Student Managers are an essential part of our office—helping to coordinate and oversee mission-critical day-to-day operations. Given the duties the Office of Academic Affair assigns to certain 
Administrators & Coordinators to focus on work beyond the Writing Center or behind-the-scenes (e.g., assessment, serving on campus committees, professional development for instructors, managing budgets and compliance), Student Managers are crucial for making sure our core initiatives—the Writing Center, the Writing Fellows Program, Workshops, and Outreach—are running as smoothly and effectively as possible.
Administrators & Coordinators to focus on work beyond the Writing Center or behind-the-scenes (e.g., assessment, serving on campus committees, professional development for instructors, managing budgets and compliance), Student Managers are crucial for making sure our core initiatives—the Writing Center, the Writing Fellows Program, Workshops, and Outreach—are running as smoothly and effectively as possible.
Working as a Student Manager gives you a chance to get more involved in our work and gives you meaningful experiences and potentially valuable transferrable skills in your professional and intellectual development.
After hiring our next 
Writing Fellows Student Manager (WFSM) Mads W in Round 1 of this year’s hiring process 🙌, we’re now hiring 5 new Student Managers in this second round of hiring.
Writing Fellows Student Manager (WFSM) Mads W in Round 1 of this year’s hiring process 🙌, we’re now hiring 5 new Student Managers in this second round of hiring.Applications are due Thursday, May 9 by 11:59pm. Details below.
🪜 Open Positions for 2024-2025
Operations Student Manager (OSM)
⬆️ Reports to Katie Brown
🔵 🔵 2 Positions Open
Outreach Student Manager (ORSM)
⬆️ Reports to Jen Finstrom
⚫ 1 Position Open
Professional Development Student Manager (PDSM): Continuing Education
⬆️ Reports to Erin Herrmann
⚪ 1 Position Open
Workshops Student Manager (WSSM)
⬆️ Reports to Katie Martin
🔴 1 Position Open✅ Requirements & Qualifications
- You need to be a team player who enjoys collaborating with others
- You need to be exceptionally organized, professional, and knowledgeable of Writing Center programs and our
Policies, Procedures, & Processes
- You bring creativity and strong problem-solving skills
- You will be a current undergraduate or graduate student** who will also be a student for the duration of the 2024-2025 Academic Year
- You commit to serving as a Student Manager for the duration required of the given position you apply for and accept (see
Student Managers position descriptions for exact requirements)
- In addition to working in the core Writing Center roles of
Writing Center Tutor 
Writing Fellow, and 
Receptionist—or in some cases, as 
Writing Group Facilitators—Student Managers may not be on teams unrelated to your Student Manager role
- When working in-person shifts, and only when possible given your other commitments, you commit to being a source of support to tutors and daily operations
We count on Student Managers to be model employees and be a leader of and for other student employees on staff. This includes knowing and following our Policies, Procedures, & Processes and in general being invested in making our workplace as effective and collegial as possible. To be explicit, we do expect Student Managers to be highly invested in their work and to go above and beyond in solving problems that arise. We do not ask Student Managers to never make mistakes or face challenges at work, but rather to face challenges and own up to mistakes and work with their supervisor and team to learn from these experiences.
Policies, Procedures, & Processes and in general being invested in making our workplace as effective and collegial as possible. To be explicit, we do expect Student Managers to be highly invested in their work and to go above and beyond in solving problems that arise. We do not ask Student Managers to never make mistakes or face challenges at work, but rather to face challenges and own up to mistakes and work with their supervisor and team to learn from these experiences.💲 Compensation/Pay
First year* Student Manager | $18.50 per hour** |
Second year* Student Manager | $19.00 per hour** |
4 of the 5 Student Manager positions—the two new Operations Student Manager (OSM)s, the Professional Development Student Manager (PDSM): Continuing Education, and the Outreach Student Manager (ORSM)—officially begin in Summer Session 2024.
Operations Student Manager (OSM)s, the Professional Development Student Manager (PDSM): Continuing Education, and the Outreach Student Manager (ORSM)—officially begin in Summer Session 2024.The new hourly pay rate will be effective as of the first pay period in Summer Session for these 4 Student Managers.
The Workshops Student Manager (WSSM) position officially begins work in Autumn Quarter; whoever is hired into this position WILL have the opportunity—but no requirement—to work in Summer Session 2024 at their non-Student Manager pay rate.
Workshops Student Manager (WSSM) position officially begins work in Autumn Quarter; whoever is hired into this position WILL have the opportunity—but no requirement—to work in Summer Session 2024 at their non-Student Manager pay rate.*The terms “first year” and “second year” refer to being in the student manager role itself and not one’s duration of employment at the Writing Center. I.e., if you are in your first year as a student manager, you will be compensated at the first year student manager pay rate.
**Any Graduate Assistant working as a Student Manager will be paid via stipend in Autumn, Winter, & Spring Quarters from your home department at whatever your current rate is and will receive the hourly Student Manager pay rate when working outside of stipend hours in Summer, Intersession, or any extra hours beyond the 20 hours per week covered by stipend (with the exception of a GA in the Workshops Student Manager (WSSM) working Summer Session 2024, who would be paid at your current hourly rate).
🔑 Process for Applying
- Review the Student Managers page and the job description(s) of the position(s) you’re interested in
- Meet with the direct supervisor of the position(s) for which you're interested in applying. In your meeting(s), ask position supervisors any questions you have about the job and discuss your skills and goals and how they might be a fit for the position.
- Erin Herrmann if you're interested in applying to be the Professional Development Student Manager (PDSM): Continuing Education
- Jen Finstrom if you're interested in applying to be the Outreach Student Manager (ORSM)
- Katie Brown or Matthew Pearson if you're interested in applying to be an Operations Student Manager (OSM)
- Katie Martin (available Monday, May 6-Thursday, May 9) if you're interested in applying to be the Workshops Student Manager (WSSM)
To arrange a time to meet with (a) supervisor(s) before applications are due, Slack DM...
- Ready your application materials
📄 Letter of Application (Word or PDF file), in which you...
- Make a case for why and how you are particularly qualified to be a Student Manager. Use your work thus far at the Writing Center, applicable experiences and skills within and beyond the Writing Center, and reflections on your own leadership approaches and philosophy to help make your case for why you are qualified to be an effective student manager.
- Tell us more about why you want to be a student manager and what it is about the position(s) you’re applying for that draw you to it/them.
📝 Sample Written Feedback & Annotation
- Choose 1 written feedback document of yours that you think represents your alignment with best practices for written feedback. You can access your past written feedback documents through the the Google Drive Written Feedback folders: Writing Center > Written Feedback > [Current or Previous] Quarter Archives
- In a paragraph or so ON THE APPLICATION FORM (linked below), explain why you chose your specific written feedback sample as a strong example and what makes it align with Writing Center best practices.
🌐 Completed Application Form due by 11:59pm Thursday, May 9