Applying to work in the Connors Writing Center
Working in the Robert J. Connors Writing Center offers undergraduate and graduate students a chance to be part of an active writing community. Through collaboration with students and staff, our Writing Assistants help peers strengthen their writing and their writing processes. Writing Assistants are also given the opportunity to improve upon their own writing and leadership talents.
Writing assistants work anywhere between 4-12 hours per week. As part of ongoing professional development and training, all writing assistant staff members are expected to attend bi-weekly, mandatory all-staff meetings on Thursdays during the common exam hour. These meetings are paid hours. Undergraduates make $15/hr and Graduate students make $16/hr.
POSITIONS for FALL 2026 will be posted on Workday in Spring 2026
or you can fill out an application and send it to writing.center@unh.edu (see positions below)
All completed applications will be submitted through WORKDAY (see individual links below for specific positions). Hiring for the CWC is usually done on a yearly basis toward the end of the spring semester. Applications are due by March 31 each year to be considered for employment beginning in the fall.
Positions (click to download fillable application):
- Undergraduate Writing Assistant (Work Study welcome!)
- Graduate Writing Assistant (Work Study welcome!)
- Office Assistant (Work Study REQUIRED)
You can stop by the Connors Writing Center or email writing.center@unh.edu for more information. If you are having issues with applying through Workday, please contact our office. Thank you.
Writing Center Course for New Writing Assistants
New undergraduate Writing Assistants enroll in INCO 529: "Writing Consultation," and new graduate writing assistants enroll in GRAD 951: "Responding to Student Writers" (formerly "Teaching with Writing"). Both courses are taught simultaneously as a two-credit, pass/fail, semester-long training course during their first semester working in the Writing Center. The course focuses on the philosophy and practice of writing centers and prepares new Writing Assistants for conferencing in the Center. For graduate students, it emphasizes a more pedagogical approach to responding to student writing and addresses some issues more specific to graduate writing. Students typically take this course alongside their first semester of work in the University Writing Center, but it is open to any student who wishes to be formally trained in providing feedback to student writers. Please speak with the Writing Center director for permission to enroll.
