"Chemistry Mentor"

Position Information

Field	Value
Position Title	Chemistry Mentor
Department	Chemistry
Appointment Term	Spring (January - May)
FLSA	Non-Exempt

Job Summary

The Chemistry Mentor will assist the Department of Chemistry laboratory instructors with laboratory preparation and clean-up, promoting discussion among students, offering assistance with technical skills, and helping monitor laboratory safety and good laboratory practice.

Essential Duties

• Assist in laboratory preparation. This may involve equipment and glassware preparation and set-up, reagent preparation, and waste disposal preparation associated with each experiment.
• Assist assigned lab section instructor during the lab period by monitoring, and correcting safety related issues and laboratory procedures.
• Be able to answer student questions associated with the experiment or be able to direct them appropriately.
• Assist students in the operation of computers, software, equipment, and instrumentation associated with an experiment.
• Insure proper and safe handling of chemicals.
• Insure compliance with chemical waste disposal regulations and procedures.
• Assist in laboratory clean-up. This may involve equipment and glassware teardown, backfilling reagents associated with the completed experiment, logging out waste disposal bottles, lab bench cleaning, washing glassware.
• Other duties assigned by supervisor.

Required Qualifications

• MoWest Student
• Degree Seeking
• At least an overall 2.0 GPA
• Enrolled at least part-time

Preferred Qualifications

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Qualified applicants should have completed General Chemistry I (with lab) with a grade of ‘C’ or better (a grade of ‘B’ or above is preferred.)
• Students assigned to higher level courses must also have earned a ‘C’ or better in the course to which they are assigned.
• Ability to prepare reagents and solutions of known quantity and concentration using safe laboratory practice.
• Upon hire, but before beginning work in the laboratory, students must complete an orientation/training session covering first aid, chemical safety and chemical storeroom procedures, and emergency response procedures held by the Department of Chemistry.
• Student must possess ability to work well with MWSU students, faculty and staff.

Physical Demands

Sedentary Work: Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time.

Location where duties are to be performed

Chemistry lab

Federal Work Study

Required

Hours of Work

10 hours per week. Position to start 1/26/2026

Posting Detail Information

Field	Value
Posting Number	ST275P
Number of Vacancies	3
Open Date	01/16/2026
Priority Deadline	01/30/2026
Open Until Filled	Yes

Special Instructions Summary

This position can hire a student who does or does not qualify for Federal Work Study eligibility. For more information on Federal Work Study eligibility, contact Financial Aid. (Eder Hall 103; 816-271-4361; website)