Graduate Assistant Community Well-Being and Resilience
Position Title: Graduate Assistant Community Well-Being and Resilience
# of Positions to Fill: 1
Department/Program: STAF 51000
Remote Work Authorization: 100% On-Site
Campus Location: Arapahoe Campus
Reports to: Senior Director of Community Well-Being and Resilience
FLSA Classification: Exempt/Salaried
FTE: 25% (10 hrs/week)
Compensation: $20 an hour and $3,000 scholarship for the academic year.
Application Deadline: 3/31/25 or until filled.
Job Summary
This graduate assistantship is dedicated to working on behalf of Community Well-being and Resilience. This position conducts the bi-annual NCHA survey and helps promote the integration of this data and research into the community ethos. This role also supports, coordinates and promotes Well-being and Resilience events and activities.
Job Duties & Responsibilities
Plan and conduct ACHA’s bi-annual NCHA survey.
• Gather resources for participation and larger prizes and giveaways.
• Effectively engage 20% of students in survey completion by leveraging relationships and resources.
• Become knowledgeable about prior NCHA survey outcomes and effectively communicate about the survey, past findings, and how this work relates to the university to key constituents.
Support Community Well-Being and Resilience events, services, and area.
• Maintain knowledge of W&R activities and services, as well as those of other related areas.
• Support the delivery of engaging education and outreach on a variety of well-being related topics.
• Attend, co-facilitate and/or lead Well-being and Resilience programming as assigned.
• Develop and display marketing materials that support well-being and resilience initiatives through Sharepoint and other university event promotion tools.
• Develops and maintain partnerships, relationships, and collaboration with SUN, the manager of the community newsletter, and other key constituents within the university community to help spread the word about this new area, as well as to help gather information that can inform effective outreach and programs.
Other Duties
• Other duties as assigned.
• Create and maintain a positive team environment and behave professionally with everyone encountered in the course and scope of the job duties.
Minimum Qualifications:
• Bachelor’s degree conferred.
• Master’s degree at Naropa in progress.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Social, emotional, and relational intelligence and a willingness to receive feedback and grow.
• Organizational and administrative skills necessary to attend to details and fulfill deliverables according to timelines.
• Experience event planning, promotion, and marketing.
• Ability to establish and maintain positive and collaborative working relationships work with students, faculty, administrators, staff, and community partners.
• All job candidates must demonstrate an appropriate level of understanding of and appreciation for the values of Naropa University and the capacity to demonstrate an integration and embodiment of these values as evidenced in work, communication, collaboration styles, and other general workplace behaviors.
Physical Requirements & Environmental Conditions:
In the classrooms and on campus may experience: interruptions, distractions, heat, cold, dust and/or dampness. As a graduate assistant, you may spend extended periods time with any of the following:
• Reading academic texts and materials, student papers, etc.
• Operating personal computer and audio-visual equipment.
• Standing or sitting for hours at a time.
• Moving around campus for classes and meetings.
Naropa recognizes the following holidays throughout the year: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Memorial Day, Juneteenth, Independence Day, Labor Day, Fall Break, 4th Thursday and Friday in November, and Winter Break, the last two weeks in December encompassing the Christmas holiday as well as New Year’s.
Naropa’s health and welfare benefits include the following: medical, dental, vision, FSA, HSA, employer-paid short-term and long-term disability, employer-paid life insurance and accidental death and dismemberment, an employer-sponsored pre-tax retirement savings plan, which includes up to 2.5% employer matching, and a variety of voluntary, employee-paid supplemental insurance plans.
A comprehensive benefits package is available to full-time employees who work a minimum of 30 hours each week. Employees who work 20 – 29 hours each week are eligible for only the employer-paid short-term & long-term disability, employer-paid life insurance & accidental death and dismemberment, and the retirement plan, which includes up to 2.5% employer matching.
Employees who work fewer than 20 hours per week are eligible to participate in Naropa’s retirement plan only, which includes up to 2.5% employer matching.
All regular full-time and part-time faculty and staff, including student workers, accrue sick leave benefits. Full-time and part-time staff positions accrue vacation and personal time. All leave accrual rates vary based on the position, hours worked, and years of service.
The University recognizes the importance of including its employees in its organizational mission and values and welcomes employees into the classroom to “touch the magic.” Specifically, regular employees are provided generous tuition remission opportunities for themselves and their family members.
Naropa University participates in the Council of Independent Colleges Tuition Exchange Program (CIC-TEP). CIC-TEP is a network of CIC colleges and universities willing to accept, tuition-free, students from families of full-time employees of other CIC participating institutions (full-time as designated by the employer/institution). Additional information can be found here: https://www.cic.edu/member-services/tuition-exchange-program.
Naropa University is an equal opportunity, non-discriminatory employer and Title IX is a federal civil rights law that prohibits gender discrimination, sexual harassment, sexual and relationship violence. This law applies to all students, faculty, and staff.