Our staff is predominantly comprised of undergraduate students, and it is this staff that is at the heart of of the UCLA Orientation Program. The staff is comprised of two types of staff members: the Orientation Counselors (OCs) and the Orientation Assistants (OAs).

The Orientation Counselors are the peer advisors who provide both academic counseling and a firsthand knowledge of the campus to students at the first-Year and transfer sessions. Some job responsibilities include:

• Welcome and introduce new students to UCLA.
• Familiarize students with academic requirements, college rules and regulations, scholarship requirements and degree requirements.
• Suggest courses and class sequences to balance academic loads according to skills to enhance learning.
• Describe the classroom experience for a UCLA student.
• Plan and present workshops and facilitate discussions.
• Conduct tours of the campus and inform students of UCLA history, tradition, and pride.

• Welcome and introduce families/guests of incoming students to UCLA.
• Familiarize students/families/guests with academic requirements, college rules and regulations, scholarship requirements and degree requirements.
• Provide administrative support for the Orientation Program office (including answering phones, dealing with walk-in clients, correspondence, etc.).
• Process and make changes to student/family reservations.
• Plan and present workshops and facilitate discussions.
• Conduct tours of the campus and inform families/guests of UCLA history, tradition, and pride.

If you are interested in applying for either of these positions, you must attend an information meeting in January of the year in which you are interested in being on staff. At these meetings, you will receive important information about the positions and an application. The dates for these meetings are: