Senior Peer Mentor - Limited Term

Tracking Code: req2214

Faculty/Department: Office of the Deputy Provost

Number of Positions: 1

Appointment Type: Limited Term

Hourly Rate: $19.73 per hour

Posting Date: Aug 11, 2025

Closing Date: August 24, 2026 (11:59 pm EST)

Job Summary: Student Mental Health Services is seeking compassionate, reliable Ontario Tech students to join our Peer Mentor team. Peer Mentors provide non-clinical, one-on-one emotional and social support to fellow students, helping them feel heard, supported, and connected.

Responsibilities/accountabilities:

- Meet individually with students, in person or virtually, based on student preference
- Offer warm, compassionate listening and a secure, respectful space for students to discuss wellbeing concerns
- Support students with wellness and self-care strategies, including mindfulness, relaxation, confidence-building, and social connection
- Share information about relevant campus and community resources when appropriate
- Encourage students in working toward personal, academic, and wellness-related goals
- Maintain required appointment and program documentation
- Attend mandatory training, weekly supervision, and team meetings
- Participate in outreach initiatives, workshops, and mental-health promotion activities as needed

Required Skills:

- Current Ontario Tech undergraduate or graduate students
- Strong active-listening and communication skills
- Empathy, warmth, compassion, maturity, emotional intelligence, and self-awareness
- Ability to build rapport with students from diverse backgrounds and experiences
- Comfort discussing mental-health and wellbeing concerns within a peer-support role
- Commitment to confidentiality, appropriate boundaries, reliability, and teamwork
- Resilience and openness to feedback and learning

Required Education:

- Must be a current Ontario Tech Student - Graduate or undergraduate
- An equivalent combination of education and related experience may be considered





* Verification of Academic credentials may be required

Required Experience:

- Experience in mentoring, peer support, helping roles, leadership, customer service, facilitation, or health and wellness outreach is an asset, but not required

How to Apply:

Interested candidates should submit in electronic format a covering letter and their resume. Applications will be accepted until August 24, 2026 or until a suitable candidate is found. We appreciate all applications received; however, only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

Ontario Tech University is actively committed to equity, diversity, inclusion, indigenization and decolonization (EDIID), and welcomes applications from all qualified candidates, while especially encouraging applications from First Nations,

Metis, Inuit peoples, Indigenous peoples of North America, racialized persons, persons with disabilities, and those who identify as women and/or 2SLGBTQ+. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply;

however, Canadian citizens, permanent residents, Indigenous Peoples in Canada, and those eligible to work in Canada, will be given priority.

Ontario Tech University respects people's different needs and therefore will take all reasonable steps to ensure accommodation for applicants where appropriate. The University is also committed to ensuring that confidentiality is maintained throughout all aspects of the recruitment cycle.

If you require accommodation, please contact Julie Day, Health and Disability Management Specialist. For more information about the universities policies for accommodating employees with disabilities please review the university’s Accessibility Policy.

The university acknowledges the lands and people of the Mississaugas of Scugog Island First Nation which is covered under the Williams Treaties. We are situated on the Traditional Territory of the Mississaugas, a branch of the greater Anishinaabeg Nation which includes Algonquin, Ojibway, Odawa and Pottawatomi.

Job Location: Oshawa, Ontario, Canada

Expected Start Date: 9/8/2026

Expected End Date: 4/30/2027

📌 Senior Peer Mentor - Limited Term (Oshawa)
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