Hawk Link Student Specialist- Student Hourly Pool

Responsibilities of the Student Specialist include (but are not limited to the following):
Jayhawk JumpStart Student Leader:

• Serve as a group facilitator and positive role model for up to 35 JumpStart participants.
• Facilitate activities and sessions for JumpStart participants focused on developing a sense of community and belonging as assigned
• Serve as a resource to answer questions and support students in their transition to KU.
• Participate in all required JumpStart programming planning, set up, facilitation and clean up
• Must be available 40 hours that align with the JumpStart program schedule, plus be available the week before for training.

Academic Year Peer Support:

• Provide support for students throughout the academic year by communicating with students utilizing phone calls, text messages and e-mails in accordance with guidance from Hawk Link Coordinators. Student Leaders working JumpStart will connect with their Jumpstart Students throughout the academic year.
• Meet one-on-one with students as directed by Hawk Link Coordinators to follow up on goals, have conversations around academic development, campus engagement, and general interests.
• Conduct study sessions and develop small workshops for students around academic supports.
• Maintain accurate notes of meetings and conversations with students utilizing Jayhawk GPS
• Refer students to campus resources or escalate back to Hawk Link Coordinators when appropriate

Additional Responsibilities:
Event Assistance

• Includes event development, planning, communication and marketing
• Event execution including event and materials preparation, and tear down

Administrative Responsibilities

• Front desk management including answering phones, greeting visitors, checking and responding to global email inbox 
• Collecting and managing data, assisting with research

General Responsibilities

• Accurately report time worked utilizing KU's timesheet system
• Actively participate in training including online training, in-person training at the beginning of each semester, and ongoing leadership development opportunities
• Meet one-on-one with your supervisor twice a month to provide updates you your general wellbeing, work goals and professional development
• Attend staff meetings for program updates
• Monitor and respond to messages in Hawk Link e-mail in a timely fashion

Other duties as assigned