Student Services Professional

Chartered by the state of Georgia in 1785, the University of Georgia is the birthplace of public higher education in America and is the state's flagship university (https://www.uga.edu/). The proof is in our more than 240 years of academic and professional achievements and our continual commitment to higher education. UGA is currently ranked among the top 20 public universities in U.S. News & World Report. The University's main campus is located in Athens, approximately 65 miles northeast of Atlanta, with extended campuses in Atlanta, Griffin, Gwinnett, and Tifton. UGA employs approximately 3,100 faculty and more than 7,700 full-time staff. The University's enrollment exceeds 41,000 students including over 31,000 undergraduates and over 10,000 graduate and professional students. Academic programs reside in 19 schools and colleges, including our newly established School of Medicine.

Monday-Friday from 8am-5pm

You must be a current employee of The University of Georgia to be eligible for this position.

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Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent and 2 years of professional experience

The Student Services Professional (I) serves as part of a three-person team headed by the Assistant Dean of the Morehead Honors College and Director of Student Engagement and Programming. This position will manage extracurricular activities that give all Honors students the opportunity to learn from UGA faculty across campus in informal settings, including Lunchbox Lectures, Field Trip Lunch & Learns, and Book Discussions by recruiting faculty participants, overseeing event scheduling and catering purchases, announcing events and arranging event registration, and handling day-of logistics. This position will administer internal award processes such as the Honors International Scholarship Program; Honors in Washington, Savannah, and New York; the Domestic Experiential Learning Scholarship; the Ash Service Award; and related opportunities by creating and distributing applications, troubleshooting user issues, managing relevant areas of the Honors website, overseeing application and awards processing, and liaising with the Office of Student Financial Aid when appropriate. It will assist other members of the Engagement and Programming team with external award efforts like the U.S. Fulbright Student Award and the Boren Awards as well as promoting professional development by assisting with resume, cover letter, and essay-writing workshops. Working closely with the Dean of the Honors College, who serves as faculty of record for the Introduction to Honors Seminar, this position will oversee the Honors Teaching Assistant Program and the Introduction to Honors seminar logistics.

The Introduction to Honors seminar is a required course for all incoming first-semester Honors students that introduces them to the Honors College, builds professionalization skills, and helps them construct a plan for utilizing its resources throughout their time at UGA through small seminars led by Honors Teaching Assistants (HTAs), themselves upper-class peers in the Honors College. This position oversees the program, coordinating the Introduction to Honors seminar curriculum and its rollout and administration to approximately 700 students in the fall and about 250 students in the spring. This individual will also help select, instruct, supervise, and assist the HTAs each year who disseminate the curriculum and act as peer mentors to the incoming Honors students.

To support all these activities, this position supervises an Engagement and Programming graduate assistant, who will perform an array of tasks including email communications, ordering, data entry, calendaring, and organization.

Working at a desk for long periods of time; occasional standing during events, lift up to 30 lbs.

Be advised a credit check will be required for all positions with financial responsibilities. For additional information about the credit check criteria, visit the UGA Credit Background Check website.

Offers of employment are contingent upon completion of a background investigation including, a criminal background check demonstrating your eligibility for employment with the University of Georgia; confirmation of the credentials and employment history reflected in your application materials (including reference checks) as they relate to the job-based requirements of the position applied for; and, if applicable, a satisfactory credit check. You may also be subject to a pre-employment drug test for positions with high-risk responsibilities, if applicable. Please visit the UGA Background Check website.

Co-Instruct HONS 4000H and support HONS 1000H curriculum development

Manage Honors programming series and events

Support internal and external scholarships

Advance Honors student professionalization and career development

Other duties as assigned