Graduate Assistant-Fredonia BranchED ELITE Project

Location: Fredonia, NY Category: SUNY Fredonia Job Type: Hourly Posted On: Fri Oct 9 2026 Job Description:

Job Title: Graduate Assistant

Office/Location: SUNY Fredonia Campus, Thompson Hall

Job Summary:

The BranchED ELITE Project is seeking a full-time graduate student to serve as a Graduate

Assistant (GA) for approximately 10 hours per week. The GA will support the planning and

implementation of professional development sessions and family literacy night events, assist with

project coordination, and contribute to evaluation activities, including data collection, organization, and

analysis. The ideal candidate will be organized, detailed-oriented, and able to work collaboratively with

faculty, educators, families, and community partners.

Job Duties:

• Assist with planning, organizing, and implementing professional development sessions for educators.

• Assist with planning and coordinating family literacy night events and other project activities.

• Prepare and organize materials and resources for professional development sessions an literacy events.

• Assist with participant recruitment and the informed consent process, including distributing consent materials and obtaining required consent in accordance with approved research protocols.

• Assist with data collection, including surveys and other project-related evaluation activities.

• Organize, enter, clean, and manage project data while maintaining participant confidentiality.

• Assist with qualitative and quantitative data analysis, as appropriate.

• Maintain accurate project records and research documentation.

• Attend project meetings and provide other project support as needed.

Job Requirements:

Required Education/Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree

• Current enrollment as a full-time graduate student

• CITI Human Subject Research training certification

Preferred Education/Qualifications:

• Background in education, literacy, early childhood/childhood education, or a related field

• Experience with research, data collection, data management, or data analysis

• Experience working with children, families, educators, or community-based programs

Compensation- $16 an hour

Additional Information:

As an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer, The Research Foundation for SUNY will not discriminate in its employment practices due to an applicant's race, color, creed, religion, sex, pregnancy-related conditions, reproductive health decisions, childbirth or related medical conditions, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, transgender status, age, national origin or ancestry, marital status, familial status, citizenship, physical and mental disability, prior arrest or conviction record, genetic characteristics/genetic information, predisposition or carrier status, domestic violence victim status, military status or service, veteran status, or any other characteristics protected under federal, state or local law.

The Company will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant.

Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled.

The Research Foundation for the State University of New York is not an agency or instrumentality of the State of New York. Employees of the Research Foundation for the State University of New York are not state employees, do not participate in any state retirement system, and do not receive state fringe benefits. The Research Foundation for the State University of New York operates under a contract with The State University of New York and receives no directly appropriated state funding.