Graduate and Teaching Assistantships
Effective 1/31/2023, the Office for Academic Personnel is responsible for contracts processing and management, as well as other labor-related aspects of all assistantship types (GA, TA, RA, and PA), including hiring, compensation, tuition, benefits, work-related grievances, termination, and interpretation of the Collective Bargaining Agreement between the University of New Mexico and United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America. While Graduate Studies retains administrative authority over the academic criteria and eligibility to hold and keep an assistantship, OAP now oversees the labor relations of assistantships.
Students and inquiries should be directed to Graduate Studies for academic aspects of the assistantship, and to the Office for Academic Personnel for employment aspects of the assistantship.
- NOTE: For all PTI assistantships funded through A&S, add Brisha as the approver.
- Changing end dates on contracts
Mandatory Compliance with COVID-19 Mandates LIFTED as of March 13, 2023
- individuals with a hire date of March 13, 2023, or later are no longer required to provide proof of vaccination or apply for an exemption
- students enrolling in classes after March 13, 2023, are no longer required to provide proof of vaccination or apply for an exemption
- UNM will no longer require students, faculty, and staff to report COVID-19-positive tests through the online portal or upload COVID-19 vaccination records
The Bring Back the Pack website has been retired, replaced by COVID-19 Updates and Answers from the UNM home page banner. Here you will find Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) and be able to submit your own questions. UNM leadership continues to strongly recommend that the entire Lobo community keep up to date with vaccinations, stay at home if sick, and follow CDC guidelines for all COVID-19 matters.
The maximum number of hours per week a student employee may work is 28. If your student’s work schedule includes weekends, the 28 hour maximum begins on June 3rd. If your student works only on weekdays, it begins on June 5th.
- Job aids for Student hiring
- Reviewer/Interviewer Guide Screen Shots
Important: Receipt and acceptance of a Student’s Offer Letter does not clear the Student to start working. The date on the Offer Letter is actually a projected date, and is contingent on the Student completing all hiring documents in a timely manner. (See UNMJobs 2.0 hiring process for Students) Per Student Employment, both Students AND Hiring Coordinators will receive an Authorization to Start Letter with the Student’s actual start date. Students may begin working on (or any time after) the start date indicated on the Authorization to Start Letter.
For more information, contact Rob Armijo.
