Student Assistant (Federal Work Study) - Student Engagement

Collin College•Plano, TX

19h•Onsite

About The Position

Student Assistants provide a variety of support for the department. This role involves essential duties such as answering phones, responding to general telephone inquiries, and transferring callers. Greeting visitors, campus visitors, students, faculty, staff, and the general public in a courteous, friendly, and professional manner is also a key responsibility. The position requires performing data entry, word processing, filing, making copies, faxing documents, and running errands on campus. Maintaining confidentiality and student privacy is crucial, as is performing all duties in accordance with College policy, procedures, and Core Values.

Requirements

Work Study Employees must have and maintain satisfactory academic progress of a 2.0 overall GPA or better at Collin College.
Work Study employees must remain enrolled in at least 6 credit hours during the semester in which they have a Work Study assignment.
Students must have been awarded summer Work Study funds and be enrolled in at least 6 hours at Collin College during the summer to be eligible for a summer Work Study assignment.
Students must have been awarded WS funds through Collin College for the current academic year and must accept their WS award in order to be considered for this position.
Before a WS job offer may be extended, final WS award authorization from the Financial Aid office is required.
This is a Security Sensitive position. Therefore candidates will be subject to a criminal background check.

Nice To Haves

Knowledge of terminology and/or coursework in the discipline desired.
Organizational skills and ability to meet deadlines.
Ability to communicate and work well with a diverse staff.
Ability to meet deadlines.
Ability to be responsible, dependable and punctual.
Ability to multi-task.

Responsibilities

Answering phones, responding to general telephone inquiries, and transferring callers to the appropriate party.
Greeting callers, campus visitors, students, faculty, staff and the general public in a courteous, friendly, and professional manner.
Direct visitors to the appropriate person.
Performing data entry and word processing.
Filing documents.
Making copies.
Faxing documents.
Running errands on assigned campus.
Perform other duties as assigned.
Maintain confidentiality and student privacy as required by department policy and procedure.
Perform all duties and maintain all standards in accordance with College policy, procedures and Core Values.