GA Pre-Professional - Civic Education and Political Engagement - Fall 2024/Spring 2025

Title: GA Pre-Professional - Civic Education and Political Engagement - Fall 2024/Spring 2025
Division Name: Academic Affairs
Department: Center for Civic Engagement
Campus Location: Normal, IL

The Center for Civic Engagement (CCE) is a unique department with responsibilities that support the missions of the Division of Student Affairs and the Division of Academic Affairs. The department is responsible for enacting Illinois State’s commitment to civic engagement and fostering a culture that values and rewards civic engagement. This is accomplished through a variety of programs and services with students, faculty, and staff and in partnership with Bloomington-Normal community organizations. CCE organizes work around civic engagement including volunteering and service-learning, political engagement, and civic education.

Illinois State University recognizes that a diverse faculty, staff, and student body enriches the educational experiences of the entire campus and greater community. The Center for Civic Engagement seeks candidates with a demonstrated commitment to equity, diversity, inclusion, and anti-racism, who can support the Center’s vision of a more just and equitable world. Candidates who have successfully collaborated with a diverse range of faculty/staff, students, and community partners, and who can contribute to a climate of inclusivity and equity are especially welcomed. Black people, Indigenous peoples, People of Color, Persons with disabilities, members of the LGBTQIA+ community, Veterans, and Women are encouraged to apply.

Our Vision: A more just and equitable world cultivated through the participation of all people in the co-creation of knowledge and collective action.

Our Mission: The Center for Civic Engagement connects students, faculty, staff, and alumni with local, national, and global communities through meaningful civic engagement to promote the lifelong learning and development of active community members.

CCE is comprised of 7 professional staff, 2 graduate assistants, and several student workers, interns, or fellows. While each staff member has specific responsibilities, the department operates as a team, and therefore, all staff are expected to support a variety of programs and services.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities:

1. Provide leadership and oversight of the deliberative dialogues program. Supervise undergraduate student facilitators including scheduling, training, and ongoing support of student facilitators and personal and professional development. Prepare digital and print materials for faculty and instructors. Communicate with faculty and others that request dialogues. 40%

2. Manage programmatic aspects of activities and events related to civic education and political engagement such as films, panel discussions, speakers, or other events. Specific programs could include Town of Normal Meet & Greet, Civic Engagement Celebration, Constitution Day, campus-community dialogues, or student participation in the Civic Learning and Democratic Engagement conference. These duties include planning events, collaborating with campus and community partners, recruiting, and managing participants, budgeting, program logistics, preparing contracts, marketing and outreach, assessment of student learning, and long-term planning. 25%

3. Support student voter engagement efforts including voter registration, voter education campaigns and events, voter turnout initiatives, class presentations, development of strategic social media or marketing campaigns; support the work of the voter engagement coalition and work with student and faculty/staff voting advocates to disseminate election information; develop plans and reports to achieve and maintain national recognition statuses. 25%

4. Serve as a staff member in CCE participating in regular meetings and trainings, promote department programs and services on campus and in the community, assist with other department programs as needed, attend required professional

development sessions and office events, support office functions and perform other duties related to the department as assigned (including driving university vehicles for programs or traveling with students). 10%

$2063 monthly

1. Eligible for appointment as per the requirements in the Graduate Assistant Handbook, which can be found at http://hr.illinoisstate.edu/downloads/GA_Handbook.pdf
2. A graduate assistant in the Center for Civic Engagement must possess a bachelor's degree.
3. Must be a degree seeking graduate student at Illinois State University in College Student Personnel Administration, Political Science, Sociology, Anthropology, or Communication.
4. The graduate assistant must maintain good academic standing (at least a 3.0 cumulative GPA on a 4.0 scale)
5. Must be a full-time graduate student enrolled in at least 9 credit hours.
6. The assistantship requires a 28-hour/week commitment and includes some evening and weekend hours.

28 hours per week, typically between the hours of 8 a.m. -4:30 p.m. M-F, with occasional evening and weekend hours

8/1/2024

- Resume
- Cover Letter
- Reference List with 3 references

Please Note: These documents are required to be submitted online in order to complete the application process. Please have these documents ready prior to clicking on "Apply"

Note: If you have not yet been assigned a University ID, but are interested in applying for this graduate assistantship, please proceed with the graduate assistant application process. For the first question regarding your University ID, simply enter in nine (9) zeros (e.g., 000000000).

You must be eligible for employment in the United States and at Illinois State University and/or for the number of hours required for the position.

Illinois State University student employees are restricted to no more than 28 hours per week of on-campus employment for all positions held. International students are restricted by their visa status to no more than 20 hours per week of on-campus employment when the university is in session but may work up to 28 hours per week when the university is not in session. Please contact the Office of International Student and Scholar Services for guidance on visa restrictions on work hours. The University cannot grant exceptions to visa status rules/laws.

Rachel Waring-Sparks, [email protected]

This position is subject to a criminal background investigation and if applicable, an employment history review, based on University Policy 3.1.30 and any offer of employment is contingent upon you passing a satisfactory criminal background investigation and/or an employment history review. You may not begin work until the criminal background investigation results have been received and cleared by Human Resources.

Illinois State University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

If you are an individual with a disability and need a reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) or other state or federal law you may request an accommodation by contacting the Office of Equal Opportunity and Access at (309) 438-3383 . The Office of Equal Opportunity and Access will hold any confidential information you provide in confidence.

If you are having difficulty accessing the system, please call Human Resources at (309) 438-8311 .