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Job Description
Job Title
Student Worker I
Agency
Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service
Department
Texas Task Force 1
Proposed Minimum Salary
Commensurate
Job Location
College Station, Texas
Job Type
Student Worker
Job Description
The Student Worker I provides general administrative assistance to the Texas Task Force. Performs data entry into the current Task Force database, scans and attaches documents, and enters classes into the student records system. Assists with document retention and destruction.
This position reports to the Project Coordinator III.
Required Qualifications:- High School Diploma or GED and current enrollment in an undergraduate degree-granting program at an accredited college or university.
Required Licenses/Certifications:- Must have a valid motor vehicle operator’s license or ability to obtain within 30 days of employment.
Preferred Qualifications:- One year of experience in an office environment to include customer service experience.
- Experience with handling confidential information.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office software, specifically Word and Excel.
- Familiar with databases and scanning.
Physical Requirements:- Physical conditioning consistent with bending, stooping, reaching, and lifting light to moderately weighted files, records, and supplies.
- Ability to sit/stand at a desk for an extended period.
- Ability to use a computer keyboard to complete data entry.
- Ability to communicate verbally using a telephone to assist staff and/or clients.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:- Ability to interact with clients and staff positively and professionally.
- Ability to work in a professional, fast-paced work environment.
- Excellent multi-tasking and organizational skills.
- Ability to communicate professionally both orally and written.
- Working knowledge of word processing, spreadsheet applications, and presentation software applications (PowerPoint, Access, and Adobe Acrobat).
Equipment:- Standard office equipment: computer, keyboard, multifunctional printer, telephone.
Notifications:- This position is security sensitive.
- This position may require work beyond normal office hours and/or work on weekends.
- This position requires compliance with state and federal laws/codes and Texas A&M University System/TEEX regulations and procedures.
- All tasks and job responsibilities must be performed safely without injury to self or others in compliance with System and Agency safety requirements.
- Ability to travel independently to other and/or remote locations by driving a personal or TEEX vehicle.
- This is a wage position established to accommodate a temporary organizational need. As such, TEEX does not guarantee any set number of hours or length of employment in this role.
- May be required to work additional hours, if requested, during Task Force deployments.
Essential Duties, Tasks, and Percentages:
Data entry - 70%- Creates and/or updates existing records in the Task Force database.
- Scans and attaches constituent information from external sources.
- Enters data and classes into TEEX student management systems.
- Maintains Excel spreadsheets.
Task Force Records - 20%- Copies, files, sorts, and compiles Task Force records.
- Scans student class folders into the computer daily.
Document Disposal - 5%- Properly destroys old Task Force documents.
Other Duties - 5%- Maintains and safeguards equipment and property.
- Maintains a clean and neat appearance.
- Maintains an orderly and clean workspace.
- Assists with department filing, scanning and organization.
- Performs computer updates.
- Assists with filing and making copies as needed.
- Performs additional work duties as assigned.
All positions are security-sensitive. Applicants are subject to a criminal history investigation, and employment is contingent upon the institution’s verification of credentials and/or other information required by the institution’s procedures, including the completion of the criminal history check.
Equal Opportunity/Veterans/Disability Employer. - High School Diploma or GED and current enrollment in an undergraduate degree-granting program at an accredited college or university.
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ABOUT THE COMPANY
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TEEX Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service
Show moreIt comes down to saving lives. From providing emergency responders to disasters across the state and nation to developing training and practical workforce solutions, TEEX makes a difference worldwide. More than 174,000 people representing every U.S. state and 109 countries are served annually through on-site and online resources for specialties from homeland security to economic development and workforce training.
Home to some of the world’s top training facilities, the emergency preparedness campus in Bryan/College Station includes the Brayton Fire Training Field, Disaster City® and the Emergency Operations Training Center. Customized TEEX training programs develop practical solutions for each client’s need through hands-on instructional facilities for public utilities, law enforcement and unexploded ordinance training at the home campus or at customer-specified locations worldwide.
Texas A&M Task Force 1 and Texas Task Force 2, the state’s elite urban search and rescue teams, are sponsored by TEEX. Throughout its existence, TX-TF1 has served the state of Texas and the nation by participating in over 100 deployments, completing search and rescue missions with highly trained and qualified personnel.
As part of the National Domestic Preparedness Consortium and home to the National Emergency Response and Recovery Training Center, TEEX has been leading homeland security training since 1998.
The major TEEX programs include fire and rescue, infrastructure and safety, law enforcement, economic and workforce development, and homeland security. As a member of The Texas A&M University System, TEEX is unique in its ability to access a broad range of emerging research and technical expertise. Beginning with course design and development all the way through hands-on instruction and national certification testing, TEEX delivers comprehensive training through both classroom and hands-on instruction and as online courses. Hosting services for online courses, technical assistance and technology validation, and bilingual training and translation services also are available.
By placing safety and well-being above all and by focusing on prevention and response, TEEX has become a comprehensive training provider through more than 80 years of extension training. Working with other agencies and encouraging involvement has led to better fire safety and emergency response, cleaner drinking water, better roads and infrastructure, improved homeland security, safer workplaces, heightened public safety and security, new therapeutics manufacturing and the evolution of cybersecurity.
Through innovative programs and adaptive outreach, TEEX services are created to train the people who expand the security, occupational and economic development of Texas and beyond.
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