School of Social Work Graduate Assistant Position

School of Social Work Graduate Assistant Position

Job no: 546823
Work type: Graduate Assistant
Location: San Bernardino - San Bernardino Campus, San Bernardino - Palm Desert Campus
Categories: Unit 11 - UAW - California Alliance of Academic Student Workers, Temporary, Part Time, On-site (work in-person at business location), Telecommute eligible (work onsite as scheduled and/or as requested and telecommute as scheduled)

California State University, San Bernardino (CSUSB) is a preeminent center of intellectual and cultural activity in the Inland Empire region of Southern California. Opened in 1965 and set at the foothills of the beautiful San Bernardino mountains, the university serves approximately 19,000 students. CSUSB is a federally recognized minority-serving and Hispanic-serving institution that reflects the dynamic diversity of the region and has the most diverse student population of any university in the Inland Empire: 74 percent of its students are members of underrepresented groups, 80 percent are first-generation, and 56 percent are Pell eligible.

For more information on the campus, please visit the CSUSB website.

CSUSB employs 467 full-time faculty and offers 48 undergraduate, 35 graduate, and one doctoral degree programs and 14 academic programs with national accreditation. At CSUSB, diversity, equity and inclusion are values central to our mission. We recognize that diversity and inclusion in all its forms are necessary for our institutional success. By fully leveraging our diverse experiences, backgrounds and insights, we inspire innovation, challenge the status quo and create better outcomes for our students and community.

As part of CSUSB's commitment to hire, develop and retain a diverse faculty, we offer a variety of networking, mentoring and development programs for our junior faculty. We are committed to building and sustaining a CSUSB community that is supportive and inclusive of all individuals. Qualified applicants with experience in ethnically diverse settings and/or who demonstrate a commitment to serving diverse student populations are strongly encouraged to apply.

JOB SUMMARY

The School of Social Work at the Palm Desert Campus seeks a graduate assistant with strong research skills for a project examining food insecurity in the Coachella Valley area, leveraging community-based partnerships to do so. This graduate assistant will work directly with community partners to implement a cross-sectional survey and analyze survey data to further understand the nature of food insecurity in the Coachella Valley.

The graduate assistant will play an active role on project teams with university and community partners. Candidates must be able to manage multiple tasks with competing deadlines, be well versed in basic research and evaluation strategies, methodologies and analytic approaches, have quality written and oral communication skills, and be able to manage positive relationships with community partners. This position provides the opportunity for conference presentations and peer-reviewed publications.

This position will likely last through Summer 2025.

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TYPICAL ACTIVITIES

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Assisting in survey design and administration
• Engaging in outreach and collaboration with community partners
• Analyzing survey data
• Communicating research findings orally and in writing in community and academic settings

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Ability to learn and perform assigned research work; follow oral and written instructions

• Ability to work cooperatively and communicate effectively with university and community partners

• Knowledge of community-based research approaches

• Demonstrated experience in producing high-quality, professional writing and oral communications

Exceptions to the minimum eligibility qualifications may be granted at the sole discretion of the university.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Current enrollment full or part-time as a graduate student at CSUSB
• Successful completion of graduate level research methods course
• International students must have…