With the fall 2023 semester ending, students are gearing up to build semester schedules and looking for internships or on-campus jobs.
There are a variety of student jobs for next semester and next year.
Orientation and Transition Leader (OTL)
Students who want to take on a mentor role for incoming first year and transfer students should consider becoming an OTL for the Student Orientation, Advising and Registration (SOAR) in the Center for Student Engagement, Leadership and Orientation. This position entails leading groups of incoming students on four dates between June 10 and July 20, 2024, with some dates from mid-August to Oct. 27. OTLs also assist with events such as Charge In, Welcome Week and Family Day during the fall semester. Compensation includes a $3,000 stipend, meals and on-campus housing for OTLs and being permitted to move into your fall housing in early August if you are a residential student.
Information sessions will be held in the Alumni Lounge:
11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Dec. 7
12 to 1:30 p.m. on Jan. 19
7 to 8:30 p.m. on Jan. 23
Applications, which are due Feb. 2, are on Charger Connection.
Resident Assistant (RA)
Students interested in taking on a year-round leadership role can apply for the 2024 – 2025 RA position out of the Office of Residential Life. This entails living in, interacting with and leading students in a residence hall section. Other responsibilities include hosting programs in your residence hall, being available to your residential community during resource hours and completing administrative tasks.
The last information session will take place 8-9 p.m. on Dec. 6 in Westside Hall’s first floor lounge. The application, due Dec. 10, can be found on MyHousing.
President’s Public Service Fellowship
Students who want to be paid while working for a local nonprofit organization can apply for the President’s Public Service Fellowship out of the Dean of Students Office. Students who apply and are accepted into the highly selective program are paid to spend 11 weeks over the summer as leaders in New Haven nonprofits. This position involves doing public service work, attending educational and career workshops, having one-on-one meetings with your coordinator and writing a weekly reflection paper.
The next information session will be on Dec. 5 at 4 p.m. in the Moulton Lounge. All questions can be directed to Ric Baker at [email protected].
Student Game Day Worker
Students who are interested in the university’s athletics and want to get a behind-the-scenes look at games next year can apply to be a Student Game Day Worker in the university’s Charger Athletics office. According to the description on Charger Link, this job involves attending sports games to help set up and take down video and audio equipment, assist with ticketing and game attendance and help maintain statistics among other duties assigned by the associate director of athletics for internal operations, coordinator for internal operations or associate director of athletics for strategic communications.
This 20-hour-a-week position is open to current students. The application is due April 30, 2024. The pay for this position is not yet available.
If you are looking for leadership and employment opportunities, refer to the above list or check out options on Charger Connection and ChargerLink.