"TRIO SSS Peer Leader Specialist II"

TRIO SSS Peer Leader Specialist II

Company: Salt Lake Community College

Job Location:

Category: Student Affairs and Services

Type: Adjunct/Part-Time

Salary: $16.00 - $17.00 Hourly

Location: Taylorsville Campus, UT

Job Type: Part-Time Staff

Job Number: 202500593

Division: Student Affairs

Department: First Year Experience

Closing Date: 2/2/2026 11:59 PM Mountain

FLSA Non-Exempt

Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States.

All employees are expected to maintain a permanent residence within the State of Utah as a condition of employment. New employees must provide a valid Utah residential address within 30 days of their start date.

Job Summary

TRIO SSS seeks students interested in supporting TRIO SSS participants as a mentor and peer leader. Our goal is to provide a productive, welcoming, and inclusive learning environment that will guide students toward study practices, success strategies and aides that help them excel both inside and outside of college. Peer leader responsibilities are being able to answer general student questions, attending peer leader meetings and trainings, understanding details of each TRIO program at SLCC, perform outreach, provide customer service, facilitating workshops/activities, and other duties as assigned, do research.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities & Knowledge Skills & Abilities

A) Motivate and encourage new participants.
B) Create a welcoming environment for new and continuing participants.
C) Articulate the purpose of TRIO to new and potential students.
D) Feel comfortable using the SLCC Catalog and DegreeWorks and class registration platforms.
E) Be punctual and dependable.
F) Participate in ongoing professional development sessions.
G) Facilitate and participate in ongoing TRIO workshops, events, and activities. Ability to communicate effectively with a broad range of diverse people, ability, culture, ethnic background, to maintain good working relationships across the College.
H) Guide and support with TRIO Application intake
I) Do tabling and present in classrooms

Minimum qualifications

• Current SLCC Student
• Have and maintain a GPA of a 2.5 or higher

Preferred Qualifications

Be able to use Microsoft suite.