Advancement Services Team primarily spends their time making database updates, working on mailings, and making thank you calls to donors and other supporters of Houghton College. These positions require experience working with excel or other databases, attention to detail and accuracy, and communication skills. Data entry experience is preferred.

Phonathon callers spend 6 weeks per semester calling alumni, friends, parents, etc. of the College to ask for donations to the Student Scholarship Fund.   The skills that are needed would include: ability to talk on the phone, ability to communicate with different segments of people, attention to detail, data entry, respectful, friendly, motivated, ability to think on your feet, etc.

There are a number of different types of employment opportunities in the Athletic Department for students to take advantage of. Student proctors are hired in supervisory roles in both the Nielsen Center as well as the KPFH (Kerr-Pegula Field House). Beyond general proctor positions, Weight Room Proctors are also hired to supervise the weight rooms in both facilities.

Athletics also hires student to help manage intramural sports events. Intramural Supervisors and Officials are somewhat sport specific (relative to the intramural sports we offer). The IM supervisors handle the logistics of setting up for intramural events and recording results.

General Event Staff positions are also available. These are staff positions for helping with special events in the facilities (parking, security, set-up, tear-down, etc.)

The Highlanders Shop offers students retail experience and a possibility of promotion to management responsibilities. The job of a student employee is to assist the contract staff in the daily operations of The Highlanders Shop. Among other responsibilities, student employees will be required to perform general cashiering responsibilities accurately and efficiently, greet and assist customers as they enter, peruse, and exit the store, monitor inventory, stock shelves, and clean where needed. They will also provide additional assistance at The Highlanders Shop during special events including, but not limited to, book rush, finals week, and Homecoming

The job of the student manager is to assume the responsibilities within the store of a contract staff member at designated times. This includes, but is not limited to, oversight of The Highlanders Shop, supervision of a student employee, and authority to make limited decisions. In addition, the student manager will perform closing duties at least one evening a week and is available for occasional weekend duties, help receive orders in the POS system at times, prices, and stocks incoming merchandise, delegate tasks to a student employee as needed among other managerial duties.

Academic Support and Accessibility Services is continually hiring Student Tutors for one-on-one sessions, small groups, as well as large groups. Undergraduate peer tutoring jobs are available and needed within every area of academics at Houghton.

Prerequisites include high level performance in the course they are to tutor, professor recommendation, good interpersonal skills, and time-management.

For more information about tutoring positions, please visit Deborah Young in the Center for Student Success or email AcademicSupport@houghton.edu

The Custodial Department at Houghton College offers many opportunities for student employment. General cleaning of all campus facilities is needed year-round. For more information and the application, visit our website.

Library student workers primarily work at the main and music libraries' circulation desks. These positions require excellent communication and customer service skills as well as a strong attention to detail. Positions may also be available mending books, shelving, or assisting in the college archives or library offices. Previous library experience is helpful but not required.

Our Dining Services partner, Metz Culinary Management, offers student positions in a variety of setting, such as the Dining Hall, Big Al's Grill, JAVA 101 Coffee Shop, and in Catering, offers students a chance for promotion, as well as a small number of internships on a semesterly basis. For more information and the application, visit our website.

The Student Assistant to Administrative Assistant must be able to pay attention to detail, have interpersonal communication skills (telephone and one-on-one), and be able to maintain confidentiality.  While not required, it is helpful that the applicant be knowledgeable about the campus in general. Chapel Scanners monitor scanners at chapel services on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. The Head Chapel Scanner loads chapel scans onto computer and transfers data to the appropriate database, enters in misc. chapel attendances manually, and distributes and collects time cards for other chapel scanners making sure they are signed and completed.