Employment Opportunities
If you have any questions, please contact us at hasc@niu.edu. Applications are accepted only through the web form below.
Supplemental Instruction Leader
Supplemental Instruction is an exemplary, peer-led academic assistance program designed to help students succeed in challenging courses. Supplemental Instruction Leaders (SILs) collaborate with faculty to organize and deliver additional study sessions to aid students in learning course material.
- Attend all lectures of assigned course (approx. 3 hours)
- Create lesson plans and materials for interactive group review sessions (2-3 hours)
- Conduct weekly reviews using the International SI model (3 hours)
- Hold office hours for individual student questions (1-2 hours)
- Communicate with students through email and/or Blackboard (as needed)
Benefits: starting pay is $15/per hour
Tutor
HASC Tutors assist students with homework, project, and assignment fundamentals; help students understand concepts; and apply effective learning strategies. Tutoring peers is a rewarding experience as tutors not only empower their peers, but also strengthen their own conceptual knowledge and academic performance. HASC Tutor work primarily in a one-on-one capacity with NIU students only.
Benefits: starting pay is $14/per hour
Peer Academic Coach
Academic Coaching is the one-on-one process of helping a student examine academic concerns and perceived barriers to success. Peer Academic Coaches (PACs) provide individual semester-long support, assess the student’s strengths and needs, and devise a personalized plan of action in the following areas:
- Time management
- Procrastination
- Exam preparation
- Note taking
- Reading strategies
Benefits: starting pay is $14/hour
Desk Assistant
HASC Desk Assistants help members of the NIU community with accessing HASC services by making appointments, checking in guests for appointments, and providing general student information through front desk operations. The ideal candidate is an undergraduate student who is dependable, organized, detail-oriented and friendly. Additional duties include data collection and clerical tasks pertaining to the functioning of HASC.
Benefits: starting pay is $14/hour
Undergraduate Writing Consultant
A University Writing Center (UWC) undergraduate peer or writing consultant will perform the following duties:
- Work as a writing consultant
- Complete outreach presentations that promote the UWC and its services
- Create handouts for client and consult use on topics like documentation, writing in the disciplines, resumes and cover letters and personal statements
- Contribute to the production of UWC assessment and/or promotional documents
- Participate in the hiring of new staff
- Attend mandatory training (during the first semester and beyond as necessary)
- Attend staff meetings
Qualifications
An undergraduate peer consultant must be at least a second-year, full-time student in an NIU program who has successfully completed or met NIU's first-year composition requirements.
Undergraduate peer writing consultants must be willing to work a consistent schedule for at least 10 hours per week each semester. They select their own schedules within UWC hours of operation.
Application Process
The University Writing Center (UWC) hiring process includes the following materials:
- Application (PDF)
- College-level academic writing sample with sources (minimum 500 words) in a documentation style of your choice
- Explanation (approximately 250 words) of why you chose the sample as your writing submission, including the following information:
- What class/course what the assignment written for?
- What do you like about the submission?
- What would you change if you revised it?
Graduate Assistant Consultant
A University Writing Center (UWC) graduate assistant will perform the following duties:
- Work as a writing consultant
- Complete outreach presentations that promote the writing center and its services
- Create handouts for clients and consult use on topics like documentation, writing in the disciplines, résumés
- and cover letters, and personal statements
- Contribute to the production of UWC assessment and/or promotional documents
- Participate in the hiring of new staff
- Attend mandatory training (during the first semester)
- Attend staff meetings
Continuing graduate assistants will perform the following additional duties:
- Develop and give focused presentations to classes and groups in the NIU community
- Participate in UWC mentoring by working with new consultants (after the first semester)
- Co-create training materials and help facilitate staff training
- Oversee staff meetings in the absence of the UWC program director
Qualifications
Graduate assistants must be enrolled full-time in an NIU graduate program or have an approved underload status. They must be willing to work a consistent schedule for 10, 15 or 20 hours per week, depending on their appointment, during each semester. Graduate assistants select their own schedules within UWC hours of operation.
Application Process
The application process consists of multiple parts:
