On-Campus Leadership Opportunities

On-Campus Leadership Opportunities

Below is a list of student leadership opportunities with Student Affairs & Services on campus. Please note that these are not current postings, nor a comprehensive listing of leadership positions available on campus, but rather a starting point for students to identify which departments usually offer on-campus opportunities. Many of these are posted by hiring departments on the Career Centre Online throughout the year. Look at our Work Search Strategies for tips on further researching these possibilities.

Quick navigation of Student Affairs & Services Departments:

Health & Counselling Centre

Contact: Chad Jankowski

Leave The Pack Behind (LTPB) Campus Program Coordinator (CPC)
No. of Positions: 1
Compensation type: Wage
Hours/Week: 10

  • Recruit, train and oversee LTPB student team
  • Oversee LTPB operating budget
  • Maintain accountability to LTPB Central Office (inc. program evaluation)

LTPB Team Leader
No. of Positions: 1
Compensation type: Wage
Hours/Week: 10

  • Plan and organize communication campaign (with CPC)
  • Plan, organize and chair weekly team meeting
  • Track monthly team activity and resources disseminated

LTPB Web Specialist
No. of Positions: 1
Compensation type: Wage
Hours/Week: 3.5

  • Development of LTPB campus website
  • Bi-weekly updates to LTPB campus website
  • Develop electronic and print advertisements

LTPB Volunteer
No. of Positions: 6
Compensation type: Volunteer
Hours/Week: 3-5

  • Develop, design and staff LTPB promotions, displays, workshops, etc.
  • Collect, develop and distribute anti-tobacco materials
  • Referrals to on- and off-campus resources

Peer Health Promotion Team Leader
No. of Positions: 4
Compensation type: Wage/Volunteer
Hours/Week: 7

  • Develop, design and staff health promotions, displays, workshops, etc.
  • Plan, organize and chair weekly team meeting
  • Track monthly team activity and resources disseminated

Peer Health Volunteer (PHV)
No. of Positions: 16
Compensation type: Volunteer
Hours/Week: 3-5

  • Develop, design and staff health promotions, displays, workshops, etc.
  • Collect, develop and distribute health promotion materials
  • Referrals to on- and off-campus resources

Health Promotion Research Assistant
No. of Positions: 1
Compensation type: Wage
Hours/Week:7

  • Collect assessment data to track student participation and engagement
  • Create health promotion assessment tools (survey, focus groups, etc.)
  • Provide administrative support for departmental research projects

Website Assistant
No. of Positions: 1
Compensation type: Wage
Hours/Week: 7

  • Bi-weekly updates to LTPB campus website
  • Development of new HCC website

Production Artist
No. of Positions: 2
Compensation type: Wage
Hours/Week: 7

  • Develop electronic and print advertisements for HCC
  • Develop advertisements for health promotion teams (w/ PHVs)

Wellness Wednesday Program Coordinator (TBC)
No. of Positions: 1
Compensation type: Wage
Hours/Week: 7

  • Develop schedule for weekly themes (with CPC) and PHV participants
  • Collect and develop resources
  • Track and assess student involvement; develop semiannual report

Budget Working Group Member
No. of Positions: ~2
Compensation type: Volunteer
Hours/Week: Average of 3 meetings from Nov. to Jan

  • Committee reviews HCC programs and services
  • Provides information as to students' needs and perspectives
  • Recommends budget to QSS

AccessAbility Resource Centre

Contact: Mariham Ebrahim

Mentor
No. of Positions: 10-15
Compensation type: Volunteer
Hours/Week: 1-2

  • Participate in academic and social activities with proteges
  • Attend progress meetings with Disability Specialist-LS/AT
  • Serve as a positive role model, friend and confidant

Reader
No. of Positions: 1-2
Compensation type: Volunteer
Hours/Week: 1-2

  • Read academic texts clearly and accurately
  • A genuine commitment to providing unobtrusive support to assist students

Support Worker
No. of Positions: 23
Compensation type: Volunteer
Hours/Week: 1-5

  • Unobtrusive support and assistance to students with disabilities
  • Assistance with academic and daily living tasks to increase access and inclusion to campus

Library Assistant
No. of Positions: 27
Compensation type: Volunteer
Hours/Week: 2

  • Assist students with retrieving books manually and in online catalogue
  • Read articles to students
  • Assist Volunteer coordinator with updating Centre's online/print resources

Typist
No. of Positions: 12
Compensation type: Volunteer
Hours/Week:1-5

  • Assist students with physical and visual disabilities with typing assignments

Note-taker
No. of Positions: 219
Compensation type: Volunteer
Hours/Week: 1-4

  • Facilitate access to academic study by taking notes in formal lectures, seminars and other learning envvironments
  • Supply notes within specified time frames

Study Partner
No. of Positions: 4
Compensation type: Volunteer
Hours/Week:1-2

  • Assist students with disabilities in studying for tests/exams by reviewing notes, textbooks and other course related material

Special Events Assistant
No. of Positions: 11
Compensation type: Volunteer
Hours/Week: Varies - only during special events

  • Assist AARC and other campus departments in advertising, setting up, participating in and taking down of events on campus

Invigilator
No. of Positions: 30-35
Compensation type: Wage
Hours/Week: 1-30 hours depending on month

  • Responsibility for the security, confidentiality, administration, and supervision of tests and examinations taken by AARC students

Participation Assistant
No. of Positions: 3
Compensation type: Wage
Hours/Week: 1-12

  • Assist with implementation of individualized accommodations: attendant... services, setting up books, obus equipment, computer
  • Assist during meal time & mobility on campus
  • Assist with creating alternative format materials

Adaptive Features Trainer
No. of Positions: 1
Compensation type: Wage
Hours/Week: 1-12

  • Educate and train users on features of adaptive technologies
  • Assist with updating AARC website
  • Assist with creating technology manuals and tip sheets

Career Centre

Contact: Felicity Morgan
Please note these positions are advertised in January- February of each year, and filled in March for the following academic year.

Career Assistant
No. of Positions: 6
Compensation type: Wage
Hours/Week: 7

  • First contact point for Centre; ascertaining specific question or need
  • Referring to relevant resources and services
  • Produce project that relates to students' needs

Sr. Career Assistant
No. of Positions: 2
Compensation type: Wage
Hours/Week: 9

  • Assist in interviewing, training and mentoring of CAs
  • Organizing schedules
  • Facilitating meetings


Marketing & Events Assistant
No. of Positions: 4
Compensation type: Wage
Hours/Week: 7

  • Develop and maintain effective marketing materials
  • Assist with promotion, preparation and logistics for special events

Sr. Marketing & Events Assistant
No. of Positions: 5
Compensation type: Wage
Hours/Week:10-12

  • Assist in interviewing, training and supervising MEAs
  • Assist with scheduling and ensuring tasks are completed

Research Assistant
No. of Positions: 3
Compensation type: Wage
Hours/Week: 10-12

  • Assist CC staff with survey and evaluation projects
  • Compile and analyse survey and evaluation results
  • Write reports based on results

Library Assistant
No. of Positions: 1
Compensation type: Wage
Hours/Week: 6

  • Maintainance and development of CC Career Library
  • Updating existing resources and researching to develop new ones

Budget Working Group Member
No. of Positions: 3-4
Compensation type: Volunteer
Hours/Week: Average of 3 meetings from Nov. to Jan

  • Committee reviews Career Centre programs and services
  • Provides information as to students' needs and perspectives
  • Recommends budget to QSS

Student Housing & Residence Life

Contact: Julie Stevenson

Dons
No. of Positions: 41
Compensation type: Other + Stipend
Hours/Week: Varies

  • Social and Life Skills support to a group of 25 residence students
  • Program Development and review
  • On-call responsibilities


PALs
No. of Positions: 15
Compensation type: Other
Hours/Week: 5

  • Plan and organize 12 seminars, 10 Facilitated Study Sessions and a Capstone Project for 50 students

Summer Community Assistant
No. of Positions: 2
Compensation type: Other
Hours/Week: Varies

  • On-call responsibilities
  • Housechecks
  • General well-being of summer residents

Residence Service Assistants
No. of Positions: 12
Compensation type: Wage
Hours/Week:4-12

  • Work at the Residence Services Desk - administrative duties
  • Answer questions and concerns of students, parents, staff and faculty, in person, over the phone or through email

Residence Service Assistants
No. of Positions: 2
Compensation type: Wage
Hours/Week: 40

  • Work at the Residence Services Desk - administrative duties
  • Answer questions and concerns of students, parents, staff and faculty, in person, over the phone or through email, particularly about 1st yr students

Community Assistants
No. of Positions: 3-4
Compensation type: Salary
Hours/Week: Varies

  • On-call responsibilities
  • Program Development for Families/Graduates

Office Assistants
No. of Positions: 2
Compensation type: Other
Hours/Week: 15

  • Help Community Development Coordinators and Coordinator of Residential Transition Programs with day-to-day operations and administrative duties

Community Standards Board Member
No. of Positions: 6-10
Compensation type: Volunteer
Hours/Week: 2

  • Peer Judicial board to hear discipline cases and make decisions regarding sanctions regarding other students

Diversity/Equity Committee Member
No. of Positions: 6-10
Compensation type: Volunteer
Hours/Week: 2

  • Student board to program and develop equity and diversity program

Damage Appeal Committee Member
No. of Positions: 6-10
Compensation type: Volunteer
Hours/Week: 1

  • Student board to hear appeal cases regarding damage charges

Housing Advisory Committee Member
No. of Positions: 6-10
Compensation type: Volunteer
Hours/Week: 1

Student committee to hear about budgets, information and plans for residence, both undergrad students and family/grad students

Various Work Study Positions
No. of Positions: 6-8
Compensation type: Other
Hours/Week: Varies

Depends on the year; students help with initiatives like; the environment and equity/diversity/inclusion

Physical Education, Athletics & Recreation

Contact: Rachel Tennant

Pool Supervisor
No. of Positions: 8
Compensation type: Wage
Hours/Week: Various

  • Supervisory responsibilities include directing work and training staff
  • Technical: inc. the understanding and operations of pool chemistry, filtration systems and basic operations of other technical equipment.

Lifeguard
No. of Positions: 20
Compensation type: Wage
Hours/Week: Various

  • Enforcing all Ontario Ministry of Health Regs for swimming pools, university policy and departmental policies
  • Ensure safe aquatic activities and policy compliance through educating members, students and other pool users.
  • Respond to first aid situations and PR situations within the pool enclosure.

Aquatic Instructor
No. of Positions: 6
Compensation type: Wage
Hours/Week: Various

  • Lead safe, educational aquatic classes for RAWC/Red Cross Swim Kids
  • Demonstrate good risk management practices, excellent emergency medical response skills, knowledge of course content.teaching methodology

Facility Attendant
No. of Positions: 8
Compensation type: Wage
Hours/Week: 24 max

  • Controlling access and performing security checks of locker rooms/facilities
  • Set up equipment for athletic activities and performing cleaning/laundry
  • Projecting a positive, welcoming and professional image at all times

Van Driver
No. of Positions: 6
Compensation type: Wage
Hours/Week: 6

  • Transport students in the UTM DPE Athletic Van to U of T Intramural games and exhibition or extramural events as assigned

Personal Trainer
No. of Positions: 8
Compensation type: Wage
Hours/Week: 5

  • One on one or small group instruction in weight training, cardiovascular training and nutritional guidance

Group Fitness Instructor
No. of Positions: 10
Compensation type: Wage
Hours/Week: 6

  • Group instruction in weight training and/or cardiovascular training

Timers/Scorer (U of T Intramurals)
No. of Positions: ?
Compensation type: Wage
Hours/Week: 3

  • Timing or scoring U of T Intramural/Extramural games

Official (U of T Intramurals)
No. of Positions: ?
Compensation type: Wage
Hours/Week: 4

  • Officiating a U of T intramural game

Coach (U of T Intramurals)
No. of Positions: 16
Compensation type: Stipend
Hours/Week: 3

  • Coaching a U of T intramural team

Game Managers
No. of Positions: ?
Compensation type: Wage
Hours/Week: 3

  • Ensuring U of T intramural games run in an efficient manner
  • First Aid

Timers/Scorers and Officials (Campus Rec)
No. of Positions: ?
Compensation type: Wage
Hours/Week: 5

  • Timing, scoring or officiating campus rec games held at UTM

League Commisioners (Campus Rec)
No. of Positions: 6
Compensation type: Wage
Hours/Week: 8

  • Organizing, with assistance from the Program Coordinator, a campus rec league on the UTM campus

Camp Director
No. of Positions: 2
Compensation type: Wage
Hours/Week: 40

  • Responsible for the daily schedule creation and implementation
  • Managing and training of staff
  • Trouble shooting

Extended Care Supervisor
No. of Positions: 2
Compensation type: Wage
Hours/Week: 15

  • Supervising all of the children of various ages of 6-13 years.
  • Minimal programming of after camp hours with cooperative games, sports, board games etc.

Sports Camp Instructors
No. of Positions: 12
Compensation type: Wage
Hours/Week: 40

  • Following a daily sports schedule and creating a lesson plan accordingly
  • Each session also features day trips, special events, tournaments, games

Leadership Instructor
No. of Positions: 2
Compensation type: Wage
Hours/Week: 40

  • Following a daily sports schedule and creating lesson plans accordingly
  • Each session also features day trips and theme days

Raquet Camp Instructor
No. of Positions: 2
Compensation type: Wage
Hours/Week: 40

  • Teach tennis and other raquet sports and supervise camp children

Dance Camp Instructor
No. of Positions: 2
Compensation type: Wage
Hours/Week: 40

  • Teach Hip Hop, Jazz and Creative Dance to children ages 5-12

Mini Camp Instructor
No. of Positions: 2
Compensation type: Wage
Hours/Week: 40

  • Organizing a wide variety of activities such as games, modified sports and crafts for children aged 4-5

Dance Class Instructor
No. of Positions: 4
Compensation type: Wage
Hours/Week: 4

  • Teach a specific dance class to students/members

Work Study
No. of Positions: 6
Compensation type: Wage
Hours/Week: 12 max

  • Aids program coordinators with aspects of program effiency
  • Scheduling, printing reports, equipment inventory

Office of Student Life

Contact: Dale Mullings

Web & Multimedia Communications Assistant
No. of Positions: 1
Compensation type: Wage
Hours/Week: 12

  • Designs new web templates and sites to promote student affairs programs and services
  • Produces new media content such as podcasts and videocasts on topics of interest to students
  • Responsibilities include production, recording, editing, formatting, uploading and trouble-shooting of audio and video content

Student Affairs Program Assistant
No. of Positions: 1
Compensation type: Wage
Hours/Week: 12

  • Collaborates with student affairs staff on special projects including developing resource materials for student groups, planning special events, and implementing new programs in student affairs
  • Coordinates details of project plan, ensures timely implementation, and assists with program evaluation

Student Affairs Marketing Assistant
No. of Positions: 1
Compensation type: Wage
Hours/Week: 12

  • Designs electronic and print materials such as posters, new media ads, etc. to market services events and issues of importance to students
  • Creates campaign materials on special topics

First Year Programs Assistant
No. of Positions: 1
Compensation type: Wage
Hours/Week: 12

  • Develops new educational materials to educate new students about their transition into university life
  • Specifically researches new information and topics related to target populations (transfer students, mature students, part-time students) and creates new content for the utmONE first year website and newsletter
  • Collects program information from relevant service providers for inclusion in the website and first year newsletter

Student Groups Facilitator
No. of Positions: 2
Compensation type: Wage
Hours/Week: 12

  • Provides information and resources to student groups in support of their outreach efforts to the campus community
  • Provides assistance in the implementation, coordination and analysis of special research projects in the Office of Student Affairs
  • Acts as liaison between student groups and the Office of Student Affairs

Student Affairs Research Assistant
No. of Positions: 1
Compensation type: Wage
Hours/Week: 12

  • Compiles, analyzes and illustrates statistics on the UTM student population and its use of student services, in consultation with student affairs staff.
  • Provides assistance in the implementation, coordination and analysis of special research projects in the Office of Student Affairs
  • Uses campus data, survey and census data to aid in understanding of student populations, including the characteristics of commuters, on-campus residents, enthocultural communities, etc

Community Serivce Programs Team Leader
No. of Positions: 3
Compensation type: Wage
Hours/Week: 12

  • Provides leadership to co-curricular community service projects offered by Student Affairs & CCP
  • Primary liaison to community agency and coordinates team of student volunteers
  • Organizes communication with volunteers, regular reporting to CCP, facilitating group experiences and coordinating project evaluation

genONE

Contact: Curtis Norman

PALs (Peer Academic Leaders)
No. of Positions: 20
Compensation type: Stipend
Hours/Week: 5-8

  • Plan and organize 10 seminars, facilitated study sessions, and social events for groups of 12-15 students

utmONE (Office of the Dean)

Contact: Jackie Goodman

Senior Mentors
No. of Positions: 15
Compensation type: Wage
Hours/Week: 8

  • Deliver 8 academic skill building seminars to 30 first-year commuter students, serving also as a resource to them and facilitating additional opportunities for academic and social engagement