Student Worker - MU Camp Peer Mentor Academic Year 2024-2025

Requisition Number Stu226P Position Type Student Worker Department Department of Student Workers Job Title Student Worker - MU CAMP Peer Mentor Academic Year 2024-2025 Classification Student Worker Pay Rate $10.25/ hr

Position Summary Information

Hours per week Up to 10 hours per week Days Worked Flexible Hours/Shift worked Must be able to supervise CAMP Student Center 1-2 evenings/week from 4pm-7pm and attend meeting as scheduled

Posting Detail Information

Job Summary/Basic Function

MU CAMP Peer Mentors provide supportive services to incoming MU CAMP freshmen throughout their first year at the university. PeerMentors are a support system, a friend, an advocate, and a caring role model

Required Qualifications

• Completed freshmen year as an MU CAMP participant

• Completed at least 24 credits

• Available to work during the Fall and Spring semesters including evening and weekends when necessary

• Good communication skills

• Works well with others

• Have good judgment

• Responsible, dependable, and organized

• Enjoys working with diverse peers

• Sensitive to cultural differences

• Currently enrolled Millersville University student

Preferred Qualifications

• Minimum GPA 3.0
• Bilingual or multilingual

Job Duties

• Meet with each mentee at least one time per week to check in on their academic progress, adherence to CAMP requirements, and emotional/social well being

• Assist mentees in meeting with professors, scheduling classes, accessing resources, buying books, completing financial aid/FAFSA, searching for scholarships, and other needs as they arise

• Communicate effectively and in a timely manner with mentees and CAMP staff

• Accurately document services provided to mentees in program provided by CAMP staff

• Encourage mentees to connect with peers, classmates, professors, and other university staff

• Encourage mentees to attend university events and get involved in areas of interest

• Supervise 1-2 evening study sessions at the CAMP Student Center from 4pm-7pm

• Be able to set and maintain boundaries with mentees

• Attend CAMP and university meetings and events as scheduled

• Maintain and report work hours

Working Conditions and Physical Effort

• Be able to text, call, message, or email mentees

• Be able to meet with mentees in person on campus

• Must have dependable transportation to MU

Posting Open Date 01/18/2024 Posting Close Date 08/30/2024 Special Instructions to Applicants

Must have completed your freshman year (24 credits) and have been an MU CAMP participant

Quicklink for Posting/Requisition https://jobs.millersville.edu/postings/11396