Campus Office Assistant: Front Desk & Social Media

Utah; Salt Lake City (UT); On-site; USD 16,531 - 20,664; Part time

Job summary

University of Utah is seeking an Office Assistant for the English Department in Salt Lake City. The part-time, temporary position greets visitors, assists faculty, staff, and students, manages social media, and provides general office support.

The role requires a high school diploma or equivalent and demonstrated customer service and communication skills, with familiarity with Adobe products and Microsoft Office preferred. Work-study eligibility applies.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalency (one year of education can be substituted for two years of related work experience) required.
• One year full-time customer service experience or equivalency, demonstrated human relation and effective communication skills also required.

Responsibilities

• Serve at front desk as face of the department. Represent the department in a professional and welcoming manner, greet visitors, and handle requests.
• Maintain the office space, including break areas and student lounge. Oversee office supplies and needs. Keep the kitchen and lounge areas stocked.
• Manage department social media. Collaborate with faculty, staff, students, and College of Humanities social media facilitators to promote events, news, and highlights.
• Assist staff and faculty in scheduling, organizing, and promoting department events.
• Keep schedules for classes, department meetings, and events. Help schedule rooms.
• Assist in office organization, including the upkeep of faculty and student mailboxes and department announcement spaces. Ensure daily collection and distribution of mail.
• Answer or forward any questions related to registration, courses, faculty information, graduate admissions, advising appointments, etc.
• Assist faculty and staff with copy and scanning needs. Oversee the maintenance of the copier and copy room.
• Work with staff to assist in their assignments. Direct students to appropriate staff.
• Be willing to expand this role and take on new responsibilities to include, but not to be limited to, minor accounting-related activities.

Skills

Customer service

Front desk

Social media

Microsoft Office

Adobe products

Communication skills

Job description

University of Utah is seeking an Office Assistant for the English Department in Salt Lake City. The part-time, temporary position greets visitors, assists faculty, staff, and students, manages social media, and provides general office support.

The role requires a high school diploma or equivalent and demonstrated customer service and communication skills, with familiarity with Adobe products and Microsoft Office preferred. Work-study eligibility applies.