Graduate Assistant - Student Success Center, Accessibility Services - Franklin Pierce University

Job Description: The student will formally apply for the graduate assistantship and will be selected by staff associated with the Student Success Center.  Working with Student Accessibilities Coordinator, the graduate student’s responsibilities include the following:

• Assisting with scheduling accommodations testing for Franklin Pierce University students, both undergraduate and graduate students as needed.  This includes monitoring the exams request email daily, communicating with student requesting accommodation and the associated faculty member(s), acquiring any testing materials, scheduling accommodations testing, and closing the loop by returning completed testing materials to faculty in a timely manner.
• Maintaining complete and accurate records of accommodations testing
• Proctoring accommodations testing, including reading of exams, tests, quizzes, as needed
• Representing the SSC in a positive and professional manner
• Assisting the Student Accessibility Coordinator as needed

The position covers the costs of the candidate’s preferred graduate program and offers a paid stipend.  However, the candidate is responsible for room and board

Qualifications:

• Undergraduate cumulative GPA above 2.5
• Organized and self-motivated young professional seeking to build a career
• Experience with Microsoft Office Suite
• Bachelor’s Degree
• Strong interpersonal communication skills and the ability to work effectively with undergraduate students, faculty, and staff
• Strong organizational skills

Supervision:

The graduate assistant will be supervised directly by the Student Accessibility Coordinator

Time Demands: While there is some flexibility with scheduling during the workweek, there may be a need for after-business hours work during high-volume accommodations testing periods e.g., midterms, final exams.

As an Equal Opportunity employer, Franklin Pierce recognizes the impact of a diverse community and encourages applications from individuals with varied experiences, backgrounds and perspectives. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, pregnancy, age, disability gender identity and expression, protected veteran status or any other status protected by law.

Franklin Pierce University (the University) does not discriminate on the basis of sex and prohibits sex discrimination in any education program or activity that it operates, as required by Title IX and its regulations, including in admission and employment.

Inquiries about Title IX may be referred to the University’s Title IX Coordinator, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights, or both. The University’s Title IX Coordinator is the Vice President for Student Affairs. The Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights contact information is available at https://ocrcas.ed.gov/contact-ocr.

If you are unable to submit an application because of incompatible assistive technology or a disability, please contact us at jobs@franklinpierce.edu or 603-899-4075. We will make every effort to respond to your request for disability assistance as soon as possible.

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