Office of Summer Sessions - Student Assistant

The Office of Summer Sessions seeks to employ several students as Student Assistants in Student Support Services. In collaboration with Summer Sessions’ career staff, Summer Assistants provide summer students and faculty with a high level of professional service that includes student advising, general office support, and special program support. We seek assistants interested in gaining (or continuing to gain) work experience in a professional environment that promotes collaboration, excellence and customer service.

Summer Sessions coordinates the summer term courses offered by academic departments as well as offers special programs for UC and non-UC students with various goals or interests. Among the special programs are the pre-college programs (i.e., Early Start Program (ESP), Science Engineering Research Academy (SERA) and Research Mentorship Program (RMP)) which allow qualified high school students an opportunity to study and conduct research at the university level. For newly admitted freshmen, we offer the Freshman Summer Start Program (FSSP) that allows the newly admitted student to begin their coursework during summer

Job Title: Student Assistant

Salary: $12.00/hour

Employment Dates: April 2, 2018 – mid-August

Average Hours/Week:

Spring quarter: 10-20 hours/week

Summer – Session A: 10-30 hours/week

Summer – Session B: 10-20 hours/week (may include some evenings and 2 weekends)

Requirements:  

Must be a current UCSB undergraduate or graduate student with a minimum 3.0 GPA.  Please note that if you will be graduating in March or June 2018 and/or you are not returning to UCSB as a student in fall 2018, you are not eligible for this Student Assistant program.

Qualifications:                     

·         Excellent interpersonal, communication, and organizational skills

·         Excellent follow-through with assigned tasks

·         Strong attention to detail

·         Act appropriately as an official representative of Summer Sessions and the University

·         Demonstrate cross-cultural sensitivity and awareness when interacting with students and/or parents

·         Ability to work effectively under pressure and deadlines

·         Patience, stamina, and good humor

Not required but great extras:

·         Previous work experience as an Orientation Program staff member

·         Previous participant in any UCSB summer program

·         Peer advisor in a UCSB academic department or college office

·         Familiarity with social media

·         Experience with data entry/Microsoft Office Suite/Salesforce

Job Duties:                           

·         Assist the Summer Sessions’ staff to answer phone, email, social media, and in-person inquiries of summer programs or courses from non-UC students, continuing UCSB students, new incoming students and their parents

·         Process online applications and other paperwork

·         Data entry (no previous experience required; we will train)

·         Staff program and/or marketing events  for “Main Session,” Freshman Summer Start, and/or the pre-college programs during spring and/or summer

·         Other duties as assigned

To Apply:

Email the following documents to Katie Anderson @ k.anderson@summer.ucsb.edu:

1) Cover letter which will include a discussion of your plans for attending summer 2018 courses and number of units in each session
2) Current resume
3) Projected spring 2018 schedule including days/times
4) Copy of your unofficial transcript

If you have any questions, please feel free to call (805.893.2069) or send an email k.anderson@summer.ucsb.edu

For primary consideration, applications are due Friday, February 23, 2018.