Graduate Research Assistant-Sustainable Agr and Rural Advncmt

Office Location
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
1201 W. University Drive
Human Resources
MASS Building 2 nd Floor
Edinburg, TX 78539

Edinburg:
Brownsville:
Office hours:
Monday-Friday
8:00a.m.

- 5:00p.m.

Faculty Recruitment:
College of Engineering & Computer Science: cecs

Robert

C. Vackar College of Business & Entrepreneurship: cobe

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Title Information

Assistantship Title

Assistantship Title Graduate Research Assistant

Job Class Code

Job Class Code 10095

FLSA

FLSA Exempt

Minimum Qualifications

1. Must be admitted to a graduate degree program.
2. Must be in good academic standing
3. Be registered full-time for the respective semester – nine (9) semester credit hours during the fall semester, nine (9) semester credit hours during the spring semester, or three (3) semester credit hours during the summer session or be registered in the required number of semester credit hours to fulfill the only remaining requirements of the degree plan.

Position Information

Posting Number

Posting Number A1472

Working Title

Working Title Graduate Research Assistant-Sustainable Agr and Rural Advncmt

Location

Location Edinburg, Texas

College

College College of Sciences

Department

Department College of Sciences/ Sustainble Agr & Rural Advncmt

Division

Division Provost - Academic Affairs

FTE

FTE 0.5

Scope of Job

To assist staff, faculty, and Project Manager in the research needs of the Sustainable Agricultural and Rural Advancement Center ( SARA ) related projects/program’s purpose, activities and tasks.

• Coordinates project programing to ensure that implementation and prescribed activities and tasks are carried out in accordance with specified objectives.
• Must be able to coordinates the various activities of the projects/programs including outreach, trainings, technical assistance, and the creation of informational materials regarding cooperatives, businesses, and farm and ranch operations.
• Helps coordinate long and short-term programs, including performing feasibility studies.
• Drafts brochures, letters, and agendas.
• Develops, plans, and creates social media communication and campaigns related to the project/programs.
• May plan, develop, organize, and coordinate research and survey designs. Which can include data collection, processing, and analysis and evaluation of data. Dissemination of findings through publication of You Tube videos.
• May assists others in writing and developing proposals for funding grants.
• Attends meetings, conferences, and seminars related to the project’s/program’s mission and goals.
• Helps supervise and organize seminars, conferences, and presentations.
• Provides appropriate reports as required for the projects/programs to Project Manager.
• May provide support in the coordination of general community and school gardens and related small-scale farm plots and farm site demonstration sites in an agricultural environment.

• Ability to interact in a professional manner with faculty, staff, students and the public.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Demonstrate interpersonal skills.
• Independent decision making and problem-solving ability.
• Must demonstrate effective project promotion skills, and the ability to develop and maintain strong working relations with internal and external agencies and entities.
• Project/program may…