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Student Employment

The LGBTQ+SC hires a team of student workers to help influence and carry out the work of the Center each year. Please see below for a list of our current undergraduate and graduate student worker positions as well as information about our weekly program and affinity space facilitators.

This program is open to all eligible individuals. The LGBTQ+SC operates all of its programs and activities consistent with the University’s Notice of Non-Discrimination. Eligibility is not determined based on race, sex, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or any other prohibited factor. 

The LGBTQ+SC will open hiring for 2025-2026 student positions in late spring. Please check back later for more information.

Undergraduate Postions

  • Plan collaborative and intersectional programs for the LGBTQ+SC and with other SEIP student staff
  • Work with Center Supervisor to create, implement, and assess one-time events
  • Incorporate accessibility and universal design best practices into all events and programs
  • Collaborate with student orgs & campus partners on intersectional programming 
  • Help staff LGBTQ+SC and SEIP signature events (SEIP Welcome, LGBTQ+SC Open Houses, Lavender Celebration, etc) 
  • Lead LGBTQ+SC Orientation events, introducing new students to LGBTQ+SC programs and resources
  • Assess LGBTQ+SC affinity spaces, workshops, and programs
  • Assist with staffing the LGBTQ+SC front desk, greeting visitors, answering the front desk phone, and cleaning/maintaining LGBTQ+SC space
  • Attend weekly student staff meetings and meet once a week with the Center Supervisor
  • Other duties as assigned 
  • Check LGBTQ+SC email – respond to inquiries or forward messages where appropriate 
  • Compile and send out weekly LGBTQ+SC newsletter
  • Maintain inventory lists of LGBTQ+SC lounge and office supplies 
  • Create EngageSC events and input names from paper sign in sheets into EngageSC
  • Update LGBTQ+SC attendance data google sheet weekly
  • Assist with LGBTQ+SC student staff onboarding documents (list of student staff opening tasks, student staff closing tasks, LGBTQ+SC resource overview talking points)
  • Assist with staffing the LGBTQ+SC front desk, greeting visitors, answering the front desk phone, and cleaning/maintaining LGBTQ+SC space
  • Attend weekly student staff meetings and meet once a week with the Center Supervisor
  • Other duties as assigned 
  • Organize, implement, and staff tabling opportunities for the LGBTQ+SC at campus events and programs
  • Develop education and outreach materials relevant to specific intersectional communities
  • Staff Admissions/campus partner outreach events for perspective & incoming students
  • Reserve space on campus for the LGBTQ+SC to table throughout the semester
  • Assist with staffing the LGBTQ+SC front desk, greeting visitors, answering the front desk phone, and cleaning/maintaining LGBTQ+SC space
  • Attend weekly student staff meetings and meet once a week with the Center Supervisor
  • Other duties as assigned
  • Create content (i.e. posts, videos, polls, resource slides, etc) to be posted on LGBTQ+SC social media accounts to encourage student engagement 
  • Promote the LGBTQ+SC’s events and programs through email, website, social media
  • Ensure all LGBTQ+SC digital content is accessible (screen-reader compliant, uses alt-text, provides image descriptions, etc)
  • Track social media analytics & digital engagement
  • Outreach to student orgs and campus partners to advertise LGBTQ+SC events on their platforms and promote relevant student org/campus partner opportunities on LGBTQ+SC platforms
  • Outreach to QuASA/Rainbow Floor/student orgs/campus partners to advertise on their social media accounts/listservs, etc  
  • Assist with staffing the LGBTQ+SC front desk, greeting visitors, answering the front desk phone, and cleaning/maintaining LGBTQ+SC space
  • Attend weekly student staff meetings and meet once a week with the Center Supervisor
  • Other duties as assigned 
  • Create flyers for events and programs  that align with accessibility best practices
  • Develop LGBTQ+SC branding and marketing materials  
  • Update LGBTQ+SC resource guides  
  • Adhere to USC Identity Guidelines
  • Assist with staffing the LGBTQ+SC front desk, greeting visitors, answering the front desk phone, and cleaning/maintaining LGBTQ+SC space
  • Attend weekly student staff meetings and meet once a week with the Center Supervisor
  • Other duties as assigned

Graduate Positions

  • Collaborate with staff, campus partners, and student organizations to implement programs for graduate students
  • Assist with the development, planning, and execution of large-scale events, including Lavender Celebration and university Heritage/History months
  • Develop and analyze programmatic and departmental assessments 
  • Complete, submit, and maintain files of paperwork associated with program planning, implementation, and evaluation in a timely manner
  • Attend weekly staff meetings and meet once a week with the SEIP Director of Intercultural Services
  • Perform support tasks such as serving on committees, creating educational displays, developing and distributing materials, managing the front desk, and cleaning/maintaining LGBTQ+SC space
  • Other duties as assigned

Space Facilitators

In addition to our larger commitment student worker positions, the LGBTQ+SC also hires students to facilitate our weekly programs and affinity spaces at a 2 hr/week commitment. Our weekly programs and affinity spaces are important community-building programs for either specific intersectional LGBTQ+ experiences or broader, interest-based spaces. All weekly programs and affinity spaces are open to all students. The duties of our space facilitators include:

  • Facilitating the discussion space on a weekly basis
  • Pre-plan the activities, discussion topics, etc. that will occur during weekly meetings
  • Ensuring participants sign in at each meeting
  • Request any and all purchases of materials needed for activities in a timely manner
  • Receive and implement feedback from space participants
  • Clean/maintain LGBTQ+SC space
  • Other duties as assigned.

Internships

The LGBTQ+SC frequently partners with Gender and Sexuality Studies to provide internships opportunities for the Gender and Sexuality Studies internship course, SWMS 311.

Students interested in interning at the LGBTQ+SC for their course should contact Alyssa Alegre.