WS Graduate Assistant - Degree & Graduation Initiatives

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

Dear Applicant,
Human Resources will not be held responsible for redacting any confidential information from the documents you attach with your application. The confidential information includes the following:
Date of Birth
Social Security Number
Gender
Ethnicity/Race
Please make sure that you omit this information prior to submission. We are advising that Human Resources will be forwarding your application to the department as per your submission.
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley reserves the right to discontinue accepting applications prior to the stated close date of this position, after meeting the posting requirement of three (3) calendar days.

Title Information

Assistantship Title

Job Class Code

Job Class Code 10082

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.
4. Work study eligible

Position Information

Posting Number

Posting Number A1359

Working Title

Working Title WS Graduate Assistant - Degree Progress & Graduation Initiatives

Location

College

College N/A

Department

Department Office of Student Success

Division

Division Division of Student Success

FTE

FTE .5

Scope of Job

Description of Duties:

• Provide guidance and support to students seeking assistance from program.
• May lead or support student success projects related to communication, outreach, data analysis, workshops, academic innovation, presentations, and social media.
• Develop resources and guides geared at helping students prepare for graduation.
• Work with student success and academic tools, technology platforms/applications, or CRM software.
• Assist with complex student inquiries, solution finding, and making referrals to appropriate campus resources when needed.
• Collaborate with campus partners, faculty, or students regarding assigned initiatives.
• Tracking and progress monitoring of students for assigned initiative.
• May perform research functions on topics relating to student success, academic support, university degree planning, student progress, and degree completion.
• Review data to gather insights relating to student progress and degree completion.
• Provide support to unit and assist with additional responsibilities as assigned.
• This position will be in office

Discipline Specific Required Qualifications

The candidate for this role must have:

• Excellent communication (spoken and written) and customer service skills
• Experience working with confidential information and an understanding of FERPA
• Office operations skills (outreach, answering phones, taking messages, customer service, scheduling, etc.)

Preferred Qualifications

Experience working with case management and tracking preferred if applicable, but not required.
Data visualization experience.

Salary $1250 per month (prorated for start dates after beginning of month)

Number of Vacancies

Number of Vacancies 5

Desired Start Date

Desired Start Date 09/15/2026

EEO Statement

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