Department Office Student Assistant

Position Overview

Front office student assistant providing general office assistance to the staff of the C&PE Department. Duties include daily mail retrieval and sorting, answering phone calls, answering departmental emails, assisting guests and students in the department office, supporting departmental staff with text‑based and graphic projects, and researching and summarizing information for reports. Students from across KU are encouraged to apply.

80%:
Assist department staff with phones, mail, filing, office organization, and lunch and meeting coverage.

15%:
Office duties (word processing, scanning).

5%:
Other duties.

• Prior experience working in an office, working in a PC/Windows environment, including MS Word, MS Excel, and graphic applications.
• Have (2) two‑hour blocks of available time M-F between 8 AM and 4:30 PM.

• Three‑hour blocks during M-F 8 AM and 4:30 PM.

During the semester term of the appointment, the student hourly must be enrolled in no fewer than 6 credit hours. For summer periods the student hourly must: (1) have been enrolled in no less than 6 hours in the past spring semester or (2) be pre‑enrolled in the upcoming fall semester in no less than 6 hours or (3) be enrolled in summer session or (4) be admitted to study in the upcoming fall semester.

Student Hourlies may be undergraduate or graduate students. Exceptions granted for GRA/GTA/GA appointments DO NOT apply to Student Hourly appointments.

This is an hourly/non‑exempt position. A student employee cannot hold an hourly/non‑exempt position and a salaried/exempt graduate or undergraduate position (GRA/GTA/GA/RUA/RGA) concurrently.

Student employees are not eligible for remote work arrangements unless an exception is approved by the unit leadership and HR.

• In addition to the online application, the following documents are required to be considered for this position:
• A cover letter addressing how the required and preferred qualifications are met.
• Resume.
• Contact information for three references, at least one being a past work supervisor.

Susan Williams

smwilliams

Advertised Salary Range: $14.00

Anticipated

Start Date:

Wednesday March 4, 2026