2014-2015 Career-Life-Balance Graduate Assistantship

Graduate Student Development Unit, The Graduate School at UMBC

Project: UMBC seeks to “celebrate” career-life integration through awareness raising education and training.

Awareness Campaign: UMBC will launch a campaign that will bring into focus the CLB policies on campus.

Seminars and Workshops: We will implement a series of campus–wide educational awareness programs that will focus on CLB policies.

Evaluation & Assessment: We will evaluate and assess the activities for the project.

Requirements include experience with: Logistics/coordination, marketing, basic website maintenance, evaluation and assessment, quantitative and qualitative methods. Knowledge of career-life-balance literature and research is a plus. We are particularly interested in qualitative coding, familiarity with narratives, and other evaluation and assessment methodologies. 

The candidate can be either a full-time master's or doctoral student. This is a 20-hour assistantship. The assistantship includes a stipend, tuition, and health insurance. Students who are interested in part-time, 10 hour positions will be considered. This position does not have any restrictions with regard to citizenship. Students from all academic disciplines are welcome to apply.

For immediate consideration, send a CV, a writing sample, and example of work that showcases skills with evaluation and assessment methods to promisestaff@gmail.com, with the subject: CLB GA Position. 

Sick Leave

If a GA becomes ill, sick leave should be supported collegially, up to 40 hours during the contract year (this includes summer term for GAs supported during the summer session). After four consecutive days of sick leave, the supervisor may require the GA to provide a letter from a physician or other licensed health care professional that states (1) the nature of the illness; (2) that the GA can or cannot return to work for health reasons; and, (3) the duration of the required sick leave. This letter can be submitted upon the GA’s return to work. Sick days should be recorded on time sheets using standard leave codes.

Maternity Leave

Maternity leave is not regarded as sick leave. If maternity leave is required, it should be discussed with the GA’s Graduate Program Director or supervisor as soon as possible. Whereas maternity leave arrangements should be made to fit the individual circumstances, all arrangements must include a 6 week minimum post birth recovery period. Leave arrangements greater than 10 weeks require extenuating circumstances. All maternity leave agreements must be approved by the Associate Dean of the Graduate School. A central pool of funding will be available to reimburse, upon request from the department, the cost of stipends of GAs on maternity leave.

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