Temporary SHPEP Grant Project Student Development Assistant (SDA)

Department:

Location:

Belknap Campus, Health Sciences Center

Time Type:

Full time

Worker Type:

Temporary (Fixed Term)

Job Req ID:

R108399

Minimum Requirements:

Two years of relevant experience or the equivalent combination of education and experience.

Position Description:

This is a temporary grant funded position from May 2026-July 2026 which will require shift work.  

The Temporary Grant Project Student Development Assistant (SDA) in the Summer Health Professions Education Program (SHPEP) will be responsible for the following:

Supervision and Communication

• Serve as the first point of contact for the scholar participants. Which includes managing scholar GroupMe, helping disseminate information, assisting with getting scholars connected to the correct resources, etc.

• Track scholar attendance during all sessions and track attendance for buses.

• Reach out to scholars if they are late or absent from a session and/or designated meeting time.

• Assist scholars with course content, technical challenges, and respond to scholar requests.

• Serve as chaperones on weekend activities, service events, ride on buses, etc.

• Enforce program rules/regulations/restrictions

Mentorship

• Support and foster relationships between scholars within the cohort and the SDA team.

• Help supervise, tutor, and mentor a group of ten scholars through the cluster system.

• Be willing to talk about your journey to your health professional school.

• Attend all programmatic components.

• Serve as tutors.

Programming

• Plan social activities for participants and lead at least one small group activity per week.

• Have icebreakers or activities ready when presenters cancel or are running late

• Suggest and assist with optional programming initiatives (i.e. volunteer opportunities, study session, etc.).

Administrative Duties

• Assist with scholar registration, and housing check in and out

• Monitor participants to check for health issues; transport to emergency/urgent care centers if needed.

• Serve in an on-call rotation

• Report scholar misconduct.

• Communicate with the SHPEP Leadership team when/if issues arise.

• Assist with orientation activities and course content

• Help support scholars in their engagement in the program.

• Any other duties the SHPEP Leadership team deems would be beneficial to add to help with the impact and integrity of the program.

• Other Duties as assigned

Preferred Experience and Education

• Has received a bachelor’s degree.

• Must be entering or attending a health professional school (i.e. dentistry, medicine, nursing, and pharmacy) and/or taking a gap with the intention of attending health professional school. 

• Participant of a summer pipeline program (i.e. SHPEP/SMDEP, MCAT-DAT, PEPP, Gear Up, etc.)

• Able to support the program for the full 6 weeks plus a week of training (May 2026-July 2026)

• Enthusiastic about mentoring and supporting scholars and the SHPEP Program

The HSC Office of Health Equity and Engagement encourages candidates to apply who have demonstrated capacity to create supportive work environments, will work effectively on a team, and who value student success and support.

Target Compensation : $18.00/hr. for up to 40 hours/week. During the training week (May 26-May 29) and the first two virtual weeks of the program (June 1-June 12), Student Development Assistants will work weekday shifts between 9 AM and 5 PM. During the in-person portion of the program, Student Development Assistants will work varying 6-hour shifts, including some evenings and weekends. There will be approximately two overnight on-call shifts per week.

Compensation will be commensurate to candidate experience.

Equal Employment Opportunity

The University of Louisville is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. The University strives to provide equal employment opportunity on the basis of merit and without unlawful discrimination on the basis of race, sex, age, color, national origin, ethnicity, creed, religion, disability, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, veteran status, marital status, or pregnancy. In accordance with the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Vietnam Era Veteran Readjustment Act of 1974, the University prohibits job discrimination of individuals with disabilities,