Website MCNY
Department Name: Learning Commons (Learning Enhancement Center & Library)
Job Title: Learning Commons Assistant
Supervisor: Ren Evans / Natalia Sucre / Gregory Lewis
Pay Rate: $15/hour
To apply, please send your resume to: mentoring@mcny.edu
Deadline: Applications ongoing up to week 7 of the term
Total Hours per week: A maximum of 5 hours remote a week for mentoring & a maximum of 15 hours a week for on-site library work
Location: Remote (mentoring) and Manhattan campus library (library work)
Job Responsibilities:
Mentoring
- Conduct outreach to students interested in receiving mentoring
- Help students remotely with questions large and small such as balancing work/life responsibilities, working with Moodle, setting goals, tackling an assignment and utilizing support resources at MCNY
- Attend at least two professional development discussions over the term
- Attend occasional virtual team meetings over the term
- Document all interactions with students
- Promote the peer mentor program to students
- Assist with peer mentor program outreach events
- Perform other duties as determined by supervisors
Library Assistance
- Work from the circulation desk as needed and assigned by supervisor and library staff
- Learn how the library is organized, both on-site and virtually
- On occasion, open or close the library as needed
- Respond to questions from library users and direct them to library and LEC staff as needed
- Track interactions with library users
- Assist in a range of library projects including but not limited to weeding, stacks maintenance/shelf reading, creating book exhibits, collection management, blog maintenance, and special projects
- Assist in outreach activities to students for library programming and services
- Other support and clerical duties as required
Qualifications:
- Currently in the second semester (or higher) of a degree program at Metropolitan College of New York
- 3.0 GPA
- Strong interpersonal skills
- Strong organizational skills
- Strong Office 365 skills
- Strong desire to help others and to work on facilitating learning and personal growth
- Ability to multitask and be flexible regarding duties and assignments
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team
To apply for this job please visit mcny.edu .