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Department Overview:
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University Health Services (UHS) offers award-winning, high quality medical, mental health, prevention, and wellness services to enrolled UW-Madison students. As a part of UHS, Badger Recovery connects and supports students in or considering recovery from substance use, eating disorders, and/or addictive behaviors. Our program offers weekly recovery meetings, recovery-informed social events, and recovery coaching. Badger Recovery embraces all definitions of recovery, whether that includes abstinence or harm reduction, and offers a welcoming and judgment-free space to support students on their personal recovery journey. We put our recovery first and embody our values of community, inclusion, open-mindedness, compassion, accountability, service, and well-being in all of our services. |
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Anticipated Start Date:
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Mid-November |
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Anticipated End Date (If Applicable):
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Remote Work Eligibility Detail:
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Partially Remote
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Anticipated Hours Per Week:
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Minimum: 5 Maximum: 10 |
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Schedule:
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Hours can range depending on the week; some Student Assistants work closer to 5 hours while others work closer to 10 hours. This varies based on specialization responsibilities and available projects. The work schedule will include committing to a weekly team meeting, biweekly check-in with a supervisor, and occasional weekend events (at least monthly). Candidates will also commit to supporting Badger Recovery recovery meetings/events 1-2 evenings during the week. This semester, meeting options will take place Mondays (6:15-8:20pm) and Wednesdays (5:45-7:20pm), though meeting times may change in future semesters; we may be adding an AA meeting on Tuesdays as well. Biweekly Friday Hangs take place 4:45-7:15pm on Fridays. Most other responsibilities can be conducted remotely. |
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Salary/Wage Range/Lump Sum:
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Minimum: $15.00 per hour |
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Number of Positions:
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1-3 |
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Qualifications:
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REQUIRED (All 3 specializations):
• Currently enrolled as a student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
• Experience in recovery and willingness to speak about personal recovery to students and campus partners
• Comfortable supporting students with all pathways to recovery (i.e. harm reduction, moderation, abstinence)
PREFERRED (All 3 specialization):
• Available for more than 2 semesters |
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Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:
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REQUIRED (All 3 specializations):
• Strong organizational skills, time management skills and ability to meet deadlines
• Flexible and team-oriented
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to work in a remote and in-person environment
• Graphic design and social media experience required for Graphic Design/Social Media Assistant specialization
PREFERRED (Community Engagement/Events Assistant):
• Experience with collegiate recovery programs, like Badger Recovery
• Experience with or willingness to learn group facilitation skills and trauma-informed practices (training provided)
• Experience with event planning, coordinating, and hosting
• Strong organizational skills and experience with project management
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Experience with community engagement
• Understanding of recovery culture and experience with recovery meetings
PREFERRED (Outreach/Service Assistant):
• Experience with collegiate recovery programs, like Badger Recovery
• Strong public-speaking and written communication skills
• Enthusiastic and passionate about recovery
• Enjoys connecting with students and campus partners
• Experience with outreach and providing presentations to small and large groups
• Experience with or willingness to learn group facilitation skills and trauma-informed practices (training provided)
• Connections to Madison recovery community
• Understanding of recovery culture and experience with recovery meetings
PREFERRED (Social Media/Graphic Design Assistant):
• Excellent graphic design skills, particularly with Canva
• Experience with outreach and managing social media platforms, particularly Instagram
• Major related to marketing, business, branding, design, or other relevant field
• Strong knowledge of best practices around branding
• Strong follow-through on tasks and ability to meet deadlines
• Experience with collegiate recovery programs, like Badger Recovery
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Position Summary/Job Duties:
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We plan to hire 3 Student Assistants, with each specializing in a different area: 1) Community Engagement/Events, 2) Outreach/Service and 3) Social Media/Graphic Design. Please indicate your preferred specialization(s) in your cover letter.
Community Engagement/Events Assistant (5-10 hours per week, likely 7-8 hours):
• Assist with event planning and hosting
• Plan most regular programming, campus collaborations, and special activities based on student feedback a semester in advance
• Coordinate event logistics day of the event, including set up and take down
• Track event supply inventory and notify staff of needs
• Welcome newcomers and create welcome packets
• Compile weekly lists of upcoming events for meetings and weekly newsletter
• Stay 30 minutes late after events for fellowship
• Facilitate at least one recovery meeting per week and develop ideas to enhance recovery meetings
• Attend biweekly 1:1 meeting with supervisor and weekly team meeting
• Duties as assigned
Outreach/Service Assistant (5-10 hours per week, likely 7-8 hours):
• Assist Manager with developing outreach plan to raise awareness of BR
• Represent Badger Recovery at UW-Madison resource fairs and outreach meetings
• Connect Badger Recovery to both campus and community partners
• Provide classroom presentations about Badger Recovery services
• Assist Manager with developing on-campus and community service opportunities
• Coordinate sign-ups for service positions in Badger Recovery meetings
• Assist Manager with building Badger Recovery Outreach Ambassador program
• Help staff create Ally Training
• Facilitate at least one recovery meeting per week and develop ideas to enhance recovery meetings
• Attend biweekly 1:1 meeting with supervisor and weekly team meeting
• Duties as assigned
Social Media/Graphic Design Assistant (~5 hours per week for 2026-27 year; 5-10 hours per week in future years if renewed):
• Shadow current Social Media Student Assistant (graduating in the spring) to learn about BR branding and assist with Canva designs as needed; will oversee Canva designs for all events/programming once current Student Assistant graduates
• Manage Instagram and answers messages
• Reformat and redesign PowerPoints/handouts to be more appealing
• Obtain approval for flyers from communications team and make appropriate edits
• Post on Instagram by deadlines and share posts with campus partners
• Create engaging reels
• Attend biweekly 1:1 meeting with supervisor and weekly team meeting
• Attend some events, such as biweekly Friday Hangs, biweekly Monday night community dinners, and other programming
• Take photos of activities and assigns photo responsibilities when not in attendance
• Duties as assigned
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Physical Demands:
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• Ability to use a computer
• Ability to attend in-person events and meetings on-campus
• Potentially lifting up to 10lbs of supplies and pushing a cart
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Institutional Statements:
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Equal Employment Opportunity Statement:
UW-Madison is an Equal Employment, Equal Access Employer committed to increasing the diversity of our workforce.
Institutional Statement on Diversity:
Diversity is a source of strength, creativity, and innovation for UW-Madison. We value the contributions of each person and respect the profound ways their identity, culture, background, experience, status, abilities, and opinion enrich the university community. We commit ourselves to the pursuit of excellence in teaching, research, outreach, and diversity as inextricably linked goals.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison fulfills its public mission by creating a welcoming and inclusive community for people from every background-people who as students, faculty, and staff serve Wisconsin and the world.
For more information on diversity and inclusion on campus, please visit: diversity.wisc.edu
Accommodation Statement:
If you need to request an accommodation because of a disability, you can find information about how to make a request at the following website:https://employeedisabilities.wisc.edu/disability-accommodation-information-for-applicants/
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