Join Our Staff
The Wingspan: Center for Learning and Writing Support provides academic support to thousands of KU students each year. We offer writing consultations, tutoring, coaching, Supplemental Instruction, workshops, and more. As part of the global community, the Wingspan supports students in reaching their personal and professional goals. All students, with their unique life experiences, worldviews, languages and voices, are respected and welcomed. We provide an environment that is conducive to different learning styles and forms of expression.
Benefits of Working at the Wingspan
- We build the work schedule around your availability! We recognize that you are a student first and have a busy academic and extracurricular schedule, so you can request the hours that work best for you and easily request coverage if you need to miss a shift. We want you to find a comfortable balance between school and work.
- During Finals Week, working is optional, and the schedule is tailored to your preferences, so you can decide what you can handle during that stressful time of the semester.
- The Wingspan provides significant training to both new and returning employees. Training includes many aspects:
- New employee training
- Shadowing experienced peer educators
- All-staff training days each semester
- Bi-weekly meetings with fellow staff to discuss topics relevant to the work we do and gain support from your peers.
- We also offer professional development opportunities that boost your resume for any future academic or professional goals.
- Enhance skills like interpersonal communication, public speaking, and business writing
that may be useful in one’s program or beyond - Create website content, workshops, handouts, flyers, or social media content
- Attend and/or present at conferences or training sessions
- Prepare for teaching by working with a wide range of assignments from many disciplines and creating or leading workshops.
- Enhance skills like interpersonal communication, public speaking, and business writing
Over time, you can step into leadership roles within the Wingspan, such as being a senior staff member, facilitating staff development groups, managing graduate writing groups, or being a Graduate Assistant.
Help yourself by helping others! Spending time interacting with course content, interdisciplinary writing, and pedagogy improves your own skills. For writing, you may learn new ways to consider audience, genre, prioritization, clarity, and revision that will help you with your own academic endeavors.
The culture of our space is constantly evolving. We are continuously striving to be inclusive, safe, and open to change.
We also have perks for employees such as swag, coffee on site, a staff area, and fun events that occur throughout the year!
Hiring Schedule
The Wingspan continues to hire positions throughout the year. Many of our programs typically hire new employees starting in April for the Fall semester and November for the Spring semester. However, hiring may continue past these time periods as needed.
Available Positions
Graduate Writing Consultant - Student Hourly
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