Updated: 15 days ago
Location: Warrensburg, MISSOURI
Deadline: ;
Position Information
Position Information
| Requisition Number | 2024-45GA |
|---|---|
| Position Title | Graduate Assistant - Administrative |
| Working Title | Testing Services Graduate Assistant - Summer 2024 |
| Department | 206012-Testing Office |
| Pay Rate | $1500.00 (Summer) |
| FTE | 1.0 |
| Position Number | G98034 |
| Starting Date: | 08/12/2024 |
| End Date: | 12/13/2024 |
| Special Instructions to Applicants: | The ideal candidate will be hired for the Summer 2024 semester and continue for the Fall 2024 semester. Only complete applications will be considered for graduate assistant positions. Once an application has been submitted, you are not permitted to make changes or upload additional documents to the application. You must upload all transcripts and official reference letters at the time of submission. Applications will be denied if reference letters and transcripts are not included. |
| Working hours: | 20 hours per week M-F, schedule to be determined. |
| Posting Date: | 03/25/2024 |
| Open Until Filled | No |
| Position Purpose | The Office of Testing Services is dedicated to improving student learning and development, the quality of academic and student support services programs, and the overall intellectual life and learning environment of the university. Testing Services strives to implement Central’s CQIP assessment model; provide the highest quality testing environment; and maintain accurate, confidential and reliable testing records. Testing Services provides instructional assessment services that ascribe to nationally recognized professional testing standards and governmental regulations that promote responsible fiscal, legal, ethical and equitable practices within an environment of continuous quality improvement, business innovation and technological advancement. Services provided for students, faculty, staff, community and business partners will be consistently rendered with an attitude of service that demonstrates value in human relationships, personal excellence, dignity, diversity and commitment to lifelong learning. This position will provide appropriate, accurate, confidential, detailed test information to in-person, email and telephone customers; communicate with staff regarding testing schedules, rosters and needs; help supervise undergraduate student workers; provide administrative and technical support for two computer testing labs; and process scantron answer sheets for course exams and course evaluations. |
| Education & Formal Training | Bachelor's degree (Specify field(s) of study below) |
| Other Education & Formal Training | |
| Computer Skills | Word-Processing, Spreadsheet, Presentation, Other - Technology Proficient |
| Experience | |
| Other Experience | |
| Special Skills, Abilities, and Knowledge: | Attention to detail, Budget-related skills, Communication skills, including oral, written, and/or nonverbal, Knowledge of a University environment preferred, Human Relations/Interpersonal skills, Leadership skills: organization/meeting facilitation/project leadership, Physical abilities: mobility/strength/dexterity/balance/coordination/endurance, Supervisory skills, including motivation, delegation of duties, evaluation, etc, Ability to manage multiple concurrent projects and meet deadlines, Maintain confidentiality |
| Other Special Skills, Abilities, and Knowledge | After starting work, must complete a variety of training modules and exams, mostly online, to become certified to administer high stakes exams, including but not limited to Praxis, TOEFL, ACT, GRE, HiSET, FAA, Pearson Vue/MO Content Assessments/MEGA, MoGEA, PSI, Accuplacer, CLEP. Most exams are computer-based. |
| Special Working Conditions: | On call/standby work required, Travel required, Irregular work hours, Professional appearance, Work in stressful conditions |
| Other Special Working Conditions | Scholarship: Students filling a Graduate Assistantship (GA) position are eligible to receive a graduate tuition waiver, a graduate non-resident tuition waiver (if applicable), and a graduate mandatory fees waiver. The scholarships are in the form of a waiver and the funds are not deposited into the student’s personal account. Instead, the student’s bill is reduced by the amount of the scholarship awarded. If the maximum amount of the scholarship is not used, the remainder is not paid to the student in any form and unused scholarship money cannot be carried over to another semester. The scholarship is applied to graduate level courses only; courses taken for undergraduate credit are not eligible to be covered by the GA scholarship. The non-resident fee scholarship only applies to classes taken on the UCM Warrensburg campus. The maximum scholarship amounts are based on the size of assistantship held. For a full (20 hour per week) assistantship, the scholarship covers tuition costs up to $4,860.00 (+$4,106.75 for non-residents) and mandatory fees up to $684.75 of graduate coursework per semester. Graduate assistantship positions less than full will be prorated accordingly. |
| Other Special Qualifications |