Job Summary
Job Title: RecWell Financial Wellness Educator – Student Service
Division: Student Life
Department: Recreation & Wellness
Compensation Hours/Week
$10.25/hour Weekly average, approximately 8-12 hours per week
Required hours may include days, evenings, weekends, overnight hours and holidays
Employment Summary
The Division of Student Life is committed to making every experience at Purdue University a learning opportunity for students. Employment within our division provides you the opportunity to work with other great students and leaders. As part of your employment, we incorporate the Leadership and Professional Development Competencies and the Steps to Leaps Learning Pillars into your learning and performance management experience to ensure you are building the skills employers want.
Recreation & Wellness student employees are focused on the customer, provide the best service possible, and always emphasizing safety in our programs and facilities. We are committed to enhancing the quality of life at Purdue by providing recreation & wellness activities that contribute to learning and the pursuit of an active, healthy lifestyle.
Job Description
The primary role of the Financial Wellness Educator position is to work collaboratively with other professional staff to assist in the implementation of all areas of financial wellness. The focus of this position is to provide students with the knowledge and skills to effectively manage their finances and achieve financial independence. Financial Wellness Educators will provide one-on-one financial coaching and present information sessions in the areas of budgeting, saving, credit, taxes, debt management and beginning to invest. The goal of this program is to provide students with resources and education to help them to make well-informed financial decisions throughout college, and to assist them in successfully achieving their lifelong financial
This position should work 10 hours per week during the current semester. Those hours may be worked in any combination, at the discretion of the direct supervisor. The Financial Wellness Educator position must be reliable, organized, responsible, and flexible. They must also be ambitious, detail-oriented, creative, and driven.
Prerequisite(s)
The ideal candidate will be knowledgeable in finance, financial planning & counseling, or business administration.
Qualifications
- High school diploma or equivalent and minimum of one semester of college coursework successfully completed
- Must be actively enrolled at Purdue University, Purdue Global or a local accredited college
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills, both verbal and written
- Flexible and dependable with a strong attention to detail
- Problem solving, logic and reasoning skills
- Customer service oriented
- Be timely and organized
Position Responsibilities
Position Responsibilities
- Maintain safety and risk management standards of the department
- Exhibit friendliness, diplomacy, and tact in responding to customers
- Handle emergency situations and prioritize responsibilities while continuing to provide the highest level of customer service
- Maintain confidentiality and exhibit professional conduct when handling sensitive information
- Serve and participate on committees within the division to provide feedback from a student lens
- Present ideas to division senior leadership as identified
- Responsible for all scheduled shifts (based on class/exam schedules for the semester)
- Must attend all scheduled staff meetings to gain and/or share pertinent information
- Other duties as assigned
Core Competencies
Transferable Skill Development:
Students employed in this role will develop and demonstrate a number of transferable skills essential for future employment success and be reviewed on these skills in their performance evaluation.
Communication (Verbal, Written, Non-Verbal, Listen & Observe, Summarize & Distill Information)
- Demonstrate professional verbal communication in all interactions
- Demonstrate enthusiasm; engage and connect with customers to promote excellent customer experience
- Verbally communicates to staff on situations that may arise due to problems
- Written communication to complete accurate food usage records and food temperatures according to established procedures
Ways of Thinking (Systems Thinking & Planning, Reflective & Analytical Reasoning, Idea Generation, Decision Making, Problem Solving, Ethics)
- Utilize policies and knowledge to proactively make decisions and solve problems for area assigned
- Develop new or novel ideas through critical thinking and creative processes that address issues and/or lead to change
- Understand standards and expectations for personal and professional ethical behavior
- Demonstrate knowledge of the position and operation
Collaboration (Organization Behavior & Teamwork, Appropriate & Productive Relationships, Helping Others & Working Together, Cultural Intelligence & Inclusion, Service & Social Responsibility)
- Working together with co-workers and demonstrate flexibility in a fast-paced, team atmosphere
- Establish productive relationships with customers and staff
- Acknowledge and support customers and staff with unique needs and differing backgrounds
- Work independently to complete responsibilities
- Proactively and willingly acquires new skills, tasks, procedures and projects
- Provide support to fellow team members
Self-Awareness (Self-Understanding, Continuous Learning, Initiative & Follow-Through, Personal Responsibility, Resiliency)
- Demonstrate time management skills and attention to detail
- Demonstrate initiative; Understand and respond to the various needs of customers and staff
- Maintain positive attitude and enthusiasm in times of ambiguity and peak time of demand
- Complete work independently in an efficient time manner
- Demonstrate dependability and responsibility within operation
- Demonstrate punctuality by always being on time to each shift