Graduate Student Assistant Specialist, Continuing & Professional Education - The New School : Job Details

The New School seeks a responsible, detail-oriented individual to provide administrative and communication support to the MS in Strategic Design for Global Leadership (GEMS) team. This individual should display a professional demeanor, ability to multitask, and have excellent communication skills (both internally to communicate to an executive audience and externally to help with social media, marketing and prospecting). General responsibilities include the content creation, support & growth of our GEMS online presence in social media (with specific focus on Instagram and Linkedin) using CANVA, organize design tools and needs in MURAL and MIRO, support for GEMS students administrative needs, database, CANVAS and website maintenance, helping with prospecting and communicating to potential new students, as well as research and special projects as needed.

The applicant must possess strong organizational skills and be punctual, logical, and self-sufficient. This position provides a flexible work schedule with a high expectation of reliability. The chosen candidate must be available to work at least 10 hours/week (can be up to 20 hours/week depending on student availability) and remotely depending on the project. As the Academic Director is located in Europe, the student must be able to meet during their morning (if located in the US) for any needed meetings and have a flexible schedule to connect to students at varying time zones.

The New School is strongly committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace and particularly seeks applications from members of underrepresented groups, as well as candidates who share this commitment.

Responsibilities

Office (virtual)

* Organize and maintain digital filing system

* Track and order supplies

* Schedule meetings as necessary

* Assist in research and special projects as needed

* Helping with expenses and other admin needed

* Other duties as assigned

Administrative and Student Needs

* Ordering books and materials for students

* Arranging deliveries of academic material to global students

* Helping to organize (virtual) meetings and events

* Creation of MURAL and MIRO templates and design tools as needed

* Support follow up with GEMS student needs for their professional development and connections to The New School

Marketing

* Support to contact students in creating content for socialmedia

* Create and maintain social media

* Preparing materials and design assets such as powerpoints and other digital marketing needs

* Helping to update content for our website and canvas pages

* Helping with prospecting and research related to strategic management content

* Creation/Design/Editing of video, imagery, etc as needed

Work Mode:

Hybrid/Remote - Employees hired for this position primarily work remotely with the occasional on-campus presence required with advanced notice. Employees in this role will also be expected to use their best judgment to be on campus when necessary in order to best fulfill theresponsibilities of their job descriptions.

Salary:

$21.00/hr