Temporary - Writing Consultant & Academic Coach

Position Overview

KU's Wingspan:
Center for Learning and Writing Support is partnering with KU Edwards Campus to provide writing support and academic coaching to in-person and online students. Wingspan offers a portfolio of collaborative, innovative academic support programs and services to students, faculty, and staff. Wingspan provides individual and group support through its Peer Academic Coaching program, Supplemental Instruction (SI) program, Learning and Tutoring Services, and Writing Center Services.

The University of Kansas Edwards Campus is located in Overland Park, KS, strategically placed to bring permanent growth and education to the greater Kansas City area by providing courses to working professionals, transfer students, and international students. While classes can be held at any time during the day, most classes are held in the evenings between 4pm and 9pm.

• Work in-person and online with undergraduate and graduate students from the Edwards campus and students from all KU campuses.
  • Writing Consultant:
    Foster student learning by asking questions, collaborating with writers during consultations, and teaching important writing strategies and concepts. Provide technology, research, reading, and writing support to students working on multimodal projects, including communication, technical writing projects and competency-based assessments.
  • Academic Coach:
    Provide virtual and in-person coaching appointments to support Edwards Campus undergraduate and graduate students in academic soft skills such as time management, study skills, and navigating academia. Hold study accountability appointments.

• Participate in ongoing tutor education and development. Tutor professional development means achieving Level 1 certification through KU's partnership with CRLA within 12 months, which involves asynchronous and synchronous training provided by employees of Wingspan. Achieving Level 2 after that is optional but highly encouraged. Occasional observation of appointments by Wingspan professionals and others will also provide helpful feedback for further professional development.

• Participate in ongoing partnerships with a variety of classes/departments across campus and deliver occasional academic support events. Partnerships may require facilitating writing groups or academic information events, delivering presentations, participating in events, workshops or other forms of support as determined by the instructor and Wingspan staff. Academic support events may include writing or accountability workshops.

• Maintain an organized, orderly, and safe learning environment. Participate in creating and maintaining a positive team environment.

• Other duties as assigned.

In person at the KU-Edwards Campus in Overland Park with possibility for some remote hours.

In addition to the online application, the following documents are required to be considered for this position:

• Cover letter describing how you meet the required and preferred qualifications.
• Resume
• List of three (3) professional references
• One recent academic writing sample (e.g. seminar papers, conference papers, research prospectus, etc.)

Only complete applications will be considered.

Application review begins July 20th 2026, and will continue until a qualified pool of applicants are identified.

Jen Katzer,
Jennifer.katzer

20.20per/hr

Monday July 20, 2026

Sunday September 6, 2026