Student Worker - Peer Coach

Blinn; Bryan (TX); Hybrid; USD 17,000 - 25,000; Part time

Job summary

Blinn College District is seeking a Student Worker - Peer Coach at the Bryan Campus to recruit, engage, and retain students with foster care backgrounds. You’ll help them access benefits and resources, especially state tuition and fee waivers, under supervision of the Disability Services office.

Role involves outreach, data tracking, and participating in a pilot program with Education Reach for Texas to increase campus and community resource access.

Qualifications

• Must be a half-time student at Blinn College.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, organization and public relations skills.
• Ability to work in a team environment.
• Dependable, self-motivated and able to assist the office.
• Plan ahead, adhere to confidentiality, and be on time.
• Computer literacy and ability to learn software.
• Self-motivated and proficient in handling remote work.

Responsibilities

• Follow through on assigned tasks and work independently.
• Attend all scheduled meetings.
• Familiar with campus processes including meeting with academic advisors, class registration and accessing campus resources.
• Provide outreach and engagement to students identified as having lived experience in the foster care system.
• Practice utilization of a peer coaching model being piloted for the project.
• Assist in assessment of students’ needs and eligibility for other services and connect to resources with the liaison support.
• Track touchpoints and report data to grant staff.
• Attend all trainings and professional development activities.

Skills

Communication skills

Teamwork

Dependable

Confidentiality

Computer literacy

Remote work capability

Education

Half-time student status

Job description

Student Worker - Peer Coach

The Blinn College District is searching for a Student Worker - Peer Coach at our Bryan Campus.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities are listed below:

Job Summary

The main objective of the peer coaching position are to help recruit, engage and retain students with a background in foster care and ensure they are accessing and utilizing resources/benefits available due to their status as a former foster youth, with particular attention to state tuition and fee waiver utilization. Peer coaches will work directly with identified students as they become familiar with Blinn's College's campus resources and any benefits or services for which they may be eligible. Peer coaches will engage students with experience in foster care by directly reaching out to students and provide individual support as appropriate. Peer coaches will work directly with and be supervised by the LPC Liaison in the Disability Services Office. Peer coaches will work directly with the Education Reach for Texas staff to learn, practice and document use of peer coaching as a model as part of a pilot program to increase engagement and access to campus and community resources.

Principal Accountabilities

• Ability to follow through on assigned tasks and work independently.
• Attend all scheduled meetings
• Applicants should be familiar with campus processes including but not limited to meeting with academic advisors, class registration and accessing campus resources.
• Provide outreach and engagement to students at Blinn identified as having lived experience in the foster care system.
• Practice utilization of a peer coaching model being piloted for the project.
• Assist in assessment of students needs an eligibility for other services and benefits and connect students to resources as appropriate with the support of the institutions higher education foster care liaison.
• Track all touchpoints and other data related to the project and report on a regular basis to grant staff.
• Attend all in person and online trainings and professional development related to the peer coaching model and Education Reach for Texas annual conference and webinars.
• Maintain a simple budget of money to engage with students and programming.

Minimum Qualifications/Required Degree, License or Certifications

• Must be a half-time student at Blinn College.

Minimum Competencies

• Must have excellent written and verbal communication, organization and public relation skills.
• Ability to work in a team environment.
• Must be dependable, self- motivated and able to assist the office.
• Ability to plan ahead, adhere to confidentiality requirements and be on time.
• Computer literacy and ability to learn software
• Must be self-motivated and proficient in handling remote work.

Preferred Qualifications

Preferred Competencies

• Students with lived experience in the foster care system to serve as peer coaches. The peer coaches will work alongside Blinn College District higher education foster care liasison and Education Reach for Texans staff to engage students with background in foster care and connect them with resources and benefits for which they are eligible.

Maximum of 19 hours per week

Length of employment :semester by semester

Evaluation Procedures & Schedules – n/a

Job Type

Part Time

Employment Type

Non-Exempt

Compensation

Hourly Wage

Salary or Wage

$15.00 hour

Grade

SW

Division

Student Services

Department

Disability Services

Location

Bryan Campus

Target Hire Date

10/12/2026

The Blinn College Districtprovides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics.