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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 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 2026-2027 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 SCC 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 programming 
  • Help staff LGBTQ+SC and SCC signature events (SCC Welcome, LGBTQ+SC Open Houses, Commencement Celebration, etc) 
  • Lead LGBTQ+SC Orientation events, introducing new students to LGBTQ+SC programs and resources
  • Assess LGBTQ+SC 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 
  • 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
  • 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/RSOs/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 Commencement Celebration and university-wide Heritage Month celebrations
  • 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 LGBTQ+SC Center Supervisor 
  • 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

Program Facilitators

In addition to our larger commitment student worker positions, the LGBTQ+SC also hires students to facilitate our weekly programs at a 2 hr/week commitment. Our weekly programs and affinity spaces are important community-building programs for either specific intersectional LGBTQ+ experiences and 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.