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Employment Opportunities
Thanks for your interest in working on our team! Learn more about our open positions below.
Undergraduate Student Opportunity
Job Summary:
AAC Tutoring Services is a free service to all K-State students taking courses at K-State. Peer tutors help facilitate the learning process outside of a formal classroom structure and tutoring focuses on the success of the learning process as a whole. They are a vital part to many K-State students’ academic careers as they assist students to succeed academically. Peer tutors are needed for a variety of courses and one tutor may hold several tutoring sessions a week in a variety of courses.
Job Responsibilities:
- Assist students with course content and academic strategies.
- Facilitate the learning process instead of providing direct answers.
- Be a productive study partner.
- Consult on how students can customize study tools and techniques to fit their individualized preferences.
- Make referrals to other student success resources such as Academic Coaching.
- Help students prepare for tests and exams
Qualifications:
- Must be a Kansas State University undergraduate student enrolled in at least 6 hours
- Must maintain a semester GPA of 3.0 or higher
- Must have received a “B” or better at K-State in the courses you wish to tutor and knowledgeable about course tutored
- Exhibit responsibility, positive attitude, confidence, flexibility, strong energy levels, and excellent communication skills.
- Enthusiastic about building academic skills and helping others.
- Understanding of students with different needs, interests, and abilities
Reference Requirement:
To be eligible for this position, you must have a reference from a content expert for each subject area (ex: Math, Accounting, Music, etc.) that you intend to tutor. A content area expert can be a former high school teacher, professor, academic advisor, university supervisor, etc.-- someone who can speak to your content expertise and ability to communicate in the content area.
Undergraduate Student Opportunity
Job Summary:
Student Office Assistants will work in Hale Library and/or Holton Hall 101 to provide high quality care and support to students by helping to connect them to Academic Achievement Center or other student success resources.
Job Responsibilities:
- Ensure that students check in and out of tutoring or academic coaching sessions
- Schedule appointments
- Show students how to schedule their own appointments
- Inform students of cancellation and no-show policies
- Collect and record information for global campus or other tutoring requests
- Make referrals to other campus resources when appropriate
- Welcome building visitors
- Answer phones and take accurate and complete messages
- Other tasks as requested
Qualifications:
- Must be a Kansas State University student enrolled in at least 6 hours
- Must maintain a cumulative GPA of 2.5 or higher
- Well-organized
- Effective and consistent verbal and written communication skills
- Commitment to maintaining an inclusive environment
Graduate Student Opportunity
Job Summary
The Graduate Assistant is responsible for delivering individualized academic coaching to many different student populations including exception admit students, scholar cohorts, students referred by campus partners, and students who drop-in. In addition to direct student support, the role contributes to the creation of tools and resources that enhance academic success initiatives and facilitates outreach efforts to promote coaching services across the university.
The position also encompasses case management responsibilities such as maintaining accurate records and efficient communication. Through a strengths-based, goal-oriented approach, this role empowers students to develop essential skills—such as time management, study strategies, and self-efficacy—while creating a welcoming environment that supports learning and personal achievement.
This is a half time (20 hours/week) GA for 9 months.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree.
- Enrollment as a current graduate student at Kansas State University.
- Excellent written and spoken communications skills.
- Available to work 20 hours per week with some evening and weekend hours.
- This position is available for the spring 2027 semester with the possibility of extension to the next academic year.
Renumeration and Benefits
- $13.74 per hour for up to 20 hours per week, distributed biweekly up to a total amount of $9,890.
- Eligibility for in-state tuition rates (but not a tuition waiver).
- Health insurance.
Responsibilities
- Supervision, Training, and Outreach
- Supports the development of tools and resources for internal program needs and outward facing workshops/presentations to grow greater campus-wide experience with Academic Success Tools and principles of Academic Coaching.
- Outreach to required and elective student coaching participants utilizing KSU platforms (Navigate) for scheduling and communication.
- Administrative
- Maintain accurate records of student interactions utilizing KSU platforms for information sharing and reporting.
- Prepare data and report summaries related to both coaching activities and program outcomes for assessment purposes.
- Professional Development
- Attends and participates in staff meetings and departmental professional development events
- Plans and/or coordinates beneficial professional development opportunities
- Communication
- Helps to coordinate schedules for events and meetings
- Develop and distribute surveys to evaluate student/staff satisfaction for continued improvement.
- Communicates in a timely fashion to e-mails and other correspondence
- Coaching
- Provide academic coaching to the university’s undergraduate and graduate student populations. Specific student populations include students conditionally admitted, scholar student cohorts, and specific cohorts of students in partnership with colleges, programs, and other campus partners, and more. Academic Coaches utilize an individual, goal based coaching practice where students self-identify areas of academic need to focus on during one-on-one meetings. Individuals in this role draw from the program’s Academic Success Tools and employ the use of powerful questions to build a student’s capacity to meet learning challenges as related to core areas of learning and personal success (time management, study skills, test-taking, communication, self-efficacy).
- Creates a safe and welcoming space for program participants who come from a range of cohorts including undergraduate students who are required to participate in Academic Coaching to students who elect to utilize coaching voluntarily as a resources to support them as they navigate learning challenges.
- Develops a rapport and positive asset-based relationship with students and are adept at assessing student strengths/need.
- Takes on a collaborative approach to student support and facilitate referrals to other on/off campus resources as needed.
- Other duties as assigned.
For best consideration, apply by November 15th, 2026.
Please reach out to Luke Matulewicz for possible practicum opportunities at both the undergraduate and graduate level.