Job Summary:

Student applicants are encouraged to follow up with the Department Contact listed above regarding the status of their submitted application. Student positions are filled each semester on a need-to-hire basis. Applicants are reviewed whenever the department has an immediate need to fill a vacancy; the review of applications typically ends once all available positions are filled.

The primary purpose of student employment is to provide current Lansing Community College students with the opportunity to acquire job skills and experiences during semesters while actively attending classes at Lansing Community College.

The Student Program Associate & Front Desk Support will assist the Office of Empowerment with the following: the OE webpages/social media updates/presentations/marketing ideas, senate participation, research for grants/ideas for on-campus activities, maintain emails, support special events with OE, food services outside Conference Services, generate topics for emergent programming/themes/ideas/music/playlists/movies for heritage and/or pride months/days. This position will also provide front desk support to all visitors of the Office of Empowerment, providing excellent customer service.

As time allows, this position will also provide support to any of the three centers as needed: Cesar Chavez Multicultural Center, Maya Angelou Training Center, Martin Luther King Jr. Equity Center. These duties will be supervised by the director of each center respectively.

• Assists with Marketing and/or Public Relations to update website/pages through 5 Star Service Requests
• Academic Senate Participation (student role)
• Responsible for the production of summary reports on the activities of the program.
• Assists with conducting workshops, activities, and program designed to accomplish the mission of the Office of Empowerment programs.
• Responds accurately to inquiries by parents, students and other interested parties concerning the program.
• Assists with the coordination of marketing and communications and assists with other recruitment activities on behalf of the programs.
• Assists in securing and scheduling rooms, equipment, refreshments, and materials for meetings, workshops, seminars, programs, orientation, and training sessions.
• Serve as a peer mentor with the Office of Empowerment Mentoring program.
• Meet with supervisor(s) on a regular basis and attend staff meetings, workshops and other program activities.
• Assist in planning events and creating promotional materials

Regular on campus presence is expected for all LCC employment. Any flexible work schedules and/or hybrid work schedules approved by the College are subject to change based on the needs of the LCC community.

Final candidates will be subject to a criminal background check as part of the employment process.

Requirements for Student Employment at LCC:

The primary purpose of student employment is to provide current LCC students the opportunity to acquire job skills and experiences during semesters in which they are attending classes as follows:
• Enrolled and actively attending the following total LCC credit hours by semester
- Fall and/or Spring Semester(s) = 6.0 credits minimum (taken over 16-week period)
- Summer Semester = 3.0 credits minimum (taken over 8-week period)
• 2.00 GPA minimum (unless it’s student's first semester of enrollment at LCC and/or granted approval to waive requirement from the Student Employment Coordinator)
Note: International students (i.e. F-1 visa holders w/ valid I-20 issued by LCC) must meet the following minimum enrollment requirements each semester, in order to maintain employment eligibility per United States Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS):
- Fall and/or Spring Semester(s) = 12.0 credits min. (taken over 16-week period)
- Summer Semester = 3.0 credits min. (taken over 8-week period)

Additional Position Requirements:
• ​Customer service experience or similar (such as peer tutoring, mentoring, guidance/camp counselor, etc.)​

Preferred Qualifications:

• 3.0 GPA

Lansing Community College prohibits sex discrimination in any educational program or activity that it operates. Individuals may report concerns or questions to the Title IX Coordinator. The notice of nondiscrimination is located at lcc.edu/consumer-information/equal.html.