"Peer Leads (Tutors) for the PLUS Center, Summer 2025, AY 2025-26"

Position Overview

Position title: Peer Lead

Salary range: See Table 20 for the salary range for this position. A reasonable estimate for this position is $21.28 per hour.

Percent time: up to 25%

Anticipated start: August 2025

Position duration: 1 yr

Application Window

Open date: August 11, 2025

Most recent review date: Monday, Oct 20, 2025 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)

Applications received after this date will be reviewed by the search committee if the position has not yet been filled.

Final date: Tuesday, Jul 21, 2026 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)

Applications will continue to be accepted until this date, but those received after the review date will only be considered if the position has not yet been filled.

Position Description

Peer Led Undergraduate Study (PLUS) Center is a learning community, where peers support peers through the learning process. Peer Leads (Tutors) are held to high standards, specialists in their subjects, and role models who focus on student success.

View our Recruitment Flyer on Instagram to see what subject/course positions are open then apply.

Visit our website for Eligibility Requirements.

Peer Leads (Tutors) are expected to work with students on facts/formulas, concept development, comprehension, explanation, research, projects and application. They facilitate sessions, work with and guide students through the learning process.

Peer Leads (Tutors) will provide support for homework practice as well as for on going literacy work. They may offer study skills support. They will not correct any written assignments or reading errors, but develop a framework within which each student can discover and apply appropriate language, reading, and/or learning skills.

Please refer to the PLUS Center's recruitment flyer for subjects/courses that have open positions. Cover letters should specify your course(s) of interest and experiences should support it.

For All applicants, Letters of Recommendation (LORs) are required for subject area/courses that you plan to support. Prospective employees will not be hired without required LORs.

For current students, submit your unofficial transcript.

For All non-student tutors, a copy of a final transcript will be required; it must show conferred degree and date.

The anticipated start date is for the upcoming year with the possibility of renewal.

Department: https://success.ucmerced.edu/tutoring

Requirements: https://pluscenter.ucmerced.edu/become-peer-lead

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications

Good written and verbal communication skills and competence in specific subject area(s) are required. A high grade in the subject area/courses noted in the recruitment is required.

For All Tutors, a high grade in one of the following is required: WRI 10, WRI 100, 110, 116, 117 or WRI 199.

• Undergraduate in good academic standing
• Cumulative GPA of 3.20 or higher
• High academic achievement in subject of interest
• Open availability for training
• Good communicative and people skills
• Responsible, punctual, and professional

Application Requirements

Document Requirements

• Curriculum Vitae - Your most recently updated C.V.
• Cover Letter - Be sure to specify the courses you wish to support and provide experiences/information as to why you should be considered.
• Transcript - Unofficial for continuing students. Official for non-students. Must include most recent finished semester/quarter
• Authorization to Release Information Form - As a condition of employment, the finalist will be required to disclose if they are subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct.

Misconduct means any violation of the policies or laws governing conduct at the applicant's previous place of employment, including, but not limited to, violations of policies or laws prohibiting sexual harassment, sexual assault, or other forms of harassment or discrimination, as defined by the employer.

Required Authorization of Information Release may be found here. Please complete, sign, and upload the required Authorization of Information Release to your application.

Reference Requirements

2-3 required (contact information only)

References should include Professors who can support your application to tutor for specific course(s). Use only name references here and email addresses at this time. If hired, you will need the letter of recommendation. If you have questions about this, just ask me.

Job location: Merced, CA/Campus, KL 201