Peer Advisor Overview:
The ISS Peer Advisors will foster connections and community for SCU’s 1600 international students and scholars. ISS Peer Advisors will assist with administrative tasks, lead events and activities, support communication, and provide guidance to international students throughout their time at SCU.
Duties and Responsibilities:
Student Support
- Support current students with I-20 form pickup and other immigration-related forms
- Connect students with resources, schools and other respective departments to answer common questions
- Assist newly arrived students with social, and cultural adjustment as well as the SCU immigration check-in process
- Meet with students in person or virtually, as assigned
Event Coordination
- Assist the ISS team with developing, coordinating and participating in different ISS events such as ISW, iExchange, and other cultural and social programming
- Suggest and evaluate new events and programming ideas during our annual review
- Encourage students to participate in ISS-sponsored events
Communications
- Work with Global Engagement Staff to create communications content and postings including Instagram and LinkedIn
- Assist in publicizing upcoming ISS events (electronic bulletin board flyers, email communications, social media posts, etc.) to appropriate audiences
Administrative Duties
- Support ISS’s ongoing data entry needs
- Support ISS’s online filing (via document upload)
- Assist ISS staff in various administrative tasks and projects, as assigned
Eligibility Criteria
- International/global student status (or prior participation in a global program) is strongly preferred
- Willingness to work both set hours and flexible hours, depending on the weekly event schedule
- Strong oral and written communication skills
- Strong detail orientation and accuracy
- Ability to maintain confidentiality
- Ability to work independently as well as part of a team
- Availability to work up to 10 hours per week
- Ability to work on-campus during ISS office hours: Monday and Tuesday 2-4 pm and/or Wednesday and Thursday 10-12 pm (Noon)
- Ability to work for at least one full academic year preferred