Office Assistant

University of New Mexico•Albuquerque, NM

11d•$14•Onsite

About The Position

UNM Continuing Education (CE) is seeking a highly motivated and detail-oriented Student Office Assistant to join our Registration team. UNM Continuing Education is committed to providing innovative, accessible learning opportunities to individuals, organizations and communities in New Mexico and around the world. Student Office Assistants are an extremely valuable part of the CE Registration Team and support Continuing Ed in a variety of ways to meet our many business needs. We are looking for students who are positive thinkers, like to learn, demonstrate responsibility, and demonstrate strong attention to detail. In order to achieve CE’s objectives and goals, the Student Office Assistant must be reliable and provide a high level of customer service to our participants and customers. Student Office Assistants will help register participants by telephone and in-person, respond to customer inquiries, and provide information about CE classes and programs. Furthermore, Student Office Assistants provide assistance to our program managers, help with various administrative projects, and learn the basic tasks found in an office environment. UNM CE provides students with valuable work experience, including, when possible, projects that focus on their areas of interest. We also like to involve our student employees in ongoing learning and training with our staff, and work to send our students out into the world with job maturity and professionalism. This position requires working in the office full time. UNM CE is located north of UNM Main campus and provides free off-campus parking.

Requirements

Minimum availability required is 12 hours per week during regular business hours
Ability to maintain confidentiality of records and information
Customer service oriented with phone and people skills
Proficiency with Microsoft Office and Data Entry
Ability to prepare and print routine correspondence, labels and/or other basic written material
Ability to organize and maintain a professional work area
Proactive and action oriented
Punctual and reliable

Nice To Haves

Bilingual in Spanish is preferred.
Work Study award for the Fall–Spring school year is preferred.

Responsibilities

Answer telephones, register participants, greet and direct visitors
Maintain and monitor incoming e-mails to UNMCE Registration and the None for the Road Program
Provide customer support for None for the Road Program
Perform a variety of routine data entry and data maintenance tasks
Assist on special projects: doing research, compiling summaries and data reports as needed
Copy and/or duplicate materials as requested
Some light lifting (up to 25lbs) and light cleaning
Performs other job-related duties as assigned

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