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The UNC Career Center is currently accepting applications for a Peace Corps Strategic Campus Recruiter position. ( Applicants must be enrolled UNC-Chapel Hill graduate students as of August 2025.) Applications due July 14,2025.

Position Location: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Career Center   

Position type: Part-time (20 hours/week) 

This position is anticipated to begin in August and run through the end of the academic year.  

Position Compensation: $25.00 per hour for 20 hours per week  

Overview: The Peace Corps Strategic Campus (Strat) Recruiter will increase awareness of Peace Corps Volunteer opportunities on campus and in the surrounding community through a variety of recruitment activities, including, but not limited to: delivering class or club presentations, tabling in public, high-traffic areas on campus and/or at career fairs, organizing and facilitating application workshops and retention events, and developing relationships with key stakeholders on campus.  

Depending on campus activities and recruitment events, evening and weekend hours may be required. 

This position reports dually to the Peace Corps and the UNC Career Center  

Qualifications: This position requires candidates have strong organizational and communication skills, including the ability to see tasks through to completion with little supervision, as well as demonstrated event planning, public speaking, and partnership-building experience.  

Minumum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in any discipline 

• Returned Peace Corps Volunteer  

• UNC Graduate Student as of August 2025 

• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills as this position requires a great deal of public speaking 

• Ability to work independently 

• Confidence in networking and outreach  

Responsibilities:

• Distribute agency approved brochures, posters, visual aids, and other Peace Corps recruitment materials to individuals, groups, associations, faculty, and targeted populations 

• Present class talks or presentations 

• Complete application workshops, which coincide with Peace Corps’ application deadlines  

• Staff recruitment tables (e.g. university career fairs, other events with similar goals and/or tabling public, high-traffic areas on campus)  

• Organize and facilitate retention events (e.g., send-off/welcome back volunteer parties, friends and family events, Peace Corps Week celebrations, and/or RPCV panels). 

• Hold relationship-building meetings (weighted toward early in the fall semester) with different key on-campus and community stakeholders that align with Peace Corps’ six sectors with the intention of gaining access to students 

• Hold relationship-building meetings with key on-campus departments and leaders with the intention of gaining access to students 

• Post and hold at least 15 regular office hours per week to meet with potential and current applicants 

• Digitally collect leads at events, or as directed by the designated P.C. representative 

• Input partnership information, meetings and other pertinent details into specific Peace Corps systems, or as directed by the designated P.C. representative 

• Meet application and lead goals set by the Peace Corps  

• Write and submit  mid-year and final year reports  

• Complete mandatory virtual or in-person Strat trainings  

• Respond to Peace Corps and campus staff in a timely manner, as well as attend regularly scheduled meetings initiated by the Peace Corps and campus staff 

• Other duties as assigned 

Educational/Professional Benefits:

• Develop strong organizational skills 

• Utilize and practice public presentation and promotion skills  

• Experience working with a governmental agency, campus offices and organizations 

• Networking opportunities with Peace Corps as well as with other governmental, community and professional organizations 

To Apply: Send cover letter, resume and three references to Jacquelyn Gist [email protected]  by July 14,2025 

Final selection is contingent on approval from the Peace Corps