SARC Ambassador

Terms and Hours Varying hours between 8:30am-7pm Monday-Thursday, 8:30am-4:30pm Friday

Job Category

Job Category Student Employment

Hourly Wage

Hourly Wage Portland Metro Minimum Wage ($16.80)

Job Summary

Join the Shepard Academic Resource Center ( SARC ) and help guide the entire UP community as they access support from our many divisions!

As a SARC Ambassador, you’ll build excellent customer service, operations, and technology skills while providing front desk coverage to students, parents, and staff & faculty who visit any division of SARC . This includes the Learning Commons, where you will connect students with peer tutoring support from our amazing Co-Pilots. You’ll also greet students taking exams with Accessible Education Services in our alternative testing space.

Our team also helps support First Generation Programming, First Year Experience, and the Care Team. This position centers hospitality and connection. However, it also offers abundant development opportunities and real-life projects for motivated students who are studying in the following areas:

• Communication ( CAS )
• Computer Science (Shiley)
• OTM (Business)
• Business Analytics (Business)
• Marketing (Business)
• Accounting (Business)
• MIS (Business)

Core Duties

• Orient students to university academic and student activities resources, and familiarize students with academic requirements and regulations
• Greet, sign in, and orient all visitors to the SARC offices
• Coordinate with campus activities (for example: ASUP , Campus Ministry, Moreau Center, Health Center, tutoring centers) to ensure that the SARC has up-to-date information and handouts for students
• General office work, such as answering telephones and leaving voicemails; emails, and data entry
• Help students utilize campus resources
• Assist SARC staff members with projects as needed
• Other relevant duties as assigned

• Interest and willingness to interact extensively with students, faculty, and staff, and serve as a positive role model for them in all matters pertaining to university life
• Personal characteristics which include authenticity, approachability, enthusiasm, tolerance, leadership, compassion, and honesty
• Strong communication and people skills
• Comfortable speaking to people in person, over the phone, or over email
• Consistently work to improve performance
• Be open to giving and receiving feedback
• Overall maturity and sound decision making
• Must be able to work sitting at a computer desk
• Participate in all training sessions,
  including an all-day training the weekend before Fall Semester begin.
• Enrolled in at least 6 credits for the summer session, or preregistered for at least 6 credits in the fall by May 15th to be eligible for summer employment

• For the Fall semester, preference will be given to qualified applicants who also have mid-day availability on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
• Preference will be given to students who have a variety of availability to work 3 hour shifts or longer
• Preference will be given to students with Federal Work Study in their Financial Aid package.

• Must be able to work up to 10 hours per week sitting at a computer desk

Posting Number SE

Number of Vacancies

Number of Vacancies Multiple

Estimated Start Date 09/25/2026

Open Date

Open Date 09/17/2026

Close Date

Close Date 09/30/2026

Required fields are indicated with an asterisk (*).

Required Documents

• Resume
• Cover Letter

Optional Documents

Contact University of Portland 5000 N. Willamette Blvd Portland, Oregon .8484 recruitment