Kpu Collective Peer Mentor

**Competition ID**:

- 3629

**Internal Closing Date**:

- Open Until Filled

**External Closing Date**:

- Open Until Filled

**# of Openings**:

- 1
- **Salary Information**:

- Student Assistant Pay Scale

**Employment Type**:

- Temporary Part Time

**Workplace Type**:

- On-Site

**Travel Frequency**:
**Employee Group**:

- Student Assistant

**Days of Work (BCGEU)**:

- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday

**Hours of Work (BCGEU)**:
**Hours per Week (BCGEU)**:

- 10

**Kwantlen Polytechnic University**

KPU offers all learners opportunities to achieve success in a diverse range of programs that blend theory and practice, critical understanding, and social and ethical awareness necessary for good citizenship and rewarding careers. KPU strives to implement initiatives that will attract, support, engage, and retain KPU’s people and create an environment where all employees see themselves as contributing to student learning.

**ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE**

This role reports to Manager, Student Engagement and Leadership.

**SUMMARY**:
KPU Collective is a first-year peer mentorship program for domestic students focused on
developing skills to succeed in their first semester and beyond.
The KPU Collective Peer Mentor works on a caseload basis, whereby they are assigned a cohort of
students, which we call Collectives, who they support throughout the students’ first semester. They
facilitate connections with their Collectives in order to increase domestic student success and
retention.
The KPU Collective Peer Mentor is responsible for orienting new domestic students to KPU by
connecting with them online and in person, building community, providing support by answering
questions, and educating about campus services and resources.

**KEY RESPONSIBILITIES**
- Facilitating weekly check ins with assigned Collective
- Referring students to Peer Tutors, Advisors, Counsellors, and other KPU Support Services
- Responding to student inquiries
- Providing weekly online office hours for conversations with students
- Hosting monthly socials
- Reporting problematic student behaviours or ongoing learning issues within their Collectives
to their supervisor
- Providing bi-weekly updates to Orientation and Transitions on number of engagements,
types of supports needed, and questions asked

**QUALIFICATIONS**
- Minimum KPU CGPA of 2.67 and in good academic standing
- Completed a minimum of 2 semesters at KPU and at least 18 credits
- Strong interpersonal skills
- Strong written and oral communication skills
- Ability to work independently as well as part of a team

**Preference given to students with experience with one or more of the following**:

- Orientation Leader
- KPU Collective
- Learning Centre Peer Tutor
- International Student Life Volunteer
- FSO Student Ambassador
- KPU Community Ambassador
- Peer Wellness Team
- **Salary Information**

Student Assistants are paid as per the following:
Less than one year of post-secondary (less than 30 credits) - BC Minimum Wage

One year of post-secondary (30-60 credits) - BC Minimum Wage plus 8%

With a post-secondary diploma or degree - BC Minimum Wage plus 21%

**Does this role sound like it was made for you, yet you don’t check every box?**

We at KPU understand that experiences and qualifications may look differently for everyone and, if this job description is of interest to you, we encourage you to apply.

**Note to Applicants**:
We thank all applicants for their interest in employment with KPU. Only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

Kwantlen Polytechnic University is committed to protecting the safety and welfare of employees, students, and the general public, and upholding the reputation and integrity of the University. For this reason, final applicants will be asked to undergo a background check.