STUDENT SERVICES FIELD EXPERIENCE ASSOCIATE GRADUATE ASSISTANT POSITION DESCRIPTION

Responsibilities:  The Field Experience Associate 
will work with Career Services staff to maintain 
and develop the field experience website, 
including overseeing the message board; posting 
and responding to the FAQs; reviewing and 
selecting suitable blogs, posters, and photos to 
be posted in the website.  Other tasks include, 
but are not limited to:

1.	Help to implement a pre and post 
interactive field experience assessment tool to 
help students determine a field experience 
opportunity that will maximize their learning 
objectives:  
- Map the interdisciplinary competencies to 
courses
- Map the different field experiences to the ASPH 
competencies
- Link the results of the assessment to the 
suitable field experience opportunities;

2.  Plan presentations by students who have 
completed both international and domestic field 
experiences to educate others on how to find and 
fund their own field experiences; 

3.  Respond and answer student, preceptor, and 
faculty advisor concerns and questions about field
experience;

4.  Consult with students individually about their
field experience questions as needed;

5.  Network with employers and agencies to find 
possible field experiences and preceptors;

6.  Search for opportunities from the other career
sites in the University;

7.  Research funding opportunities - especially 
for international field experiences;

8.  Follow up with past preceptors to build and  
maintain relationships; 

9.  View and implement suggestions and comments to
improve the field experience web site;

10. Other duties as assigned.


Qualifications:
1.  Registered as a FT graduate student during the
2008 – 09 academic year, preferably second-year in
the SPH.
2.  Familiar with the public health academic 
program, preferably completed an international 
field experience.
3.  Fluent on Microsoft Office applications.
4.  Ability to work independently and in a team 
environment.
5.  Excellent written and oral communication 
skills; comfortable public speaker.
6.  Detail-oriented; proven ability to follow 
through on projects.
7.  Experience designing, implementing, or 
maintaining websites.
8.  Innovative, outgoing, enthusiastic.
9.  Must be available to work 16-hours/week (flexbile hours), October 15th - January 6th.

To apply for this position, please submit letter 
of interest and resume to Barb Laporte at:
blaporte@umn.edu