GRADUATE ASSISTANTSHIP: Chancellor’s Committee on the Status of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Issues

Graduate Assistantship available starting Fall 2010

Job Description: Graduate Assistant to the Chancellor’s Committee on the
Status of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Issues

The mission of the Committee is to provide leadership on lesbian, gay,
bisexual, and transgender issues in UIC communities. This includes
addressing needs of staff, faculty, students and alumni of diverse
sexual orientations. The goal is to enhance a supportive environment
which will foster full participation by all members of the university's
communities in teaching, public service, and research.

Staff, faculty, and students who serve on the Committee volunteer to do
so. The Graduate Assistant is the only paid member of the Committee.
The GA is awarded a full tuition and partial fee waiver, as well as a
stipend paid monthly over nine months. The contract term goes from
August 16th to May 15th. This is a 25% graduate assistantship which
requires working ten hours a week.

Responsibilities:
- Take notes at monthly meetings and disseminate minutes to Committee
members.
- Assist in scheduling monthly meetings of the Committee, as well as
meetings between members of the Committee and other campus entities.
- Facilitate communication between members; between the Committee and
other campus entities; between the Committee and the Office for Access
and Equity.
- Complete paperwork related to co-sponsorship of events and student
activities, communicate with the Office for Access and Equity to
reimburse sponsored groups and individuals.
- Assist individuals and groups asking for sponsorship with the request
process.
- Update content on the website.
- Keep records of budget on a regular basis.
- Update progress on the CCSLGBTI Strategic Plan.
- Maintain contact information on the Committee’s many members-at-large.
- Assist with special projects of the sub-committees.
- Support efforts of the Gender and Sexuality Center, Pride at UIC, and
other LGBTQ entities.
- Other tasks assigned by the co-chairs.

Requirements:
- Must be a graduate student at UIC in good standing and able to commit
ten hours a week for the entire academic year
- Familiar with Adobe Dreamweaver and able to update and edit an
existing website.
- Able to work independently on many tasks at a given time.
- Organized and reliable, as this position requires keeping track of the
committee budget, coordinating meetings, communicating with varying
offices and organizations regarding sponsorship requests, and being the
go-to person of the committee.
- Familiar with, and committed to, issues of social justice and/or
issues related to the LGBT communities.
- Able to attend CCSLGBTI meetings and events.

Interested students send a cover letter, resume, and the names of
contacts of three references no later than August 30, 2010 to:

University of IL at Chicago
Gender and Sexuality Center
Attn: CCLGBTI GA Position
1180 BSB, MC 369
1007 Harrison Avenue
Chicago, IL 60607

Or send PDF documents to: Rsboots@uic.edu