**Position Title: Federal Work Study - Center for Advancement of Contemplative Education, Office Assistant
** Department/Program: CACE 13100
Remote Work Authorization: 100% On-Site
Campus Location: Arapahoe Campus
Reports to: Director of CACE
FLSA Classification: Non-Exempt/Hourly
FTE: 38% (15 hrs/week)
Compensation: $18.00 - $18.00 per hour

Job Summary

This Work Study role is housed under the Division of Mission Culture and Inclusive Community and serving first and foremost CACE – The Center for the Advancement of Contemplative Education. Responsible for providing administrative support in assisting CACE with ongoing upkeep and curation of Contemplative Practice spaces and services such as Meditation Halls, the Tea House, and Shrines across campus while supporting the implementation of community events and programming. Includes occasional office assistance and administration of tasks related to event/program announcements, media design, and occasional research and basic data entry.

Job Duties & Responsibilities

• Contemplative Practices Events Support

Assist with organizing, advertising, and coordinating Practice Day (once each semester) including: contact with workshop facilitators, room allocation for workshops, blurbs for workshop descriptions, meeting facilitator special requests, and more.

Maintain schedule/calendar of contemplative practice offerings for students.

Assist with other CACE events.

• Contemplative Spaces Support: maintain aesthetics and cleanly condition of meditation halls on each. Includes inventory and purchasing of needed supplies such as incense and candles.
• Assist with outreach to Naropa community, the wider public, and local religious organizations at times, to help promote CACE / MCIC events. This may include creation and distribution of flyers, e-flyers; updates to website, events calendars, social media; and other promotional materials.
• Provide general administrative support for CACE and MCIC as needed, including updating files and maintaining databases for meditation instructors and other lists as needed. Participate in MCIC Collective weekly meetings with other MCIC work-studies to share in an overview of department-wide projects.
• Other duties as assigned.

What We Require

• All job candidates must hold a commitment to co-create a diverse and inclusive community and actively participate in related JEDI (Justice, Equity, Diversity & Inclusion) professional development regarding the dynamics of privilege and oppression and the impact these have in the workplace.
• All job candidates must demonstrate their level of understanding of the dynamics of privilege and oppression, and the impact these have on equity, access, and opportunity.
• All job candidates must demonstrate an appropriate level of understanding of and appreciation for the values of Naropa University and the capacity to demonstrate an integration and embodiment of these values as evidenced in work, communication, collaboration styles, and other general workplace behaviors.
• Student must be awarded work-study hours by the Financial Aid Office in order to fill this position.
• Familiarity and experience with the Center for Contemplative Education (CACE) highly regarded
• Experience with media design tools such as Canva, YouTube, MS Office, Teams, and social media. Comfortable with new technologies.
• Experience with Contemplative Practice or desire to learn and uphold the heritage practices and values established at Naropa.
• General degree of professionalism and office decorum.

What We’d Like You to Have…

• Self-driven, organized, punctual, good time management skills, understanding own limitations. Capacity to grow professionally.
• Ability to work on own and in a team.
• Strong communication skills.

Physical Requirements & Environmental Conditions

During regular daily activities, employee must be able to do the following with or without reasonable accommodation (check all that apply):

☒ Stand

☒ Walk

☒ Sit

☐ Run

☒ Handle/Finger

☒ Bend at the waist

☒ Reach above shoulder level

☒ Kneel

☒ Crouch

☐ Crawl

During regular daily activities, employee may be exposed to the following:

☒ Interruptions/Distractions

☒ Heat/Cold

☐ Dust

☐ Dampness

☐ Heights

☐ Moving machinery parts

☐ Other (please list):

Naropa recognizes the following holidays throughout the year:

-Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

-Memorial Day

-Juneteenth

-Independence Day

-Labor Day

-Fall Break, 4th Thursday and Friday in November

-Winter Break, the last two weeks in December encompassing the Christmas holiday as well as New Year’s

Naropa’s health and welfare benefits include the following: medical, dental, vision, FSA, HSA, employer-paid short-term and long-term disability, employer-paid life insurance and accidental death and dismemberment, an employer-sponsored pre-tax retirement savings plan, which includes up to 2.5% employer matching, and a variety of voluntary, employee-paid supplemental insurance plans.

A comprehensive benefits package is available to full-time employees who work a minimum of 30 hours each week. Employees who work 20 – 29 hours each week are eligible for only the employer-paid short-term & long-term disability, employer-paid life insurance & accidental death and dismemberment, and the retirement plan, which includes up to 2.5% employer matching.

Employees who work fewer than 20 hours per week are eligible to participate in Naropa’s retirement plan only, which includes up to 2.5% employer matching.

All regular full-time and part-time faculty and staff, including student workers, accrue sick leave benefits. Full-time and part-time staff positions accrue vacation and personal time. All leave accrual rates vary based on the position, hours worked, and years of service.

The University recognizes the importance of including its employees in its organizational mission and values and welcomes employees into the classroom to “touch the magic.” Specifically, regular employees are provided generous tuition remission opportunities for themselves and their family members.

Naropa University participates in the Council of Independent Colleges Tuition Exchange Program (CIC-TEP). CIC-TEP is a network of CIC colleges and universities willing to accept, tuition-free, students from families of full-time employees of other CIC participating institutions (full-time as designated by the employer/institution). Additional information can be found here: https://www.cic.edu/member-services/tuition-exchange-program. Naropa University’s commitment to diversity aligns with its highest aspirations to apply contemplative inquiry and education to explore and embody the human qualities that facilitate collaboration to create a common humanity and a just society. Individuals who have experience with and a commitment to inclusive communities are encouraged to apply. EOE

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