Student Office Assistant

Want to make
a difference in your community? Are patience and attention to detail your
superpowers?
UNM
Continuing Education (UNMCE) is seeking a highly motivated and detail-oriented
Student Office Assistant to join our Personal Enrichment Programs and Osher
Institute Team.
UNMCE is
committed to providing innovative, accessible learning opportunities to
individuals, organizations, and communities in New Mexico and around the world.
The Personal Enrichment Program (PEP) offers community education including
languages, writing, outdoor sports and fitness, yoga, arts, crafts, dance, music,
and gardening. The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) provides
academically based non-credit programming focused on learners aged 50 plus.
Student
Office Assistants are an extremely valuable part of our UNM Continuing
Education Team. We are looking for students who are positive thinkers, enjoy
learning, demonstrate responsibility, and strong attention to detail.
Student
Office Assistants will assist customers, students and instructors by email,
telephone, and in-person, respond to customer inquiries, and provide
information about classes and programs. Furthermore, the Student Office
Assistant will assist with various administrative projects, and learn the basic
tasks found in an office environment.
UNMCE provides
students with valuable work experience, including, when possible, projects that
focus on their areas of interest. We also like to involve our student employees
in ongoing learning and training with our staff, and work to send our students
out into the world with job maturity and professionalism.
This
position requires working in the office full time. UNMCE is located north of
UNM Main campus and provides free off-campus parking.

Duties and Responsibilities
* Assist customers, students and instructors by email, telephone, and in-person, respond to inquiries, and provide information about classes and programs
* Perform a variety of routine data entry and data maintenance tasks;
* Assist on special projects: doing research, compiling summaries and data reports as needed;
* Copy and/or duplicate materials as requested;
* Some light lifting (up to 25lbs) and light cleaning;
* Performs other job-related duties as assigned.
* Bilingual in Spanish is a bonus.

* Minimum availability required
is 12 hours per week during regular business hours;
* Ability to maintain
confidentiality of records and information;
* Customer service oriented with
phone and people skills;
* Proficiency with Microsoft
Office and Data Entry;
* Ability to prepare and print
routine correspondence, labels and/or other basic written material;
* Ability to organize and
maintain a professional work area;
* Proactive and action oriented;
* Punctual and reliable;
* Work Study
award for the Fall-Spring school year is required.

Only applications submitted through
the official UNMJobs site will be accepted. If you are viewing this job
advertisement on a 3rd party site, please
visit UNMJobs to submit an application.

The University of New Mexico is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class.