Graduate Student Body President

Position Overview

The mission of Graduate Student Advisory Board (GSAB) is fourfold: to serve graduate and professional students at the University of Kansas by addressing their needs and concerns to administrative and government agents; to promote graduate and professional students status and achievements (e.g. research, teaching, and service) to the administration, community, and Board of Regents; to develop productive working relationships with all departmental, administrative, and governance bodies at the University of Kansas;

and to provide opportunities that facilitate graduate and professional students’ academic and professional development.

• Serves as the Chair for GSAB.
• Develops and executes an effective communication strategy to Graduate and Professional Student Organizations about Student Senate activities and outcomes.
• Gathers, compiles, and presents information to the Student Executive Committee and Student Senate on graduate student concerns and suggestions to improve student life.
• Facilitates graduate student representation, schedules meetings, and maintains effective communication with stakeholders to ensure the work and decisions made through GSAB are transparent within Student Senate and the KU community.

• Develop and set agenda for meetings with KU administrative officers.
• Fosters effective relationships between and among the Student Senate, Office of Graduate Studies, Office of Student Affairs, and Office of the Provost to enhance the graduate student experience.

• Monitors the effectiveness of legal, health, childcare, support and/or financial services relevant to graduate and professional students at the University of Kansas.
• Effectively communicates deficits in graduate student services to GSAB, KU Student Senate, and KU Administration.

• KU graduate student in good academic standing enrolled full-time in an on‑ground degree‑seeking program in accordance with the Full‑Time Enrollment for Graduate Students policy.
• Able to attend in‑person Student Senate and administrative meetings and therefore needs the ability to commute to the Lawrence campus multiple times per week (see duties listed above).
• Strong written communication skills, as demonstrated by application materials.
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to relate to a variety group of students, staff, and faculty.
• Strong organization and time management skills.
• Successful background check as established by the University of Kansas.

• Completion of at least one year of graduate course work enrolled full‑time in a KU graduate program.
• Prior experience writing policy or legislation.
• Prior experience or involvement with KU Student Senate or student governance at another higher education institution.
• Prior experience advocating for graduate student needs, including participation in departmental, school, or university committees, or other forms of campus advocacy.

During the semester term of the appointment, the student hourly must be enrolled in no fewer than 6 credit hours. For summer periods the student hourly must: (1) have been enrolled in no less than 6 hours in the past spring semester or (2) be pre‑enrolled in the upcoming fall semester in no less than 6 hours or (3) be enrolled in summer session or (4) be admitted to study in the upcoming fall semester.

Student Hourlies may be undergraduate or graduate students. (Exceptions granted for GRA/GTA/GA appointments DO NOT apply to Student Hourly appointments).

• Student employees are not eligible for remote work arrangements unless an exception is approved by the unit leadership and HR.
• This is an hourly/non‑exempt position. A student employee cannot hold an hourly/non‑exempt position and a salaried/exempt graduate or undergraduate position (GRA/GTA/GA/RUA/RGA) concurrently.

• Completion of online application.
• Resume: include any skills, qualifications, and/or experience that would be applicable to this position.
• 2 professional references.

A review of applications will continue until a qualified candidate has been identified.

Ric Steele

Vice Provost for Graduate & Postdoctoral Affairs

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$24.00 per hour

Monday June 1, 2026