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Student Ambassador - Office of Admissions & Recruitment

Apply now(opens in a new window) Job No: 510760
Division/Organization: Enrollment Management
Department: Office Of Admissions & Recruitment
Job Type: UW Student Jobs
Remote Eligbility: Not Remote
Location: Office of Admissions & Recruitment
Salary/Wage Range or Lump Sum: $13.00
Job Categories: Interpersonal Communication, Critical Thinking/Problem Solving, Teamwork/Collaboration, Professionalism/Work Ethic, Communications, Broadcasting, and Media Arts, Business Management, Finance, and Marketing, Customer Service, Honoring Context and Culture

Department Overview:

 Come join our team in the Office of Admissions and Recruitment within the Division of Enrollment Management at UW-Madison. We are admissions professionals dedicated to recruiting, admitting and enrolling the next generation of UW-Madison undergraduates.

Anticipated Start Date:

 January 20, 2026

Anticipated End Date (If Applicable):

  

Remote Work Eligibility Detail:

Not Remote

 

Anticipated Hours Per Week:

 Minimum: 0 Maximum: 10

Schedule:

 Hours will be variable from week to week. You can expect to work between 0 and 10 hours per week. Some weeks will be busier than others based on event schedules and social media needs. All event dates will be communicated in advance, and there will be opportunities to take on more hours during the busy spring event season.

Shifts include working portions of daytime events (7 am- 4 pm, most often Fridays and Saturdays), weeknight evening meetings (5:30-6:30pm, 1x per month) and weeknight evening virtual student panels (3x per month). Ideal candidates should have daytime availability on event Fridays and Saturdays during spring.

This position is currently available through May 2026, with the possibility of renewal for the Fall 2026 semester.

Salary/Wage Range/Lump Sum:

 $13.00

Number of Positions:

 10-15

Qualifications:

 - Required: UW-Madison undergraduate student in good academic standing
- Required: Demonstrated campus involvement in student clubs/orgs, volunteering, or other campus jobs
- Preferred: Previous experience with public speaking
- Preferred: Previous leadership experience
- Ability to meet schedule expectations as outlined above

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

- Effective communicator, including public speaking to large groups in person and virtually
- Self-motivated, detail-oriented, and a team player
- Open to feedback and ability to adapt to change
- Knowledgeable about the university and campus life
- Comfortable being featured on social media and online (identity safeguards will be in place)
- Comfortable speaking to your own lived experiences and identities
- Ability to maintain confidentiality
- Willing to perform other duties as assigned

Position Summary/Job Duties:

Student Ambassadors will serve as representatives of the UW-Madison student experience during in person and virtual prospective and admitted student programming, as well as on social media and online via OAR communication channels. Additional duties include event preparation and event day staffing.

The Badger experience is unique to every student, and we want to be able to share that with prospective and admitted students and families. Therefore, ambassadors should be comfortable speaking about their lived experiences and identities to a variety of audiences.

The Student Ambassadors should represent a variety of backgrounds, identities, academic interest areas, and campus involvement.

**REQUIRED APPLICATION MATERIALS:
-Resume
-Cover letter: one page maximum, tell us about yourself, your involvement as a Badger, and how you can share that experience with future badgers and their families

Physical Demands:

Lifting up to 30 lbs

Institutional Statements:

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement:

UW-Madison is an Equal Employment, Equal Access Employer committed to increasing the diversity of our workforce.

Institutional Statement on Diversity:

Diversity is a source of strength, creativity, and innovation for UW-Madison. We value the contributions of each person and respect the profound ways their identity, culture, background, experience, status, abilities, and opinion enrich the university community. We commit ourselves to the pursuit of excellence in teaching, research, outreach, and diversity as inextricably linked goals.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison fulfills its public mission by creating a welcoming and inclusive community for people from every background-people who as students, faculty, and staff serve Wisconsin and the world.

For more information on diversity and inclusion on campus, please visit: diversity.wisc.edu

Accommodation Statement:

If you need to request an accommodation because of a disability, you can find information about how to make a request at the following website:https://employeedisabilities.wisc.edu/disability-accommodation-information-for-applicants/
 
 

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