Job Description

Office Assistants are student employees who perform tasks crucial to UEP鈥檚 functioning, including event planning, social media and communications updates, and听Norlin Scholar selection process support. They gain office skills and learn what it means to work in a higher education context. UEP student employees are hired, supervised and evaluated by the Office Manager.听The听term of employment is the academic year, contingent on satisfactory performance, from Fall through Spring semesters, typically for 9-16 hours/week around the student鈥檚 academic schedule. Summer opportunities are occasionally available.

Job Responsibilities

  • Reception--greet visitors, provide phone and front desk听reception听
  • Event Planning--assist with all levels of event planning management, including researching听event options and locations,听tracking听registration, preparing听event materials and participating in event debriefing.
  • Norlin Scholar Selection Process--assist in coordination of application and selection process
  • Social Media and Communications--write weekly digest, maintain listserv, and provide website updates and maintenance
  • Office Accounting--research purchases听and assist in听procurement allocation processes
  • General office duties鈥攎aintain a clean and organized office, manage and respond to email, track suite usage, monitor office supplies, run campus errands, etc.听

Job Qualifications

  • Excellent interpersonal and strong verbal and written communication skills
  • Ability to use moderate independent judgment
  • Attention to detail听and time management
  • Enthusiasm听about working with students听as well as planning and staffing events
  • Strong IT skills including听facility with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint听and Outlook听
  • Experience with website editing and Qualtrics surveys听(preferred)
  • Work-study eligibility as determined by the FAFSA (preferred but not required)

Compensation

Compensation starts at听$16.00/hour.

Benefits

As a student hourly employee, you are eligible for jury duty pay, sick leave and may be subject to enrollment in the Student Employment Retirement Plan (SERP); Optional Savings Plans 403B, 457, 401k. Sick leave accrues at a rate of 0.034 hours per every 1 hour worked. You are not eligible for fringe benefits such as vacation, unemployment, paid holiday leave and/or tuition remission. Additional information can be found at: .

For other student employee benefit questions, students may contact Benefits at

  • Phone:听303-860-4200, option 3
  • Toll-free:听1-855-216-7740, option 3
  • Hours:听8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.听
  • Email:听benefits@cu.edu

Apply

If you are interested in applying for an听Office Assistant听position, fill out and submit this . Email听uep@colorado.edu听with any questions.听