GA Pre-Professional - Multicultural Center - Fall

GA Pre-Professional - Multicultural Center - Fall 2026 - Spring 2027

Title: GA Pre-Professional - Multicultural Center - Fall 2026 - Spring 2027
Division Name: Student Affairs
Department: Multicultural Center
Campus

Location:

Normal, IL

Graduate Assistants for the Multicultural Center at Illinois State University assist the staff in varying capacities based on the needs of the campus community and overall staff composition. The combination of duties within each Graduate Assistant’s position description may vary each semester but will include some of the possible duties and responsibilities below. Graduate Assistants may advise student organizations, assess programs and services, assist with Multicultural Center operations, and provide outreach to the greater campus community.

Graduate Assistants may also assist with coordinating the core functions of the Multicultural Center.

• Advise one or more sponsored student organizations with the center in planning campus-wide programs and events, including contracting, budgeting, event management, and handling purchasing or procurement, which may involve driving to pick up supplies.
• Assist in the development of curriculum for outcome-based learning and team-building sessions for the sponsored student organization’s leadership.
• Foster student leadership development, transferable skill-building, personal development, and overall growth.
• Assist with Multicultural Center programming by developing learning outcomes, creating program plans, researching available resources, developing marketing strategies, mapping program logistics, designing program assessments, and implementing programs.
• Assist with Multicultural Center operations, including overseeing reservations, managing the podcast room, collecting assessment data, and supporting the closing of the center one night a week.
• Manage social media platforms, including but not limited to Facebook and Instagram.
• Implement outreach initiatives that connect programs and services to the campus community.
• Process and maintain paperwork and reports for all the programs and services.
• Participate in regular staff meetings, training, required professional development sessions, office events, and support office functions.
• Serve as a University representative for the Multicultural Center, on and off-campus, as business needs dictate and travel with students to conferences and workshops (may include driving University vehicles).
• Support an Associate or Assistant Director with programs or initiatives within one of the core areas of the Multicultural Center.
• Perform other duties and functions as assigned.

Evening and weekend hours will be required.

$2114 for 0.7 FTE appointment

• Eligible for appointment as per the requirements in the Graduate Assistant Handbook which can be found at (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below)..pdf
• Must be a degree seeking graduate student at Illinois State University in one of the following academic programs:
  College Student Personnel Administration, Social Work, Education, Communications, Criminal Justice Sciences, Creative Technologies, Family and Consumer Science, Psychology, Business, Language Literature, and Cultures.

Monday-Friday;
Evenings and some weekends

August 2026

Resume, Cover Letter, Reference List

Please Note
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These documents are required to be submitted online in order to complete the application process. Please have these documents ready prior to clicking on "Apply"

Note:

If you have not yet been assigned a University , but are interested in applying for this graduate assistantship, please proceed with the graduate assistant application process. For the first question regarding your University , simply enter in nine (9) zeros (e.g., ).

You must be eligible for employment in the United States and at Illinois State University and/or for the number of hours required for the position.

Illinois State University student employees are restricted to no more than 28 hours per week of on-campus employment for all positions held. International students are restricted by their visa status to no more than 20 hours per week of on-campus employment when the university is in session but may work up to 28 hours per week when the university is not in session.

Please contact the Office of International Student and Scholar Services for guidance on visa restrictions on work hours. The University cannot grant exceptions to visa status rules/laws.

Benefits for Graduate Assistants can be found in the Graduate Assistant Handbook.

This position is subject to a criminal background investigation and if applicable, an employment history review, based on University Policy 3.1.30 and any offer of employment is contingent upon you passing a satisfactory criminal background investigation and/or an employment…