VINE Research Assistant
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Job Number:529122
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Classification:Research Professional 2
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Grade:Grade 79
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Work type:Hybrid, On Campus, Staff Part-time
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Administrative Unit:University of Alaska Fairbanks
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School/Business unit:UAF School of Education
Location:Fairbanks
Categories: Business/ Administrative/ Personnel, Library/Physical/Social Sciences, Research/Science
Position Summary:
If quality of education matters to you, this research assistant position is an opportunity to grow professionally while contributing to Alaska’s K-12 classrooms. You will join a team of committed educators who care about equity, students, teachers, and a large network of Alaskan educational stakeholders. You will have a front row seat to the behinds-the-scene work that goes into supporting teachers in Alaska in both urban and rural Alaska. ASMP has been in existence for 20 years, is a value-added service to the state for which you will be very proud to be connected. Working for the University provides an opportunity to gain college credit, earn a degree, and perhaps become a teacher yourself! This is an opportunity for someone with a strong work ethic, who genuinely cares for our youth and statewide education. You will be part of a bigger collective efficacy movement towards creating equity in the classroom. You will be the data-collector, analyzer, and one who helps demonstrate the value-added nature of ASMP.
If quality of education matters to you, this part-time research assistant position is an opportunity to grow professionally while contributing to Alaska’s K-12 classrooms. You will join a team of committed educators who care about equity, students, teachers, and a large network of Alaskan educational stakeholders. You will have a front row seat to the behinds-the-scene work that goes into supporting teachers in Alaska in both urban and rural Alaska. ASMP has been in existence for 20 years, is a value-added service to the state for which you will be very proud to be connected. Working for the University provides an opportunity to gain college credit, earn a degree, and perhaps become a teacher yourself! This is an opportunity for someone with a strong work ethic, who genuinely cares for our youth and statewide education. You will be part of a bigger collective efficacy movement towards creating equity in the classroom. You will be the data-collector, analyzer, and one who helps demonstrate the value-added nature of ASMP.
The Alaska Statewide Mentor Project (ASMP) is a statewide service supporting teachers in order to provide a quality education with equity to all students in Alaska’s K-12 classrooms. The VINE mission targets teachers with experience and new to Alaska, while also exploring how teaching through culture impacts students’ Social Emotional Learning (SEL). ASMP has successfully worked with teachers new to the profession. Now VINE expands this work to include ‘experienced’ teachers who are new to our beautiful state. VINE provides context for these new arrivals, supports and guides them to more quickly understanding education in Alaska is a unique opportunity to learn while teaching. VINE also emphasizes place-based education, underscoring the contextual need for these newly arrived educators to Alaska.
This position is a key support for ASMP’s value-added service to the state. The opportunity to learn a variety of additional skill sets is limitless: research processes, Alaska-specific context, what it means to be part of a team that believes in collective efficacy, how to maintain a growth mindset, be flexible, and mostly contribute to a cause greater than yourself. Data is an essential element to ASMP. Your record-keeping contributes heavily to future grant-writing and successful funding. Data is the backbone of our work–this position is key, an essential position at ASMP–to be taken quite seriously. Documenting research, tracking data, analyzing that data, reporting on that data, and helping ‘nonresearchers’ If you could talk to those who have been doing this work for the past 20 years, the majority will share it is the best job they’ve ever had and because of the love of this work, they do not feel like it is work. Most feel they are contributing to the future leaders in our state.
Ability to work independently and as a team member in a fast-paced environment. Strong oral and written communication skills including the ability to follow through on tasks, and ask clarifying questions. Sound professional judgment and discretion, capacity to maintain the strictest of confidentiality. The ability to plan and organize on both a daily and long-term basis. Ability to follow directions given by supervisors or co-workers. Ability to file and track information in a relational database. Attention to detail is paramount. Excellent computer skills with various software programs to include databases, spreadsheets, and word processing programs (Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Google).
Minimum Qualifications:
Minimum bachelor’s degree in a science, social science, or mathematics field and a minimum of 1 year experience in science, social science, or mathematics field or an equivalent combination of training and experience.
Proficiency with Google Suite apps
Advanced MS Excel skills
Position Details:
This position is located on the Troth Yeddha campus in Fairbanks, and flexible on-site/hybrid work arrangements may be considered in accordance with UA regulations. This is a part-time, exempt staff position complete with both a competitive salary and full employee benefits package. UA provides a generous compensation package that includes retirement options, annual leave, 12 paid holidays per year, tuition waivers for employees and family members, and affordable medical, dental and vision care coverage. New hires will be placed on the UA Staff Salary Schedule, Grade 79, based on education and experience.
Applications will be reviewed on 8/15/24 or on a rolling basis until a successful candidate is identified.
*To be eligible for this position, applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States without restriction. Applicants who now or may in the future require visa sponsorship to work in the United States are not eligible.
This position is a term-funded position and is reviewed annually for contract renewal at the University's discretion.
The University of Alaska (UA) is responsible for providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities throughout the applicant screening process. If you need assistance in completing this application or during any phase of the interview process, please contact UA Human Resources by phone at 907-450-8200.
UA is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer, educational institution and provider and prohibits illegal discrimination against any individual: www.alaska.edu/nondiscrimination.
The successful applicant is required to complete a background check. Any offer of employment is contingent on the background check.
Your application for employment with the University of Alaska is subject to public disclosure under the Alaska Public Records Act.
If you have any questions regarding this position, please contact Shea Monsey, School of Education HR Coordinator, at smonsey@alaska.edu or 907-474-7341.
All employees at the University of Alaska are expected to uphold the highest standards of ethics and professionalism when conducting or engaged in university business.
*Each university within the University of Alaska system publishes an Annual Security and Fire Safety Report which contains information regarding campus safety and security including topics such as: campus law enforcement authority; crime reporting policies; campus alerts (Timely Warnings and Emergency Notifications); fire safety policies and procedures; programs to prevent dating violence, domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking; the procedures the University will follow when one of these crimes is reported; and other matters of importance related to security on campus. The report also contains information about crime statistics for the three most recent calendar years concerning reported crimes that occurred on campus; in On-Campus Student Housing Facilities; in Noncampus buildings or property owned or controlled by the University or a recognized student organization; and on public property within, or immediately adjacent to and accessible from, the campus. The report also contains fire statistics for any fires occurring in an On-Campus Student Housing Facility during the three most recent calendar years.
Access to the reports is available at:
UAA: (Addresses Anchorage campus, Aviation Technology Complex, JBER - Elmendorf Extension, JBER - Richardson Extension, Kenai Peninsula College - Kachemak Bay campus, Kenai Peninsula College - Kenai River campus, Kodiak College, Kodiak High School Extension, Matanuska-Susitna College, Prince William Sound College, and Prince William Sound College - Cordova Extension) Online: https://www.uaa.alaska.edu/students/safety. Request a paper copy in person: UAA Police Department Office at Room 114 of Eugene Short Hall on the Anchorage campus / UAA Dean of Students Office at Room 122 of Rasmuson Hall on the Anchorage campus. Request a paper copy by mail: 907-786-1120 or police@uaa.alaska.edu / 907-786-1214 or uaa_deanofstudents@alaska.edu.
UAF: (Addresses Fairbanks Campus, Bristol Bay Campus, Chukchi Campus, Community and Technical College, Kasitsna Bay Campus, Seward Marine Center, Tok Campus, Kuskokwim Campus, and Northwest Campus) Online: https://www.uaf.edu/orca/files/ASFSR.pdf. Request a paper copy in person: UAF Office of Rights, Compliance and Accountability on the 3rd Floor of Constitution Hall. Request a paper copy by mail: 907-474-7300 or uaf-orca@alaska.edu.
UAS: (Addresses the Juneau Auke Bay Campus, Juneau Technical Education Center, Sitka Campus, & Ketchikan Campus) Online: https://uas.alaska.edu/equity-and-compliance/docs/clery/UAS_ASFSR.pdf. Request a paper copy in person: Hendrickson Building, Suite 202 on the Juneau campus. Request a paper copy by mail: 907-796-6371 or emailing uas.clery@alaska.edu.
