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

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.  

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 in 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 management skills. 

Peer advisors must be available the week prior to classes starting -  August 26th-28th, 2025, between the hours of 10am and 3pm - for mandatory paid training.

RESPONSIBILITIES: 

• Welcome visitors to the Strommen Center
  • 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.
• Assist with outreach and education including
  • 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
• Support Strommen Center’s operations through completion of projects that may include (but are not limited to) liaison to campus groups, outreach, graduation survey, data entry in Handshake, event planning, student experiences interviews, and research. Peer advisors have the opportunity to focus in project areas such as:
  • Marketing & communication
  • Employer engagement
  • Community engagement/student group liaison
• Attendance at regular supervisor check-ins and staff meetings as able. 

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.

• Current Augsburg student, second-year or above, with enthusiasm for helping peers
• Interest in becoming a student expert to help others explore careers and use the resources of the Strommen Center
• Building relationships and written & verbal communication skills including the ability to listen, advise, teach, and explain in 1-on-1 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
• Able to work between 5-8 hours per week (may include occasional evenings and weekends)

Augsburg University is an Affirmative Action/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 [email protected].  Human Resources is located at 19 Memorial Hall.

Application Instructions:

All student applicants must attach the following for consideration: 

• Resume (required)
• Cover Letter (optional, but strongly encouraged)