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Peer Wellness Educator

Apply now(opens in a new window) Job No: 508567
Division/Organization: Recreation & Wellbeing
Department: Wellbeing
Job Type: UW Student Jobs
Remote Eligbility: Not Remote
Location: Bakke Recreation & Wellbeing Center
Salary/Wage Range or Lump Sum: $16.00
Job Categories: Interpersonal Communication, Leadership, Critical Thinking/Problem Solving, Digital Technology, Teamwork/Collaboration, Professionalism/Work Ethic, Healthcare and Health Sciences, Career Management, Honoring Context and Culture, Higher Education-Student Affairs

Department Overview:

 Join the Rec Well team as we move Badgers to play hard, get fit, and live well. As one of the largest student employers at UW, we practice customer service, problem solving, critical thinking, professionalism, team building, and other skills that you can talk about in an interview with a future employer. We believe we’re more than a building. We’re building a movement. And we want you to be part of it! Visit recwell.wisc.edu for more information.

Anticipated Start Date:

 August 2025

Anticipated End Date (If Applicable):

  

Remote Work Eligibility Detail:

Not Remote

 

Anticipated Hours Per Week:

 Minimum: 3 hours Maximum: 8 hours

Schedule:

 Typical hours occur during the fall and spring semesters, with occasional opportunities to work during winter and summer breaks. Hours are primarily in afternoons and evenings and includes weekly team meetings based on team availability.

Salary/Wage Range/Lump Sum:

 Minimum: $16.00 Maximum: $16.00

Number of Positions:

 5-10

Qualifications:

 • Undergraduate or graduate student with passion for holistic approaches to wellbeing
• Demonstrated interest in issues related to health promotion, health equity, and health
education

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

Are you in interested in supporting the wellbeing of UW-Madison students? Are you looking to develop leadership, advocacy, and communication skills? Perhaps you are pursuing a career in a clinical field, education, or health promotion? If so, let’s chat! We are hiring the next cohort of Peer Wellness Educators at Rec Well who will start in August 2025. Typical hours occur during the fall and spring semesters, with occasional opportunities to work during winter and summer breaks. Please note: We are also hiring for Peer Wellness Coaches, and students can work in both roles. (see job posting #508468).

In this role, no experience as a peer wellness educator is required; students will be trained to become peer wellness educators during employment.

• Demonstrated communication, leadership, teamwork, and organization skills
• Experience or interest in developing health promotion programs for diverse audiences
• Interest and comfort in public speaking via workshops, presentations, tabling, etc.
• Interest in wellbeing and a commitment to providing a welcoming, inclusive, and
supporting environment for both coworkers and participants
• Ability to serve in the role for at least one academic year (August-May) with option to
renew/continue working up until graduation
• Ability to attend team onboarding and training on August 27-29, 2025
• Ability to balance academic and job responsibilities
• Ability to attend weekly team meetings during fall and spring semesters
• Valid First Aid/CPR/AED certification or the ability to obtain it within the first semester
of employment. We offer free CPR courses for employees at Rec Well.

Position Summary/Job Duties:

Peer Wellness Educators at Rec Well will:

• Facilitate presentations and workshops across campus on a variety of wellness topics
such as stress management, sleep hygiene, alcohol use, intuitive eating, gratitude,
nutrition, mental health, peer support, etc.
• Advocate for health and wellbeing through tabling and other campus outreach efforts
• Assist in developing innovative health education workshops for a variety of
populations
• Build skills in leadership, public speaking, group facilitation, teamwork, and health
communication
• Create safe and inclusive spaces to learn about how to support one’s wellbeing as a
student
• Develop professional relationships with coworkers and participants
• Refer student participants to UHS and other campus and community partners for
additional support when appropriate
• Learn from and collaborate with campus partners about a variety of topics related to
wellbeing and prevention on and off-campus
• Commit to upholding the mission, vision, and values of Rec Well on and off-shift and
will be committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion
• Attend weekly team meetings during the fall and spring semesters
• Understand and abide by the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)
• Provide feedback to make the program the best it can be for UW-Madison students

No experience as a peer wellness educator required, but interest in supporting other students wellbeing is a must. Undergraduate, graduate, and professional students preparing for or pursuing professions in any type of healthcare or health sector are encouraged to apply, but students from all educational backgrounds are welcome. To see an example of the workshops that Peer Wellness Educators facilitate, please visit recwell.wisc.edu/wellbeing-workshops.

Physical Demands:

Occasional transportation of materials may be necessary.

Institutional Statements:

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement:

UW-Madison is an Equal Employment, Equal Access Employer committed to increasing the diversity of our workforce.

Institutional Statement on Diversity:

Diversity is a source of strength, creativity, and innovation for UW-Madison. We value the contributions of each person and respect the profound ways their identity, culture, background, experience, status, abilities, and opinion enrich the university community. We commit ourselves to the pursuit of excellence in teaching, research, outreach, and diversity as inextricably linked goals.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison fulfills its public mission by creating a welcoming and inclusive community for people from every background-people who as students, faculty, and staff serve Wisconsin and the world.

For more information on diversity and inclusion on campus, please visit: diversity.wisc.edu

Accommodation Statement:

If you need to request an accommodation because of a disability, you can find information about how to make a request at the following website:https://employeedisabilities.wisc.edu/disability-accommodation-information-for-applicants/
 
 

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