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Graduate Assistant, Campus Recreation – Club & Intramural Sports at Queens University Of Charlotte – Charlotte, North Carolina
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About This Position
SUMMARY: The Queens University of Charlotte Campus Recreation Graduate Assistant’s overall mission is to enrich the co-curricular experience of students at Queens University of Charlotte. This role establishes and maintains an active, highly visible, and deeply engaged presence to sustain and grow strong collaborative relationships with students, university faculty and staff. Primary responsibilities include student staff supervision, scheduling and training, managing an intramural sports program, and growing wellness programing for the campus community. This part-time, 20 hours a week Graduate Assistant position reports to the Assistant Athletic Director Sport Administration/Director of Campus Recreation.
The successful candidate must be currently enrolled as a full-time graduate student at Queens University of Charlotte. This GA role includes tuition remission for up to two (2) courses per semester, including summer, while actively serving in the GA role. In addition, GAs are provided campus dining plans of 5 (living off campus) or 10 (living on campus) swipes during the academic year, free on-campus parking, and free membership to Queens Fitness Center. GAs enjoy flexible scheduling. Time away must be coordinated in advance with the GA’s immediate supervisor.
The GA is recognized as a University Official and represents the university and the department on and off university property. Under the supervision of the Assistant Athletic Director Sport Administration/Director of Campus Recreation, the GA position begins when filled. There is no expressed or implied commitment to a paid position upon completion of the internship.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
As a GA, you will learn and apply knowledge and skills in the following areas:
- Learn and assist in strategic planning of campus-wide programming, in conjunction with the Assistant Athletic Director Sport Administration/Director of Campus Recreation
- Learn and host at least one program a semester in collaboration with campus partners
- Learn and coordinate communication and marketing of Campus Recreation programs
- Learn and practice fitness center management
- Learn and practice budget and inventory management, including the supervision of a student equipment manager
- Learn and create ways to increase student, faculty and staff engagement (through marketing, etc)
- Learn and manage the onboarding, scheduling and training of student employees
Non-essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Other duties and special projects may be assigned to meet department, Student Life, Athletics and/or university needs
- Assist students and other guests who visit Levine Center
- Serve on advisory committees with faculty, staff, and students as needed
As a GA, you will learn and apply knowledge and skills in the following areas:
- Learn and assist in strategic planning of campus-wide programming, in conjunction with the Assistant Athletic Director Sport Administration/Director of Campus Recreation
- Learn and host at least one program a semester in collaboration with campus partners
- Learn and coordinate communication and marketing of Campus Recreation programs
- Learn and practice fitness center management
- Learn and practice budget and inventory management, including the supervision of a student equipment manager
- Learn and create ways to increase student, faculty and staff engagement (through marketing, etc)
- Learn and manage the onboarding, scheduling and training of student employees
Degree Alignment:
- Master of Communication
- Master of Business Administration
- Master of Talent and Organizational Development
- Master of Education
- Master of Sports Administration
Experience, Knowledge & Skills Required
- At least one year of experience working as part of a student activities or another student affair functional area
- Currently enrolled in a graduate program at Queens University of Charlotte
- Possess leadership skills and the ability to work in a team
- Possess effective communication skills in order to successfully approach people, mediate problem situations, and enforce policies
- Easily approachable, friendly, and able to establish rapport with students
- Ability to use discretion and exercise good judgment
- Must be able to maintain confidentiality of sensitive student information
- Demonstrated commitment to social justice, equity, and inclusion
- Experience that demonstrates sensitivity and understanding of the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, and ethnic backgrounds of first-generation college students
- Remain calm, cool and collected in time of crisis
- Exceptionally strong communication skills (verbal, written, interpersonal, presentation) and ability to quickly establish and maintain strong rapport with a diverse student body, as well as throughout the university
- Ability to mediate problems, situations, and enforce policies
- Ability to maintain confidential information in a professional manner
Renumeration
- Graduate Assistants are eligible for 2 tuition-free graduate courses per academic semester, including summer if actively serving in the graduate assistant role. IMPORTANT: No tuition remission is available for Cybersecurity Management courses.
- Graduate Assistants for Student Affairs are provided with a campus-dining plan during the academic year (5 meals/week) and free membership to the Levine Fitness Center.
- Graduate Assistants are eligible for free on-campus parking.
- Graduate Assistants enjoy flexible scheduling. Time away to be coordinated with immediate supervisor.
- Graduate Assistants may be employed outside of Queens for part time work as agreed upon with their supervisor, so long as it does not interfere with the core learnings of this position.
Live-in Potential
- Graduate Assistants within Student Affairs are the first considered for the four emergency response graduate support positions that are live-in. These positions are selected separately by Residence Life. The Emergency Response Graduate Support Positions will be expected to be available during emergency situations on campus (inclement weather, etc.) and participate in an on-call rotation to respond to after-hours emergencies. This is an additional responsibility above and beyond your graduate assistantship and thus is treated separately. On-campus housing is provided for free in return for the duties as part of this separate role. On-campus housing includes a one-bedroom furnished apartment including water, electricity, internet, and free onsite laundry. Live-in Graduate Assistants also receive an increased campus dining plan and thus receive (10 meals/week and $450 Lions dollars per year). On-campus housing is pet and partner friendly.
- To be considered for one of these positions, please note your interest in the position upon your hiring for the graduate assistantship. Your name will be referred to Residence Life to schedule a separate interview.
Application Process
Does this sound like a good fit? Please submit the following:
- A cover letter addressing the position qualifications and experience
- Current résumé
- Contact information for three professional references.
Queens will continue to accept applications until the position is filled.
About Queens University of Charlotte
Located in the heart of the nation’s second-fastest-growing metropolitan area, Queens University of Charlotte leverages the city’s diverse and thriving environment as an extended classroom. Nationally recognized for undergraduate programs in international and interdisciplinary education, Queens blends the best of liberal arts learning with professional preparation and community engagement. Focused on supporting success for diverse learners, faculty build close and collaborative relationships with students and help them build intentional and individualized roadmaps for flourishing at Queens and beyond. At the graduate program level, the University offers innovative educational experiences that help learners advance professionally and retool for new opportunities. Our environs afford faculty myriad opportunities to advance their own professional growth and teaching and research interests by collaborating with vibrant industry, non-profit, and community organization sectors.
Because of our history of innovation and our legacy of strong leadership, Queens is positioned to be among the new forerunners of American higher education. This is a defining moment for Queens. While other institutions are focused on sustaining and surviving, we are thinking much bigger.
Institutions that understand what is needed and are willing to reimagine what is possible can position themselves to thrive and strengthen their market position after the pandemic with innovative approaches that are deeply connected to the world and its greatest challenges.
By 2030, Queens aspires to become the leading, private, national university of Charlotte with deep, meaningful, and reciprocal connections to the needs of our local community and economy; inventive and multidisciplinary academic programs that are connected to the world’s most pressing challenges and biggest areas of opportunity; a fully connected, integrated, and innovative set of experiences that support holistic wellness and wellbeing; a culture of continuous improvement and investment that enables faculty and staff to flourish and achieve their full potential; and a comprehensive approach to diversity, equity, and inclusion that begins on campus and radiates throughout the community.
Queens University of Charlotte is an equal opportunity employer and is firmly committed to supporting and celebrating all forms of diversity. Queens does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth and conditions related to pregnancy or childbirth), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, age, national origin, disability, political beliefs, veteran status, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law in the administration of its educational and admissions policies, scholarship and loan programs, athletic programs, employment and hiring policies, or other University-administered programs.
Any individual with a disability who needs any reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act to apply for a position or otherwise to participate in Queens' job search/selection process should contact the Assistant Vice President of Human Resources at 704.337.2222.