ARPA Grant Graduate Student Employee 03 Student 2 Positions

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ARPA Grant, Graduate Student Employee (03 Student) 2 Positions

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Student

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Locations:

Worcester, MA

Posted:

Apr 25, 2023

Closes:

Open Until Filled

Type:

PT No Benefits

Position ID:

161560

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About Worcester State University:

WORCESTER STATE UNIVERSITY is a liberal arts and sciences university with a long tradition of academic excellence dating back to 1874, as well as an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer that seeks to reflect the diversity of its community. Our workforce is dedicated to academic quality, student-centered programming, engaged citizenship, open exchanges of ideas, diversity and inclusiveness, and civility and integrity. We are looking for job applicants who share these values and commitment to our students.

Worcester State is centrally located in Massachusetts, about an hour's drive from Boston, Springfield, and Providence, Rhode Island. Our 58-acre campus is nestled in the residential northwest side of Worcester--the second largest city in New England and home to 37,000 college students at more than a dozen colleges and universities. Over 6,000 of those students attend Worcester State--approximately 5,300 are undergraduates and 1,000 are graduate students. Learn more about us at worcester.edu/about

Job Description:

TITLE:

ARPA Grant, Graduate Student Employee

DEPARTMENT:

Urban Action Institute

SUPERVISOR:

Assistant Director, Urban Action Institute

POSITION LEVEL:

Non-Supervisory (Minimum Wage)

General Statement of Duties:

The Urban Action Institute Works to promote student development and to collaboratively address social, political, and economic injustices in our society through collective, transformative action that bridges lines of difference and forges community. The Urban Action Institute has recently been working to address food insecurity through the use of an ARPA (American Rescue Plan Act) Grant. Recently the UAI has been working on starting a pilot program that would equip spaces on campus with tools to help address food insecurity on campus. The Graduate Student Employee for the ARPA Grant will assist the UAI in the collection and analysis of survey data related to food insecurity at WSU.

Responsibilities:

Provides assistance to conduct surveys on food insecurity at Worcester State University

Helps coordinate and support work for others students to staff in ARPA Grant projects office by training them and assisting them with questions and concerns

Assists with research of UAI projects such as Information Tables, and other related activities related to the ARPA grant, etc.

General assistance to maintain the UAI initiatives and projects

Requirements:

Qualifications:

Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (verbal and written).

Motivated, with demonstrated ability to work independently and as part of a team.

Demonstrated ability to work on quantitative research projects, particularly surveys.

Additional Information:

Worcester State University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer which seeks to reflect the diversity of its community.

*This position is available for WSU students only*

Hourly Rate:

$15.00

Application Instructions:

Students must apply online.

*This position is for WSU students only.*

Company info

Worcester State University
Website : http://www.worcester.edu