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The University of Kansas
Front Office Student Assistant
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What they do
A Front Office Assistant greets people in an office, handles calls, and provides administrative assistance for the office. Organizes files and assists with record keeping and data base management. Manages office mail, email and text correspondence. Greets visitors, clients, patients or vendors who come to an office. Answers phone calls and directs inquiries to other staff.
$36,529 / year median in Kansas
+3% projected growth
Job Description
Front Office Student Assistant
Position Overview
Front office student assistant providing general office assistance to the staff of the C&PE Department. Duties would 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.
Job Description
80%: Assist department staff with phones, mail, filing, office organization, and lunch and meeting coverage.
15%: Office duties (word processing, scanning).
5%: Other duties as assigned.
Required Qualifications
Strong MS Office skills, including Word, PowerPoint, and Excel.
Strong verbal and written communication skills.
Have a minimum of 2-hour blocks of availability between the hours of 9 AM and 4:30 PM M-F.
Preferred Qualifications
Prior experience working in an office setting.
Experience with software for creating graphics.
Position Requirements
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