International Education Management Program Graduate Assistant

Summary

Join our team as a Graduate Assistant (GA) for the International Education Management program! This role will support collaboration on Team IEM, foster inclusion and belonging among students and alumni, create meaningful programming, and manage administrative details. As an integral person in Team IEM, you'll assist with agenda-setting, note-taking, and follow-up from monthly meetings.

Requirements

• Pursuing an IEM degree or MPA/IEM joint degrees
• Enrolled as a student during the AY 2024-2025
• Strong oral and written communication and reporting skills
• A strong commitment to building an inclusive learning environment in IEM and fostering belonging
• A passion and creativity for designing and facilitating online and in-person events to connect the IEM community throughout the semester and for special activities and events
• Adept at working independently and remotely, managing tasks, and coordinating with multiple stakeholders to advance projects, with evidence of some prior project management experience
• Candidates must be based in the U.S. per HR hiring regulations
• Applicants must be in good academic standing and maintain satisfactory academic progress toward degree completion throughout the duration of the research assistantship
• Competent with technologies including Microsoft Office Suite, Google Suite, Zoom, and other technologies used at MIIS

Responsibilities

• Facilitate collaboration on Team IEM
• Foster inclusion and belonging among students and alumni
• Create meaningful programming for IEM students as scholar-practitioners
• Manage administrative details
• Assist with agenda-setting, note-taking, and follow-up from monthly meetings
• Support monthly IEM Program meetings
• Work with the IEM program chair to build connections among IEM students, faculty, staff, and alumni
• Imagine, schedule, organize, and facilitate inclusive synchronous and asynchronous events
• Keep IEM communication on social media vibrant and share job postings, events, and blog posts relevant to IEM students

Benefits

• Opportunity to apply knowledge and skills from IEM courses in practice
• Learn more about academic program operations and co-curricular learning activities
• Receive training and mentoring in this area one-on-one with Dr. Wick, Team IEM colleagues, and through other resources available through the Middlebury system
• Gain confidence with writing skills, practice academic and business writing in a professional context, build experience project management
• Help to design inclusive programming for IEM students and alumni
• Be at the forefront of IEM job opportunities, conferences, trends in the fields, and upcoming policy changes
• Develop a depth of knowledge student- and equity-centered program design and assessment of student engagement
• Build your network by engaging with IEM faculty, staff, students, and alumni to foster connections and belonging in the IEM community