Assistant I (Hourly)

Austin Community College • Elgin, IL

5d • $23 • Onsite

About The Position

Provide support to farm staff, perform daily farm tasks, assist with harvesting, planting, and growing vegetables.

Requirements

• Farm procedures and practices.
• Customer service techniques.
• Maintaining confidentiality of work-related information and materials.
• Establishing and maintaining effective working relationships.
• Maintaining an established work schedule.
• Effectively using interpersonal and communication skills.
• Effectively using organizational and planning skills.
• Entering data, maintaining files, and performing other clerical duties.
• Effective customer-orientation when working with a multicultural population.
• Use a variety of spreadsheet, word processing, database, and presentation software.
• May also use social media, work with desktop publishing, and update webpages.
• Work safely and follow safety rules.
• Report unsafe working conditions and behavior.
• Take reasonable and prudent actions to prevent others from engaging in unsafe practices.

Responsibilities

• Performs farm duties in support of faculty, staff, and/or student efforts
• Gathers, compiles, and enters data, producing routine reports and documents.
• Produces handouts, fliers, newsletters, brochures, manuals, and other documents.
• Maintains tracking systems and logs.
• Operates farm equipment such as tillers and compost.

Benefits

• Benefits include medical, dental, life insurance, short- and long-term disability, retirement plans, and AD&D.
• ACC does not participate in Social Security.
• ACC participates in the Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS) and the Optional Retirement Program (ORP-Faculty and Administrators Only).
• Hourly employees participate in the ACC Money Purchase Plan (ACCMPP) as a retirement program required by federal law.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees