ASUWB Legislative Coordinator (2025-26)

Description

UW Bothell offers student employment opportunities to help prepare students by providing practical work experience. Students are provided professional development and mentoring to develop skills to support post-graduation employment preparation and success.

Student Engagement & Activities (SEA) - Duties & Responsibilities:

• Contribute respectfully to the diverse and inclusive work environment at UWB and the Student Engagement & Activities (SEA) department
• Perform outreach to students about SEA programs, events, and services to promote student involvement, and provide current information about campus resources
• Maintain shared workspace with other student leaders, including supplies management, rotating cleaning and organizational duties, prompt reporting of issues, etc.
• Maintain active, timely communication with advisor(s)/supervisor and team
• Connect with the UW Bothell student body to find out what different students want and/or need
• Maintain documents and folders in a shared digital filing system, on the student engagement platform, social media, and other technology assigned by the department
• Perform clerical duties including documenting and updating processes, data entry, maintaining work calendars, and scheduling meetings
• Support and staff SEA events and operations as needed. This includes but is not limited to: New Student Orientation, Welcome Week, SEA org support, and large-scale campus events
• Represent the SEA department at events and as requested by supervisor
• Support the recruitment of future student leaders during hiring processes

 

Role-specific duties

The Legislative Coordinator (LC) shall: 

• Serve as the chief lobbyist at Olympia for the ASUWB legislative agenda 

1. File PDC lobbyist reports as required by state law during the legislative session 

1. Serve as the liaison to ASUW Seattle, ASUW Tacoma and GPSS counterparts 

1. With the DOGA, meet separately with the UWB Director of Government and Community Relations and the Health & Wellness Resource Center at the beginning of the academic year. The meeting with the resource center shall be to assess needs for the legislative agenda 

1. Share legislative updates to the Board of Directors and Senate as requested or necessary, but shall at least share updates on the legislative agenda after each legislative cutoff 

1. Serve on the Washington Student Association Legislative Proposal Committee and be a member of the Legislative Liaison Program 

1. Collaborate with the United States Student Association, Washington Student Association, and other organizations on legislative priorities 

1. During the legislative session, may join remotely or be excused from Senate and Board of Directors meetings if unable to attend due to legislative work conflicting 

1. As needed with the Director of Government Affairs: 

1. Coordinate civic engagement initiatives, including coordinating voter registration and facilitating Get Out the Vote efforts 

1. Coordinate the annual Huskies on the Hill lobby day with ASUW Seattle, ASUW Tacoma, and GPSS 

1. Be a member of the Civic Actions Committee 

Pay Rate

This position is hourly at $21.30/hour (subject to change on January 1, 2027)

Employment Period (estimated)

September 1st, 2026 - June 30th, 2026

Employment is dependent on SAF funding approval.

UW Bothell Diversity Statement: Diversity and Inclusion are core values and priorities of the University of Washington Bothell. Our work begins with the acceptance and celebration of the differences that are represented through the many diverse and minoritized communities on our campus and in the surrounding community. We recognize that we are bound together in a collective experience and that our actions impact all in our community. When we focus on the lives of the most marginalized groups among us, we also create conditions of equity, justice and academic excellence for everyone.

As embodied in our Diversity Action Plan, we are engaged in an ongoing process of identifying and confronting the ways in which institutional and interpersonal discrimination inhibits the lives and education of our students, staff and faculty.

All new student employees must also complete UW's online Title IX course about preventing and responding to sex-and gender-based violence and harassment.

 

Qualifications

In order to be eligible for this position, applicants must be: 

• Committed to working in a culturally diverse environment 
• A matriculated University of Washington Bothell student
• Able to commit for the entire academic year, incl. fall, winter, and spring quarters
• Enrolled in at least 6 credits as an undergraduate student or at least 5 credits as a graduate student each quarter of employment
• Able to work in person (percentage of in-person work depends on position)
• In good standing with UWB. Good standing is defined as: 
  • Must have a 2.5 cumulative and quarterly GPA 
  • Must be in good judicial standing (student conduct) 

Application Instructions

Application Instructions 

To submit a complete application, you will need your resume available to upload.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

University of Washington is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic information.

Diversity is a core value of University of WA Bothell.  We believe the power of diversity enriches all of us by exposing us to a range of ways to understand and engage with the world, identify challenges, and to discover, design and deliver solutions. To learn more, read our Diversity Statement.