Academic Support and Accessibility Services is continually hiring Student Tutors for one-on-one sessions, small groups, as well as large groups. Undergraduate peer tutoring jobs are available and needed within every area of academics at Houghton.

Prerequisites include high level performance in the course they are to tutor, professor recommendation, good interpersonal skills, and time-management.

The Admission Office has a wide array of positions available to students and they are an essential part of the enrollment efforts at Houghton.

Admission Interns

Admission Office Interns must have a good outlook on Houghton University, be able to articulate their experience as a Houghton University student, and possess a good work ethic that allows them to work independently without much direct supervision. These positions are usually reserved for upper-class students (sophomores, juniors, and seniors) who have attended Houghton for at least two semesters. All Admission Office Interns must be willing to invest themselves in prospective students and their families. They are a valued part of the Admission Team.

There are several focus areas within the Admission Intern position:

Tour Guide: Enjoy walking and talking at the same time? Admission tour guides provide visiting students and families not just a view of what the campus looks like but also what it is like to be a current student at Houghton.

Calling: Like to chat on the phone? Call prospective students to inform them of visit opportunities, talk about their college search, and encourage applications. Share about your own Houghton experience and answer questions these students have about Houghton in particular or the college search in general.

Visit Office: When a student wants to visit, you’re the go-to team. Visit Office student workers will be initial contacts with prospective students and their families through the visiting registration process, and will work with faculty and staff to create positive visit experiences for prospective students and their families.

Reception Desk: For some visitors or callers, you may be the first face or voice of Houghton that they interact with. Reception student workers answer the admission phone line, greet campus visitors, assist with incoming and outgoing mail and are all-around helpful to the admission process.

Houghton Host

Being a Houghton Host gives you the opportunity to interact with prospective students for a prolonged period of time, as you host them overnight in your residence hall room. Houghton Hosts are expected to spend quality time with their visitors, review their schedule, have a meal with them, help them to meet other Houghton students, and incorporate them in fun activities, so they can see what life will be like as a Houghton student. The Admission Office is not currently hiring for this role.

Admission Operations Intern

The Admission Operations Intern position is responsible for data entry, management, and consolidation of Admission and application information. Additionally, this position will help serve on special projects related to data, analytics, marketing, and coding for the Admission Office. Students with a background in data science or computer science and knowledge of HTML, JavaScript, and CSS are preferred but not required. The Admission Office is not currently hiring for this role.

Admission Driver

A good driver and a good talker? The admission office arranges for drivers to pick up visiting prospective students from nearby airports, train stations, and bus despots. Not only is this a great opportunity to bring a student to campus, it’s also a chance to engage with them during the drive to/from the airport.

Please note:  you must be Houghton University Fleet Certified to be an Admission Driver. If you are not fleet certified at the time of your interview, we can help you with the process of becoming fleet certified.

Note: the Admission Office submits the names of all applicants to the following offices for review and feedback: Office of Retention, Office of Student Life, and Safety and Security.

Advancement Services Team primarily spends their time making database updates, working on mailings, and making thank you calls to donors and other supporters of Houghton University. These positions require experience working with excel or other databases, attention to detail and accuracy, and communication skills. Data entry experience is preferred.

Phonathon callers spend 6 weeks per semester calling alumni, friends, parents, etc. of the College to ask for donations to the Student Scholarship Fund.   The skills that are needed would include: ability to talk on the phone, ability to communicate with different segments of people, attention to detail, data entry, respectful, friendly, motivated, ability to think on your feet, etc.

There are a number of different types of employment opportunities in the Athletic Department for students to take advantage of. The following is a list of job opportunities that are regularly available:

• student supervisory proctors
• lifeguards (certification required)
• intramural supervisors and officials
• event management staff (set up, security, stats, announcing, video, parking, etc.).

The Custodial Department at Houghton University offers many opportunities for student employment. General cleaning of all campus facilities is needed year-round.

Our Dining Services partner, Metz Culinary Management, offers student positions in a variety of setting, such as the Dining Hall, Big Al's Grill, JAVA 101 Coffee Shop, and in Catering, offers students a chance for promotion, as well as a small number of internships on a semesterly basis.

The Highlanders Shop offers students retail experience and a possibility of promotion to management responsibilities. The job of a student employee is to assist the contract staff in the daily operations of The Highlanders Shop. Among other responsibilities, student employees will be required to perform general cashiering responsibilities accurately and efficiently, greet and assist customers as they enter, peruse, and exit the store, monitor inventory, stock shelves, and clean where needed. They will also provide additional assistance at The Highlanders Shop during special events including, but not limited to, book rush, finals week, and Homecoming

The job of the student manager is to assume the responsibilities within the store of a contract staff member at designated times. This includes, but is not limited to, oversight of The Highlanders Shop, supervision of a student employee, and authority to make limited decisions. In addition, the student manager will perform closing duties at least one evening a week and is available for occasional weekend duties, help receive orders in the POS system at times, prices, and stocks incoming merchandise, delegate tasks to a student employee as needed among other managerial duties.

Library student workers primarily work at the main and music libraries' circulation desks. These positions require excellent communication and customer service skills as well as a strong attention to detail. Positions may also be available mending books, shelving, or assisting in the college archives or library offices. Previous library experience is helpful but not required.

Chapel Scanners monitor scanners at chapel services on Mondays and Fridays. The Head Chapel Scanner loads chapel scans onto computer and transfers data to the appropriate database, enters in misc. chapel attendances manually, and distributes and collects timecards for other chapel scanners making sure they are signed and completed.