Ecampus Student Project Assistant

OSU Oregon State University; Corvallis (OR); On-site; USD 19,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

Oregon State University is seeking an Ecampus Student Project Assistant for the Division of Ecampus, Corporate & Workforce Education. This part-time role (up to 24 hours/week) supports data analysis, process improvement, and collaboration with campus partners to enhance online education access for working adults.

The position involves using AI and Microsoft Excel to organize and summarize data, with duties ranging from documentation to executive summaries.

Qualifications

• Current enrollment as OSU student with ongoing study.
• Clear written communication and professional email habits.
• Reliable, detail-oriented with strong organizational skills and deadlines.
• Curiosity, initiative, and willingness to learn from feedback.

Responsibilities

• Support routine internal communications with division teams and campus partners.
• Assist with meeting prep, notes revisions, and task follow-up.
• Assist with verification requests and tracking with students.
• Perform data analysis and QA to identify issues affecting student experience.
• Support recruitment fairs and events, including inventory of marketing collateral.

Skills

Clear written communication

Professional email habits

Learning new technology

Reliability & deadlines

Attention to detail

Task management

Education

Current OSU student enrollment

Priority for remaining enrollment 18 months

Tools

Microsoft Excel

SharePoint

Teams

Outlook

Job description

Job Description

This recruitment will be used to fill one part‑time (a maximum of 24 hours per week) Ecampus Student Project Assistant for the Division of Ecampus, Corporate & Workforce Education at Oregon State University (OSU). Reporting to the Associate Director of Corporate and Workforce Education, this position supports the optimal operation of all corporate and workforce education collaborations, which increases access and affordability for working adult learners to online education at Oregon State. Do you enjoy working with data, solving problems, and collaborating with people? Are you self‑motivated, reliable, and curious about how universities collaborate with industry to make education more accessible? Join us as a Corporate and Workforce Education Operations Assistant and help make a positive impact on the student experience at Oregon State. In this role, you’ll use artificial intelligence (AI), Microsoft Excel, and other analytical tools to organize, interpret, and summarize data that informs process improvement. You’ll complete a range of defined, task‑based assignments—such as data preparation and analysis, information gathering, documentation, and summary reporting that contribute to our decision‑making processes.

Position Duties

• Communication: Help with routine internal communications with division teams and campus partners
• Meeting Support: Assist with meeting prep and revision of meeting notes and storage. Assist with follow‑up tasks as needed
• Collaboration Verifications: Assist with verification requests, associated tracking of verifications, and follow‑up with students
• Data Analysis and Quality Assurance: Perform regular detailed review and analysis of student and corporate collaborator data aimed at proactive identification of issues that impact the student experience
• Event Coordination Assistance: Support the organization of recruitment fairs and events, both in‑person and virtually. Monitor and report on marketing collateral inventory
• Documentation: Document and map out processes for managing corporate and workforce agreements, and keep the documents and processes updated
• Research: Support research efforts that contribute to executive briefs and regular collaborator summaries/updates

Transferable Skill Development

• Communication
• Critical Thinking
• Technology
• Professionalism

Qualifications

• Full Employment Eligibility Requirements can be found here: https://hr.oregonstate.edu/student-employment-manual/500-employment-eligibility-requirements
• Must be academically enrolled in a high school, community college, or university and pursuing a program or course of study
• Must meet Academic Standing Requirements; students on academic suspension are not eligible for employment
• Must meet the applicable minimal enrollment standard
• High School student: Regularly enrolled in a high school or participating in a home‑schooling program
• Undergraduate and post‑baccalaureate student: 6 credit hours per term
• Undergraduate international student: 12 credit hours per term*
• Graduate student officially admitted to Graduate School: 5 credit hours per term
• Graduate international student officially admitted to Graduate School: 9 credit hours per term*
• *International students may be allowed to carry fewer hours than specified above and still be considered “full‑time” by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). A reduced course load is approved by the Office of International Services (OIS), and must be provided to the Student Employment Center.

Required Qualifications

• Current enrollment as an Oregon State University student; applicants who expect to remain enrolled and employed in this position for at least the next 18 months will receive priority consideration.
• Clear written communication skills, including professional email habits and timely communication of questions or concerns.
• Comfortable learning and using new technology and software tools.
• Reliability in meeting deadlines and responding to feedback.
• Strong attention to detail, organizational skills, and the ability to manage multiple structured tasks accurately while prioritizing competing deadlines under high expectations.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with data analysis tools (e.g., experience using R and Python programming languages is a plus).
• Familiarity with project management tools (e.g., Asana, Trello) or CRM platforms such as Salesforce.
• Familiarity with Microsoft Office tools, especially Word, Outlook, SharePoint, and Teams.
• Experience with Microsoft Excel, including sorting, formatting, and simple formulas.
• Academic background or coursework in areas such as data analytics, business analytics, computer science, engineering, information systems, or related fields is helpful.
• Students from any major are encouraged to apply—relevant skills, experience, and interest in data‑informed work are more important than program of study.
• Interest in corporate education, workforce development, or higher education operations.
• Experience in roles that required managing detailed tasks or working from established procedures.
• Prior experience working independently while staying accountable to a supervisor or team.
• Curiosity, initiative, and a willingness to learn from feedback and examples.

Working Conditions / Schedule

On site work is based in the Valley Library during business hours (8 am and 5 pm) on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays.

Salary Range

16.70

Anticipated Start Date

2026-09-14

Facts

• Top 1.4% university in the world
• More research funding than all public universities in Oregon combined
• 1 of 3 land, sea, space and sun grant universities in the U.S.
• 2 campuses, 11 colleges, 12 experiment stations, and Extension programs in all 36 counties
• 7 cultural resource centers that offer education, celebration and belonging for everyone
• 100+ undergraduate degree programs, 80+ graduate degrees plus hundreds of minor options and certificates
• 35k+ students including more than 2.3k international students and 10k students of color
• 217k+ alumni worldwide

Locations

Oregon State has a statewide presence with campuses in Corvallis and Bend, the OSU Portland Center and the Hatfield Marine Science Center on the Pacific Coast in Newport. Oregon State’s beautiful, historic and state‑of‑the‑art main campus is located in one of America’s best college towns. Corvallis is located close to the Pacific Ocean, the Cascade mountains and Oregon wine country. Nestled in the heart of the Willamette Valley, this beautiful city offers miles of mountain biking and hiking trails, a river perfect for boating or kayaking and an eclectic downtown featuring local cuisine, popular events and performances.

Total Rewards Package

Oregon State University offers a comprehensive benefits package with benefits eligible positions that is designed to meet the needs of employees and their families including: Medical, Dental, Vision and Basic Life. OSU pays 95% of premiums for you and your eligible dependents. Free confidential mental health and emotional support services, and counseling resources. Retirement savings paid by the university. A generous paid leave package, including holidays, vacation and sick leave. Tuition reduction benefits for you or your qualifying dependents at OSU or the additional six Oregon Public Universities. Robust Work Life programs including Dual Career assistance resources, flexible work arrangements, a Family Resource Center, Affinity Groups and an Employee Assistance Program. Optional lifestyle benefits such as pet, accident, and critical care insurance, giving you peace of mind and the support you need to thrive in all aspects of your life. Future and current OSU employees can use the Benefits Calculator to learn more about the full value of the benefits provided at OSU.

Equal Opportunity Employer Statement

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability, protected veteran, and other protected status.

Disability Policy

OSU will conduct a review of the National Sex Offender Public website prior to hire. Note: All job offers are contingent upon Human Resources final approval. The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information.

Title IX and EEO Policy

At Oregon State University, no qualified person shall, solely by reason of disability, be denied access to, participation in, or the benefits of, any program or activity operated by the University. If requested, OSU will provide reasonable accommodation to applicants in order to provide access to the application, interviewing and selection process. You are not required to note the presence of a disability on your application to receive an accommodation. Please request any reasonable accommodations for disability as early as possible in the application and search process. Requests may be directed to the hiring unit, or to the Office of Equal Opportunity and Access at [phone]. See Request an Accommodation Procedures for the OSU policy. Oregon State University, in compliance with state and federal laws and regulations, including Title IX and its regulations, does not unlawfully discriminate and prohibits discrimination in any education program or activity that it operates, including in academic admissions and employment. The university prohibits unlawful discrimination on the basis of age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin (including ancestry and ethnicity), citizenship, marital or family status, pregnancy or related conditions, disability, genetic information, protected veteran status / service in the uniformed service, or any other status protected by law or OSU policy. Inquiries about Title IX may be referred to OSU’s Title IX Coordinator, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (link to https://ocrcas.ed.gov/contact-ocr), or both. OSU’s Title IX Coordinator is the Executive Director of the Office of Equal Opportunity and Access (EOA). For information on OSU’s nondiscrimination policy and procedures, including how to report information about conduct that may constitute discrimination or make a complaint of sex discrimination under Title IX, contact EOA by phone: [phone], email: [e-mail], mail/location: 330 Snell Hall, Corvallis OR 97331, or visit EOA’s website: eoa.oregonstate.edu.

Family and Medical Leave

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