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Wellbeing Professional Intern

University of Wisconsin Madison
United States, Wisconsin, Madison
21 North Park Street (Show on map)
Feb 01, 2026
Current Employees: If you are currently employed at any of the Universities of Wisconsin, log in to Jobs Hub to apply through the internal application process. Job Category:University Staff Employment Type:Temporary (Fixed Term) Job Profile:Recreation Program Coordinator Job Summary:

This position will assist in the multi-faceted administrative and operational needs of the Wellbeing department of Recreation & Wellbeing (Rec Well), including programs such as peer wellness coaching, peer wellness education, wellbeing workshops, massage therapy, and mindful meditation. This position works directly with professional and student staff by coordinating outreach requests, assisting with staff hiring processes, and developing and facilitating wellbeing opportunities across campus for students.

  • Complete administrative and communication tasks for wellbeing programs such as peer wellness coaching, peer wellness education, massage, and mindful meditation. This includes customer service, program registration, leading student meetings, assessing and organizing requests, and tracking survey data.

  • Work with each unique program area to increase awareness through marketing and communication strategies across campus.

  • Take a critical look at the current wellbeing programming and recommend strategies to improve operational processes; take the lead on creating appropriate deliverables with support.

  • Provide wellness coaching for undergraduate and graduate students.

  • Support the development, facilitation, and evaluation of wellbeing workshops to student groups, classes, and campus departments. This includes public speaking with small and large group audiences.

  • Participate and engage fully in professional development and leadership opportunities including the professional intern curriculum.

  • Assist in hiring, training, supervising, and evaluating wellbeing student employees and professional staff.

  • Engage in the Rec Well all staff meetings, divisional committees, and other professional development responsibilities.

Key Job Responsibilities:
  • Coordinates logistics for events and programs
  • Prepares and monitors budgets and purchases expenditures as needed
  • Engages in the Rec Well professional internship development curriculum, all staff meetings, divisional committees, and other professional development responsibilities and opportunities.
  • Creates and implements materials, workshops, and programming to support the needs of the department
  • Engages in the Rec Well professional internship development curriculum, all staff meetings, divisional committees, and other professional development responsibilities and opportunities.

  • Assists in implementing the staffing resource allocation plan including hiring, training, and supervision
  • Identifies, proposes, and implements new or revised operational policies and procedures
  • Develops targeted communication plans and materials based on established goals
Department:

Wellbeing

Compensation:

$22.50/Hour

Work Schedule:

This position works an average of 30 hours per week. The typical schedule is Monday- Friday between the hours of 8 a.m.- 4 p.m. with occasional evening and weekend support required.

Academic Year Internship Program Information:

  • Internships are limited-time employments lasting 9 months or 1,040 total hours

  • Internship dates are approximate and will run mid-August 2026 to May 2027

Education:
  • HS Diploma - Required

  • Bachelor's Degree in a related field with cumulative undergraduate GPA of at least 2.75 (or advancing towards with anticipated graduation by August 2026)

How to Apply:

As part of the application process, you will be required to upload a current resume.

Contact Information:

Madelyn Johnson, recruitment@recwell.wisc.edu

Institutional Statement on Diversity:

Diversity is a source of strength, creativity, and innovation for UW-Madison. We value the contributions of each person and respect the profound ways their identity, culture, background, experience, status, abilities, and opinion enrich the university community. We commit ourselves to the pursuit of excellence in teaching, research, outreach, and diversity as inextricably linked goals.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison fulfills its public mission by creating a welcoming and inclusive community for people from every background - people who as students, faculty, and staff serve Wisconsin and the world.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, including but not limited to, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, pregnancy, disability, or status as a protected veteran and other bases as defined by federal regulations and UW System policies. We promote excellence by acknowledging skills and expertise from all backgrounds and encourage all qualified individuals to apply. For more information regarding applicant and employee rights and to view federal and state required postings, visit the Human Resources Workplace Poster website.

To request a disability or pregnancy-related accommodation for any step in the hiring process (e.g., application, interview, pre-employment testing, etc.), please contact the Divisional Disability Representative (DDR) in the division you are applying to. Please make your request as soon as possible to help the university respond most effectively to you.

Employment may require a criminal background check. It may also require your references to answer questions regarding misconduct, including sexual violence and sexual harassment.

The University of Wisconsin System will not reveal the identities of applicants who request confidentiality in writing, except that the identity of the successful candidate will be released. See Wis. Stat. sec. 19.36(7).

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