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The Graduate Assistant Academic Advisor within Engineering Academic Services will provide general academic advising to prospective transfer students and currently enrolled undergraduate students in the A. James Clark School of Engineering. The position will provide support to the EAS staff broadly as well as the Program Director for Transfer Initiatives specifically. Responsibilities will be split between undergraduate advising and transfer student advising respectively.

For undergraduate advising, the Graduate Assistant specific responsibilities will include, but are not limited to, front desk triage, monitoring students’ academic progress, referring students to appropriate university and engineering resources, supporting advising staff and administration, communicating with students and parents via phone and email, and assisting with new student orientations for freshmen and transfer students. In addition, this person will assist with administrative paperwork, such as change of major process, monitoring electronic files, graduation clearance reviews, and degree audits. The Graduate Assistant will also serve as a liaison between engineering departments and other campus offices as well as attend regularly scheduled EAS staff meetings.

The Graduate Assistant will also support the Program Director for Transfer Initiatives. Specific responsibilities pertaining to transfer student advising include, but are not limited to, program coordination of transfer student events such as the ClarkLEAD Transfer Welcome and the Maryland Engineering Transfer Alliance Conference, responding to student email inquiries, and other new initiatives as assigned.

The Graduate Assistant position will be a 12-month appointment and the GA will have a 20-hours per week commitment.

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We are hiring for the fall 2024 semester with the option of starting as early as July 10, 2024, based on the new hire’s availability.

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.