Graduate Assistant
Job Description
Position Number:
1P0006Title:
Graduate AssistantFunctional Title:
Graduate AssistantCategory Status:
04-Graduate AssistantApplicant Search Category:
Graduate AssistantUniversity Authorized FTE:
50%Unit:
VPR-Research DevelopmentHiring Range Minimum:
$34,052.00Hiring Range Maximum:
$35,384.00Campus/College Information:
Founded in 1856, University of Maryland, College Park is the state’s flagship institution. Our 1,250-acre College Park campus is just minutes away from Washington, D.C., and the nexus of the nation’s legislative, executive, and judicial centers of power. This unique proximity to business and technology leaders, federal departments and agencies, and a myriad of research entities, embassies, think tanks, cultural centers, and non-profit organizations is simply unparalleled. Synergistic opportunities for our faculty and students abound and are virtually limitless in the nation’s capital and surrounding areas. The University is committed to attracting and retaining outstanding and diverse faculty and staff that will enhance our stature of preeminence in our three missions of teaching, scholarship, and full engagement in our community, the state of Maryland, and in the world.
Background Checks
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Position Summary/Purpose of Position:
Administrative support to the Research Development Office. This appointment is a 12-month, 20 hours per week graduate assistantship.
Duties include:
Duties include:
- Create and track competitions for limited submissions and major opportunities.
- Build overview documents for recurring solicitations (NSF MRI, NIH T32, USDA-NIFA SCRI, etc.)
- Capture recurring calls and solicitations from major sponsors to coordinate and help plan for brown bag lunches and info sessions
- Track major contract wins/losses, mergers/divestitures & opportunities with strategic corporate partners — and prepare regular digests
- Collate, analyze and prepare presentations of cross-campus data on key partnerships
- Prepare read-ahead dossiers on visiting VIPs
- Monitor, extract, and disseminate relevant information from Manufacturing Institutes’ portals
Minimum Qualifications:
Education:
This position is only open to students currently enrolled in a graduate program at the University of Maryland, College Park.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
This position is only open to students currently enrolled in a graduate program at the University of Maryland, College Park.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
- Ability to gather and organize data and facilitate an open and honest work environment;
- Excel VBA knowledge (macro creation);
- Proficiency in Excel (graphs, pivots, linkages between tabs, macros);
- Excellent communication skills including writing, editing, verbal;
- Moderate to excellent mastery of Microsoft Office products including Word, and Outlook;
- PowerPoint, and Access;
- Ability to work with a wide diversity of stakeholders (internal and external);
- Ability to work independently and creatively.
Preferences:
Preferences:
- Web/HTML skills for basic updates to two websites;
- Eligibility for 2+ years as a graduate student in the position is desirable, but not required.
Posting Date:
11/06/2023Open Until Filled
YesBest Consideration Date
11/20/2023Physical Demands
The candidate must be able to occasionally work evenings or during lunch meetings (ca. 12pm to 1pm) with adequate notice and be able to accomplish the physical demands of event and office duties which may include lifting 40 lbs.; setting up tables; etc.
Diversity Statement:
The University of Maryland, College Park, an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer, complies with all applicable federal and state laws and regulations regarding nondiscrimination and affirmative action; all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment. The University is committed to a policy of equal opportunity for all persons and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, physical or mental disability, protected veteran status, age, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, creed, marital status, political affiliation, personal appearance, or on the basis of rights secured by the First Amendment, in all aspects of employment, educational programs and activities, and admissions.
Women, minorities, LGBTQ+, veterans, and people with disabilities are encouraged to apply.
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