Graduate Assistant, Spiritual Life

Job Description

Summary: The Spiritual Life Graduate Assistant will work as a key member of the spiritual life team, assisting the chaplain with educational programming, service opportunities, and logistics for chapel travel experiences. The GA position will be 20 hours per week, reporting directly to the chaplain.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Learn and assist in the planning, implementation and evaluation of key Belk Chapel programs and gatherings

Learn and oversee marketing material for chapel programs, events, and service opportunities throughout the year

Learn and oversee the management of spiritual life event planning and booking pertaining to the chaplain’s office

Learn and coordinate communication of diverse religious observances throughout the year

Learn and assist in greeting students and other guests to Belk Chapel, utilizing skills of hospitality that embrace religious, spiritual and secular diversity

Learn and assist in creating qualitative and quantitative surveys of student experiences in chapel events and programing

Learn and assist in updating the Spiritual Life website in liaison with the chaplain

Learn and assist with monitoring and coordination of the Davies Fellowship initiative

Learn and provide a monthly Spiritual Life report

Learn and develop leadership skills in the pluralistic work of the spiritual life team on campus

Learn and assist in the planning of chapel trips

Other duties, as assigned by the chaplain

Experience, Knowledge, and Skills Required

Enrolled in a Graduate program in Charlotte

Engagement with spiritual life as an undergraduate student

Aligns with the core understanding of pluralism and interfaith bridge-building, in which all students are encouraged to be nourished in the wells of their faith/religious/spiritual traditions, while engaging intentionally in service with others in the process of building strong campus community

Skills in communication, social media, Canva, and Microsoft Word & Excel

Possess organizational leadership skills and the ability to work effectively within teams

Ability to maintain a disciplined work schedule

Easily approachable, friendly, and able to establish and maintain strong rapport with students

Ability to use discretion and exercise good judgment, considering the confidentiality paradigm of the chaplain’s work

Live-in Potential

Graduate Assistants within Student Affairs are the first considered for the four-emergency response graduate support positions that are live-in. These positions are selected separately by Residence Life. The Emergency Response Graduate Support Positions will be expected to be available during emergency situations on campus (inclement weather, etc.) and participate in an on-call rotation to respond to after-hours emergencies. This is an additional responsibility above and beyond your graduate assistantship and thus is treated separately. On-campus housing is provided for free in return for the duties as part of this separate role. On-campus housing includes a one-bedroom furnished apartment including water, electricity, internet, and free onsite laundry. Live-in Graduate Assistants also receive an increased campus dining plan and thus receive (10 meals/week and $450 Lions dollars per year). On-campus housing is pet and partner friendly.

To be considered for one of these positions, please note your interest in the position upon your hiring for the graduate assistantship. Your name will be referred to Residence Life to schedule a separate interview.

Renumeration

Graduate Assistants are eligible for 2 tuition-free graduate courses per academic semester, including summer if actively serving in the graduate assistant role. IMPORTANT: No tuition remission is available for Cybersecurity Management courses.

Graduate Assistants for Student Affairs are provided with a campus-dining plan during the academic year (5 meals/week) and free membership to the Levine Fitness Center.

Graduate Assistants are eligible for free on-campus parking.

Graduate Assistants enjoy flexible scheduling. Time away to be coordinated with immediate supervisor.

Graduate Assistants may be employed outside of Queens for part time work as agreed upon with their supervisor, so long as it does not interfere with the core learnings of this position.

Degree Alignment:

Master of Communication (PLO 1, 3, 4, 5)

Master of Business Administration (PLO 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)

Master of Talent and Organizational Development (PLO 2, 3, 4)

Master of Education (PLO 2, 4, 5)

Application Process

Does this sound like a good fit? Please submit the following:

A cover letter addressing the position qualifications and experience

Current résumé

Contact information for three professional references.

Queens will continue to accept applications until the position is filled.

About Queens University of Charlotte

Located in the heart of the nation’s second fastest growing metropolitan area, Queens University of Charlotte leverages the city’s diverse and thriving environment as an extended classroom. Nationally recognized for undergraduate programs in international and interdisciplinary education, Queens blends the best of liberal arts learning with professional preparation and community engagement. Focused on supporting success for diverse learners, faculty build close and collaborative relationships with students and help them build intentional and individualized roadmaps for flourishing at Queens and beyond. At the graduate program level, the University offers innovative educational experiences that help learners advance professionally and retool for new opportunities. Our environs afford faculty myriad opportunities to advance their own professional growth and teaching and research interests by collaborating with vibrant industry, non-profit, and community organization sectors.

Because of our history of innovation and our legacy of strong leadership, Queens is positioned to be among the new forerunners of American higher education. This is a defining moment for Queens. While other institutions are focused on sustaining and surviving, we are thinking much bigger.

Institutions that understand what is needed and are willing to reimagine what is possible can position themselves to thrive and strengthen their market position after the pandemic with innovative approaches that are deeply connected to the world and its greatest challenges.

By 2030, Queens aspires to become the leading, private, national university of Charlotte with deep, meaningful, and reciprocal connections to the needs of our local community and economy; inventive and multidisciplinary academic programs that are connected to the world’s most pressing challenges and biggest areas of opportunity; a fully connected, integrated, and innovative set of experiences that support holistic wellness and wellbeing; a culture of continuous improvement and investment that enables faculty and staff to flourish and achieve their full potential; and a comprehensive approach to diversity, equity, and inclusion that begins on campus and radiates throughout the community.

Queens University of Charlotte aims to be a leading comprehensive university, distinguished by its commitment to transforming the lives of its students and enhancing the intellectual and cultural fabric of its community. Queens is a campus where diversity, equity, and inclusion are core values. The mission of Queens is to provide transformative educational experiences that nurture intellectual curiosity, promote global understanding, encourage ethical living, and prepare individuals for purposeful and fulfilling lives. To this end, the University recruits talented faculty, staff, and students from across the United States and around the world. Queens encourages applications from women, people of color, people with disabilities, and members of other protected classes and historically minoritized communities. The University also invites applications from individuals who are prepared to provide a rich and varied educational experience to our increasingly diverse student body and to collaborate with colleagues to make Queens an equitable and inclusive place to live, learn, and work.

Queens works to provide an accessible living, learning, and working environment for current and prospective faculty, staff, and students and visitors to our campus. If there are accommodations, we can provide to make your application process more accessible, please contact the Director of Human Resources (, ). The position duties and responsibilities listed above should be able to be completed with or without reasonable accommodations. HR works in partnership with employees to manage the workplace accommodations process.