[Hiring] Graduate Writing Center Consultant @University of St Thomas

Role Description

The overarching goal of the School of Education Graduate Writing Center is to create better writers by providing graduate students in the School of Education with collaborative writing consultations. A Writing Center Consultant must be knowledgeable in APA citation style and be able to convey ideas about higher-order writing concerns, like essay organization and creating a thesis statement, as well as lower-order writing concerns like grammar, sentence structure, and punctuation. Along with writing knowledge, Graduate Writing Consultants must be able to work comfortably in a 1:1 setting with students at any stage in the writing process, from brainstorming to a final draft. To create a collaborative learning environment, writing consultants must ask open-ended questions and provide writing rules for students to follow in the future. Please note that of the 5 hours available, this position must have half of those hours in the evening or weekends to accommodate the needs of Graduate Students in the School of Education.

• Work 1:1 with peers in the School of Education on their writing projects
• Meet students at their level and explore different tutoring methods to discover which is most effective for each student
• Treat each client as an individual, with needs varying widely between the last and next
• Document writing consultations
• Host and create Writing Center Workshops on a variety of writing topics
• Create handouts to add to the handout library
• Put into practice the Writing Center Best Practices
• Develop a positive Writing Center relationship with School of Education graduate students and faculty

Qualifications

• Full-time graduate student standing
• Must be available to work some evenings online and some hours during the day (preference may be given to someone with a variety of evening availability)
• Knowledge of APA and strong writing skills
• Ability to work independently
• Must demonstrate strong customer service abilities

Requirements

• To be eligible for student employment, St. Thomas students must be degree seeking at the undergraduate, graduate and doctoral levels.
• Students must be actively enrolled at least part-time in courses for credit.
• For further information on eligibility please see the Student Employee Toolkit on One StThomas.

Benefits

• Pay: $19.00 an hour
• Hours: 5 hours per week (must have at least 2 hours available in the evening)
• Position available Fall 2026 Semester