Reader Application Form

Fall 2026

Please complete the application all in one sitting, as the application will not allow you to save and submit at a later time. A resumé and cover letter are required of all applicants. The deadline to submit all materials is 11:59 PM PDT, July 20, 2025.

The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Submitting this application is only used to consider you for a reader of first year student applications. To sign up for our counselor newsletter and other counselor resources, visit our Counselor Resources Page.

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Job Description

UCSB Reader Position Description

Using professional judgment, the Reader will review and analyze applicant information (including academic achievement, personal history, extracurricular activities, leadership awards, service, work experience, etc.) to identify applicants who would contribute to the quality and vitality of the campus community. Readers will review both domestic and international applications.

Minimum Requirements to Apply

Required:

Applicants selected will have experience in areas or programs that promote or prepare students for post-secondary education and are willing to read Fall 2026 applications exclusively for UC Santa Barbara. Participants will have the ability to participate remotely with internet access and video conferencing with camera and microphone capabilities. The employee is responsible for providing internet connection and computer (desktop or laptop recommended as there can be issues with mobile devices).

Desired:

We seek to employ professional educators with recent experience in educational settings (e.g., teachers, counselors, administrators), professional experience with diverse student populations and academic settings, and those with experience as a UCSB Reader who successfully met minimum expectations in a previous application cycle.

Compensation:

Compensation for Readers is $23.58 per hour.

Personal Information

What is your legal name?

We'd like to know your legal name - the name that appears on official documents, like your birth certificate, passport, or driver's license

Legal First Name*

Legal Middle Name

Legal Last Name*

Do you have a lived name?*

A lived or preferred name is a name that is different from your legal name (for example, a middle name that you go by or a name that aligns with your gender identity). If you enter a lived name, we'll use it in most of our communications with you about the application, except when we must use your legal name.

Do you have a lived name?*

Yes

Lived First Name*

Lived Middle Name

Lived Last Name*

If hired, would you be able to present proof of your legal right to work in the U.S. or evidence of your U.S. citizenship?*

Yes

Contact Information

Please provide your personal contact information that you will have access to, and regularly check, over the summer months. All communication regarding your application as a reader will be sent to this contact information, with email being the primary method.

Email Address*

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Device Email Priority (Hidden)

Email Device Type (Hidden)

Phone Number*

Phone Type*

Although unlikely, I authorize text messages (for example, reminders about meeting application read goal targets) to be sent to the above phone number and accept responsibility for any charges incurred.*

Yes

Personal Mailing Address*

Country

Street

City

Region

Postal Code

Your School/Organization information

Are you a Private or Independent counselor?*

Yes

Title*

Other Description:*

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Share with us the organization you primarily work or worked for. Slowly type your school/organization name into the prompt below and select your school based on the city and state listed.

School/Organization Name*

School City*

Please check the box if you do not find your school after several searches. If your school does appear, please be sure you've selected it from the options that appear.*

My School is not listed

Please provide the name of your school and the City/State in which it's located.*

Affiliated School Key (Hidden)

School Entered (Hidden)

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Not listed Check (Hidden)

Company Name*

Experience & Commitment

Please indicate if you are applying to be a returning or first-time reader for UC Santa Barbara.*

First-time reader

Returning reader

How did you hear about the reader position?*

Please provide any additional information you would like the Office of Admissions to consider as part of your application. If you could not meet the 1,000 application target during the previous cycle, please explain. You may also include this in your cover letter and skip this question.

Are you a current graduate student at UC Santa Barbara?*
If yes, further information will be requested at a later time.

Yes

Candidates must confirm they agree to adhere to all the following:*

I understand that Readers will read both domestic and international applications.

I have the ability to participate remotely with internet access and video conferencing with camera and microphone capabilities. I am aware that Readers must provide their own computer and internet access.

Although UC Santa Barbara requires me to work remotely, I am aware that UC does not allow employees to work while traveling or living abroad. All work must be completed while physically located in the U.S.

I am willing to read exclusively for UCSB during the Fall application read cycle.

I will commit to working a minimum of 15 hours every week starting from December to mid-February, for about 10 weeks (including winter breaks).

I am committed to working in a secure environment (digital and physical) to protect the applicant data used in the application reading process.

I understand that the process of reading applications includes constructive feedback, and sometimes the need for correction.

Required Training and Review Sessions

Please select the virtual read training sessions you plan to attend, if hired. This will assist us in planning. If hired, you will be able to change to the alternate session if necessary. All sessions will be 8:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m., Pacific time with a 30-minute break for lunch.

In addition to attending training sessions, there are several required University of California (online) training modules and the reader certification processes that will be completed individually (asynchronously).

Please select a virtual training session:*
Hired Readers are required to attend one of the virtual training sessions listed below and one of the virtual sample review sessions.

Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2025

Saturday, Oct. 25, 2025

Wednesday, Oct. xx, 2026

Saturday, Oct. xx, 2026

Please select a virtual sample review session:*

Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2025

Saturday, Nov. 1, 2025

Wednesday, Oct. XX, 2026

Saturday, Nov. XX, 2026

Hired Readers are required to attend a brief zoom meeting with personnel staff to complete hiring paperwork in late September or early October (date and time TBD).*

I acknowledge that if hired, I am required to schedule a meeting with personnel staff to complete the hiring process.

UC Employment History

Are you applying to read fall 2026 applications for any other UC campuses?*

Yes

Do you have any current or previous UC employment?*
Please consider previous employment as staff, faculty, temporary reader, or any other contract/temporary positions.

Yes

Please include your prior UC Employment information (UC campus, job title, department, supervisor, and dates of employment) in your resume.

Are you a current UC employee?*

Yes

Are you a UC retiree?*

Yes

What campus did you retire from?*

What is the date of your retirement?*

Did you opt for a lump sum or monthly payment?*

Lump sum

Monthly

Please note that hiring UC retirees requires additional permission from the Chancellor, and we may experience delays in processing. If you are offered the position, we will keep you updated on your status.

Cover letter and resume

Please attach your cover letter in PDF format*

Please attach a copy of your current resume in PDF format.*

Principles of Community

The University of California, Santa Barbara is a leading research institution that also provides a comprehensive liberal arts learning experience. Because teaching and research go hand in hand at UC Santa Barbara, our students are full participants in an educational journey of discovery that stimulates independent thought, critical reasoning, and creativity. Our community of faculty, students, and staff are involved in a culture of interdisciplinary collaboration that is responsive to the needs of our multicultural and global society. Through the creation and distribution of knowledge that advances the well-being of our state, nation, and world, we demonstrate our commitment to public service.

To fulfill our mission, faculty, staff, and students are engaged in a process that begins with cultivating a sense of mutual respect and understanding amongst our community's diverse components. Towards this end, we acknowledge that the success of this University depends on each student, staff, and faculty member's thoughtful adherence to the following principles of community:

We affirm the intrinsic dignity in each of us.
We seek to cultivate understanding among the diverse parts of our whole.
We believe in every individual's right to freedom of expression, including the ability to disagree with and/or counter another's point of view, limited only by University regulations governing time, place, and manner.
We hold one another accountable to the highest standards of civility, respect, and decency in all of our interactions.
We do not tolerate acts of bigotry, harassment, or other harm to individuals by anyone in our community on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, sexual orientation, sex, gender, age, physical or mental ability, size, language, religious beliefs, political affiliation, gender identity, service in the uniformed services, citizenship, pregnancy, medical condition, genetic information, ancestry, marital status, or national origin among other personal characteristics. We affirm that the responsibility for opposing such behavior lies with all members of the community whenever they encounter such behavior.
We celebrate our differences and recognize and honor diversity as vital to the excellence of our University.
We strive individually and collectively to make UC Santa Barbara an inclusive environment in which to live, work and learn.
We affirm that UC Santa Barbara, as a public institution, extends these Principles of Community through public service work.
We affirm our individual and collective responsibility to uphold in words and actions the highest values of Scholarship, Leadership and Citizenship.

We affirm the intrinsic dignity in each of us.
We seek to cultivate understanding among the diverse parts of our whole.
We believe in every individual's right to freedom of expression, including the ability to disagree with and/or counter another's point of view, limited only by University regulations governing time, place, and manner.
We hold one another accountable to the highest standards of civility, respect, and decency in all of our interactions.
We do not tolerate acts of bigotry, harassment, or other harm to individuals by anyone in our community on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, sexual orientation, sex, gender, age, physical or mental ability, size, language, religious beliefs, political affiliation, gender identity, service in the uniformed services, citizenship, pregnancy, medical condition, genetic information, ancestry, marital status, or national origin among other personal characteristics. We affirm that the responsibility for opposing such behavior lies with all members of the community whenever they encounter such behavior.
We celebrate our differences and recognize and honor diversity as vital to the excellence of our University.
We strive individually and collectively to make UC Santa Barbara an inclusive environment in which to live, work and learn.
We affirm that UC Santa Barbara, as a public institution, extends these Principles of Community through public service work.
We affirm our individual and collective responsibility to uphold in words and actions the highest values of Scholarship, Leadership and Citizenship.

I acknowledge, value, and agree with these guiding principles.

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