GRADUATE ASSISTANT RESUME EXAMPLE

Published: Apr 24, 2025 - The Graduate Assistant supports the Executive Director in coordinating external initiatives, organizing high-profile events, and maintaining effective relationships with corporate sponsors and advisory boards. This position conducts research, data analysis, and reporting while providing administrative and logistical support across various departments, including overseeing work-study teams and assisting with special projects. This role monitors and updates graduate program webpages and contributes to institutional quality assurance documentation and academic program proposals.

Tips for Graduate Assistant Skills and Responsibilities on a Resume

1. Graduate Assistant, Greenleaf Academic Solutions, Albany, NY

Job Summary:

  • Assist with day-to-day operations, training and scheduling of area part-time student staff
  • Assist in the management of the day-to-day operations of the Marshall Recreation Center
  • Coordinate locker maintenance and clean-outs with membership staff
  • Assist with ensuring the successful completion of PM schedules as they relate to facility, fitness and custodial equipment
  • Conduct daily facility inspections of all informal and programming areas and assist in maintaining the cleanliness of the facility
  • Assist with all facility rentals, set-ups and tear-downs
  • Assist with executing the preventative maintenance plan for all fitness and facility equipment
  • Instruct three PEL (Physical Activity) courses in each 8-week session
  • Assist with bi-weekly payroll for part-time student staff
  • Ensure high standards of facility maintenance and cleanliness
  • Assist in forecasting and execution of the Annual Recreation Center Maintenance Shutdown
  • Maintain updates to operations staff manuals and training procedures


Skills on Resume: 

  • Staff Scheduling (Soft Skills)
  • Facility Operations (Hard Skills)
  • Locker Maintenance (Hard Skills)
  • Preventative Maintenance (Hard Skills)
  • Facility Inspections (Hard Skills)
  • Event Coordination (Soft Skills)
  • Payroll Assistance (Hard Skills)
  • Staff Training (Soft Skills)

2. Graduate Assistant, Oakridge Learning Center, Tempe, AZ

Job Summary:

  • Answering customer inquiries within a 24-hour SLA
  • Working closely with the team to identify new avenues for a better customer experience
  • Communicating cross-functionally with brand managers, supply chain, branding, and expansion to relay feedback from customers
  • Messaging customers all over the world, using different channels, regarding a large variety of products
  • Utilise many different platforms to help customers with any situation they need help with, whether it's product information, returns, replacements, delivery issues, etc.
  • Changing customer complaints into solutions for a better customer experience
  • Assist professors with maintaining social distancing in the classroom.
  • Disinfecting desks and equipment before and after class.
  • Uploading course information online in accordance with the new attendance policy.
  • Attend and serve as an active member of various department committees
  • Assist with the annual budget to include preparation, forecasting and monitoring of expenses and revenue as it relates to the area of responsibility
  • Attend Graduate Assistant Training Week & Staff Retreat


Skills on Resume: 

  • Customer Inquiries (Soft Skills)
  • Team Collaboration (Soft Skills)
  • Cross-Functional Communication (Soft Skills)
  • Global Messaging (Soft Skills)
  • Platform Utilization (Hard Skills)
  • Complaint Resolution (Soft Skills)
  • Classroom Assistance (Soft Skills)
  • Budget Assistance (Hard Skills)

3. Graduate Assistant, Blue River Research Institute, Lexington, KY

Job Summary:

  • Assist the head coach with the administration and leadership of the cheer program
  • Assist with coaching game day and performance cheer squads
  • Recruit and retain students for the cheer program
  • Assist with coaching and instruction activities during training and practice
  • Directing strength and conditioning activities (during the season and off-season)
  • Coordinating performance, game, and practice schedules
  • Ensuring team compliance with all league, conference and institutional rules and regulations
  • Continuously ensuring personal behavior and program reputation are in alignment with Midland University values and brand
  • Assist with the preparation of specific parts of the monthly management accounts
  • Assist with the preparation of other elements of the monthly accounts (including group reporting) in accordance with established procedures and timescales
  • Provide finance support to the allocated business areas including weekly review of costs with the operations team and review of product profitability
  • Assist with the preparation of annual budgets and interim budgets


Skills on Resume: 

  • Program Leadership (Soft Skills)
  • Game Coaching (Soft Skills)
  • Student Recruitment (Soft Skills)
  • Instruction Activities (Soft Skills)
  • Conditioning Activities (Hard Skills)
  • Schedule Coordination (Soft Skills)
  • Rule Compliance (Hard Skills)
  • Finance Support (Hard Skills)

4. Graduate Assistant, Pinehill Education Services, Eugene, OR

Job Summary:

  • Supporting a busy team of consultants with ad hoc duties
  • Managing meetings and taking minutes
  • Copy typing of reports, correspondence, asset registers, contract documents, compiling log site books, updating work programmes, fee proposals and issuing fee numbers
  • Creating, editing, and uploading documents using company systems
  • Issuing and managing work schedules for consultants
  • Providing administration support to senior management
  • Assisting with Finance & HR duties
  • Answering incoming communications by telephone and email
  • Proactively managing, receiving visitors and advising appropriate staff
  • Organising and maintaining the presentation of the reception area
  • Preparing and booking meeting rooms
  • General office duties such as posting, filing, binding, photocopying and scanning
  • Maintaining stocks of stationery and printed matter
  • Providing refreshments for Clients


Skills on Resume: 

  • Team Support (Soft Skills)
  • Meeting Management (Soft Skills)
  • Document Preparation (Hard Skills)
  • Schedule Management (Hard Skills)
  • Admin Support (Soft Skills)
  • HR Assistance (Hard Skills)
  • Communication Handling (Soft Skills)
  • Reception Organization (Soft Skills)

5. Graduate Assistant, Willow Grove Analytics, Gainesville, FL

Job Summary:

  • Assists the Graduate Chair with organizing, administering and guiding graduate students towards the completion of degrees by understanding and administering the School of Graduate Studies policies, procedures, and academic regulations and assisting faculty members
  • Maintain and update online student handbooks and keep detailed records of graduate students’ progress
  • Conduct follow-ups on students’ status to ensure the completion of the program in a timely fashion
  • Inform the Graduate Chair if problems occur, and seek advice to resolve unusual or complex problems.
  • Responds to student and program inquiries and escalates necessary inquiries to the Graduate Chair.
  • Provide administrative support to the graduate committee, including developing and circulating agendas, scheduling meetings and taking minutes.
  • Supports academic-related processes
  • Enroll grad students in courses, enter all course adds/drops into PeopleSoft; organize all course and program-related exams, meetings and defenses by contacting examiners and Chair, room scheduling and notices
  • Process degree completion forms, submission and reporting of grades, and assist in matching supervisors/co-supervisors with graduate students
  • Provides administrative support and functional guidance to students, supervisors, and committee members regarding degree milestone processes and requirements.
  • Provides administrative support for the recruitment cycle and graduate admissions for the program
  • Processing applications, registration data, transcripts, and class lists
  • Maintaining application files on admissions, registered student files
  • Assisting with reviewing and verifying documentation for admissions, preparing admission letters of offer and acting as the main liaison between applicants, the School of Graduate Studies and faculty members


Skills on Resume: 

  • Graduate Support (Soft Skills)
  • Record Maintenance (Hard Skills)
  • Student Follow-up (Soft Skills)
  • Problem Resolution (Soft Skills)
  • Administrative Support (Soft Skills)
  • Course Enrollment (Hard Skills)
  • Document Processing (Hard Skills)
  • Application Verification (Hard Skills)

6. Graduate Assistant, Maplewood Teaching Fellows, Lansing, MI

Job Summary:

  • Confirm spring and fall degree lists for graduate programs.
  • Develop the graduate timetable, arrange for classroom space, monitor and administer any changes
  • Enter grades for graduate faculty members.
  • Perform administrative duties in relation to graduate student funding, including research assistant, research fellowship payments, funding letters, award nominations submissions, and distribution of letters to nominees and winners of Queen’s graduate assistance and awards
  • Compiles, processes, and coordinates the submission of application packages for major external scholarship competitions for graduate students
  • Informs faculty and graduate students of other awards and scholarships available including thesis bursaries, student awards funding and coordinates the application process.
  • As directed by the Gender Studies Leadership team, assist in editing the Department policy in relation to graduate student academic requirements and funding in consultation with the Graduate Subcommittee.
  • Collaborate with the Undergraduate Assistant and the Program and Administrative Assistant, Black Studies, on departmental communication, creating and/or forwarding program promotional information, responding to inquiries, advertising, and profiling graduate programs and activities on department social media accounts and website.
  • Provides administrative support to faculty coordinating Gender Matters Speakers’ series.
  • Liaise with the School of Graduate Studies (SGS), keep records and report back to the Department on matters related to SGS policy, deadlines, procedures, opportunities, etc
  • Maintain and update filing systems, including archival information and confidential student records.
  • Foster a positive and inclusive work environment that supports and promotes a culture where a diverse range of ideas and perspectives are incorporated into decision-making.


Skills on Resume: 

  • Degree Confirmation (Hard Skills)
  • Timetable Development (Hard Skills)
  • Grade Entry (Hard Skills)
  • Funding Administration (Hard Skills)
  • Scholarship Coordination (Hard Skills)
  • Policy Editing (Hard Skills)
  • Department Communication (Soft Skills)
  • Record Maintenance (Hard Skills)

7. Graduate Assistant, Horizon Pathways Center, Boulder, CO

Job Summary:

  • Identify and manage new product range extensions to the category, ensuring all customer missions are met.
  • Engaging with customers both in store and online through packaging, point of sale, copy, communications and launch documents
  • Identifying gaps and opportunities and proposing range enhancements and new ideas
  • Using competitor and customer research to identify ranging opportunities
  • Monitor sales and margin performance of the category and drive key KPIs of sales, margin, margin% %, rebates and contributions
  • Capturing data and set up products accurately and on time
  • Learn how to work with and eventually own key supplier negotiations & supplier management with support from the Buyer
  • Building strong working relationships with design, brand, supply, quality, digital and marketing teams both internally and with suppliers.
  • Proactively drive self-development with the Line manager using the performance development system
  • Assist with annual All Staff Training
  • Attend all staff and committee meetings 


Skills on Resume: 

  • Product Management (Hard Skills)
  • Customer Engagement (Soft Skills)
  • Opportunity Identification (Soft Skills)
  • Sales Monitoring (Hard Skills)
  • Data Capturing (Hard Skills)
  • Supplier Negotiation (Hard Skills)
  • Team Collaboration (Soft Skills)
  • Self-Development (Soft Skills)

8. Graduate Assistant, Elm Valley College Support, Amherst, MA

Job Summary:

  • Responsible for clinical and molecular data download from public repositories including dbGaP.
  • Effectively utilizes Unix/Linux and shell scripts to build data pipelining.
  • Builds computational pipelines for Next Generation Data processing, including RNAseq, DNAseq, and DNA methylation data.
  • Assisting with investigating and resolving customer queries
  • Supporting with the purchase ledger and sales ledger function
  • Assisting with process review and improvements
  • Supporting with month end tasks
  • Make sure current and incoming students and families are being assisted
  • Answering Phones, Filing and Scanning
  • Guide students to complete a FAFSA application, Entrance Counseling, Master Promissory Note, and other state and required documentations.
  • keeping up with phone, voicemail, mail, email, and other contacts. 
  • Publishing the Institute’s quarterly e-newsletter, maintaining an updated directory, as well as maintaining the Institute’s digital presence (e.g. SHU website, Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook pages).


Skills on Resume: 

  • Data Downloading (Hard Skills)
  • Pipeline Development (Hard Skills)
  • Data Processing (Hard Skills)
  • Customer Support (Soft Skills)
  • Ledger Assistance (Hard Skills)
  • Process Improvement (Soft Skills)
  • Student Assistance (Soft Skills)
  • Digital Publishing (Hard Skills)

9. Graduate Assistant, Suncrest Research Group, Athens, OH

Job Summary:

  • Act as the primary contact and departmental resource person for graduate programs in Education. 
  • Advise students on graduate matters, ensuring adherence to the policies, procedures, and regulations of the School of Graduate Studies.
  • Respond to inquiries submitted by potential applicants to graduate programs and communicate admission decisions to those applicants who are not eligible for admission.
  • Initiate and compose all correspondence that requires the signature of the Associate Dean of Graduate Studies and Research.
  • Acts as liaison for online instructor administrative issues including identifying problems and finding solutions, consulting with the Manager when unusual circumstances arise
  • Administer and coordinate graduate admissions for the programs. 
  • Review and verify documentation for admissions, coordinate and process applications and calculate grade point averages in preparation for the Manager’s review, coordinate registration data, transcripts, and class lists. 
  • Confirm the accuracy of Spring and Fall degree lists for online programming.
  • Monitor on student community daily and determine when to respond to conversations.
  • Develop and maintain electronic information systems and databases; coordinate information, maintain files on admissions, registered students, and former students; and extract reports for the Manager.
  • Responsible for ensuring that internal paperwork and adherence to regulations are handled proactively.


Skills on Resume: 

  • Program Administration (Soft Skills)
  • Student Advising (Soft Skills)
  • Inquiry Response (Soft Skills)
  • Correspondence Composition (Hard Skills)
  • Instructor Liaison (Soft Skills)
  • Admissions Coordination (Hard Skills)
  • Data Verification (Hard Skills)
  • System Management (Hard Skills)

10. Graduate Assistant, Cedar Ridge Educational Network, Fargo, ND

Job Summary:

  • Track students as they complete courses to ensure they are fulfilling the course requirements for their chosen concentration and follow up with students if issues are identified
  • Consulting with the Manager only when resolving unusual or complex problems.
  • Coordinate graduate student timetabling of courses in PeopleSoft, registration, and progress reports and enter all course adds/drops into PeopleSoft, including bulk enrolling students each term into the appropriate class section.
  • Administer and organize program completion arrangements for all online students, including submission, grading, and reporting of grades in time for convocation.
  • Coordinate the collection and submission of course grades, program surveys, instructor surveys, etc. for online programming, and follow up on “incomplete” grades with instructors and/or students to ensure resolution
  • Ensure that the “lapse grade” policy does not result in a “fail” grade, bring any issues to the attention of the Manager.
  • Prepare and maintain class lists and manage course enrolments for online programming each term and follow up on discrepancies before the Government count date, bringing only unusual circumstances to the attention of the Manager.
  • Responsible for collecting all course outlines/syllabi for online courses and coordinating with IT support to have them uploaded to OnQ.
  • Identify online workshops and/or supports for online instructors or students and bring them to the attention of the Manager.
  • Identify and draft content of a wide range of program materials, including forms, student handbook, online program manual, program website pages, marketing, and other recruitment materials in consultation with the Manager.
  • Assist with the submission of all calendar revisions for online graduate programs, ensuring adherence to the format and deadlines of the School of Graduate Studies.
  • Submit a request for approval of changes to the School of Graduate Studies.


Skills on Resume: 

  • Student Tracking (Soft Skills)
  • Problem Resolution (Soft Skills)
  • Timetable Coordination (Hard Skills)
  • Program Administration (Hard Skills)
  • Grade Collection (Hard Skills)
  • Class List Management (Hard Skills)
  • Content Drafting (Hard Skills)
  • Calendar Revisions (Hard Skills)

11. Graduate Assistant, Riverbend Academic Support, Lawrence, KS

Job Summary:

  • Supporting the Executive Director in all the Institute’s external activities
  • Supporting the Advisory Board, cultivating multiple high-profile corporate sponsors, and organizing the Institute’s annual fundraising gala. 
  • Assists in overseeing a team of work-study students each academic year
  • Perform research under the direction of the Dean, perform data analyses, engage in literature searches
  • Perform data entry and data reporting for Dean’s Office
  • Provide clerical and logistical support to the Dean’s Office
  • Provide clerical support to the Associate Dean
  • Complete on-campus errands
  • Attend or assist with events outside of the regular schedule
  • Monitor the graduate program webpages, make suggestions for improvements to the Manager, and coordinate and make updates and fix broken links, etc.
  • Provide administrative support to the Manager and the Associate Dean of Graduate Studies and Research
  • Assists in special projects by the Manager in support of the Faculty, for example, collecting and preparing statistics and information, new program proposals, and preparing the Queen’s University Quality Assurance Processes (QUQAPs) reports.


Skills on Resume: 

  • External Support (Soft Skills)
  • Sponsor Cultivation (Soft Skills)
  • Team Oversight (Soft Skills)
  • Research Assistance (Hard Skills)
  • Data Reporting (Hard Skills)
  • Clerical Support (Hard Skills)
  • Event Assistance (Soft Skills)
  • Webpage Monitoring (Hard Skills)