Student Office Assistant
The University of Iowa’s Division of World Languages, Literatures, and Cultures (DWLLC) seeks a Student Office Assistant to develop hirable skills while earning their undergraduate degree.
Duties:
The Student Office Assistant will support DWLLC’s faculty, staff, students, and other visitors by:
- Fielding telephone calls
- Receiving and directing visitors
- Completing data-entry projects
- Assisting staff and faculty with a variety of special projects
- Monitoring an email account
- Completing printing and scanning requests
- Troubleshooting printer and copier issues
- Sorting and distributing mail and packages
- Submitting work control requests
- Completing various daily tasks
- Distributing office supplies to the building’s copy rooms
- Other duties as assigned
The Student Office Assistant can look forward to building real-world professional skills including: increasing their computer proficiency, learning how to multitask, providing friendly and dependable customer service, and polishing essential organizational skills under the guidance of a strong administrative team.
Qualifications:
We prefer the students to be Work-Study eligible.
Qualifications of a strong candidate include dependability, pleasant public demeanor, general computer skills, ability to follow directions, ability to work independently with minimal supervision, ability to work 10-20 hours per week, and a strong work ethic. Previous clerical and receptionist experience is preferred, but not required.