Graduate Dialogue, Instructional Design and Leadership Development Assistant (Student)

About this role

Work Where You Learn: Build Experience, Grow Skills, and Contribute to Your University Community.   This position is available only to enrolled American University students.

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Education & Support Programs

Time Type: Part time

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt

Job Description:

Summary:

The Center for Student Belonging (CSB) is one of the key units within the Student Engagement portfolio of the Division of Student Affairs. CSB fosters an inclusive, identity-conscious, and belonging driven campus environment where students can explore their identities, build connections, and develop leadership skills. Graduate Assistants are central to the Center’s mission, helping to plan and implement programs, support students, and contribute to a campus culture that promotes belonging and community engagement.

Reporting to the Associate Director, the Graduate Assistant (GA) contributes to the design, coordination, and facilitation of leadership programs, cultural engagement initiatives, and community-building experiences that strengthen students’ sense of belonging.

The GA collaborates closely with CSB staff, student leaders, and campus partners to plan and execute high-impact programs. Responsibilities include supporting leadership in curriculum design, managing program logistics, mentoring student leaders, and contributing to strategic initiatives that enhance engagement and retention.

Essential Functions: • Design and implement leadership development programs for students.

• Plan and facilitate workshops, training sessions, and retreats for student leaders and student organizations.

• Co-create curriculum that emphasizes inclusive leadership, identity development, and fostering a sense of belonging.

• Support planning and execution of CSB programs and events.

• Assist with logistics and coordination for Center programs such as cultural heritage events, student engagement initiatives, and community-building workshops.

• Collaborate with student leaders and CSB staff to ensure programs are inclusive, accessible, and aligned with CSB goals.

• Advise and mentor student leaders.

• Provide guidance on program design, event management, and leadership skills.

• Support student leaders in reflecting their growth, navigating challenges, and achieving their programmatic goals.

• Supervise and coordinate student staff involvement in programs.

• Oversee student staff assignments for workshops and events, including scheduling, training, and on-site support.

• Model effective leadership and provide feedback to student staff to develop their skills.

• Evaluate and improve programs through data and feedback.

• Collect participant feedback and other assessment data to determine program effectiveness.

• Collaborate with staff to implement improvements to programs, workshops, and leadership initiatives.

• Assist with marketing and communications for programs and initiatives.

• Develop promotional materials, social media content, and email campaigns to increase awareness and engagement in CSB programs.

• Ensure communications reflect CSB’s mission and highlight student achievements.

• Manage resources and logistical needs for programs.

• Maintain inventory of materials, supplies, and equipment needed for workshops and events.

• Support efficient use of resources to enhance program delivery and student experience.

Competencies: • Advising and Supporting: Addresses the knowledge, skills, and dispositions related to providing advising and support to individuals and groups through direction, feedback, critique, referral, and guidance. Through developing advising and supporting strategies that take into account self-knowledge and the needs of others, we play critical roles in advancing the holistic wellness of ourselves, our students, and our colleagues.

• Social Justice and Inclusion: While there are many conceptions of social justice and inclusion in various contexts, for the purposes of this competency area, it is defined here as both a process and a goal which includes the knowledge, skills, and dispositions needed to create learning environments that foster equitable participation of all groups while seeking to address and acknowledge issues of oppression, privilege, and power. This competency involves student affairs educators who have a sense of their own agency and social responsibility that includes others, their community, and the larger global context. Student affairs educators may incorporate social justice and inclusion competencies into their practice through seeking to meet the needs of all groups, equitably distributing resources, raising social consciousness, and repairing past and current harms on campus communities.

• Assessment, Evaluation, and Research: The Assessment, Evaluation, and Research competency area focuses on the ability to design, conduct, critique, and use various AER methodologies and the results obtained from them, to utilize AER processes and their results to inform practice, and to shape the political and ethical climate surrounding AER processes and uses in higher education.

• Leadership: The Leadership competency area addresses the knowledge, skills, and dispositions requi

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