Graduate Student Assistant

Welcome to the University of North Texas System , or UNT World as we like to call ourselves. UNT World includes the University of North Texas in Denton , the University of North Texas at Dallas and the University of North Texas Health Science Center in Fort Worth. We are the only university system based exclusively in the robust Dallas-Fort Worth region and we are committed to transforming lives and creating economic opportunity through education. Over the past decade, combined UNTS enrollment has grown by more than 25 percent to nearly 44,000 students.

• Plan, develop, and promote mental health outreach activities on campus and in surrounding communities.
• Identify potential participants, schedule enrollment activities, obtain consent, administer project tasks, and ensure participant retention.
• Assist with the creation of program materials and program evaluation.
• Assist with data collection.
• Manage social media sites.
• Facilitate informational meetings, programs, and functions on campus and within the surrounding community related to mental health issues.
• Responsible for promoting community awareness concerning the issues of mental health.
• Identify and collaborate with community groups, partners, and stakeholders to support the project goals and activities.
• Other duties as assigned by the PI and Co-PI.
• Organize and host outreach and tabling events.
• Assist in data collection.
• Manage social media platforms.

• Excellent customer service skills, as well as effective oral and written communication skills.
• Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office computer applications (i.e. Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook).
• Thorough knowledge of modern office practices, procedures and equipment.
• Demonstrated ability to complete tasks independently.
• Proficiency to keep complex records, to assemble and organize data, and to prepare reports from such records.
• Good interpersonal skills and ease in relating to people from varying educational, cultural and social backgrounds.
• Responsible, reliable and punctual.
• Demonstrated ability to plan, organize, and coordinate work of others.
• Considerable knowledge of academic requirements and policies, or of administrative procedures relative to the area of employment.

• Candidates with a bachelor degree in sociology, social work, public health, psychology, education, or other relevant fields.
• Experience working in a mental health program.
• Bilingual (with oral and written skills in Spanish and English) is a highly preferred skill for the position.