students and staff.
Contribution to Academic/Career Goals:
1. Learn skills such as effective communication, professional behavior, listening/comprehension skills as well as learning medical and psychological subject matter. Working with other professionals toward common goals.
2. Learn to discern quality of applicants, provide both supportive and critical feedback to paraprofessionals, lead training, and receive and utilize constructive feedback.
3. Gain strategies to increase audience interest within professional boundaries. Improve written communication skills to a target audience.
4. Gain effective written and oral communication skills, share insight, creative thinking, listening skills, and provide contributions in a timely manner.
5. Learn marketing, communication, collaboration, and professionalism skills.
6. Gain organization and effective communication skills as well as critical problem-solving.
7. Learn professional presentation while maintaining authenticity.

List the specific tasks assigned to the GA, including hours per week spent on each task.
8 hrs/wk = organizing, coordinating and implementing campus events 8 hrs/wk = supervising Peer Health Educators
3 hrs/wk = collaboration and working with DWC staff 1 hr/wk = website/social media updates
20 Hrs/Wk Total

Approximate number of work hours per week 20 hours per week during the academic year, excluding academic breaks New or Replacement? Replacement If replacement, person(s) being replaced Posting Detail Information