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Student Wellness Leader

Apply now(opens in a new window) Job No: 511251
Division/Organization: Division for Teaching and Learning
Department: Center for Educational Opportunity
Job Type: UW Student Jobs
Remote Eligbility: Not Remote
Location: INGRAHAM HALL, MARK H
Salary/Wage Range or Lump Sum: $15.00
Job Categories: Leadership, Critical Thinking/Problem Solving, Teamwork/Collaboration, Professionalism/Work Ethic, Communications, Broadcasting, and Media Arts, Education and Training, Nonprofit/Community-Based Organization, Honoring Context and Culture, Higher Education-Student Affairs

Department Overview:

 The Center for Educational Opportunity (CeO) provides services for students that are first generation, meet certain federal family income guidelines, and students with documented disabilities. CeO advisors and staff embrace a personal approach and provide support in every aspect of the student’s path to achievement and success.

Wellness Leaders collaborate as a team to plan and facilitate biweekly programming centered around wellness to help CeO students strengthen emotional resilience, identify and reflect on their career goals, and build meaningful connections within the community. This role provides students with the opportunity to develop leadership, event planning, and facilitation skills while contributing to a supportive and engaging environment for CeO scholars.

Anticipated Start Date:

 August 17, 2026

Anticipated End Date (If Applicable):

  

Remote Work Eligibility Detail:

Not Remote

 

Anticipated Hours Per Week:

 Minimum: 3 

Schedule:

 Must be available up to 4.5 hours per week:

2.5 hours: Bi-weekly meetings on Monday from 4:00 - 6:30pm.
2 hours (minimum): Working at the CeO Front Desk during normal business hours (M-F 8:00 - 4:00). The actual day/time of this shift will depend on applicant availability.

Employment will require UW-Madison to verify your identity and employment eligibility. The employee must physically present original, unexpired documents (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents) as evidence of identity and employment authorization.

Salary/Wage Range/Lump Sum:

 Minimum: $15.00 

Number of Positions:

 2-3

Qualifications:

 ● Must be a current student affiliated with CeO and be in good academic standing.
● Strong written and verbal communication skills.
● Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
● Dependability and punctuality.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

● Demonstrated interested in wellness, student success, and community building.
● Comfortable with public speaking, leading discussions, and facilitating activities.
● Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment.
● Ability to connect and interact professionally and respectfully with individuals from diverse backgrounds.
● Previous experience with student organizations, peer mentoring, or event planning is preferred but not required.

Position Summary/Job Duties:

1. Event Planning and Coordination:
a. Collaborate with the SWL to plan structured events for CeO community.
b. Develop specific event themes, goals, and activities that support student wellbeing and professional development.
c. Assist with event logistics such as scheduling, space preparation, and materials.
d. Coordinate with guest speakers and campus partners as needed.
e. Prepare estimated event costs and maintain documentation of expenses.

2. Event Facilitation
a. Co-facilitate events with other SWL team members.
b. Lead activities and guide discussions to encourage connection, growth, and reflection.
c. Assist with event set-up, facilitation, and clean-up.
d. Maintain welcoming and positive environment to encourage student engagement.

3. Team Collaboration
a. Attend and actively participate in weekly team meetings.
b. Practice facilitation with SWL team members leading up to events.
c. Provide feedback to improve programming and engagement.
d. Collaborate and communicate with team members to ensure smooth execution of event.

4. Community Engagement and Outreach
a. Promote events and encourage participation.
b. Maintain communication with event guests and collaborators.
c. Support efforts to create welcoming environment for students to reach out and connect.

Physical Demands:

Ability to lift 40 pounds.

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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