Benefits of this Position 

Compensation is $14.49/hour

COVID Support positions will learn a variety of skills that can make them more marketable to future employers:

• Role Modeling for peers
• Analytical thinking 
• Building relationships with different people and community development 
• Communication and self-awareness
• Cultural competencies and social-perspective taking 
• Leadership development 
• Personal development 
• Health and Safety Response
• Teamwork experiences and collaborations 
• Time management 

Primary Responsibilities 

General Support 

• Support professional staff in the preparation of new isolation and quarantine spaces including performing room checks, creating care packages, and hanging signage.
• Respond to student needs by picking up items such as packages and other requested items.
• Meet with students via Microsoft Teams or Zoom to check-in on their experience living in isolation or quarantine.  Respond and follow up on student needs. 
• Communicate mental health concerns and other student needs to full time staff to provide further support to students living in isolation and quarantine spaces. 
• Provide proactive outreach and programming services to students living in isolation and quarantine spaces. 
• Track and follow up with students on COVID-19 testing requirements as needed. 
• Potentially support contact tracing efforts if needed. 
• Manage administrative operations to document response to COVID-19. 
• Deliver meals twice per day (lunch @ 12pm and dinner @ 5:15pm) to all students in isolation and quarantine housing in addition to students self-isolating who have reported symptoms of COVID-19. 
• Provide support and input into proactive strategies to encourage students to follow state and institutional guidelines for safe and healthy communities. 
• Document conduct and care concerns in isolation and quarantine space; follow up as needed. 
• Serve on an on-call rotation to serve resident and community needs. 
• Other duties as assigned. 

Role-Modeling & Ethical Behavior

• Serve as a role model and act in congruence with WWU standards and code of conduct. 
• Represent Western and UR accurately. 
• Exhibit ethical behavior in fulfilling one's role. 
• Maintain confidentiality and use appropriate discretion. 
• Exercise good judgment in upholding established policies of the University and the UR system; support and obey all federal, state, and local laws and ordinances. 
• Maintain fairness and act respectfully.