Description

Position Overview

KU's Wingspan: Center for Learning and Writing Support is partnering with KU Edwards Campus to provide writing support and academic coaching to in-person and online students. Wingspan offers a portfolio of collaborative, innovative academic support programs and services to students, faculty, and staff. Wingspan provides individual and group support through its Peer Academic Coaching program, Supplemental Instruction (SI) program, Learning and Tutoring Services, and Writing Center Services. The University of Kansas Edwards Campus is located in Overland Park, KS, strategically placed to bring permanent growth and education to the greater Kansas City area by providing courses to working professionals, transfer students, and international students. While classes can be held at any time during the day, most classes are held in the evenings between 4pm and 9pm

The Writing Consultant/Academic Coach will deliver one-on-one writing and academic coaching support to undergraduate and graduate students at KU Edwards Campus in Overland Park, KS. Tutoring will take place both in person and by appointment on Edwards Campus) and virtually via Zoom. Zoom appointments will be offered to any KU student in need of support. To meet student needs, tutoring hours will mostly take place in the evenings Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, or Thursdays, depending on tutor's availability. Virtual appointments on the weekends may be a future request depending on tutor's availability. The Writing Consultant/Academic Coach may also help lead drop-in writing groups or other academic events, where KU students can come together in-person and virtually to complete individual writing projects.

Job Description

70% -

• Work in-person and online with undergraduate and graduate students from the Edwards campus and students from all KU campuses.
  • Writing Consultant: Foster student learning by asking questions, collaborating with writers during consultations, and teaching important writing strategies and concepts. Provide technology, research, reading, and writing support to students working on multimodal projects, including communication, technical writing projects and competency-based assessments.
  • Academic Coach: Provide virtual and in-person coaching appointments to support Edwards Campus undergraduate and graduate students in academic soft skills such as time management, study skills, and navigating academia. Hold study accountability appointments.

10% -

• Participate in ongoing tutor education and development. Tutor professional development means achieving Level 1 certification through KU's partnership with CRLA within 12 months, which involves asynchronous and synchronous training provided by employees of Wingspan. Achieving Level 2 after that is optional but highly encouraged. Occasional observation of appointments by Wingspan professionals and others will also provide helpful feedback for further professional development.

10% -

• Participate in ongoing partnerships with a variety of classes/departments across campus and deliver occasional academic support events. Partnerships may require facilitating writing groups or academic information events, delivering presentations, participating in events, workshops or other forms of support as determined by the instructor and Wingspan staff. Academic support events may include writing or accountability workshops.

5% -

• Maintain an organized, orderly, and safe learning environment. Participate in creating and maintaining a positive team environment.

5% -
Other duties as assigned.

Position Requirements

In person at the KU-Edwards Campus in Overland Park with possibility for some remote hours.

Required Qualifications

1. Bachelor's degree
2. Excellent written communication skills, as evidenced in application materials
3. As demonstrated in application materials, a commitment to the improvement of one's own writing and professional development as a writing consultant.
4. Meets KBOR-mandated English proficiency requirements, if applicable.
5. Trained or willing to be trained as an academic coach.

Additional Candidate Instruction

In addition to the online application, the following documents are required to be considered for this position:

• Cover letter describing how you meet the required and preferred qualifications.
• Resume
• List of three (3) professional references
• One recent academic writing sample (e.g. seminar papers, conference papers, research prospectus, etc.)

Only complete applications will be considered.

Application review begins July 20th 2026, and will continue until a qualified pool of applicants are identified.

Disclaimer

The University of Kansas prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex, national origin, age, ancestry, disability, status as a veteran, sexual orientation, marital status, parental status, gender identity, gender expression, and genetic information in the university's programs and activities. Retaliation is also prohibited by university policy. The following person has been designated to handle inquiries regarding the nondiscrimination policies and procedures and is the Title IX Coordinator for all KU and KUMC campuses: Associate Vice Chancellor for the Office of Civil Rights and Title IX, civilrights@ku.edu, Room 1082, Dole Human Development Center, 1000 Sunnyside Avenue, Lawrence, KS 66045, 785-864-6414, 711 TTY. Reports can be submitted by contacting the Title IX Coordinator as provided herein or using the Title IX online report form and complaints can be submitted with the Title IX Coordinator or using the Title IX online complaint form.