The Office of Graduate Programs and Research is coordinating the Year of Research in Education and looking for two half-time Graduate Academic Assistants (GAAs).
The GAAs will work in close collaboration with Brigitte Gemme, project manager for the Year of Research in Education. Their duties will include writing stories for the Year of Research in Education web site and other publishing venues about Faculty of Education research, events, and initiatives; taking photographs; filming and editing video; monitoring and providing content for the @UBCEdResearch Twitter channel; and supporting other Year of Research in Education events and initiatives as necessary; and more. Being present on campus will be necessary for a lot of the tasks to be performed. Excellent writing skills, especially for a general audience, are required, along with curiosity, creativity, capacity for independent work, and sound judgement.
Each GAA will be working approximately 5 hours per week between November 1st, 2014 and June 30th, 2015. The hourly wage is $22.34 for Master’s level students and $23.21 for doctoral student.
Interested applicants should contact Brigitte Gemme by email before October 27th at 9 a.m. Please include a short letter (in the body of the email) indicating why you are interested in the position and how you are a good fit for the Year of Research in Education. Please also include your CV or resume. If you have examples of prior writing, media or creative work that you feel is relevant to the position, please include some links.
Thanks to Flickr’s Photologue_NP for the photo.
