Details
Open Date 06/16/2025
Requisition Number PRN15950N
Job Title UU Student - Mentor
Working Title Tutor Work Study
Job Grade SJ
FLSA Code Nonexempt
Patient Sensitive Job Code? No
Type Non Benefited Staff / Student
Temporary? No
Standard Hours per Week 19
Full Time or Part Time? Part Time
Shift Variable
Work Schedule Summary
Tutors set their own regular weekly schedules within the available tutoring hours of the site they work at (usually 8am-5pm, or 2:30-5:30pm at the Glendale CLC ).
Tutors must commit to work at least 4 hours per week on at least 2 days of the week and cannot exceed 19 hours per week.
Is this a work study job? Yes
VP Area President
Department 00305 - Bennion Community Center
Location Campus
City Salt Lake City, UT
Type of Recruitment External Posting
Pay Rate Range 16.50
Close Date 07/16/2025
Priority Review Date (Note - Posting may close at any time)
Job Summary
Utah Reads employees tutor elementary school students who are reading below grade-level, working with the same children twice a week in 45-minute tutoring sessions. Tutors may also provide classroom help or assistance in after school programs.
We partner with six sites in the Salt Lake City School District:
- Edison Elementary
- Liberty Elementary
- Mountain View Elementary
- Newman Elementary
- Nibley Park Elementary
- Glendale-Mountain View Community Learning Center
About the Bennion Center
The Lowell Bennion Center for Community Engagement at the University of Utah is an international leader in community engagement and public service. The Bennion Center inspires and mobilizes people to strengthen communities through learning, scholarship, and advocacy. Our programs, initiatives, events, and partnerships with academic units and community organizations provide dynamic and compelling opportunities for students, faculty, staff, and community partners to collaborate on issues and projects that improve health, quality of life, and foster justice in the community, while educating students about their civic and social responsibilities. In 2020, the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning classified the University of Utah as a Community Engaged Institution. The Bennion Center is a critical part of the University’s experiential and educational strategy and serves as a hub for campus-wide community engagement efforts.
About Student Affairs
Comprised of more than 20 departments, Student Affairs encourages U students to participate in the creation of their own campus culture, collaboratively working alongside professional staff, student leaders, and academic partners to ensure all members of our community not only feel welcomed but are fully incorporated into university life.
Responsibilities
- Attend required trainings and orientation: New tutors must attend orientation and two trainings with the University of Utah Reading Clinic. For Fall 2025, orientation and trainings will be on 8/22 and 9/5 in the afternoon. Tutors are also expected to attend any meetings held at their site.
- Transportation: Tutors must provide their own transportation to and from their assigned school site.
- Scheduling: Tutors set their own regular weekly schedules within the available tutoring hours of the partnering site. Tutors must commit to work at least 4 hours per week on at least 2 days of the week and cannot exceed 19 hours per week.
- Consistency: Consistent, ongoing support is crucial for the community partners Utah Reads works with. Tutors are asked to commit to working with Utah Reads for at least one school year, unless they are graduating mid-year.
- Community Partnership: Tutors are expected to comply with all of the rules of their assigned school site. Conduct guidelines may include site rules, dress code, safety procedures, etc.
Minimum Qualifications
- High School Diploma, or equivalency (one year of education can be substituted for two years of related work experience); demonstrated human relations and effective communication skills are required.
- The incumbent will be required to pass a Bureau of Criminal Investigation ( BCI ) Background check
Preferences
Special Instructions Summary
Applicants must have been awarded a Federal Work-Study Award for the current year. Please log in to CIS and go to the Finance/Financial Aid section to view your Financial Aid Status.
If you haven’t applied for work study, you can do so through this link: https://financialaid.utah.edu/types-of-aid/work-study/
Please note that positions with Utah Reads require tutors to work off-campus.
Additional Information
The University is a participating employer with Utah Retirement Systems (“URS”). Eligible new hires with prior URS service, may elect to enroll in URS if they make the election before they become eligible for retirement (usually the first day of work). Contact Human Resources at (801) 581-7447 for information. Individuals who previously retired and are receiving monthly retirement benefits from URS are subject to URS’ post-retirement rules and restrictions. Please contact Utah Retirement Systems at (801) 366-7770 or (800) 695-4877 or University Human Resource Management at (801) 581-7447 if you have questions regarding the post-retirement rules.
This position may require the successful completion of a criminal background check and/or drug screen.
The University of Utah values candidates who have experience working in settings with students and patients from all backgrounds and possess a strong commitment to improving access to higher education and quality healthcare for historically underrepresented students and patients.
All qualified individuals are strongly encouraged to apply. Veterans’ preference is extended to qualified applicants, upon request and consistent with University policy and Utah state law. Upon request, reasonable accommodations in the application process will be provided to individuals with disabilities.
The University of Utah is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer and does not discriminate based upon race, ethnicity, color, religion, national origin, age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, pregnancy-related conditions, genetic information, or protected veteran’s status. The University does not discriminate on the basis of sex in the education program or activity that it operates, as required by Title IX and 34 CFR part 106. The requirement not to discriminate in education programs or activities extends to admission and employment. Inquiries about the application of Title IX and its regulations may be referred to the Title IX Coordinator, to the Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights, or both.
for a disability or if you or someone you know has experienced discrimination or sexual misconduct including sexual harassment, you may contact the Director/Title IX Coordinator in the Office of Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action ( OEO /AA). More information, including the Director/Title IX Coordinator’s office address, electronic mail address, and telephone number can be located at: https://www.utah.edu/nondiscrimination/
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