A college student, on the Upper West Side, needs to hire an academically sophisticated individual to serve as both an Academic Assistant and Personal Assistant to manage a busy academic and personal schedule and provide comprehensive support to ensure continued success across all areas of life. The ideal candidate is someone who is intellectually curious, emotionally steady, and committed to supporting a high-achieving student navigating rigorous academic demands and the complexity of adult life with a disability. Responsibilities include: Tracking assignments, syllabi, and deadlines across multiple courses, assistance with academic research, outlining, and writing support, drafting and editing papers, formatting bibliographies and citations (APA, MLA, etc.), communicating with professors, tutors, and university staff as needed, attending classes and taking notes or providing support when necessary, support thesis planning, drafting, and submission over the coming year, maintaining calendars and scheduling for academic, personal, and medical appointments, managing documents, records, and communications (email, phone, forms), coordinating travel, including accessibility logistics, handling insurance claims, referrals, and related follow-up, tracking expenses and bill payments or reimbursements, healthcare coordination including scheduling and managing medical appointments, PT, OT, ensuring seamless coordination of medical needs, calling ahead to confirm accessibility at various locations and keeping track of and organizing test results, evaluations and referrals. You will become a key partner in ensuring her continued progress toward academic, professional, and personal goals providing personal and emotional support, being a grounded presence, managing burnout risk, offering light physical assistance (mobility support) and preparing meals as needed and assisting with the care of a small dog.
The schedule is: 5 days a week including Saturday (40 h). Salary $60/hr. with a medical stipend. Immediate start.
