Join Our Team!
The Assault Survivors Advocacy Program (ASAP) has two ways you can get involved and join our team: as a volunteer or an intern.
Becoming a peer advocate is a great way to get involved on campus, develop interpersonal skills, explore career interests, and give back to our Bear Community.
It's easy to get started doing this important work. Check out the job descriptions below, submit an application and join us in creating a culture of consent and empowering survivors on our campus.
How to Become a Peer Advocate
First fill out a written application for either an intern or a volunteer in the Peer Advocacy Program. Once you have submitted an application, we will review your application and reach out to applicants for an interview based on their application materials. After an applicant accepts either their volunteer or internship slot, we conduct criminal and university background checks.
Timeline to apply for spring 2025
Applications for the Spring 2025 semester are now closed! If you submitted an application before 11/11 you will receive an email to set up an interview. All other applications received past this deadline will be reviewed for Fall of 2025.
We review applications as they are submitted, so the earlier you submit your application, the better. Every semester we host a 40-hour mandatory training* the week before classes start. Once this mandatory training week begins, we will not be able to accept additional applications. You will need to wait and apply for the next training cycle in fall or spring.
Applications will close once all positions have been filled.
Submit your completed application and resume to advocacy@unco.edu.
Interviews will be scheduled once a complete application is submitted.
*All peer advocates are required to attend the 40-hour mandatory training. Inability to attend the entire training week will disqualify your application.
Mandatory Spring 2025 Training: Monday, January 6 - Friday, January 10
What ASAP Interns and Advocates Do
ASAP interns and volunteer advocates are UNC students who complete a mandatory 40-hour training program on sexual violence, intimate partner violence, stalking and advocacy. Throughout the semester, advocates provide direct advocacy and crisis response to survivors at residence halls, the Office of Institutional Equity and Compliance, the ASAP office, hospitals, courtrooms, and UNCPD. Advocates that intern with ASAP are responsible for developing and facilitating prevention education programming on campus in collaboration with their supervisors and campus partners. Our interns and volunteers are responsible for answering the ASAP business line and working on their projects during business hours.
Questions?
If you have any questions or concerns throughout your application process, please feel free to email advocacy@unco.edu or contact the ASAP office at 970-351-1490.
