GRADUATE PROJECT ASSISTANT, TRIO MCNAIR (68620)

Job Details

Job Location : New Rochelle - New Rochelle, NY

Position Type : Part Time

Salary Range : $20,000.00 - $25,000.00 Commission / year

Description

This position reports directly to the TRIO McNair Program Director and is a grant funded position. The Graduate Project Assistant (GPA) will consult regularly with the director on the needs and progress of the Scholars.

The GPA will have key duties that will work closely with the director to ensure students meet their benchmarks for McNair and facilitate the process for research, scholarly activity, and graduate school preparation.

The GPA must be a currently enrolled Iona University graduate student.

Primary Responsibilities :

• Coordinating the workshops and seminars focusing on research methods and communication;
• Collecting, reviewing, and providing feedback for McNair Scholars on documents in preparation for graduate and funding applications;
• Serving as a one-on-one mentor for Scholars;
• Updating and maintaining the McNair webpage and handbooks;
• Preparing and publishing the McNair newsletter and other print materials.
• The GPA will be a full-time graduate student in a graduate program at Iona University
• Preferred : McNair Alumni or graduate student at Iona University. Working on a research-based program / discipline.
• Ability to work as a member of a team and individually.
• Strong intercultural communication skills, including written and verbal communication.
• Ability to mentor low-income, first-generation and underrepresented students or success in doctoral programs;
• Experience tutoring or mentoring or student academic leadership
• Must have excellent writing and ability to guide students in the terminology of research and assist with advisement and graduate school preparation.
• Understand the LI, FG, and UR needs and provide guidance and activities for effective aspirations for doctoral study.
• Provide assistance, guidance, and workshop on researching opportunities for Scholars' professional development, as well as graduate funding
• Must have the ability to motivate the scholars to pursue graduate education.

Qualifications

About Iona University / EEO language

Founded in 1940, Iona University is a master's-granting private, Catholic, coeducational institution of learning in the tradition of the Edmund Rice Christian Brothers.

Iona's 45-acre New Rochelle campus and 28-acre Bronxville campus are just 20 miles north of Midtown Manhattan. With a total enrollment of nearly 4,000 students and an alumni base of more than 50,000 around the world, Iona is a diverse community of learners and scholars dedicated to academic excellence and the values of justice, peace and service.

Iona is highly accredited, offering undergraduate degrees in liberal arts, science, nursing, and business administration, as well as Master of Arts, Master of Science, and Master of Business Administration degrees and numerous advanced certificate programs.

Iona students enjoy small class sizes, engaged professors and a wide array of academic programs across the School of Arts & Science;

LaPenta School of Business; NewYork-Presbyterian Iona School of Health Sciences; and Hynes Institute for Entrepreneurship & Innovation.

Iona is widely recognized in prestigious rankings, including The Princeton Review's 2024 national list of The Best 389 Colleges and The Wall Street Journal / College Pulse's 2024 Best Colleges in America, which ranked Iona at #66 in the nation overall and #8 in the nation among Catholic schools.

Iona's LaPenta School of Business is also accredited AACSB International, a recognition awarded to just 6 percent of business schools worldwide.

• Iona offers a comprehensive benefits package to all full-time employees that includes medical, dental, and vision insurance;
• flexible spending accounts; retirement plans; life insurance; short and long-term disability; employee assistance program (EAP);

tuition remission; and generous time off. For more information on our benefits and working at Iona visit the Human Resources section of our website.

Iona University values and celebrates diversity and is committed to providing a welcoming and inclusive environment for all of our employees and does not tolerate discrimination based on any legally protected characteristic under applicable federal, state, or local laws.

As an equal opportunity employer, Iona University encourages applications from qualified candidates who reflect the wider world in which we live, and in particular from historically underrepresented groups.