Join Our Team
Thank you for your interest in working at the University Writing Center!
We are glad you're here. The University Writing Center (UWC) at Baylor University provides over 4,000 in-person and online consultations annually to Baylor writers. As part of Baylor's distinctive Christian mission, the UWC fosters diversity in all of its dimensions, including our hiring practices, tutoring methods, and the design of our space. Since we support writers from all backgrounds, languages, abilities, and disciplines, we are especially interested in a diverse staff in terms of academic major, race, nationality, and linguistic background.
Undergraduate Positions Available
We have two positions for undergraduate students:
- Undergraduate Writing Consultants (UGCs): These are comprised of undergraduate students from across the disciplines who serve as peer tutors and work one-on-one with writers from a variety of disciplines, levels, and language backgrounds. This position cultivates skills valued by employers and graduate schools (e.g., interpersonal skills, writing skills, leadership skills, ability to take and give feedback). Pay is competitive. Comprehensive training is provided. Students must be willing to work in the UWC a minimum of 7 hours per week (maximum 20). Qualities of an effective consultant include: Strong writing and revising skills; Excellent interpersonal communication skills; Openness to feedback and a commitment to reflection and growth; Responsive, attentive to detail, and conscientious. Students from all majors are encouraged to apply! (See below for more information.)
- Office Assistants (OAs): Office Assistants work at our front desk and are the face of the UWC. They coordinate appointments, manage the UWC space, and facilitate dialogue amongst the staff. We hire OAs on an ongoing basis. When we have a position available, we post it on the Baylor Student Employment page. If you are interested in being on our list of potential OAs when a position does become available, please email us at UWC@baylor.edu, and we will add you to our list.
Become an Undergraduate Writing Consultant (UGC)
2023-2024 Applications Now Closed
Deadline: March 31, 2023
If you would like to become an Undergraduate Writing Consultant (UGC), we recommend that you:
- Enroll in PWR (Professional Writing and Rhetoric) 3321: Tutoring Writing. There is a high demand to become a UGC, so we strongly recommend that you enroll in this course. When making decisions on which undergraduate consultants to hire for the next academic year, students who have taken the course are given priority because they have gone through a rigorous training process that prepares them to tutor. Students who take the course also start at a higher starting salary than those who have not taken it.
- PWR 3321 is offered in the spring of each year. It is open to students at any classification (freshman through senior) and from any major. It can serve as an upper-level elective or a required upper-level English class. Students in this course gain valuable knowledge and hands-on experience studying theories and pedagogies of tutoring writing. Students also gain valuable experience participating in field work in the University Writing Center, serving as apprentices and mentees, co-tutoring with experienced consultants, and tutoring independently.
- We understand and are sensitive to the fact that not everyone has room in their schedule (or the opportunity) to take this course. However, this course is foundational to the work you will be doing in the UWC, and we highly encourage you to enroll if you're interested in becoming a UGC. Spots are not always guaranteed through the spring hiring process.
- Sign up to be on our list of potential hires. Depending on our need, we typically put out a Call for Applications in mid-spring and conduct interviews in April-May for the following academic year. If you are interested in receiving notification when the application process opens, send an email to UWC@baylor.edu and we will add you to the list. In your email, please let us know which position you are interested in (UGC or OA).
If you have questions, email us at UWC@baylor.edu.
Become a Graduate Consultant
Each year, we hire graduate students from across the disciplines to work in the UWC as graduate consultants. Hiring happens in the spring for the next academic year. If you are a interested in working in the UWC as a graduate consultant, please send us an email at UWC@baylor.edu expressing your interest and we will add you to a list to make sure you receive the email when we begin the hiring process.