Chatham University

Summer Women's Institute Office Assistant

Pittsburgh

Posted 21 days ago

On-site

Part-time

Entry Level

We value our students! If you see an open position that is right for you, we encourage you to apply! Job Description As a Student Assistant, you will play a crucial role in supporting our office's mission to support and educate students and alumni as they explore, discover, and build their place in the world. This on-campus position offers an exciting opportunity to gain valuable experience, enhance your interpersonal and organizational skills, and the chance to work closely with faculty. This position has traditionally evolved along with students and the skills they bring to the role, so there is plenty of opportunity to contribute new ideas and your unique skills. Core Responsibilities: Faculty and Staff Assistance: Assist the Director of the Women's Institute and staff with daily tasks including copying, scanning, filing, inter-office mail, staffing the resource center, and keeping the Institute conference room organized and tidy. Event Support: Facilitate Women’s Institute Annual Events (such as JustFilms) and organize and execute related events, workshops, and information sessions. Assist with event promotion, logistics, registration, and day-of event management. Social Media and Newsletter: Collaborate with Humanities faculty and staff to compose and share content for department social media and program email newsletters. Peer-to-Peer Engagement: Build Relationships with students and departments across campus to engage the student body on issues of Women’s Leadership and Gender Equity through outreach activities, classroom presentations, and student organization partnerships. LEARNING OUTCOMES Student will develop skills for working both autonomously and as part of a team; student will learn to problem solve, exercise good judgement, and discretion. Student will develop creative methods for advertising events to students to develop marketing and event management skills. Student will be able to identify professional goals and steps of how to achieve those goals in an attainable and measurable way TO APPLY UPLOAD THE FOLLOWING DOCUMENTS LISTED BELOW: Resume Cover letter. Please address the cover letter to Dr. Jessie Ramey, Director of the Women’s Institute All current student employees should notify their other manager(s) if you work multiple jobs on campus at the same time. Additionally, students may not work more than 20 hours per week (combined between all campus jobs) during the academic year. Students may not exceed 980 work hours per calendar year. Student jobs do not automatically roll over to the next academic year or summer. Chatham University strives to promote a campus environment that understands and embraces multiculturalism while increasing individuals' intercultural competence. We actively work to build and sustain a diverse and culturally vibrant campus, which promotes employee and student success and retention. Chatham University is an Equal Opportunity Employer with a strong commitment to diversity, inclusion, and equity. Chatham University does not discriminate on the basis of race, creed, color, religion, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, reproductive health decisions, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, age, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, marital or family status, political affiliation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. Our Work Experience is the combination of everything that’s unique about our culture, our core values, our company meetings, our commitment to success, our recognition programs, but most importantly, it’s our people. Our employees are self-disciplined, hardworking, curious, trustworthy, humble and truthful. They make choices according to what is best for the team, they live for opportunities to collaborate and make a difference, and they make us the #1 Top Workplace in our area.

Skills

Administrative support

Event planning

Event logistics

Social media management

Newsletter creation

Outreach

Communication

Organization

Problem solving

Marketing

Interpersonal skills

Time management

Collaboration