Job description
Job Title: Grader
Team: Rutgers University-Newark
Location: Remote from one of our current Braven operating states: NY, NJ
Employment Type: Temporary Part-time
Start Date: August 2025
Duration: August 2025 - December 2025 with the possibility of extension
Hours: 10 hours / Week (Hours may vary depending on heavier grading periods)
Hourly Rate: $15-$21.67 per hour depending on state
About Braven
Braven is a national nonprofit that prepares promising college students to secure a strong first opportunity after college graduation through a career-accelerating program.
We work with higher education and employer partners to offer a life-changing experience that begins with a semester-long course for college students followed by support that lasts through graduation.
Together, our ambition is to help rebuild the middle class and revitalize the American Dream.
To learn more, take a look at Braven’s Jobs Report.
About the Role
In order to achieve its ambition of serving 80,000-100,000 Fellows over the next decade, Braven is hiring a part-time Grader who will play a central role in supporting students (known in Braven as Fellows) toward success during the Accelerator. A Grader is the first line of support to a caseload of students in their academic mastery in the Braven Accelerator. The primary goal of Graders is ensuring their students are engaged and succeeding academically in the course.
This role is on the RU-N Team and reports directly to the Director, Program Success
What You’ll Do
- Grade assignments for an assigned group of students using rubrics and provide meaningful feedback
- Support students who are flagged because of their grade, engagement, and/or other personal issues
- Communicate to the Braven team, group facilitators (known in Braven as Leadership Coaches, or LCs), and students about students’ mastery, engagement, and upcoming deadlines
- Attend one virtual class (known in Braven as ‘Learning Labs’) night per week (Tuesdays 6:00 PM-8:00 PM ET, Wednesdays from 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM ET or Friday 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM ET) to build relationships with students, provide support and answer questions about upcoming assignments, observe cohorts, and potentially substitute for absent group facilitators/LCs
- Hold one hour of virtual office hours per week (Support students who come with questions and proactively reach out to students who need more support)
- Support students outside of office hours as needed
- Deeply internalize Braven’s instructional content such as modules, slide decks, assignments, and rubrics
- Attend all live trainings and complete additional asynchronous trainings. Grader will complete one, 30 minute, asynchronous training per week during weeks 3 through 12 of the course. The goal of this training is to ensure all Grader are scoring with the same norms and to get questions answered about how to grade each assignment
- Serve as an ambassador for the Braven team on campus by serving on panels, sharing your experience with other campus stakeholders, etc., as time permits
Minimum Requirements
- Prior experience using Google Suite (Drive, Docs, Sheets), Zoom, and LinkedIn is highly preferred
- Comfortability learning to navigate new tools such as Canvas, Speedgrader, and, if applicable, different systems used by our higher education partners
- You will need a laptop or desktop computer to participate in training sessions and attend Learning Labs as well as grade all assignments
Preferred Qualifications
- Prior experience teaching or serving as a Teaching Assistant or similar role
- Prior experience coaching students or adults
- Professional work experience
- Proficiency in a second language is a plus
- Demonstrated commitment to equity and inclusion.
- Exemplification of Braven’s core values.
- Experience that has informed your belief in Braven’s mission and have prepared you to work with, or for, Braven’s student Fellow population.
Please know that no one ever meets 100% of the preferred qualifications. If much of this describes you, we encourage you to apply.
Work Demands
- Work remotely from one of our current Braven operating states: NY, NJ
- Required to attend one of the following evening classes (Learning Lab) once a week:
- Tuesdays 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM ET ET
- Wednesdays 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM ET
- Fridays 11:30 AM - 1:30PM ET
Additional Requirements
- Authorized to work in the U.S.
- Braven doesn’t offer employment visa sponsorship
Application & Interview Process
While the interview process may vary slightly, the general process will be:
- Performance Task
- Interview with Hiring Manager
Location
This is a remote position and the person must live in one of our current Braven operating states: NY, NJ
Braven is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected factor. We encourage talented individuals of all backgrounds to apply.
