Location:
College Houses & Academic Services, University of Pennsylvania
Modality:
Hybrid
Position Length:
Academic Year (Fall - Spring)
Work Hours and Commitment:
15-20 hours/week; some evenings and weekends will be required (we will work within the academic schedule of the chosen candidate)
Pay Rate:
$20.00/hr
Additional Compensation:
None
Federal Work Study Eligible
Overview
College Houses & Academic Services (CHAS) was founded in 1998 to connect the intellectual and academic life of the University to life in the College Houses. Since then, Penn undergraduates have been at the heart of everything we do: we’ve been creating community alongside them, we’ve been learning from them, and we’ve been using those experiences to improve the ways we support Penn students.
Working with the Director of Training & Assessment, the GA for Project Management & Assessment will support the CHAS mission by designing, implementing, and analyzing departmental initiatives. They will take a leading role in managing departmental projects, including assessing current staff learning solutions, exploring College House trends, and the Music Fellowship program. The GA for Project Management & Assessment also works to tell the CHAS story through creating social media content, developing internal reports, and promoting assessment initiatives.
The varied responsibilities of the GA for Project Management & Assessment offer a unique opportunity to gain experience in project management, training development, educational assessment and marketing. CHAS is committed to creating a developmental and educational environment for those serving in the GA role. The GA will work directly with their supervisor to identify projects that align with their professional goals as much as possible.
The GA for Project Management is a live off position, housing and dining are not provided.
Supervisor/Contact
George Papp McClellan - Director of Training & Assessment
pappmcc@upenn.edu
Required Duties
Assessment (40%)
- Extract, transform, and load data from various sources.
- Clean and preprocess data to ensure accuracy and consistency.
- Collaborate to create reports based on data interpretation, analysis, and visualization.
- Protect and securely handle sensitive information.
Training & Instructional Design (20%)
- Maintain and update departmental learning modules.
- Identify learning gaps and develop appropriate learning objectives to address them.
- Work with subject matter experts to gather content and design lesson plans for staff development & training.
Project Management (20%)
- Create and manage long- and short-term plans, including communicating with team members to ensure projects remain aligned with their goals.
- Serve as lead support coordinator to the Undergraduate Music Fellowship program.
- Provide on-site support for in-person events, including some evenings and weekends.
Marketing (15%)
- Collaborate with CHAS staff members to tell the CHAS story digitally.
- Create, schedule and publish engaging content across social media platforms.
- Coordinate and attend promotional initiatives including campus tabling.
Miscellaneous (5%)
- Provide support to departmental initiatives and projects.
- Act as a member of departmental committees and/or workgroups.
- Attend regularly scheduled 1-on-1 meetings with direct supervisor and larger CHAS meetings/events.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Preferred Qualification and Essential Skills
- Interest in student affairs, student development, and working with college students.
- Interest in assessment, project management, and/or marketing.
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to summarize complex ideas.
- Ability to communicate and interact effectively with a wide-ranging internal and external base of faculty, students, and staff.
- Comfortable acting in a leader and collaborator role within the department.
- High level of integrity and ability to manage confidential data.
- Ability to see a project through, from beginning to end.
- Experience creating promotional materials.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office.
Application Instructions
Step 1
- Please email chas@collegehouses.upenn.edu directly with your resume and cover letter to be considered.
- Cover letters should answer the following questions:
- What skills and experience have prepared you for the GA for Project Management & Assessment position?
- What do you hope to gain from serving in the GA for Project Management & Assessment position?
Step 2
- 30-minute Zoom interviews will be conducted with finalists.
- Interview questions will relate to the following categories;
- Personal Motivation
- Work/Academic Experience
- Structuring Ambiguous Problems
- Data Storytelling
Step 3
- Final decisions will be made as soon as possible after completion of interviews.
* NOTE: This position will be open until filled.