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2025-2026 CommonGround Program Assistant Position Description Program: CommonGround, The Program on Intergroup Relations Position: Program Assistant Compensation: $16/hour Hours: Will vary by week, approximately 8-10 hours per week Time Frame: August - April 2026 Contact Person: Meaghan Wheat Email Address: wheatmeg@umich.edu Work Location: Program on Intergroup Relations 1214 S. University Ave, Ann Arbor Phone Number: 734-763-8145 Program Summary The Program on Intergroup Relations (IGR) is a social justice education program that blends theory and experiential learning to facilitate students’ learning around social group identity, social inequality, and intergroup relations. CommonGround, a student-run program within IGR, provides workshops for groups of UM students (student organizations, courses, etc.) by request. The workshops aim to raise awareness about social identities, power, privilege, and oppression. CommonGround prepares undergraduate and graduate students to create and facilitate these interactive workshops. The Programming Team is the group of undergraduate student staff and graduate interns that manages program operations and supports the selection, training, and coaching of the student volunteers in CommonGround. Being a member of the Programming Team is an opportunity to work collaboratively with other student leaders who are passionate about social justice education. IGR is hiring a Program Assistant for the CommonGround workshop program. Job Description The Program Assistant keeps a thorough record of CommonGround’s workshops, activities, and supplies. This role is also responsible for the evaluation and assessment of our workshops. Additionally, the Program Assistant provides valuable support to other team members by providing input on the direction of the program. Core Responsibilities Maintain the Qualtrics workshop evaluation database Manage all workshop evaluation surveys Manually enter survey responses using Qualtrics platform Analyze evaluation data to create reports/presentations each semester and recommend changes to workshops Complete other small research/assessment/evaluation projects, as needed
Attend workshops in order to evaluate workshops Assist in updating workshop curriculum
Assist in preparing materials and purchasing food for retreats and biweekly meetings Maintain/organize CommonGround materials and office Support the mission of CommonGround as an active member of the programming team Attend weekly Programming Team (staff) meetings Co-facilitate workshops, weekly meetings, and sections of the training retreats Assist with marketing, recruitment, and selection of new members
Attend weekly supervision meetings and perform other administrative tasks/responsibilities as assigned by supervisor Maintain communication with other IGR student units such as the Student Experience Team and the Recruitment Team
Programming Team work Provide leadership and direction for CommonGround program Attend 1.5 hour weekly ProgrammingTeam (staff) meetings Help create and lead training sessions for workshop facilitators Assist with recruiting and selecting new staff and facilitators Attend weekly supervision meetings and perform other administrative tasks/responsibilities as assigned by supervisor Commit to a regular 8-10 hour/week work schedule, with some occasional nights and weekends
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