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Professional Writing Consultants

Job Description

The Writing Center employs CU Denver/Anschutz students (graduate and undergraduate), adjunct faculty members, and members of the community with at least a Bachelor's degree in a variety of disciplines and fields to serve as paid Professional Writing Consultants and Consultants-in-Training (CITs).

  • Consultants/CITs work with students in one-on-one or small-group sessions of approximately 50 minutes on issues including (but not limited to) brainstorming, organizing, and developing arguments. They also teach issues related to grammar and syntax, among many others.
  • Consultants/CITs develop and deliver presentations/workshops in a variety of contexts and settings, including in-Center, in the Auraria Library, and in classrooms.​ 
  • Consultants/CITs work a set schedule (same days/hours) each week for the duration of each semester. Schedules are negotiated each semester around classes, teaching assignments, and other employment. 

Candidates should feel excited about writing, talking about writing, and helping others with their writing. They should be ambitious and empathetic lifelong learners who demonstrate a commitment to a growth mindset. 

Well-qualified candidates are experienced writers with relevant or related experience in collaborative workshopping, tutoring, teaching, and/or academic coaching. Knowledge of or experience with writing in different genres/disciplines and for differing audiences and expectations is preferred but not required. 

CU Denver undergraduate-student candidates must have completed or been given credit for English 2030 or its equivalent.​

Non-CU-Denver-affiliated candidates must have at least a Bachelor's degree.

Paid training, professional development, and education is provided upon hire in the form of: 

  • A pre-semester Orientation (mandatory)
  • Monthly Professional Development & Education meetings on Fridays (4 per semester), 8 a.m. –​ 12 p.m. (mandatory)
  • Ongoing instruction, support, and coaching from colleagues, Lead Consultants, and the Assistant Director/Coordinator

Consultants/CITs can expect to learn and build confidence in: one-on-one conferencing and teaching techniques, theories of composing, revision strategies, writing across the curriculum, sentence-level and error-pattern pedagogies, issues pertaining to plagiarism, English Language Learners, and presenting/public-speaking.   

Additionally, Consultants/CITs develop skills related to communication, collaboration, negotiation, problem solving, resilience, time management, and social/emotional intelligence. 

Consultants/CITs go on to (or simultaneously) thrive in a wide variety of professional and academic settings and consistently report that the hard and soft skills they developed while working at the Writing Center are directly applicable to their success. 

  • City Heights Learning Commons (Denver Campus): This is our largest location and functions as the hub for the other five physical satellite locations described below. All Consultants/CITs work at this location. ​
  • Synchronous Online: Live-online services are offered across schedules between 8am-10pm most days of the week. Some live-online work is completed from the Writing Center, and some is completed from home. 
  • Online Drop Boxes: The Undergraduate Drop Box (UDB) and Graduate Drop Box (GDB) provide students with asynchronous in-text comments and summary letters of feedback within 24 hours (UDB) and 48 hours (GDB).

  • Get to know the Center by visiting many if not most pages of our website. 
  • Write an original, thoughtful cover letter custom-tailored to this position. Why are you interested in the Writing Center? Why do you think you'd be a good fit? What do you hope the position offers you? What should we understand about you as person? 
  • Applicants invited for an interview must observe at least one Writing Center session. Upon invitation, applicants will need to come to the City Heights Learning Commons to see what we do.
  • APPLY:
    • CU Denver | Anschutz Undergraduate & Graduate Students: Our student positions are posted to Handshake: Current available position: Writing Center Graduate Assistant
    • University Staff: Non-student members of the Denver community with at least a Bachelor's degree apply through the CU Careers website. A link appears here when those positions are available. 

As of 4/10/25, the Writing Center is currently hiring for multiple Graduate Assistant positions, a Professional Writing Consultant position open to current students enrolled in graduate coursework at CU Denver or CU Anschutz. The hiring cycle will close on 5/30/25 or when enough qualified candidates have applied, whichever comes sooner. This position will begin in August 2025 for the Fall semester, though there may be opportunities to begin sooner. Expand the How to Apply section above to find the application link via Handshake.