Washington Fellowship Student Worker

Liberty University, Inc.; Lynchburg (VA); On-site; USD 15,000 - 21,000; Part time

Job summary

Liberty University, Inc. is seeking a part-time student assistant to support the Washington Fellowship.

The role includes hosting weekly info sessions in the Career Center, delivering classroom presentations to promote the Washington Fellowship, updating EXCEL spreadsheets, and assisting professional staff with general office duties. The position involves assisting with career fairs, tabling, and coordinating with staff on projects, with ongoing training and regular meetings required.

Qualifications

• Excellent verbal and written communications skills, attention to detail.
• Takes initiative, highly motivated and organized.
• Must be a former participant in the Washington Fellowship.

Responsibilities

• Assisting with career fairs, greeting employers and assisting with set up and tear down.
• Tabling for The Washington Fellowship in common areas and at career fairs.
• Assisting professional staff members with projects.
• Complete on-going training and attend regularly scheduled meetings.
• Other duties, as assigned.
• Additional information may be found here.

Skills

Verbal communication

Written communication

Initiative

Organizational skills

Public speaking

Tools

Excel

Job description

Students in this role fulfill various tasks in support of the Washington Fellowship. Tasks include hosting weekly info sessions in the Career Center, classroom presentations to promote the Washington Fellowship, updating EXCEL spreadsheets, and assisting professional staff with general office duties.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Assisting with career fairs, greeting employers and assisting with set up and tear down.
• Tabling for The Washington Fellowship in common areas and at career fairs.
• Assisting professional staff members with projects.
• Complete on-going training and attend regularly scheduled meetings.
• Other duties, as assigned.
• Additional information may be found here.

QUALIFICATIONS AND CREDENTIALS

• Education and Experience
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills, attention to detail.
• Takes initiative, highly motivated and organized.
• Must be a former participant in the Washington Fellowship.

ABILITIES AND COMPETENCIES ESSENTIAL TO THE FUNCTION OF THE JOB

• Communication and Comprehension Ability to effectively communicate both verbally and in writing to convey clear, well articulated information.
• Ability to understand, speak, and write English in order to convey messages and correspond in an articulate and professional manner.
• Possess public communication skills that allow professional representation of Liberty University to a variety of business and community customers and associates.
• Strong organizational skills.
• Excellent computer skills.
• Problem Solving Intuitively able to reason, analyze information and events, and apply judgment in order to solve problems of both a routine and complex nature.

Physical and Sensory Abilities

• Occasionally required to travel to local and campus locations.
• Frequently required to sit for extended periods to perform deskwork or type on a keyboard.
• (If not administrative duties, such as labor, define general physical abilities.
• Regularly required to hear and speak in order to effectively communicate orally.
• Occasionally required to stand, walk, and climb stairs to move about the building.
• Handle materials, reach overhead, kneel or stoop in order to conduct business.
• Regularly lift 10 or fewer pounds.

WORKING CONDITIONS

Work Environment The working environment in which one will typically perform the essential functions of this position is a climate-controlled office setting. It is well lighted and the noise level is moderate. (Define if outdoor, dusty, weather conditions, etc.)

Time Type Part time Location Onsite

Pay Rate Starting at $12.77 Student employees are paid at least the current Virginia minimum wage per hour.

Pay may vary by position and department based on job responsibilities, required skills, available funding, and market conditions.

The University is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We believe it is our moral and legal obligation to meet the responsibility of ensuring that all management practices regarding employees are conducted in a nondiscriminatory manner. In compliance with Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, and other applicable federal and state statutes, all recruiting, hiring, training, and promoting for all job classifications will be administered without regard to race, color, ancestry, age, sex, national origin, pregnancy or childbirth, disability, military veteran status or other applicable status protected by law, including state of employment protected classes. It is, therefore, our policy and intention to evaluate all employees and prospective employees strictly according to the requirements of the job. All personnel related activities such as compensation, benefits, transfers, job classification, assignments, working conditions, educational assistance, terminations, layoffs, and return from layoffs, and all other terms, conditions and privileges of employment will be administered without regard to race, color, ancestry, age, sex, national origin, pregnancy or childbirth, disability, military veteran status or other applicable status protected by law, including all applicable state of employment protected classes. The University is a Christian religious-affiliated organization; and as such, is not subject to religious discrimination requirements. The University’s hiring practices and EEO discrimination practices are in full compliance with both federal and state law. Federal law creates an exception to the “religion” component of the employment discrimination laws for religious organizations (including educational institutions), and permits them to give employment practice preference to members of their own religious beliefs.