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University of Wisconsin-Madison is hiring a SOAR Peer Advisor. The role involves collaborating with professional advisors to meet incoming first-year and transfer students, helping them explore academic options, select courses, and enroll for the fall semester while providing campus information and modeling successful student behavior.

Highlights

Collaborate with professional advisors to facilitate group discussions and conduct 1:1 sessions with incoming students.
Guide students in course selection and enrollment while sharing campus resources like Guide and FIGS.
Support students from diverse identities by creating an inclusive advising environment.
Participate in initial and ongoing training and professional development throughout the summer.
Work approximately 19 hours per week during SOAR sessions, with some full-day advising responsibilities.
Must be a current undergraduate student at UW-Madison with at least one semester completed and continuing status for Fall 2026.
Strong interpersonal communication, leadership, problem-solving, and teamwork skills encouraged.
Compensation is $15.00 per hour.
The position supports undecided and exploring first-year and transfer students from any academic background.
On-site work required; no remote eligibility.

SOAR Peer Advisor Full Description

Department Overview:

| Cross-College Advising Service (CCAS) is a university-wide academic advising service and is the assigned advising unit for undecided/exploring students who seek guidance about their major plan. The office serves primarily first-year and second-year students, along with exploring transfer students.

Students from any school/college or academic path will be considered. No preference will be given to students who have or currently advise with CCAS.

Anticipated Start Date:

| May 14 (first day of training)

Anticipated End Date (If Applicable):

| August 14th (Last SOAR session)

Remote Work Eligibility Detail:

| Not Remote

Anticipated Hours Per Week:

| 19 (see more details in position description)

Schedule:

| The following is the likely schedule pending budget updates:

May Peer Advisor Training and First SOAR Session:
--60 hours total (estimated) during the month of May
----May 14 to May 28: 9:00am to 4:00pm (no training on May 23rd or 26th)
----May 29: First full day SOAR session

In Person SOAR (weeks of 6/2, 6/9, 6/16, 6/23, 7/14, 7/21, 8/4):
--19 hours per week (mornings only, with full day advising needs for additional afternoon hours on 5/30, 6/27, and 8/11)
----Mondays: 2 hours of training and/or professional development in morning
----Tuesdays-Fridays: 8:15am to 12:30pm (with full day advising afternoon hours on 5/30, 6/27, and 8/11)

Virtual SOAR (weeks of 7/7, 7/28, and 8/10):
--20 hours per week
----Monday – Friday, 8:00am – 12:00pm

*Note: There will be no SOAR sessions from 6/29-7/3, during which SOAR Peer Advisors will have off. More details on SOAR schedule will be shared during interviews for the position.

Salary/Wage Range/Lump Sum:

| $15.00/hour

Number of Positions:

| 10

Qualifications:

| Current undergraduate degree-seeking student at UW-Madison

At least one semester in progress at time of application at UW-Madison

Continuing student status for the Fall 2026 semester at UW-Madison

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

| Students from all academic backgrounds and interests are encouraged to apply. CCAS encourages the input of students from a wide variety of academic pursuits as this a great resource for students who are exploring. Students eligible for hire will demonstrate an interest in developing the following knowledge, skills, and abilities through ongoing training and professional development opportunities. We do not expect you to be experienced in all of these areas, only a willingness to apply the strengths you already possess and learn and practice new skills in these areas with support:

-Strong interpersonal communication and listening skills
-Commitment to creating an advising environment that supports students from all identities and backgrounds
-Leadership and facilitation in small groups
-Management of multiple and competing priorities
-Willingness to learn, ask questions, and seek information
-Ability to self-reflect and grow from feedback
-Willingness to embrace and demonstrate CCAS expectations regarding academic advising philosophy and practices

Position Summary/Job Duties:

| -Collaborate with professional advisors to facilitate small group discussions
-Have 1:1 discussions with incoming students about their fall schedules in-person and virtually Use counseling techniques to guide conversations
-Share campus resources to facilitate student exploration of academic options on campus, such as Guide, FIGS, etc.
-Assist students in selecting fall courses
-Teach students how to use enrollment tools
-Think critically about how students’ intersectional social identities impact their experiences at UW-Madison Contribute to day-to-day logistics of SOAR
-Participate in initial and on-going training and professional development throughout the summer
-Consistently contribute towards a positive student experience at SOAR throughout the summer

Please feel free to email any questions or accommodation requests to tyler.kuehl@wisc.edu. There will also be an opportunity to make accommodation requests in the application

Physical Demands:

| None

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.eduAccommodation 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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