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Resident Assistants represent Student Employment at Curry College

Student Employment

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Real opportunity. Real experience.

  • Gain valuable skills and real-world experience to support your career path.
  • Make connections and gain network opportunities that will be helpful when seeking a permanent position.
  • Earn money while building a resume.

On-campus employment is a great way to develop valuable professional skills and enhance your overall Curry College experience. At Curry we believe our students make important contributions to our workforce community. The Student Employment Program (SEP) is administered by the Office of Human Resources (HR) in collaboration with the Center for Global & Career Services (CGCS) and Student Financial Services.

A variety of part-time on-campus jobs are available to eligible Curry College students through the Student Employment Program (SEP), which includes both federal work-study jobs and general non-work-study jobs.

For those with a Federal Work Study award, there are also opportunities to work off-campus in community service positions in Milton and the surrounding communities. Organizations and agencies who have partnered with Curry offer our students the off-site opportunities to earn their work study awards while gaining valuable real world work experience, all while giving back to the community.

What is Community Service?

Community Service opportunities are off-campus jobs in Milton and the surrounding communities that serve the public interest. The position is based in an organization that is open, accessible, and used by the community at large, and is designed to improve the quality of life for community residents, particularly low-income individuals, or to solve problems related to their needs.

Please note, a student must have a Federal Work Study Award to pursue an off-campus community service student employment position.

What Types of Positions Are Available under the Community Service Work Study option?

Below is a sample of fields and roles our students can fill; however, it is not meant to be an exhaustive list. All open positions are posted to the College’s job e-board known as Handshake which is accessed through myCurry and roles range from in-person working directly with agency clients to remote or hybrid roles for those managing social media or re-designing an agency’s website.

Please note, a formal Partnership Agreement must be completed between Curry College and the Organization/Agency before our students can be approved to work at the off-site agency.

Opportunities related to the following fields are in place and new partnerships are being added to regularly: health care, childcare, literacy training, education (including tutorial services), social services, graphic design, marketing, business administration, visual arts, and more!

Current Partnerships Sample Listing:

  • Animal Protection Center of Southeastern Massachusetts
  • Friends of the Milton Public Library
  • Fuller Craft Museum
  • Keeping Pace With Multiple Miracles
  • Looking and Feeling FAB, Inc.
  • Milton Parks and Recreation
  • People Making a Difference
  • Sustainable Milton

Details about the on-line job search and application process, employment policies, available positions, and how to get paid are provided on the myCurry Student Employment (SEP) page (under the 'Finances' tab). Welcome to Curry's workplace community!

IMPORTANT NOTE: If you are planning to work, you must bring with you to campus proper original identification to confirm your eligibility to work and to comply with the Federal Form I9 requirements. The Federal Government offers a list of specific identification which will comply. Please contact the Office of Human Resources with any questions about ID requirements.

Please note: For student internship employment information please contact the Center for Global & Career Services.

This federal financial aid program provides part-time jobs for eligible undergraduate students and is administered in accordance with federal and state laws and regulations. Work-study students have an opportunity to work either on campus or off campus in community service roles to help pay for educational related expenses. Work-study is a great way to build a resume and recommendation/references, and to gain valuable work experience while contributing to either Curry College's operations and the Curry community, or working off campus in an approved community service role with agencies who have a partnership agreement with Curry.

If you have a Work-Study Award included on your Financial Aid Award Letter from Curry College issued by the Office of Student Financial Services, you are eligible for Work-Study positions. For information on how to apply for this type of financial aid contact Curry College's Student Financial Services.

Federal work-study (WS) positions are available in a variety of departments and off-campus agencies and the following guidelines apply to work-study (WS) employment:

  • Eligible to start working no earlier than the first day of the published Academic Year.
  • Must maintain good academic standing and be enrolled in a degree program at least part time.
  • May not work more than 20 hours per week or not more than 1000 hours in the calendar year.
  • Students with work study can only hold one work study position at a time. However, they can hold one work study role and a non-work study (general employment) role simultaneously as long as their total hours working falls in the weekly and cumulative hours maximum listed above.
  • May work up to 40 hours per week during winter and summer break sessions only if a student's work-study award allocations are available and it will not cause the student to go over their award limit for the year.

For more details, please reference the Federal Work Study FAQ'S.

Curry College students who do not receive a work-study award or who exhausted their annual work-study award may be eligible to work in a general non-work-study student employment position. This program provides part-time jobs for eligible undergraduate students and is administered through the Office of Human Resources. There are a number of opportunities to work on campus in various departments. Student employment is a great way to build a resume and gain valuable recommendation/reference contacts. As a campus student employee you have an opportunity to gain valuable work experience while contributing to Curry College's operations, student life, and to the campus community .

General non-work-study positions are available in a variety of departments. The following guidelines apply to non-work-study employment:

  • Eligible to start before the first day of the published Academic Year.
  • Must maintain good academic standing and carry a minimum of 6 credits per semester.
  • May not work more than 20 hours per week or not more than 1000 hours in the academic year.
  • During winter and summer break sessions, students may work up to 40 hours per week if funding is available within the department and as long as the hours do not place the student employee's hours over the 1000 hour calendar year limit.
  • May hold more than one position at any given time as long as the hours do not place the student employee's hours over the 1000 hour calendar year limit.
  • All work performed in the Student Employment Program (SEP) MUST be performed on campus.  

Details about the on-line job search and application process, employment policies, available positions, and how to get paid are provided on the myCurry Student Employment (SEP) page (under the 'Finances' tab).

Welcome to Curry's workplace community!