Student Employment and Training Coordinator

lsu; United States; On-site; USD 25,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

LSU is seeking a Student Employment and Training Coordinator to manage the full lifecycle of student and transient employment at the 0102 Student Recreation Complex. You will recruit, hire, onboard, and train student workers, track performance, and handle terminations, reporting to the Assistant Director of Student Employment and Training.

The role involves coordinating with multiple department areas to ensure a smooth process and positive student employment experiences, while maintaining data

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• Related experience preferred.
• Experience working with Microsoft Office.

Responsibilities

• Administrative Support (60%).
• Recruitment & Hiring: develop job descriptions, post openings, review 150+ applications monthly, and process hiring per policies.
• On-boarding & Training: oversee onboarding, verify eligibility, deliver training to enhance readiness.
• Quality Control (30%): maintain records, databases, calendars, and compliance with policies; drive continuous improvement.
• Other Duties as Assigned (10%): support divisional initiatives and events as needed.

Job description

Job Title

Student Employment and Training Coordinator

Position Type

Professional / Unclassified

Department

LSUAM AA - SA - H&W - URec - BusMgmt - Training and Development (Brittany Morriss (00066382))

Work Location

0102 Student Recreation Complex

Pay Grade

Professional Hourly

Job Description

STUDENT EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING COORDINATOR

The Student Employment and Training Coordinator is responsible for overseeing the full student/WAE/Transient/Ad Comp employment life cycle, including recruitment, hiring, on-boarding, training, performance tracking, and termination. This role collaborates with areas within the department to ensure a seamless hiring process and a positive employment experience for student workers. The coordinator reports to the Assistant Director of Student Employment and Training.

Responsibilities

• Administrative Support (60%)
• Recruitment & Hiring: Develop job descriptions and evaluate pay rates for student positions; Post job openings for hiring managers; Review and process over 150 student applications monthly; Facilitate the hiring process in accordance with institutional and departmental policies.
• On-boarding & Training: Oversee on-boarding processes, including employment eligibility verification and new hire documentation; Conduct preemployment meetings to introduce students to workplace expectations and policies; Develop and deliver training programs to enhance job readiness and professional development.
• Quality Control (30%): Ensures every aspect of student employment and training outputs including administrative tasks, implementation, and overall design exudes a high degree of quality by maintaining the inventory of student employee uniforms including conducting routine counts; ensuring accuracy of student employee data, including 350 student employee records, 8 databases, and 3 software systems; organizing all the search processes and creates an annual student employment calendar; working with student employee group supervisors to ensure adherence to departmental employment policies and practices. Embraces and executes the marginal gains approach and seeks to increase the level of all services, events, programs, and experiences in department for continuous improvement every academic year.
• Other Duties as Assigned (10%): Other duties as assigned by UREC leadership or Assistant Director. This includes but is not limited to efforts that support broad division/institution efforts including at least 40 hours per year spent helping divisional initiatives such as Move-In Day, Welcome Week, Family Weekend, Career Expo, Disability Services Finals Testing, other special projects, etc.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree
• Related experience
• Experience working with Microsoft Office

Desired Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Human Resources, Business, or related field.
• Experience working with LSU systems and procedures and working in a university environment.

Special Requirements/Expectations

Ability and willingness to occasionally work evening and weekend hours. As with all LSU employees, due to this position title and/or responsibilities, this position has an obligation to assist students in the acquisition of necessary services. Should a student appear in need of or seek assistance with issues of an emotional, behavioral, or mental health related matter they should be referred to the proper service within the Student Health Center. In situations where the student creates an impression that they are a danger to themselves or others, the advisor should immediately contact the Care Team, the Dean of Students, or the appropriate law enforcement agency. The employee outside of those rights contained within FERPA should create no impression of client or patient confidentiality.

About the Division of Student Affairs Priorities

In LSU Student Affairs, we create conditions that matter for student success . This priority guides how we approach our work, make decisions, and serve our students, their families, and our campus community. We pursue quality in all that we do. Students and staff deserve our best, every day, in every way. We consistently search for ways to always look to make it easy for students to succeed, whether by simplifying processes or removing barriers. We are LSU-centric as we think strategically and make decisions that advance LSU's mission, priorit