Temporary - Writing Consultant & Academic Coach

• Work in-person and online with undergraduate and graduate students from the Edwards campus and students from all KU campuses.
  • Writing Consultant: Foster student learning by asking questions, collaborating with writers during consultations, and teaching important writing strategies and concepts. Provide technology, research, reading, and writing support to students working on multimodal projects, including communication, technical writing projects and competency-based assessments.
  • Academic Coach: Provide virtual and in-person coaching appointments to support Edwards Campus undergraduate and graduate students in academic soft skills such as time management, study skills, and navigating academia. Hold study accountability appointments.

• Participate in ongoing tutor education and development. Tutor professional development means achieving Level 1 certification through KU's partnership with CRLA within 12 months, which involves asynchronous and synchronous training provided by employees of Wingspan. Achieving Level 2 after that is optional but highly encouraged. Occasional observation of appointments by Wingspan professionals and others will also provide helpful feedback for further professional development.
  

• Participate in ongoing partnerships with a variety of classes/departments across campus and deliver occasional academic support events. Partnerships may require facilitating writing groups or academic information events, delivering presentations, participating in events, workshops or other forms of support as determined by the instructor and Wingspan staff. Academic support events may include writing or accountability workshops.
  

• Maintain an organized, orderly, and safe learning environment. Participate in creating and maintaining a positive team environment.
  

1. Bachelor's degree
2. Excellent written communication skills, as evidenced in application materials
3. As demonstrated in application materials, a commitment to the improvement of one's own writing and professional development as a writing consultant.
4. Meets KBOR-mandated English proficiency requirements, if applicable.
5. Trained or willing to be trained as an academic coach.

1. MA in English, Composition and Rhetoric, Writing, TESOL, or Linguistics
2. Completion of graduate coursework in your field, as evidenced by writing sample
3. Previous experience in education such as prior work as a Writing Consultant/tutor, Graduate Teaching Assistant, Undergraduate Teaching Assistant, or other related experience, as evidenced by application materials
4. A demonstrated interest in helping fellow writers reach their academic goals with strong listening skills, sensitivity, generosity, and flexibility, as evidenced by application materials
5. Recent experience using the Microsoft 365 Suite, desktop publishing software, and a variety of online tools (e.g., Canva, Prezi, Zotero, WordPress, and other writing-related software) related to multimodal project design and construction, as evidenced by application materials

In addition to the online application, the following documents are required to be considered for this position:

• Cover letter describing how you meet the required and preferred qualifications.
• Resume
• List of three (3) professional references
• One recent academic writing sample (e.g. seminar papers, conference papers, research prospectus, etc.)

Only complete applications will be considered.

Application review begins July 20th 2026, and will continue until a qualified pool of applicants are identified.