Student Life and Leadership Development Graduate Assistant

Overview

Position Overview: The Center for Student Engagement is a department within student life that connects students, faculty, and the community in their common interests of learning and serving through three primary programs: service-learning, study abroad, and leadership programming. We provide students with gateway experiences to foster a lifelong commitment to service and global engagement and to help students discern life’s vocation through a variety of powerful experiential learning experiences.

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• Co-lead the Ignite Leadership Certificate Program for undergraduate students
• Facilitate monthly leadership program workshops
• Serve as a resource and mentor for students interested in joining the Ignite Leadership Certificate Program
• Organize marketing and outreach for the Ignite Leadership Certificate Program and other Student Life programs
• Help coordinate and attend the fall leadership retreat (October)
• Track leadership program data in student engagement software and advise students who are close to graduation
• Assist in the assessment of the Ignite Leadership Program
• Collaborate with the Student Life team on Student Life Educational Weeks and other campus events
• Assist with training, planning, and goal setting with club leaders
• Meet with club leaders once a semester to ensure clubs are meeting requirements to receive funding
• Other duties as assigned

Depending on qualification, need, and availability, this position may be eligible for housing on campus if able to serve on the on-call crisis rotation (Valued at $3,375 a semester and $2,250 for summer or $9,000 a year)

• You will be given a 1 bedroom, fully furnished apartment for 12 months in Holst Hall, depending on your placement. (Valued at $3,375 a semester and $2,250 for summer or $9,000 a year)
• Graduate program compensated through tuition payment (valued at $17,100-$26,250 – program-based)
• Free parking, access to fitness centers, free admissions to CSP sporting events and performances,
• professional development opportunities (and all additional CSP student benefits)

• Eligible candidates must be enrolled in a graduate program at Concordia University St Paul
• Self-motivated and able to work independently and also within a team
• Strong interpersonal and intercultural communication skills
• Strong organizational skills and ability to balance multiple projects and responsibilities

It is the policy of CSP to provide equal opportunity to all employees and applicants for employment in accordance with all applicable federal, state, and local laws. The University will not discriminate against or harass any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, pregnancy, or national origin (including ancestry), citizenship status, physical or mental disability, age, marital status, gender, veteran or military status, predisposing genetic characteristics, domestic violence victim status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

However, CSP is an institution of the LCMS and, to the extent allowed by law, CSP reserves the right to give preference in employment based on religious tenets.

The mission of Concordia University, St Paul, a university of The Lutheran Church
- Missouri Synod, is to prepare students for thoughtful and informed living, for dedicated service to God and humanity, and for enlightened care of God s creation, all within the context of the Christian gospel. This mission is rooted in academic excellence and Christian vocation.

The vision of Concordia University, Saint Paul, is to be acknowledged as the leading Lutheran university offering exceptional opportunities for students from all backgrounds who seek relevant career preparation and a challenging academic experience coupled with the insights of Lutheran theology.

Promise to Students – Concordia University, Saint Paul, empowers you to discover and engage your purpose for life, career and service, in a dynamic, multicultural, urban environment, where Christ is honored, all are welcome, and Lutheran convictions inform intellectual inquiry and academic pursuits.

Concordia University owns a 41-acre campus just West of Downtown St. Paul with easy access to light-rail and bus transportation. Only blocks away from popular Summit and Grand Avenues, restaurants, shopping, and cultural activities abound. Concordia is known to have one of the most racially and ethnically diverse university student bodies in the state of Minnesota.

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