Student Jobs and Internships

The ARC provides academic support to all students enrolled at Brightpoint Community College. The ARC’s primary goal is to create an open atmosphere of learning for all students. We assist students in numerous academic disciplines through a variety of tutoring techniques by addressing student’s individual needs. We are hiring for 2 positions.

Peer Tutor

The ARC Peer Tutor will support student learning by providing free tutoring services to Brightpoint Community College students. Peer Tutors assist with subject-area knowledge and serve as a model student, demonstrating techniques, attitudes, and philosophies of successful learners. Pay is $11.00 per hour. Open to both work-study and non-work study students.

Front Desk Assistant

The ARC Front Desk Assistant will perform receptionist duties and work closely with Tutoring Center Staff to provide an inviting environment to those who enter the ARC and Virtual ARC. Pay is $11.00 per hour. Open to all students eligible for federal work-study.

The Business, Engineering and Technology Division is seeking a work-study student office assistant for both Chester and Midlothian campuses. Responsibilities include:

• Filing and shredding
• Copying
• Answering phones
• Greeting faculty, students, parents

Students should have excellent customer service and time-management skills and be dependable. This position has flexible hours between 8 a.m. and 7 p.m. Monday through Friday; the assistant can work mornings, evenings, or split shifts between classes. Pay is $11.00 per hour.

If you are interested in being considered, contact Tara Lewis at (804) 706-5114.

This position will support the mission of the Community College Workforce Alliance as receptionist at CCWA’s Chester Campus location.  Work schedule can be flexible around the student’s class schedule, but will need to be consistent. Work schedule Monday-Friday. Daytime hours required. Pay is $11.00/hour.  Contact Sonya Short at 804-523-5618 or sshort@ccwa.vccs.edu if interested.

The Division of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences is seeeking at lab assistant for the Education Lab at the Chester Campus (Moyar Hall, 201). 

Responsibilities:

• Organize and manage the Lab space and materials
• Set up or clean up the lab as per instructions from early childhood and education faculty for classes as well as special events
• Make materials available to students after/before class for required class projects
• Assist with ordering supplies
• Supervise students using the lab for coursework outside of class
• Other tasks as assigned by supervisors.

Required Skills:

• Organization and management skills
• Supervisory skills
• Dependability and punctuality

Preferred qualifications: Students enrolled in the education or early childhood programs at Brightpoint

Pay is $11 per/hr.  Work schedule of 10 hours a week will be created by the worker and supervisors to meet the needs of students. Evening hours are expected.

Contact Pradnya Patet at ppatet@brightpoint.edu or Virginia Massaro at vmassaro@brightpoint.edu. 

The Financial Aid Office is seeking a work-study student to work at the front desk. This position will:

• Greet students at the front desk and connect them with the appropriate staff in the Financial Aid office or refer them to the appropriate office.
• Assist students with FAFSA completion
• Ensure all printed materials are available at the front desk area
• Complete projects as assigned by the supervisor (filing, research, customer service outreach)

Applicants should be organized, have good phone and email etiquette and be willing to learn. Applicants should be available to work 10-20 hours per week during the hours of 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Students will not be schedule to work while they are in class. Pay is $11.00 per hour. To apply, please email Tosha Robinson.

The Brightpoint Community College Foundation, which provides financial support for Brightpoint students and the college, is looking for a student to help with office operations including – data entry into the Foundation database software, organizing donor files, and helping with office mailings.

Must be detailed-oriented and have a good working knowledge of Microsoft Office programs including Excel and Word. Pay is $11.00 per hour. If you’re interested, please email us your resume. Open to all students.

The Help Hub Support Representative is responsible for providing real-time tier one support for the more than 9,000 students enrolled at Brightpoint. Representatives will respond to requests for support either in person in the new Welcome Centers on campus and/or that come in through the Help Hub via Zoom, Google Voice text messaging, and Google Forms. Representatives will assist students with password resets, basic Canvas or LMS usage issues, support requests for using Microsoft Office 365, and general assistance with other student-facing technology such as SIS, Navigate, and the myBrightpoint portal. Help Hub Support Representatives must have excellent customer service and problem-solving skills, be comfortable working independently and in a remote environment, able to multitask, communicate effectively, and quickly ascertain a student's need and address it. Experience in customer service or a help desk setting is preferred. The internship is a minimum of 10 hours a week. Pay is $11.00 per hour. Please submit a resume to support@helphub.brightpoint.edu. Hiring occurs throughout the year. Open to all students.

Serve as the receptionist in executive suite, N128, in the Nicholas Center at the Chester Campus, welcoming and assisting staff, administrators, and guests. Light office tasks and occasional help with events and projects.

Must be friendly, articulate, and have a professional manner.

Work schedule will be set within regular office hours, 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. 

Contact Dianne Bosher at dbosher@brightpoint.edu.

The Library seeks motivated, organized students to work the part-time student job in the Library. We are hiring for the Spring 2023 semester at both campuses. The job pays $11/hour. Most students work between 5 and 15 hours. The maximum hours per week is 20 hrs/week. To be eligible, you must be taking Spring 2023 classes at Brightpoint. Interested? Apply using our online application.

The Department of Engineering seeks work-study students interested in serving as monitors overseeing the use of the MakerSpace laboratory on the Midlothian Campus. The MakerSpace contains a 3D printer, common hand and power tools, sensors, motors, and programmable microcontrollers (Arduino and VEX kits); monitors will support students as they work in the MakerSpace, including leading safety tutorials and cleaning and maintaining equipment. Pay is $11.00 per hour.

Learn more and apply.

Chester Campus
This position is only open to work-study students.  The successful candidate will perform office support tasks, such as filing, making copies, bulk scanning, data entry, shredding, run errands, and assisting with any related office duties as assigned.

Required skills are typing and data entry.  Storng communications skills and being detail-orriented are required.

Must be available during the day, with some evenings availability (after 5 pm). Contact Ilona Diamond at 804-706-5255 or ibolotova-diamond@brightpoint.edu. 

Midlothian Campus
Support the Division of Mathematics, Science, Health and Human Services at the Midlothian campus by performing office tasks, such as filing, making copies, and shredding.  Contact Alysia Brantley at 804-594-1500 or abrantley@brightpoint.edu.

Are you friendly and able to provide great customer service? Do you enjoy interacting with people at events and activities? If so, the Office of Student Activities may be a great place for you to work. Pay is $11.00 per hour. If you’re interested, please email us your resume, availability, and preferred campus to work from.

Show your Brightpoint pride as a student ambassador, giving tours to prospective students and helping out with recruiting events. Fill out an online application. Pay is $11.00 per hour. Open to all students.