Job Description

Posting number: 2026-01943

Department: University of Hawai'i at Manoa - OVPSS - SAS - Student Athlete Academic Services

Job classification: GRADUATE ASSISTANT

Posting type: Open

Categories: Education, Higher Education

Summary

Graduate Assistant – Student-Athlete Academic Services

Student-Athlete Academic Services at the University of Hawai-i at Manoa invites applications for a Graduate Assistant position. This role offers a meaningful opportunity to contribute to student-athlete success through direct academic support, program development, and collaboration with a dedicated team of academic advisors and learning specialists. We are seeking a motivated, student-centered graduate student committed to academic excellence and the holistic development of student-athletes.Duties and Responsibilities

1. Student Support: Support academic advisors and/or learning specialists in providing academic assistance individually or in small group settings for academically at-risk, under-prepared, or otherwise requiring elevated levels of support.
2. Program Support: Support the planning and implementation of academic support programming, including summer bridge, study hall operations, academic engagement initiatives, and student success programming.
3. Tutor & Mentor Development: Support tutor and mentor program initiatives, including training and resource development as needed.
4. Collaboration & Professionalism: Maintain professional, collaborative, and student-centered working relationships with staff and student-athletes.
5. Other Responsibilities: Perform administrative, programmatic, and other related duties as assigned. Work schedules may occasionally extend beyond standard business hours in support of center operations, study hall programming, and departmental initiatives. Summer availability is required to support summer bridge programming and related departmental initiatives.

Minimum Qualifications

1. Classified University of Hawai-i at Manoa graduate student
2. One year of experience tutoring or providing academic support services
3. Strong oral communication, writing, and interpersonal skills
4. Ability to work independently and as part of a team
5. Experience working with diverse student populations
6. Dependable, organized, and efficient

Desirable Qualifications

1. Experience working with student-athletes in an athletic-academic setting
2. One year of formal classroom or instructional teaching experience
3. Experience working with students with learning disabilities

Examples of duties

The University of Hawaii is an equal opportunity/affirmative action institution and is committed to a policy of nondiscrimination on the basis of race, sex, gender identity and expression, age, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, disability, genetic information, marital status, breastfeeding, income assignment for child support, arrest and court record (except as permissible under State law), sexual orientation, national guard absence, or status as a covered veteran.

Employment is contingent on satisfying employment eligibility verification requirements of the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986; reference checks of previous employers; and for certain positions, criminal history record checks.

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