Access DU Lead Mentor

University of Denver - DU - Admissions Division

Recruitment began on February 27, 2026

and the job listing Expires on April 3, 2026

(The below list is not exhaustive. Additional tasks, duties, and responsibilities will be assigned as necessary to support the Access DU program.)

• Act as liaison between university staff and youth mentors
• Support youth mentors in executing assigned tasks
• Act as guides to participating scholars, ensuring their timely arrival to programming and events
• Facilitate building community and connection between scholars
• Support scholars in creating spaces that encourage growth
• Respond with empathy, patience, and tact to a variety of situations, which vary in complexity and can be emotionally charged
• Ensure scholar participants are accountable to group norms and expectations
• Respond to current program needs and take on alternative or additional tasks as required
• Participate in any scheduled trainings
• Comply with all University policies and procedures

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

If you meet the minimum requirements listed below and have passion for the work, we strongly encourage you to apply. We can provide on-the-job training for the rest.

• Willingness and ability to initiate social interaction with new people
• Willingness and ability to provide direction and constructive feedback to others
• Ability to build connection and sense of community with others
• Initiative, follow-through, and reliability
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to communicate with varied audiences (e.g. visiting scholars, student peers, and others)
• Able to take and provide direction

Required Qualifications

• Working knowledge of the social structural issues facing historically underrepresented populations
• Demonstrated commitment to inclusiveness
• Experience guiding or facilitating group discussions
• Personal values alignment with Access DU goals and pillars of Cultural Competency, College Access, Leadership, and Service-Oriented Spirit

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous Access DU (or Pio Prep) attendee or youth mentor
• Current University of Denver student employee or experience working with high school age youth
• Previous college access recruitment experience (i.e. Division of Community Support and Engagement, VIP, CCESL, E-STEM, 1-GENU etc.) and/or a passion for building pathways to traditionally underrepresented populations to college/university
• High level of emotional intelligence
• Capable of exercising good judgement in unexpected situations
• Foundational knowledge of transgender/nonbinary communities, and ability to interact with transgender and nonbinary participants in a manner that demonstrates cultural responsiveness (e.g., correct pronoun usage, correct name usage, understanding of terminology commonly used in the community)
• Awareness of the impacts of trauma, identity, and lived experiences on health and well-being
• Various indoor/outdoor environments on University of Denver premises
• Unexpected interruptions will occur; stress level is moderate
• Noise level is variable, mostly low to moderate, with infrequent occurrences of high levels

Physical Activities

• Comfortable standing and walking for long periods of time
• Regularly required to move about the campus with the capability of transporting up to 20 lbs

Compensation and Time Commitment

• Lead mentors will work up to 45 hours
• Mentors will receive an additional 12-14 hours of training and will attend the program 4 days and 3 nights for training (July 15-18)
• Lead Mentors will stay in dorms on campus for the duration of the program
• Compensation is $20.50 hourly DOE
• In compliance with Colorado’s Healthy Families and Workplaces Act (HFWA), non-benefited employees accrue one hour of paid leave for every 30 hours worked up to a maximum of 48 hours per year.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement & Notice of Background Check

The University of Denver is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran. For more information, please see the University of Denver’s Non-Discrimination Statement.

All offers of employment are based upon satisfactory completion of a criminal history background check. These are required for all part-time, full-time and student employee hires.