Student Assistant

Massachusetts Bay Community College; Wellesley, Northern (MA, KY); On-site; USD 22,000 - 31,000; Part time

Job summary

Massachusetts Bay Community College is seeking a part-time Student Assistant for the Career Services office. The role focuses on mentoring programs, promoting services to students, managing Handshake, and providing administrative support to Career Services and Student Development offices.

You’ll engage with students in person and online, create promotional materials, and assist with College-wide events under supervision.

Qualifications

• Consistent and reliable work habits and communication.
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate effectively and promote Career Services to MassBay students in-person and online.

Responsibilities

• Act as a Career Services’ student ambassador and representative, with a focus on mentoring programs.
• Develop a comprehensive understanding of Career Services and massBay’s mentoring programs and use this knowledge to promote these services and programs to MassBay students through in-person and online engagement and peer-to-peer training.
• Create and share social media content and promotional materials to enhance office visibility.
• Assist with the planning, promotion and execution of Career Services and mentoring events and programming.
• Deliver administrative and operational support to the Career Services team including helping to manage Handshake (job and internship platform) and providing Student Development administrative support as needed.
• Provide outstanding assistance to students interested in and utilizing Career Services and mentoring programs, maintaining high standards of professionalism and compliance with established conduct.
• Develop and deliver an independent career/workforce development project; Attend weekly 1:1 meetings with direct supervisor.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Reliability

Handshake platform

Tools

Handshake platform

Job description

MassBayfosters educational excellence and academic success to prepare students forlocal and global citizenship, to promote their personal growth, to meetcritical workforce demands of communities, and to contribute to the region’seconomic development.

Massachusetts Bay Community College isserved by a cadre of employees of varied backgrounds and experiences. We invite all individuals to consider joiningour community.

Locatedin Greater Boston, MassBay is a comprehensive, open-access community college,offering associate degrees and certificate programs on three campuses inWellesley Hills, Framingham, and Ashland, Massachusetts.

Position Summary:

The ideal candidate will join a vibrant educational community and have adesire and ability to serve a population of students with various needs andbackgrounds. This is a part-time, student employment position with no benefits.

The Student Assistantwill act as a student ambassador and representative for the Career Servicesoffice, with a focus on MassBay’s mentoring programs. In this internship, theStudent Assistant will build a comprehensive understanding of how Career Servicesand our mentoring programs support students and use this knowledge toeffectively promote these services and programs to the MassBay studentcommunity. This may include engaging with students in-person and online,creating and managing social media content, developing and distributingpromotional materials, and providing training to student leaders and campusgroups about our services and programs. In addition, the Student Assistant willprovide administrative and operational support to the Career Services officeand as needed, administrative support for the Student Development office. Theywill help manage Handshake, MassBay’s job and internship platform. The StudentAssistant will offer their own insight and solicit feedback from MassBaystudents on Career Services programming, materials, and operations. Thisstudent will assist the team with the logistics and execution of college-wideevents providing day-of, in-person support for events as their schedule allows.This role will also enable the Student Assistant to pursue an independent studyof a career/workforce development topic of personal interest and present theirproject to the team. Individualized learning outcomes will be developedcollaboratively between the Student Assistant and supervisor.

Key Responsibilities and Duties:

• Act as a Career Services’ student ambassador and representative, with a focus on mentoring programs;
• Develop a comprehensive understanding of Career Services and specifically MassBay’s mentoring programs and use this knowledge to promote these services and programs to MassBay students through in-person and online engagement and peer-to-peer training;
• Create and share social media content and promotional materials to enhance office visibility;
• Assist with the planning, promotion and execution of Career Services and mentoring events and programming;
• Deliver administrative and operational support to the Career Services team including helping to manage Handshake (job and internship platform) and providing Student Development administrative support as needed;
• Provide outstanding assistance to students interested in and utilizing Career Services and mentoring programs, maintaining high standards of professionalism and compliance with established conduct;
• Develop and deliver an independent career/workforce development project; Attend weekly 1:1 meetings with direct supervisor;
• Other duties as assigned.

This list is not to be considered all-inclusive. A supervisor may assign other duties as required to meet the needs and foster the mission of the College. All employees ofMassBay are expected to work collegially and collaboratively within a communitythat values and celebrates the variety of student experience.

Required Qualifications:

• Consistent and reliable work habits and communication;
• Strong attention to detail;
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate effectively and promote Career Services to MassBay students in-person and online.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Sensitivity and commitment to the goals of Affirmative Action;
• Experience working in a community college or similar environment;
• Demonstrated commitment to working with students in need;
• Interest in Career Services, Higher Education, Operations, Marketing, and/or Event Planning;
• Ability to learn newtechnology quickly.

Additional Information:

Salary Range:$19 per hour

Source of Funding: Local Trust

Application Deadline: September22nd, 2026, or after that until filled.

Hiring is contingent upon a successful CORI clearance.

We require students who are eligible to file a FreeApplication for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA)to have one on file, beforethey are hired or continue employment.

MassachusettsBay Community College is an affirmative action/equal opportunityemployer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, nationalorigin, sex, disability, religion, age, veteran status, geneticinformation, gender identity or sexual orientation in its programs andactivities as required by Title IX of the Educational Amendments of1972, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, Section 504 of theRehabilitation Act of 1973, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964,and other applicable statutes and college policies. The Collegeprohibits sexual harassment, including sexual violence. Inquiries orcomplaints concerning discrimination, harassment, retaliation or sexualviolence shall be referred to the College’s Affirmative Action and/orTitle IX Coordinator, the Massachusetts Commission AgainstDiscrimination, the Equal Employment Opportunities Commission or theUnited States Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights.

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