Administrative Assistant, Student Employee (Student Involvement, Marketing & Communications)

Lindenwood University; Iowa (LA); On-site; USD 17,000 - 24,000; Part time

Job summary

The Administrative Assistant, Student Employee at Lindenwood University supports marketing and communications for departmental programs, events, and engagement opportunities. The role contributes to content development for digital and print platforms and helps maintain a consistent departmental brand presence.

You will assist with Mane Connection workflows, event highlights, and engagement data to support student outreach.

Qualifications

• Currently enrolled at Lindenwood University with good standing.
• Strong written and verbal communication abilities.
• Ability to work with a diverse community and multitask effectively.
• Proficiency with basic office software and data systems.

Responsibilities

• Support marketing and communications for departmental programs and events.
• Maintain brand consistency across digital and print platforms.
• Assist with scheduling, reservations, supplies, and inventory.
• Prepare and organize routine documents and communications.
• Capture event highlights and engagement data for outreach.
• Assist with training and staff meetings per university policy.

Skills

Communication skills

Customer service

Organization

Critical thinking

Research skills

Diversity awareness

Education

Currently enrolled Lindenwood University

Good academic standing

Tools

Spreadsheets

Databases

Office suite

Job description

Welcome to Career Opportunities at Lindenwood University.

JOB TITLE SUMMARY

Job Title: Administrative Assistant, Student Employee

Job Code: 2004

Scheduled Weekly Hours: 20 hours per week

Job Week Assignment: 36 weeks per year

Rate of Pay: $15.00 per hour

Work Cycle: Monday two weeks prior to the start of fall semester through graduation

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt

Revision Date: 7.16.2026

Job Summary

The Administrative Assistant, Student Employee assigned to the Office of Student Involvement supports marketing and communication efforts that promote departmental programs, events, and engagement opportunities. The position contributes to content development for digital and print platforms, assists with marketing request workflows through Mane Connection, helps maintain a consistent departmental brand presence, and captures event highlights and engagement data to support student outreach. Although the student employee may have a primary focus in marketing and communications, the position supports the Office of Student Involvement as a whole and contributes ideas that increase student awareness, participation, and campus involvement.

Essential Job Functions and Performance Indicators

The intent of this job description is to provide a representation of the types of duties and level of responsibility that will be required of positions given this title. This job description shall not be construed as a declaration of the total of the specific duties and responsibilities of any particular position. Employees may be directed to perform job-related tasks other than those specifically presented in this description.

Job Responsibilities

• Supports the mission of the University and serves as an ambassador of the Q2 culture of service excellence
• Models, supports, and holds others accountable to the University’s values
• Responds to students, employees, visitors, and community members in a timely and professional manner through in-person, telephone, email, and other approved communication methods.
• Provides routine administrative and operational support according to established departmental procedures and priorities.
• Prepares, edits, formats, and organizes routine documents, correspondence, communications, and departmental materials.
• Enters, maintains, retrieves, and organizes information using approved university systems, spreadsheets, databases, reports, rosters, and filing processes.
• Assists with departmental scheduling, requests, reservations, supplies, equipment, inventory, and related tracking.
• Assists with departmental meetings, programs, events, and initiatives, including preparation, setup, check-in, materials, cleanup, and documentation.
• Supports the department or operational unit as a whole and may be assigned related work outside the employee’s primary functional area based on departmental needs.
• Participates in required training and staff meetings and performs work in accordance with university policies, established procedures, and supervisor direction.

Job may require other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications – An equivalent combination of education, training, and experience will be considered. Additional requirements may be designated by position.

• Currently enrolled at Lindenwood University
• Good academic and financial standing with the University

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities – May be representative, but not all inclusive, of the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to perform this job competently.

• Demonstrated ability to work effectively with individuals from diverse communities and cultures
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent customer service skills
• Highly organized with the ability to multitask
• Strong professional integrity
• Ability to use good judgement and think critically
• Basic research skillsAbility to learn and apply institutional policies and procedures

Work Environment – Environmental or atmospheric conditions commonly associated with the performance of this job’s functions. Please click here to view Lindenwood University’s flexible work designation descriptions.

• General office setting
• Standard business hours
• Fully On-Ground

Physical Abilities – The physical demands described below are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform this job’s functions. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

• Ability to work effectively at a computer for up to eight hours daily
• Ability to sit for extended periods of time
• Ability to lift/carry items commonly found in an office setting including, but not limited to, documents, laptops, keyboards, etc.
• Regular in-person attendance is a necessary and essential function

Equal Opportunity Employer

Lindenwood University is an Equal Opportunity employer. The University complies with appropriate federal, state, and local laws and provides equal employment opportunities and access to educational programs without regard to race, color, religion, gender, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, disability, or any other protected status to all qualified applicants and employees. Lindenwood University is committed to a policy of non-discrimination and dedicated to providing a positive discrimination-free educational work environment.