Servant Leadership Program: On-Campus Employment
Interested in working on campus? Campus offices and departments are now hiring! Check out Handshake to view current openings and to apply. Over 300 students work on campus each year in roles ranging from food service to research and lab assistants to tutors and student ambassadors and more. Job openings are posted year round, and hiring timelines vary per department/office.
Student Employment Handbook (requires login)
Info For Supervisor
How to Apply
- Complete your FAFSA each year
- Create a résumé and upload it to Handshake
- Search on-campus job postings and submit your résumé* to apply.
*some job postings may request additional items such as a cover letter, unofficial transcript, and/or writing samples.
Hiring Process
Each campus office/department will have different timelines for making hiring decisions. Some supervisors will conduct very formal interviews, while others may opt for more informal conversations. Regardless, always treat any interaction with a potential employer as an interview. The office/department will notify you if you've been selected for hire.
Timecards and Pay Periods
Students record their work hours on selfservice.uu.edu and are paid on a biweekly basis via Direct Deposit.
Student Time Entry Instructions
Employment Onboarding
If you've been selected for hire, you'll receive an email from the Vocatio Center with instructions to complete some employment forms online as well as I-9 verification. I-9 verification is a short, in-person meeting where you are required to provide authentic document(s) for employment verification.
Learn more about I-9 verification
List of acceptable document(s)
For international students with an F-1 visa, once you have been offered a job, your next step is to obtain a Social Security Number, and this must be done prior to starting work. Check out the International Student Checklist, and contact Pam Whitnell, the International Student Officer, for more details.
Once you have completed all of the on-boarding steps, you will receive an email confirmation clearing you to begin work.
Current Positions available in Handshake
- Peer Tutor - Center for Academic Success - FWS
Center for Academic Success (CAS)Academic Student LeadershipPeer TutorTutors are need for:CHE 111, 112MAT 116, 212, 213HIS 101, 102The CAS provides assistance to advance student learning and the academic process. Our goal is to help students become successful learners. Students learn how to learn while learning what to learn.We seek excellence as well as diversity within the CAS. We want outgoing, positive individuals that will model our Union core values: Excellence-Driven, Christ-Centered, People-Focused, and Future-Directed. CAS understands that a tutor is, above all, a student. However, a tutor should be the type of student who can handle CAS responsibilities and academic requirements without neglecting either. Working as an on-call peer tutor can provide some of the best workplace training possible; they must be dependable, motivated, caring and responsible (all valuable qualities to employers). Qualifications -- Tutors must:•Have a minimum of a B in the courses you wish to tut...
- Peer Tutor - Center for Academic Success - UUWS
Center for Academic Success (CAS)Academic Student LeadershipPeer TutorTutors are need for:CHE 111, 112MAT 116, 212, 213HIS 101, 102The CAS provides assistance to advance student learning and the academic process. Our goal is to help students become successful learners. Students learn how to learn while learning what to learn.We seek excellence as well as diversity within the CAS. We want outgoing, positive individuals that will model our Union core values: Excellence-Driven, Christ-Centered, People-Focused, and Future-Directed. CAS understands that a tutor is, above all, a student. However, a tutor should be the type of student who can handle CAS responsibilities and academic requirements without neglecting either. Working as an on-call peer tutor can provide some of the best workplace training possible; they must be dependable, motivated, caring and responsible (all valuable qualities to employers). Qualifications -- Tutors must:•Have a minimum of a B in the courses you wish to tuto...
- Student Assistant – Maintenance– FWS
Assist Maintenance technicians with their day to day operations. Student workers will be involved in, but not limited to plumbing, HVAC, electrical, and general work orders. Trade skills and knowledge are not required, but helpful.
- Student Assistant – Maintenance – UUWS
Assist Maintenance technicians with their day to day operations. Student workers will be involved in, but not limited to plumbing, HVAC, electrical, and general work orders. Trade skills and knowledge are not required, but helpful.
- Front Desk Staff-Library Circulation-UUWS
The Circulation department is the “Union Station” of the library. A successful candidate for this department needs to be interested in customer service, be people-focused, detail-oriented, and able to work a set schedule each week for the indicated semester. Seeking 1-2 student workers able to work specific hours, such as lunchtime during weekdays, closing shifts, and select weekend hours. (*Each student will work at least one Saturday during the semester.) Job description: Assisting student, faculty, staff, and community members with checking materials in and out of the libraryBooking study rooms for studentsAssisting with printing and copying as needed; occasionally scan to email or faxingDirecting people to locations in the library and helping them locate materialsAnswering the telephoneTaking money for finesData entry and link verificationChecking the library’s book dropsAssisting other library departments with assigned projectsKeeping the library materials collections in order in...
- Athletics Scorekeeper/Press - FWS
This job will include working at home athletic events in the sports of soccer, volleyball, basketball, baseball, and softball. The job occurs mostly late afternoons, nights, and weekends. It includes jobs such as the scoreboard, video production, public address announcing, and play-by-play on our video streaming.
- Athletics Scorekeeper/Press - UUWS
This job will include working at home athletic events in the sports of soccer, volleyball, basketball, baseball, and softball. The job occurs mostly late afternoons, nights, and weekends. It includes jobs such as the scoreboard, video production, public address announcing, and play-by-play on our video streaming.
- Event Staff - Concessions - FWS
Looking for friendly concession workers to prepare and sell food and drinks at home soccer, volleyball, basketball, softball, and baseball games. Working the cash register and Square iPad technology is also a part of the concession experience. Cleanliness, organization, and people skills are necessary. See all home games on UU Athletics Master Schedule (https://uuathletics.com/calendar). We are not asking employees to work every home game but a few games each month based on student-worker availability.
- Student Technician - Chemistry Department - FWS
Students will work with a professor in a lab class and/or with the chemical stockroom manager in the chemical stockroom. The student must have successfully completed CHE-111 and preferably also CHE-112 and must be available one or more days either 8-10 a.m. or 1:40-4:30 (TTh) or 2:00-4:50 p.m. (MWF).
