Multilingual Communication Consultant- Student Hourly
University of Kansas
- Kansas
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Facilitate and foster student learning by asking questions, collaborating with students during consultations, and teaching important writing and speaking strategies and concepts
- Work with multilingual students who prefer to speak in their home language and may be working on writing in English or another language
- Support students taking KU language courses, which may include tutoring in grammar and vocabulary as well as writing skills in the language
- Contribute to the creation of a safe, inclusive, and collaborative environment for learning
- Lead writing workshops and assist with marketing events
- Participate in pre-service training and ongoing education, trainings, and professional development
- Participate in committees and special projects, bringing your ideas, interests, and skills to expand the collective knowledge and abilities of the Writing Center
- Ability to work at least 8 hours/week and at least one evening/week
- Continuing consultants may be interested in additional roles, such as consultant development facilitator, writing group facilitator, or graduate assistant
Associate Director, KU Writing Center
University of Kansas
785-864-0349 |Required Qualifications
- Undergraduate or graduate student at KU, enrolled in at least six credit hours
- Fluency in at least one language other than English as demonstrated through interview and writing sample
- Excellent written and spoken communication skills in English and at least one other language as evidenced in application materials
- A commitment to the improvement of one's own writing and professional development as a consultant, as demonstrated in application materials
- Willingness to work in multiple modalities (face-to-face, online, videoconference)
- A Federal Work-Study (FWS) award for the academic year
- Previous experience as a writing consultant or peer tutor at a high school or college
- Experience with public speaking
- An investment in helping writers reach their academic goals with strong listening skills, sensitivity, generosity, and flexibility
- Experience working productively with multilingual populations
- Cover letter that addresses your qualifications
- Resume
- Writing samples in English and one other language (possibilities include research paper, reflection, rhetorical analysis, personal essay, or other appropriate piece)
- Your work availability for the semester