Duties, Qualifications, and Requirements

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Job Description

Primary Duties:
  • Provides support to freshmen, sophomores, and transfer students in the following SASP Programs: Adelante!, APPLE Corps, CSIS, Early Start, First Year and Transfer Seminars, and other Academic Journey initiatives
  • Provides support to students and faculty in select courses through weekly class visits and various communication methods
  • Conducts individual and group peer success coaching sessions during which students work through plans to achieve their identified goals
  • Helps students navigate the college environment and its resources, and assists them as they transition to college life
  • Makes appropriate referrals to other departments and resources, as necessary.
  • Provides support to prospective/ incoming John Jay students
  • Represents John Jay College and Student Academic Success Programs at all times.
  • Serves as a positive role model for new and continuing students
  • Performs related duties as assigned
Additional Duties:
  • Facilitates study sessions and success workshops
  • Promotes SASP and college services on social media
  • Assists with development of materials for the SASP website and related publications
Minimum qualifications and requirements:
  • Be a full-time undergraduate John Jay student
  • Maintain at least a 3.0 cumulative GPA
  • Earned between 15 and 90 credits
  • Be legally authorized to work in the United States
  • Work at least 10 hours per week between 8:00am-5:30pm during the semester
  • Meet with assigned caseload of 50 students one-on-one at least once per semester
  • Attend all trainings and staff meetings
  • Enroll in the Peer Success Coach Training Courses in Fall 2018 and Spring 2019 (course information coming soon)
Characteristics of an Ideal Candidate:
  • Genuine desire to help students
  • Enthusiasm for promoting events and creating buy-in for programs and initiatives
  • Familiarity with John Jay services and resources
  • Desire to work with and contribute to the success of a large team
Compensation:
Starts at $13.50 per hour for a minimum of 10 hours per week (outside of course work)
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