Student Researcher & Promoter

If you are passionate about the benefits of student employment, this position will be worthwhile, rewarding, and fun. Student employees become a part of the community, have a built-in work-place support team, learn employability skills, and connect coursework to the workforce environment.  This position will study the trends of student employment and assist EOU students in finding a rewarding and supportive on-campus employment opportunity.

Student Job Title	Special Project: Student Researcher & Promoter
Department	Career Services
Hiring Supervisor	Shawna Elsberry
Rate of Pay	$15.20 / hour
Hours	On-campus, in-person with flexible schedule between the hours of 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. M-F for either 10-12 hours per week or 20-24 hours per week
Work-Study	No, but acceptable
Position Summary	If you are passionate about the benefits of student employment, this position will be worthwhile, rewarding, and fun. Student employees become a part of the community, have a built-in work-place support team, learn employability skills, and connect coursework to the workforce environment.  Applying research skills, you will collect, organize, analyze, and interpret data you gather by interacting with EOU students about the topic of student employment. Applying the concepts of branding, marketing, and promotion, you will create and implement strategies and plans to increase EOU on-campus student employment.
Responsibilities	– Collect and analyze data identifying the current workforce trends connected to student employment activity at EOU; especially on-campus student employment. – Meet with supervisors learning about their student jobs for promotional purposes. – Develop and implement strategies to brand and promote on-campus student employment creating customer (students) engagement with specific student groups. – Plan, develop, and prepare promotional material. – Plan and produce student employment promotional campaigns and activities featuring current and future job openings through various in-person and media formats. – Set and achieve performance goals increasing on-campus student employment – Outreach and follow up with active student job-seekers. – Case management and tracking of student job-seekers toward the goal of employment. – Develop a community for EOU Student Employees through promotion, comradery, activities, and professional development.
Minimum Qualifications	– Current or next-term enrollment of at least 6 credits undergraduate/9 credits graduate – Must be in good academic standing (GPA 2.0 or higher) – Passing a background check pending employment offer – Previous paid work experience – Completion of MKT 312 Principles of Marketing or equivalent training/experience
Preferred Qualifications	– 2.8 accumulative GPA – Previous paid on-campus employment – Completion of MKT 477:  Strategic Brand Management or equivalent – Completion of MKT 464 Promotion Strategy or equivalent – Previous project work demonstrating initiative and leadership
Desired Experience	– Project management from inception to completion – Leadership, initiative, and commitment toward an end result – Data gathering, analysis, and organization into usable documentation – Application of developing a product’s brand – Application of using marketing and promotion principles and practices – Application of interpersonal and written communication principles and practices – Use of tools to create flyers, posters, and digital media
Open Date	1/2/2024
Close Date	01/22/2024
First Day of Application Review	01/24/2024; start date the beginning of February 2024
Application Instructions	Please submit a cover letter and resume to: selsberry@selsberry (Shawna Elsberry, Career Services Zabel Hall 219 – drop by for questions)
Special Message	Eastern Oregon University is an EEO Employer and welcome applications from women, members of historically underrepresented minority groups, US Veterans, and persons with disabilities. EOU is committed to providing equal opportunity in its recruitment, admissions, educational programs, activities and employment without illegal discrimination on the basis of age, color, disability, national origin, race, marital status, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression or any status as protected by state or federal law.