Work Study

College Unbound is excited to offer work-study opportunities for currently enrolled students who have a valid FAFSA on file for the year. Work-study offers flexible hours, usually between 5-10 hours/week, as students work directly with members of the College Unbound Staff. The wages are $20/hour.

Please review the job descriptions below. Students who are interested in one of the available work-study positions should email the Financial Aid department at [email protected] for more information. Students must have a current year FAFSA on file. Hours are determined between the student and the supervisor and can be adjusted to meet the student’s academic and personal needs and availability. Work-study students will work with the College Unbound/Met HR department to fill out I-9 and W-4 forms. Check with Allen Cowett for more information on that front.

Current Positions:

• Welcome participants as they enter the building, offer them a seat and alert clinician that the Participant has arrived.
• Cover front desk, take calls and messages, respond to community members who enter the building looking for staff members or seeking knowledge about services offered.
• Call clients to schedule appointments with clinician, speaking to them in a professional caring manner.
• Print out electronic referrals and file them.
• As needed, make copies of documents, group materials, consent forms, and keep them filed in organized manner.
• Ensure standards of confidentiality and do not share participant information with others inside and outside the organization.
• Ensure standards of confidentiality by alerting the Director if employee has a relationship with a participant, or has had previous involvement with a participant in another arena.
• Monitor participants insurance coverage and alert Director if it is invalid.

Development Associate: You will learn an amazing fundraising skillset that you can apply to your project, work and volunteer/passion activities! Development work-study students will help the development team with making CU even stronger through raising funds. Activities include sharing your story with donors and foundations, researching funding opportunities, and writing thank you letters to donors. You will also work collaboratively with the development and communications team to plan and execute giving campaigns. Other duties as assigned. Hours are flexible with some meetings during the workday.
Location: 115 Cedar Street; Remote
Supervisor(s): Julia Rickert; John Gray

Tech Support: College Unbound is looking for individuals to provide technical support to students accessing and using college resources, including e-mail accounts and the learning management systems. If interested, you do not have to have experience providing tech support. You just need to be comfortable with technology and patient and friendly when supporting members of the college community and the ability to problem solve as well as communicate the details of unsolved issues to others. You also need to be able to work some evening hours, though this can be done remotely.
Location: The Met
Supervisor: Michael Walker

Office Administrative Assistant: This position is available during regular work hours (8:30am-5pm) to support office logistics and meeting preparation, working closely with the CU Staff. The Other duties as assigned.
Location: 115 Cedar Street
Supervisor: Karen Casper

Student-Parent Coach: Student-parent coaches offer holistic support for student-parent peers through a variety of support services. These services for success could include in-person babysitting services, being a doula for expecting students, monitoring the student-parent Moodle resource page, providing 1:1 virtual coaching or facilitating support groups, and hosting monthly workshops for our student-parents at CU. These work-study roles work directly with the Assistant Dean of Student Success to determine the role and scope of this opportunity. Whether you sign up to do babysitting or 1:1 coaching, all roles work to be a coach, one that accompanies other student-parents to successfully navigate their way through the college. Note, for those offering babysitting services, this cannot be during the night you are enrolled in class.
Location: Virtual or The Met
Supervisor: Chris Dickson

Recruitment Support: The CU Recruitment team is looking for a number of students to assist the Recruitment Team as we bring more great students to College Unbound. Duties include outreach, follow-up, and administrative tasks. Other duties as assigned.
Location: 115 Cedar Street
Supervisor: José Rodriguez

Office Administrative Assistant, Black Lives Matter RI: BLMRI is looking for a student who will be the face of the organization. They will greet folks and direct them as needed. They will answer phones, take messages, and work directly with the Executive Director to respond to his emails and keep his appointment calendar.
Location: BLMRI
Supervisor: Wanda Brown

Lab Faculty Support Assistant: Lab Faculty work-study students will assist the Director of Workplace and World Lab Learning with administrative tasks such as organizing calendar invites, a bi-monthly newsletter, Lab faculty welcome packets, onboarding, training, exhibition planning, and student features for social media/ CU communications. Students will work collaboratively with the Academic Affairs and Communications team to plan and execute in-person and online training and projects. Other duties as assigned. Hours are flexible but include weekly meetings during the workday.
Location: 115 Cedar Street; Remote
Supervisor: Sage Morgan-Hubbard

TA2BA Support Assistant: TA2BA students will assist the Director of Educator Preparation of TA to BA Program (a collaboration between College Unbound & Equity Institute) with administrative tasks related to the TA to BA program such as organizing calendar invites, a weekly newsletter, training, exhibition planning, and student features for social media/ CU communications. Students will work collaboratively with the Academic Affairs and Communications team to plan and execute in-person and online training and projects. Other duties as assigned. Hours are flexible but include occasional meetings during the workday. Preference given to those with teaching experience and/or part of the TA to BA program.
Location: 115 Cedar Street, Providence, RI; Remote
Supervisor: Aubrey Schabowsky

• Updating the current CU book catalog
• Developing a lending system for students and faculty
• Data entry of learning materials into a resource database
• Scanning documents and sending them to the appropriate people
• Brainstorming with the supervisor to continue to improve library support at CU
• Help to maintain the CU Library Resources website

Location: 325 Public Street, Justice Building; Remote
Supervisor: Lance Eaton

• Engage with prospective students about College Unbound via college fairs, community events, and Open Houses.
• Assist with referring prospective students to College Unbound.
• Assist lab faculty with setting up in-person cohorts, when needed.
• Other duties as assigned, that assist with connecting prospective students to College Unbound.