2026-2027 STUDENT EMPLOYMENT APPLICATION IS OPEN
Thrive Center’s mission is to advance a community where students successfully navigate through, excel in, and graduate from the University of Arizona prepared for life after college. We hire student staff each year for our academic year positions to support students participating in our programs. Learn more about our open positions by clicking through the job descriptions below. If you have any questions, feel free to contact us at thrivehiring@list.arizona.edu.
All positions are for the full academic year: August 13, 2026 through May 5, 2027. We do not hire students who are only able to work one semester.
PLEASE NOTE: We are currently only hiring for peer mentors and peer educators. If you are interested in a student assistant (front desk or social media), please check this page in May/June for available positions.
STUDENT STAFF POSITIONS
Thrive Center employs student employees as Peer Mentors, Peer Educators and Student Assistants who clock over 2,500 hours of direct student contact throughout the year. Please review the list of job descriptions below to see which positions fit your interests and use the link at the bottom of the page to submit your application.
REQUIREMENTS
To be eligible for a position in the Thrive Center, you must have completed at least one semester of coursework before fall 2025, but two semesters of completed coursework is preferred, AND you must have a 2.5 cumulative GPA or higher from the University of Arizona by the end of the spring 2025 semester. You are also expected to maintain a 2.5 GPA or higher during your employment with Thrive Center.
We prefer to hire students with federal work-study, but if you do not have work-study, or are not eligible to apply for federal financial aid, you are still eligible to earn a position.
TIME & PAY
$15.75/hr | up to 15hrs per week
All Thrive Center positions pay $15.75 per hour and are for up to 15 hours per week for the academic year.
QUESTIONS?
If you have a question, please contact the Thrive Hiring Committee at thrivehiring@list.arizona.edu.
Our application process is simple. Just answer the questions in our online application, and upload a resume to complete your application. Then hit submit.
For many of you, this application will be your first time applying for work. Excellent! If you have never created a resume, the office of Center for Career Readiness offers a number of resources like free templates and how to guides as well as in-person resume consultations at the Life Lab.
Our application will close on March 9 at 12pm (noon) AZ time.
As part of your application, you will sign up for an interview. We will provide you with additional details and guidelines to help you prepare. Whether this is your first time interviewing or not, we highly recommend reviewing the resources available to you as a student through Center for Career Readiness. Resources include interview tutorials and the opportunity to practice in the comfort of a location of your choosing via Big Interview.
Fall 2026 Positions
| February 02, 2026 | Application opens and reviews begin |
| March 09, 2026 | Application closes at 12pm (noon) AZ |
| March 23-27, 2026 | Individual Interviews, by invitation |
| April 3, 2026 | Decisions sent to all applicants |
TRAINING DATES
Fall 2026
Thrive Center student staff training will be August 13-14, 2026 (asynchronously), and August 17-19, 2026 (in-person), generally from 9:00AM to 4:00PM. Attendance at training is required for all days.
All student and graduate student positions in Thrive Center, except New Start positions, are funded by your Student Services Fees. This means these positions, and the programs they support are examples of your Student Services Fees in action!
Thrive Center believes deeply in maximizing the funds we receive to fund student positions that help students develop important career skills while also providing a benefit to their peers and the broader campus. Obtain the full benefit of the fees you pay by applying to work with Thrive Center and encouraging your peers to take advantage of our services.
If you will be working as a resident assistant, participating in marching band, working for Destination Arizona or any other late summer/early fall role, it may be difficult to also participate in the mandatory training for Thrive Center. Please speak with your non-Thrive supervisor to see if accommodations can be made to participate before you apply. You will need to be available, in-person, from 10am to 4pm August 17-19, 2026.
ACADEMIC YEAR POSITIONS
All the positions below begin in August 2026 and will run for the entirety of the 2026-2027 academic year (ending May 5, 2027). See individual position tab for a full job description. Use the link below to apply.
Peer Mentor
ACADEMIC YEAR - Work starts August 13, 2026
We have multiple peer mentor positions available within the Peer Mentoring Program. Peer mentors, depending on years at UArizona and their experiences, support first-year or second-year + students with one-on-one meetings.
Peer mentors meet every other week (biweekly) with first-year students and monthly with second-year+ students. Peer mentors also lead Thrive Treks around campus to introduce students to resources and amenities available at the University.
Financial Wellness Peer Educator
ACADEMIC YEAR - Work starts August 13, 2026
Financial Wellness peer educators lead teach & shares, meet with students to provide individualized financial wellness coaching, and help design financial wellness programming. Teach & shares, meetings, and presentations are mostly on campus, but may also occur off campus.
Front Desk Student Assistant
NOT CURRENTLY HIRING - CHECK IN JUNE
The front desk student assistants provide outstanding customer service to all Thrive Center visitors. Student assistants are responsible for opening and closing the office, answering the Thrive Center phone line, helping visitors navigate the office, and assisting professional staff members with miscellaneous tasks and projects.
Social Media Student Assistant
NOT CURRENTLY HIRING - CHECK IN JUNE
The student assistant for social media is expected to work with the student assistant for digital content to creatively market and promote the programs and services offered by Thrive Center. Projects will include, but are not limited to, the creation of videos, posts, taking pictures, attending Thrive events and posting about the events. This will sometimes include appearing in and voicing over videos.