Join a panel of UB experts and past Fulbright recipients as they go
into detail about the process, the experience, and how YOU can
best prepare yourself as a Fulbright Scholarship Applicant!
When:
Tuesday, May 3, 2022
Where:
Zoom
Time:
12 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
RSVP
at the link below by May 1st (registrants will be sent the ZOOM
coordinates prior to the event):
https://forms.gle/Leu3pV8gAs2oQS1U8
Program Planner and Facilitator:
Melinda Lemke
Department of Educational Leadership and Policy
Title: Social Media Analyst and Operations Assistant
UB Department: University Communications
Website: www.buffalo.edu
Supervisor: Kaileigh Saeva, Social Media Specialist, kaileigh@buffalo.edu
716-645-4577, 330 Crofts Hall, UB North Campus
Application Due Date: May 10, 2022
Application Deadline: Applications accepted immediately, until position is filled
Position Start / End Date: Flexible start dates beginning May 2022
Paid Position? Yes ($13.20/hr)
Position Details
Department Profile
UB’s division of University Communications (UC) is responsible for university-wide communications and marketing — including branding, media relations, digital (web, social media), editorial/content, and creative design — for the University at Buffalo (UB). The division is highly visible, nationally recognized, and its award-winning communication products represent the public face of the university. As a member of UC’s Digital Communications & Strategy team, you will help us transform the way content is created, distributed and tracked on social media, the web, and other digital communication platforms. You will support the department’s efforts to monitor and shape perceptions, fulfill information needs and provide exceptional service to external and internal audiences of UB.
As our Social Media Analyst and Operations Assistant you will focus on analyzing and classifying UB’s social media interactions across our UB social landscape. This includes identifying opportunities for our engagement team to interact with and building relationships with our current and prospective UB community, as well as identifying and routing customer service opportunities, and identifying and classifying trends.
Candidate Profile
The successful candidate will:
- Be highly motivated, professional, creative and excited to learn
- Be comfortable working in a high-productivity team environment
- Embrace an inclusive environment
- Demonstrate strong judgement, precise attention to details and strong work ethic
- Be a current SUNY student (mandatory)
- Ideally, the candidate will remain a SUNY student through May 2023 or later
Hours
- This PAID student position requires a weekly commitment of 15-20 hours during the academic semester. This position is fully remote and the scheduled hours are on nights and weekends. Hours are available during breaks.
Responsibilities
The Social Media Analyst and Operations Assistant will work directly with the Social Media Specialist and collaboratively with other members of the UC team to accomplish the following goals:
- Continually monitor, classify, triage and escalate opportunities/needs from our online audiences
- Support digital analytics activities
Qualifications
- Required Skills
- Strong understanding of, and experience using social media (including Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, LinkedIn and TikTok)
- Must be a critical thinker, with strong organizational skills and attention to detail
- Must have excellent analytical skills
- Excellent written and verbal communications are essential
- Self Directed
- Additional Skills
- Experience in Excel, Google Docs
- You should:
- Have a keen sense of individual responsibility and initiative.
- Demonstrate good judgment
- Be an enthusiastic team player.
- Be able to handle multiple and varied assignments. Effective time management and adherence to deadlines.
- Be comfortable collaborating with others and taking direction; Respect for authority and diverse viewpoints
- Be able to handle sensitive information with discretion
To apply:
Apply via Bullseye (Job ID: # 6377332)
- Make sure to submit your cover letter and resume via Bullseye!
- Complete the pre-qualification form: https://forms.gle/FLgYewcVCD1QWwga6
Applications are being accepted immediately with a cut off of May 10, 2022. Start date is flexible.
The University at Buffalo is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer
The Buffalo Chips 27th Annual “Spring Fling” A Cappella Concert Friday, May 6th, 2022
The Buffalo Chips, UB’s lower voices a cappella group, is putting on their 27th Annual “Spring Fling” on Friday, May 6th at 7:30 PM at Slee Hall. Doors open at 7 PM. The show will also feature a guest performance from SUNY Geneseo’s “Exit 8”! Student tickets are $6 for individuals and $5 per student in groups of 5+ if you purchase them by Wednesday 6/4 at 11:59 PM. Email info@ubchips.com or talk to your local Buffalo Chip to do so. Otherwise, tickets are $12 at the door. We can’t wait to see you there!
Are you ready to innovate in the Health industry?
Deadline extended: April 27th at midnight: https://bit.ly/HealthFutures22
The 2022 Health Futures Challenge is a pitch competition where students, local business professionals and UB staff form teams and pitch ideas to improve both the local and global health economy. This challenge is an opportunity for people from diverse backgrounds to come together in order to help solve issues within the vast and complicated field of healthcare. Aspiring applicants will select one of the four following categories to compete in: healthcare industry, clinical trials, healthy hospitals, and public data collection. If any of these categories sound interesting to you, give the 2022 Health Futures Challenge a shot!
All teams must submit an executive summary and a two-minute video pitch describing their idea by April 27th at midnight. The best teams will go on to the final pitch competition, where they will have a chance to win up to $3,000! That live pitch competition will be held on April 29th from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. at CBLS (701 Ellicott St). The application, along with more details about the competition and the four competition categories, may be found here https://bit.ly/HealthFutures22.
The Department of Learning and Instruction, in The Graduate School of Education, is looking for “Science Ambassadors,” UB students interested in science education and outreach, to support local biology teachers in the Buffalo Public Schools. This is a full academic year (2022-2023) commitment, in which the ambassadors are paired with a teacher and spend 4 hour per week working collaboratively in that teacher’s classroom. During the fall semester, the ambassadors are enrolled in a 3 credit course, during which they share experiences, discuss classroom challenges, and develop educational strategies to be used in the classes. The ambassadors stay paired with the same teacher and are paid for their time in the classroom during the Spring 2023 Semester. It is highly recommended that interested students have transportation to get to and from their assigned schools.
Interested students should reach out to Dr. Sandra Small (sksmall@buffalo.edu) to discuss their interest and commitment, as instructor approval is required to enroll in the course.
Thursday, April 28
5:30pm to 7:00pm
508 Clemens Hall
Check out the IDS Office and student center
Explore Fall 2022 Courses
Meet IDS Professors
Enjoy food and drinks!
Learn about the new IDS Minor
Questions, want to learn more: indigenous-studies@buffalo.edu or 716-645-7923
Join Dr. Susan Cahn on Thursday, April 14 at 4:00pm in 107 Capen Hall (Colloquium Room) for a discussion on Title IX’s 50th anniversary and a celebration of Susan Cahn’s retirement!
Susan Cahn is a Professor Emerita of History, and Global Gender and Sexuality Studies, at the University at Buffalo.
Her research and teaching focus on the history of women, girls, and LGBTQ people in the U.S. She also studies the history of sport, adolescence, and psychiatry. Dr. Cahn is the author of Coming on Strong: Gender and Sexuality in Women’s Sport, 2nd ed. (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2015).
Sponsored by the UB Department of Global Gender and Sexuality Studies, Inclusive Excellence and the Department of History.
For more information, please contact Gwynn Thomas: gmthomas@buffalo.edu
How to fund graduate school workshop Tuesday, April 26, 2022 at 1:00pm in the Colloquium Room (107 Capen Hall)
Thinking about graduate school, but don’t know how you’re going to pay for it? Now is the time to start figuring it out. Come hear Elizabeth A. Colucci, Assistant Dean for Graduate Professional Development, discuss funding opportunities. April 26 @ 1:00 in Capen 107 Register here: https://forms.gle/AUSTGcZWWCjrhopf7
Hiring Summit | In-Person Job Fair | Wednesday, April 6 |11am – 1:30pm | Student Union | Focus on non-profit, education, social impact and government work. Register here to find out more about the employers attending such as….
-Navy Officer Programs Buffalo
-Chautauqua County Mental Hygiene
-Community Missions, Inc.
-Anthology Inc.
-Wayne County Crisis Services
-Heritage Christian Services
-People Inc.
-The Arc Erie County New York
-New York State Police
-M&T Bank
-Cattaraugus-Allegany BOCES
-The Service Collaborative of WNY, Inc.
-Buffalo Audubon Society, Inc. Beaver Meadow Nature Center
-Pegula Sports & Entertainment
-Montante Group
-New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision/Recruitment
-Buffalo Urban Mission Partnership
-Central New York Psychiatric Center
Join us Tuesday, April 5 at 2:00pm in the Don Schack Student Lounge for a special Faculty Fellows Presentation with Dr. Maya Chilbert, Pharmacy. Her talk with focus on Clotting in Covid-19.
All are welcome!
