Student Help: Title III Peer Mentor / Coach

Job Summary

This is a part-time student position funded by Title III IDEAS Grant. Peer mentors/coaches are integrated into advising center or other campus offices, to assist professional advisors or student success coaches and faculty/staff with supporting students at Southwest. Mentors might handle referrals to campus resources, study skills coaching, or pre-registration education, which frees up professional coaches and advisors to focus on complex advising cases. Peer mentors may be “on call” for a set number of hours each week, to handle referred and walk-in students. Or, programs may require peer mentors to hold several meetings each term with students, either one-on-one or in groups.

Job Duties

• Attend Peer Coaching training sessions
• Engage in two HIPs (work-based learning and e-portfolio development)
• Provide information concerning campus resources, activities, and services
• Encourage peers to stay in college and finish their program through out-of-classroom engagement with touchpoints
• Maintain assigned caseload of students; accurately document students’ stories and make appropriate referrals for academic and student support services
• As a role model, display appropriate social behavior and skills
• Maintain courteous, friendly, and cooperative interactions with peers and staff
• Maintain confidentiality of personal information, such as contact information
• Maintain weekly communication with assigned peers with an openness to on-call support and small group support during critical advising milestones

Minimum Qualifications

• A Southwest Tennessee Community College Student who has completed at least 12 semester hours and GPA of 3.0
• Student must be in good academic and behavioral standing

Summary of Our Benefits

A Summary Of Our Benefits Can Be Found Below https://www.southwest.tn.edu/hr/benefits-overview.php

Equal Opportunity Employer

The TBR does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, ethnicity, or national origin, sex, disability, age, status as a protected veteran or any other class protected by Federal or State laws and regulations and by Tennessee Board of Regents policies with respect to employment, programs, and activities. The following person has been designated to handle inquiries regarding nondiscrimination policies: LeVetta Hudson, Vice President of People & Culture, myhr@southwest.tn.edu, 737 Union Ave, Memphis, TN 38103, 901-333-5000. See the full non-discrimination policy.