Job Summary
Job Title: Wellness Ambassador – Student Service
Division: Student Life
Department: RecWell
Compensation Hours/Week
$10.25 / hour Weekly average, approximately 8 hours per week
Required hours may include days, evenings, weekends, overnight hours and holidays
Employment Summary
The Division of Student Life is committed to making every experience at Purdue University a learning opportunity for students. Employment within our division provides you the opportunity to work with other great students and leaders. As part of your employment, we incorporate the Leadership and Professional Development Competencies and the Steps to Leaps Learning Pillars into your learning and performance management experience to ensure you are building the skills employers want.
Job Description
The primary role of the Wellness Ambassador position is to assist in the implementation to present over various health and wellness topics to campus groups, teach meditation sessions, conduct tabling events, and help with wellness programming and events. The position will work alongside peers to conduct health and wellness education to students on campus through presentations, events, and outreach efforts. The goal of this position is to provide students valuable, real-world health and wellness knowledge and skills. This position should work 8 hours per week during the current semester. Those hours may be worked in any combination, at the discretion of the direct supervisor. The Wellness Ambassador candidate must be reliable, organized, responsible, and flexible. They must also be ambitious, detail-oriented, creative, and driven.
Qualifications
Qualifications
Must be actively enrolled at Purdue University, Purdue Global
Previous work experience within health / science preferred (not required)
Strong interpersonal and communication skills, both verbal and written
Flexible and dependable with a strong attention to detail
Problem solving, logic and reasoning skills
Customer service oriented
Ability to multi-task and work within deadlines
Ability to work independently and with a team
Be timely and organized
Position Responsibilities
Position Responsibilities
Exhibit friendliness, diplomacy, and tact in responding to customers
Maintain confidentiality and exhibit professional conduct when handling sensitive information
Serve and participate on committees within the division to provide feedback from a student lens
Responsible for all scheduled shifts (based on class/exam schedules for the semester)
Must attend all scheduled staff meetings to gain and/or share pertinent information
Other duties as assigned
Core Competencies
Transferable Skill Development:
Students employed in this role will develop and demonstrate a number of transferable skills essential for future employment success and be reviewed on these skills in their performance evaluation.
Communication (Verbal, Written, Non-Verbal, Listen & Observe, Summarize & Distill Information)
Ways of Thinking (Systems Thinking & Planning, Reflective & Analytical Reasoning, Idea Generation, Decision Making, Problem Solving, Ethics)
Collaboration (Organization Behavior & Teamwork, Appropriate & Productive Relationships, Helping Others & Working Together, Cultural Intelligence & Inclusion, Service & Social Responsibility)
Self-Awareness (Self-Understanding, Continuous Learning, Initiative & Follow-Through, Personal Responsibility, Resiliency)