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.
We hire for any open student manager positions every Winter & Spring Quarter (depending on position).
✅ 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
- 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 academic year during which you will serve as a Student Manager
- 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, given the time demands of the 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
Requisite Big-Picture Approach & Ethos
We count on each Student Manager to be both
- a model employee
- a leader of and for other student employees on staff
Student Managers must know and follow our Policies and in general being invested in making our workplace as effective and collegial as possible.
Policies and in general being invested in making our workplace as effective and collegial as possible.Whenever a Student Manager sees a policy or procedure that is inefficient, not-ideal, or otherwise problematic, we expect them to work to solve the problem and to share their concerns with their supervisor.
We expect Student Managers to be highly invested in their work and to go above and beyond in solving problems that arise.
We do not expect that Student Managers will 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.
📜 Student Manager Position Descriptions
Operations Student Manager (OSM)
Outreach Student Manager (ORSM)
Professional Development Student Manager (PDSM): Communications 
Professional Development Student Manager (PDSM): Continuing Education
Professional Development Student Manager (PDSM): Mentoring
Writing Fellows Student Manager (WFSM) 
Workshops Student Manager (WSSM)**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 for
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 for- 6 weekly hours beyond the 14 hours covered by stipend in Autumn, Winter, & Spring Quarters
- any hours worked in Summer Session or Intersession