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Description:

Position Title: Graduate Student Assistant, Experiential Learning

Supervisor: Jillian McBride-Payne, Academic Services Director; Anjulie Ganti, Associate Teaching Professor

Hours per week: 20

Start Date: September 16, 2022

End Date: June 15, 2023

Priority Consideration Date: Friday, September 2, 2022

Position Summary:

The Public Health-Global Health (PH-GH) Major is seeking one (1) Graduate Student Assistant (GSA), for 20 hours per week, during the 2022-2023 academic year – autumn, winter, and spring quarters. The GSA will serve as an integral member of a dynamic student services team coordinating experiential learning, including academic internships, honors, service learning, and other experiential learning opportunities for undergraduate students in the Public Health-Global Health Major. This position is appropriate for graduate students from the School of Public Health and College of Education with an interest in the following: advising, administration, and equity, diversity, & inclusion, along with building strong and sustainable partnerships with community-based organizations and interprofessional groups that provide students with learning opportunities to build skills and experience in becoming anti-oppressive public health practitioners.

Specific Job Functions:

Partner Development and Sustainability for Experiential Learning

• Support recruitment efforts in order to steward partners who are well matched to host and/or provide experiential learning experiences.
• Assist with managing and nurturing relationships with key stakeholders including students, faculty, staff, researchers, and community partners, with a primary focus on community partnerships for required experiential learning (e.g. SPH 491/492: Public Health Capstone I/II,  SPH 496: Public Health Capstone, or SPH 495: Public Health Internship).
• Assist in creating community partnerships with UW research centers and faculty to develop equity-centered experiential learning opportunities that support professional growth for students.
• Support seeking out experiential learning opportunities that allow students to explore and reflect upon the impact of structural oppression and social determinants of health in a community-based setting.
• Support managing the distribution, data cleaning, and analysis of an experiential learning survey in order to identify opportunities to create and/or strengthen community partnerships.
• Update and revise the experiential learning manual and create promotional materials as needed for community partners, faculty, and students to aid in recruitment and matching of experiential learning opportunities.
• Support community partners in writing about learning opportunities that are accessible to students who are interested in building their professional skills, including creating and/or editing scopes of work and position descriptions.
• Maintain excellent records and regular communication with community partners and stakeholders in service of developing and maintaining authentic relationships with community partners.
• Maintain a strong relationship with the Community Engagement & Leadership Education (CELE) Center and support managing the Expo platform as needed.
• Foster connections between community partners, students, alumni, the PH-GH Major, and School of Public Health for strong, robust relationships.

Student Preparation for Experiential Learning

• Review student internship applications for SPH 495: Public Health Internship on Handshake platform, including supporting students in application revisions and submission while collaborating with advisers and course instructors. 
• Maintain regular communication with the PH-GH advising team about public health opportunities at UW and in Seattle metro area.
• Increase students’ awareness of public health opportunities at UW or locally via regular communications, connecting to advising, and partnership development.
• Support coordination with PH-GH advising team on workshops related to experiential learning, professional skill development, and internship and job search processes.
• Support Capstone team on career panels and other sessions that involve community partners.
• Collaborate closely with advisers and partners to ensure that students are well-matched for experiential learning opportunities.
• Coordinate with faculty to orient community partners about course logistics, learning goals, and student interests in projects
• Other tasks, as necessary 

Salary: Commensurate with academic eligibility.  Benefits and eligibility information available here.

Hours per week (approx.): 20

Required Qualifications:

• Minimum standing of current graduate student in the UW Graduate School (or other UW School or College)
• Familiarity with and excitement for working with undergraduate university or college students from marginalized populations.
• Experience with community organizing or engagement.
• Strong coordination, problem solving, and organizational skills.
• Excellent written, oral, and interpersonal communication skills and ability to work with faculty, staff, students, and the public.
• Familiarity with and commitment to the mission and values of public health.
• Satisfy a sexual misconduct background check.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with advising and higher education administration, student affairs, student development, and/or adolescent and young adult development.
• Experience with community public health.
• Demonstrated experience and success with experiential learning.
• Ability to interpret and communicate to others complex policies and procedures.
• Consummate team player willing and able to partner effectively with others.
• Familiarity with UW systems including Expo, Handshake, and Canvas.

Application Procedure: 

Please submit the following via the PH-GH GSA Application Google Form:

• Application
• Resume
• Cover letter
• In your cover letter, please include a distinct paragraph that describes your experience working with diverse student populations and your efforts to further your knowledge and/or experience around equity, diversity, and inclusion.
• Unofficial transcript

**Note that you must be signed into a Google account (UW or preferred Gmail account) in order to submit this application.** If you’re having problems, please contact joehk@uw.edu.