Federal Work Study Advising Assistant

UF ECE Ambassadors; Gainesville (FL); On-site; USD 2,066,000 - 2,480,000; Part time

Job summary

UF ECE Ambassadors is seeking a Part-Time Federal Work-Study Student Assistant for the Family, Youth and Community Sciences (FYCS) advising office at the University of Florida in Gainesville.

This on-campus role supports departmental events, answer handling, admin tasks, and front-desk duties, while providing exposure to student services and office operations.

Qualifications

• Be a current University of Florida full-time student in good standing
• Qualify for the Federal Work-Study (FWS) Program in Fall and Spring
• Ability to dedicate 10-15 hours per week

Responsibilities

• Assisting with departmental events
• Answer phone calls, take messages, and return phone calls
• Assist with administrative tasks
• Receive visitors and answers basic questions from students
• Maintain confidentiality of student and/or employee records
• Office duties such as scanning, copying, and mailing
• Run clerical errands on campus
• Word processing, editing, transcribing, proofreading, data entry
• Document preparation
• Assist in creating documents or presentations for internal or external department needs
• Other duties as assigned

Skills

Attention to detail

Professionalism

Teamwork

Effective communication

Tools

Microsoft Office

Excel

Outlook

Job description

Classification Minimum Requirements

Be a current University of Florida full-time student in good standing with the University

Classification Title

FWS- STU AST-CLERICAL & ADMIN

Classification Minimum Requirements

Be a current University of Florida full-time student in good standing with the University

Qualify for the Federal Work-Study (FWS) Program in Fall and Spring

Ability to dedicate 10-15 hours per week

Job Description

The student assistant position in FYCS is for a Part-Time (10-20 hours based on work permit) Federal Work Study Student to work in the advising office. Family, Youth and Community Sciences (FYCS) is an applied social science department that provides education and experience for careers in human services, community development, cooperative extension, and youth professions.

Description Of Possible Duties

• Assisting with departmental events
• Answer phone calls, take messages, and return phone calls
• Assist with administrative tasks
• Receive visitors and answers basic questions from students
• Maintain confidentiality of student and/or employee records
• Office duties such as scanning, copying, and mailing
• Run clerical errands on campus
• Word processing, editing, transcribing, proofreading, data entry, etc.
• Document preparation
• Assist in creating documents or presentations for internal or external department needs
• Other duties as assigned

Expected Salary

$15.00/hour

Required Qualifications

• Be a current University of Florida full-time student in good standing with the University
• Qualify for the Federal Work-Study (FWS) Program in Fall and Spring
• Ability to dedicate 10-15 hours per week

Preferred

• Fine attention to detail, professionalism, dependability and effective communication skills
• Ability to work as a team member

Prior Customer Service Skills Are Preferred

• Demonstrated communication, organizational and leadership skills
• Effective interpersonal communication skills
• Self-starter; self-motivated; timely
• Experience using Microsoft Office, Excel, & Outlook