The Chicago School Hiring for Dissertation Writing Specialist at Remote Full Time

Position Summary

The Office of Student Writing and Learning’s mission is to engage students in their learning process, to improve their self-efficacy for writing and learning, and to help them become more effective communicators. We believe learning is a life-long process and that skills acquired and honed while students at The Chicago School will enhance their academic, professional, and personal lives. The Dissertation Writing Specialist will support this mission by providing dissertation writing support services for students enrolled in doctoral programs, including group and individual learning opportunities to assist students in honing their academic and research writing skills. Writing Specialists report to the Associate Director of The National Center for Teaching and Learning.

Principal Duties

• Provide one-on-one and small group coaching tutoring for doctoral students, including, but not limited to, asynchronous chapter, reviews, real-time virtual consultations, conversation Partner Program to strengthen students’ oral communication skills, writing groups and workshops, timely completion of goals and milestones

• Utilize online scheduling software to maintain a weekly schedule of activity

• Provide group instruction, including group tutorials and webinars

• Collaborate with university faculty and OSWL staff to create user-friendly online content for dissertation writing development

• Collaborate with university faculty to identify discipline-specific writing and academic support needs for their students

Additional Responsibilities

• Maintain and communicate records of student progress, including challenges and successes

• Maintain strict confidentiality with regard to student names and results

• Behave in a collegial and professional manner with all members of The Chicago School community and adhere to the highest professional conduct and ethical standards

• Attend regularly scheduled staff meetings, department meetings, and other development and collaborative events as needed/assigned

• Other duties as assigned

Position Qualifications

• A doctoral degree, preferably in English, writing, rhetoric, writing center studies, or similar, and/or psychology or psychology-related area

• Minimum of 2 years of curricular or co-curricular instructional experience in a higher education setting

• Experience working on virtual teams preferred

• Strong familiarity with APA writing style and formatting

• Demonstrated excellence in teaching college-level academic and/or professional writing skills to a culturally diverse student population

• Excellent organizational, interpersonal, and communication skills

Compensation & BenefitsThis opportunity is budgeted at $$23 to $25 base compensation. Additional compensation factors may impact total compensation. To learn more about our competitive benefits and additional rewards, including generous paid time-off, medical and dental insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, retirement plan with employer contribution, multiple flexible spending accounts, tuition reimbursement, click the link below.

https://www.thechicagoschool.edu/career-opportunities/

The Chicago School is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Please note: For the protection of faculty, staff, students, and all who enter our facilities, The Chicago School strongly recommends that all employees are fully vaccinated for COVID-19 per CDC guidance.