Performing Arts Center, Technical Operations - Student Assistant

The California State University; San Bernardino (CA); On-site; USD 19,000 - 27,000; Part time

Job summary

California State University, San Bernardino is seeking a Student Assistant for the Performing Arts Center's Technical Operations. You will help set up and operate lighting, audio, staging, video, and rigging for concerts and theatre productions under guidance of technical staff.

Shifts are scheduled and include evenings and weekends. Duties include maintenance, strike, and other assignments as needed to ensure safe and successful live performances on campus.

Qualifications

• Ability to learn and perform assigned work; follow instructions.
• Communicate effectively with faculty, staff, and students.
• Read and write English at a level appropriate to the position.

Responsibilities

• Assist with setup, operation, maintenance, and strike of lighting, audio, staging, video, and rigging.
• Support safe and efficient live performances under supervision.
• Work evenings and weekends as required.

Skills

Learning ability

Communication

Written English

Education

CSU student status

Job description

Performing Arts Center, Technical Operations - Student Assistant

Job no: 563227
Work type: Student Assistant
Location: San Bernardino - San Bernardino Campus
Categories: Administrative, Temporary, Part Time, On-site (work in-person at business location), Unit 15 - CSUEU - Student Assistants

Under direct supervision of the Executive Director, student assistants supports the Performing Arts Center’s Technical Operations by assisting with the setup, operation, maintenance, and strike of lighting, audio, staging, video, rigging, and related equipment under the direction of technical staff to ensure safe, efficient, and successful concerts, theatre productions, special events, and other live performances.

Performance shifts are on an as scheduled basis, and will include evenings, and weekends.

Perform other duties as assigned.

Responsibilities

Under direct supervision, duties include but not limited to: Supports the Performing Arts Center’s Technical Operations by assisting with the setup, operation, maintenance, and strike of lighting, audio, staging, video, rigging, and related equipment under the direction of technical staff to ensure safe, efficient, and successful concerts, theatre productions, special events, and other live performances. Performance shifts are on an as scheduled basis, and will include evenings, and weekends. Perform other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

• Ability to learn and perform assigned work; follow oral instructions; work cooperatively with faculty, staff, and other students; communicate effectively with all levels; and read and write English at a level appropriate to the position.
• Special Qualification: Admission or registration as a CSU student.

Required Qualifications

• Maintain a 2.0 G.P.A. or greater per semester and cumulative.
• Students must be enrolled in at least halftime units at CSUSB (6 units undergraduate; 3 units graduate)
• International students must have full-time enrollment at CSUSB. (12 units undergraduate; 6 units graduate)
• Eligible to work in the United States
• Payroll Requirement: Social Security Card

Preferred Qualifications

• Be in good academic standing ,possess high ethical and confidentiality standards, be reliable and dependable, have the ability to take initiative in projects of various topics.
• Ability to communicate effectively with a diverse group of people
• Ability to learn quickly and complete assignments in a timely manner
• Ability to multitask
• Detail oriented
• Punctual / Reliable
• Ability to work both in a team or individual environment
• Maintain a positive attitude
• Maintain good attendance
• No prior experience for the technical aspect of this job. Training will be provided.
• Evening availability from 5-10pm as most hours will be worked during that time period. Advance notice will be provided.
• Ability to communicate effectively, confidently, and clearly with a diverse group of people, face-to-face.
• Must be detail oriented and can multitask.

Special Conditions

Some lifting, up to 50 lbs., is required. Must be able to walk up to 1 mile and stand for long periods of time.

Compensation and Benefits

Student Employment Anticipated Hiring Range: $16.90 per hour.

The compensation offered will consider internal equity and experience among other factors.

Position Information

Work status: Part-Time, Temporary, Seasonal

Academic year available hours: Monday through Friday (8:00 am – 5:00 pm).

Summer available hours: Monday through Thursday (7:00 am - 5:30 pm)

The application deadline is: November 04, 2026; however, the position may close when an adequate number of qualified applications are received.

This is an 'On-Campus Only' position. Student Employees are not eligible to telecommute at any time.

Reasonable Accommodation

We provide reasonable accommodation to applicants and employees with disabilities. Applicants with questions about access or requiring reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process should contact CSUSB Benefits at [e-mail] .

Clery Act

In compliance with state and federal crime awareness and campus security legislation, including The Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Crime Statistics Act, California Education Code section 67380, and the Higher Education Opportunity Act (HEOA), the Cal State San Bernardino Annual Security and Fire Safety Report is available at: https://www.csusb.edu/clery-act .

On Campus Commitment

In our commitment to the furthering of knowledge and fulfilling our educational mission, California State University, San Bernardino seeks a campus climate that welcomes, celebrates, and promotes respect for the entire variety of human experience. We welcome people from all backgrounds, and we seek to include knowledge and values from many cultures in the curriculum and extra-curricular life of the campus community. We will create, promote, and maintain activities and programs that further our understanding of individual and group diversity. We will also develop and communicate policies and promote values that discourage intolerance and discrimination.

Background Check

Satisfactory completion of a background check (including a criminal records check) may be required for student employment purposes. CSU will make a conditional offer of employment, which may be rescinded if the background check reveals disqualifying information, and/or it is discovered that the candidate knowingly withheld or falsified information. Failure to satisfactorily complete the background check when required may affect the continued employment of a current CSU employee who was conditionally offered the position.

Driver’s License Check

Possession of a valid Driver's License may be required. Employees in this position will be enrolled in the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) Government Employer Pull Notice Program which confirms possession of a valid driver's license and reflects driving record.

I-9

CSUSB hires only individuals lawfully authorized to work in the United States. In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification form upon hire. See Form I-9 Acceptable Documents at https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents .

Education Code 89521 Requirements

Applicants will be required to disclose whether they have received a final administrative decision or final judicial decision determining that they have committed sexual harassment within the last 7 years only after a determination is made that they meet the minimum qualifications for the position, and before an offer of employment is extended. Applicants who reach the final stages of the application process must also sign a release form that authorizes the release of information by the applicant’s current and/or former employers to the CSU concerning any substantiated allegations of misconduct.

California State University, San Bernardino, as part of the CSU system, is a State of California Employer. As such, the University requires all employees upon date of hire to reside in the State of California. As of January 1, 2022 the CSU Out-of-State Employment Policy prohibits the hiring of employees to perform CSU-related work outside the state of California.

California State University, San Bernardino in not a sponsoring agency for staff or management positions (i.e. H1-B Visas).