Elizabeth Schmidt, (406) 994-4423, [email protected]

The mission of the Bracken Business Communications Clinic (BBCC) is to improve JJCBE students’ communication skills and professionalism. BBCC coaches accomplish this through one-on-one meetings, small group appointments, and larger workshops with students to provide support and feedback to improve students’ writing, speaking, interviewing, and oral presentation skills. BBCC coaches play an integral part in the Clinic’s success through their interactions with students, faculty, staff, and fellow coaches.

The Jake Jabs College of Business & Entrepreneurship at Montana State University offers a B.S. in Business with options in Accounting, Finance, Management, and Marketing and a Master of Professional Accountancy degree. The Bracken Business Communications Clinic (BBCC) is open to JJCBE students. The mission of the BBCC is to improve JJCBE students’ communication skills and professionalism. BBCC coaches accomplish this through one-on-one meetings, small group appointments, and larger workshops with students to provide support and feedback to improve students’ writing, speaking, interviewing, and oral presentation skills. BBCC coaches play an integral part in the Clinic’s success through their interactions with students, faculty, staff, and fellow coaches.

Successful candidates will be able to look critically at documents (including written assignments, résumés, and cover letters), presentations, and other business messages and evaluate them based on their organization, argument structure, concision, clarity, and grammatical accuracy. Successful candidates will also support the BBCC’s mission to create educational tools by participating in the creation of instructional videos, handouts, blog posts, social media content, and marketing materials. Successful candidates will be asked to give classroom presentations that inform students of the BBCC’s services and teach students communication strategies. Successful candidates will report to the BBCC Director and will work frequently with JJCBE faculty to determine their expectations for various assignments.

• Be committed to student success and able to deliver feedback clearly and compassionately
• Be personable, professional, proactive, and able to work both independently and collaboratively
• Enjoy frequent interactions with students, faculty, and staff
• Have exceptional written communication and customer service skills
• Demonstrate excellent organizational skills and attention to detail

This job description should not be construed as an exhaustive statement of duties, responsibilities or requirements, but a general description of the job. Nothing contained herein restricts Montana State University’s rights to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily with or without reasonable accommodations. The requirements listed above are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

Applications will be accepted and screened for the duration of this pool.

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