Department of Student Life
University Ministry Center
Graduate Assistant 2024-25
The Graduate Assistant for Cairns Student Life department/University Ministry Center reports directly to the Vice President and Dean of Students and is primarily responsible for planning, implementing, and maintaining the Universitys Ministry Credit Program. The GA is expected to be student-centered, administratively sound, task-oriented, relationship oriented, able to problem solve, work autonomously as well as with a team, and be proficient with technology. Strong customer service skills with an appreciation for diversity and the ability to work successfully with a variety of constituents are also highly desired.
Start Date: This position will begin Monday, 7/15/24
Position Responsibilities:
- Work with the Dean of Students to create an annual, robust chapel program.
- Oversee the process and implementation of student chapel attendance tracking.
- Work with the Technology Services department to implement and evaluate the attendance tracking system.
- Keep students updated concerning chapel absences; issue chapel attendance fines to students who have exceeded the maximum allowable chapel absences.
- Coordinate worship teams, song databases, CCLI numbers, and Technology Services elements for each chapel service.
- Make facility reservations in the Event Management System and coordinate event- related facility needs with Campus Services, and other departments as needed. This applies to both corporate chapel events as well as academic and class chapels.
- Working with the School of Music and Admissions, establish and maintain a list of available worship leaders and teams (including recent and local alumni) ensuring the quality of the teams ability to play and lead.
- Contact chapel speakers, worship leaders, and student leaders to secure, schedule, and inform those selected as participants for each chapel service.
- Communicate with speakers and Business Services to ensure timely payment of any honorarium and/or travel expense reimbursements.
- Work with Communications and Marketing to create and communicate the chapel schedule.
- Coordinate and manage chapel announcements.
- Assist in the management of student workers in the UMC, whose duties support media management, database administration, and event planning.
Qualities & Qualifications:
- Excellent administrative and computer skills, including Excel and Microsoft Office; Microsoft Access knowledge a plus.
- Ability to organize and prioritize responsibilities.
- Excellent ability to attend to details.
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively.
- Strong sense of responsibility.
- High level of oral and written communication skills.
General Information - Graduate Assistantships
Graduate Assistants (GAs) must be, and remain, enrolled as a student in good standing on a full-time basis in a Cairn graduate program through the duration of the GA-ship. Dual-level degree students are not eligible for consideration. Those enrolled in a Cairn Online masters degree program are eligible for consideration, but GA work assignments are on-campus only.
The GA-ship ends at the conclusion of the semester in which the GA completes his/her degree.
GAs are paid a stipend of $6,000 per year ($230 per bi-weekly pay period), are provided with fully-paid tuition remission for their courses, and may participate in discount programs offered to Cairn employees. In exchange for the compensation, the GA is expected to work 20 hours per week in a specific department with assigned duties.
While GA-ships are learning experiences, they also require fulfillment of regular work responsibilities. GA-ships are considered year-round, although scheduled work and time off may vary widely from one GA-ship to another, depending upon the workflow and requirements of the department to which the GA is assigned.
For all GA openings, preference will be given to qualified candidates who are beginning their first year of the masters degree program and intend to remain in the GA position through completion of their academic program.
Serving at Cairn University
Located in Langhorne, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Cairn University exists to educate students to serve Christ in the church, society, and the world as biblically minded, well-educated and professionally competent men and women of character. Students earn bachelors degrees in various areas including Bible, Education, Music, and Business Administration; and graduate degrees in Business, Divinity, Education, Organizational Leadership, Worship and Music, and Counseling.
Cairn is a conservative evangelical institution within the protestant tradition that employs faculty and staff who profess Jesus Christ as personal Savior; agree to Cairns Statement of Faith and Community Life Covenant; and serve students in a ministerial capacity through imparting and upholding biblical instruction, prayer, and mentoring. Members of the faculty are required to integrate biblical instruction in their respective professional subject areas. Applicants must provide a Personal Testimony of salvation as part of the application process.
To apply, please follow the link below. You may upload and submit your resume/CV and cover letter and unofficial transcripts with the application.
Cairn University does not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, color, national or ethnic origin, age, disability
or other protected characteristics, in administration of its educational, employment and admissions policies.
