Student: Strommen Center Career Peer Advisor & Communications Specialist Academic Year 2025-26

Company Description

Augsburg University is committed to helping our student explore their vocation. As a University with a calling, we welcome the unique gifts that each of our employees brings to our collective work, and we are committed to supporting our students as they seek to match those gifts with the needs of the University and our larger community.   

Student employment with Augsburg is more than a job - it is an opportunity for Augsburg students to gain meaningful work experience in a supportive setting that promotes professional growth, personal accountability, teamwork and collaboration and quality work that lives up to our mission of educating students to be informed citizens, thoughtful stewards, critical thinkers, and responsible leaders.  

Job Description

As an integral part of the Strommen team, Career Peer Advisors will connect with the student body of Augsburg. Peer Advisors (PAs) mentor students in making effective major and career choices through career education and career-related activities. 

Peer advisors have the opportunity to expand skills in communicating, presenting, problem solving, teamwork, and leadership. Additionally, PAs staff  drop-in hours to assist Augsburg students on resume and cover letter reviews, internship and job searching strategies, and other career related topics. PAs take part in training and regular meetings to develop their career development skills. 

This role has a specific focus on communications and social media, particularly written and oral communication, to support the Strommen Center in assisting with the creation of materials such as flyers, brochures, surveys, and social media posts. 

We are hoping to fill the following available times in our peer advisor schedule:

• Mondays: 1pm to 4pm
• Tuesday: 1pm to 4pm
• Friday: 9am to 11am

Students who have this availability will have higher priority in the review process, but we are open to adjusting our schedule if necessary. 

Work-study eligible students welcome.

Responsibilities:

• Welcome visitors to the Strommen Center
• Assist with outreach and education, including
• Provide insights and feedback around marketing ideas for Strommen events and general communication with students
• Attend regular supervisor check-ins and staff meetings as able. 
• Assisting students with Navigate and Handshake, our online career portal
• Assisting students with resume and cover letter writing, beginning steps of job and internship searches, and connecting to career planning resources
• Connect students with opportunities to build relationships with alumni and others through informational interviews and job shadowing.
• Promoting career services through tabling, presentations, job fairs, etc.
• Creating content for social media and the Strommen website as well as designing marketing materials in Canva

Learning Outcomes:

• Able to effectively communicate verbally and in writing with others one-on-one and in groups.
• Develop teamwork skills by collaborating with peers, Strommen staff, and other members of the Augsburg Community. 
• Become familiar with and utilize career skills such as coaching, project planning and goal setting.
• Strengthen planning and completing communications projects and social media strategies

Qualifications

• Students must be currently enrolled at Augsburg and must be work-study eligible
• Current Augsburg student, second-year or above, with enthusiasm for helping peers
• Interest in developing expertise to help others explore careers and use the resources of the Strommen Center
• Written & verbal communication skills including the ability to listen, advise, teach, and explain in one-on-one advising conversations, tabling events, and presentations
• Manage multiple priorities of student walk-in traffic, outreach/education, and special projects
• Attention to detail and follow-through
• Resourcefulness and skills in creative problem-solving
• Knowledge of Canva, Instagram, TikTok, and/or LinkedIn preferred

Additional Information

All student applicants must attach the following for consideration: 

• Resume
• Cover Letter (optional)

Augsburg University is an Equal Opportunity employer.  We are committed to providing equal employment opportunity to all applicants and employees regardless of their race, creed, color, religion, gender, age, national origin, disability, military service, protected veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, transgender status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.
If you need a reasonable accommodation to complete our application process, please contact the Human Resources department by phone at  612.330.1058 or email at hr@augsburg.edu.  Human Resources is located at 20 Memorial Hall.