2020-2021 Federal Work-Study Job Board

Important Information

Students must be awarded Federal Work-Study through their 2020-2021 Financial Aid Offer to be eligible to apply for the positions listed.  All positions are available for the academic year (fall and spring semesters) and located on the USD campus, unless otherwise noted.  The start date and weekly schedule will be determined at the time of hire.  Most positions offer the opportunity to work 10-15 hours per week during the fall and spring semesters.  

Students who have not worked on campus within the last 12 months will need to complete the new hire process and background check prior to their first day of work. For additional information regarding the new hire process and background check, please visit the following link: Background Check Information for Student Employees at USD

Please note that Federal Work-Study employment opportunities and the number of departments hiring may be limited due to COVID-19.

Please contact the USD Student Employment Center with any questions about the Job Board (Email: usdsec@sandiego.edu).

Graduate Student Positions

Undergraduate Student Positions

To apply for a position, contact the supervisor via the email address listed in the position description. Indicate in the email the title of the position and why you are interested in working in the department. Attach a copy of your resumé and availability for the semester.

Students may be considered for positions with additional responsibilities and higher pay rates, depending on their skills and experience.

• Learning Commons

  Job Title: Operations Assistant
  Pay Rate: $14.00/hour
  Contact: Suzy Garcia, krocvenue@sandiego.edu  
  Required: Federal Work-Study included in 2020-2021 Financial Aid Offer

  Job Responsibilities:

  Primary Duties: OPERATIONS:
  

  • Act as a social distance ambassador representing USD in supporting the enforcement of campus health and safety guidelines. Including but not limited to Regular rounds the buildings, monitoring entrances and study spaces, using patience, humor, and good customer service, address students, staff, and guests that are not following health and safety guidelines.
  • Answer guest questions and support the university's culture of care
  • Position requires physical labor and all work is directed with supervision 

  CUSTOMER SERVICE:
  

  • Answer guest questions and support the university's culture of care. Includes but is not limited to greeting and assisting students, clients and visitors.
  • Working the reception desk to provide support including answering the telephones, returning calls and taking messages.
  • Ability to interact with others using strong customer service skills and act with humor and patience. Assertive and capable of communicating direction to others while using a caring attitude.
  • Ability to actively support campus health and safety guidelines (wearing a face-covering and physical distance) 

  Secondary Duties:
  

  • OFFICE WORK: Filing, copying, scanning, making and putting up signs, on-campus deliveries & errands.
  • AUDIO-VISUAL SUPPORT: Willingness to learn how to assist in the setting up, operating, breaking down, maintaining, and inventorying audio-visual equipment for events. Supervision and instruction provided.

  Skills/Qualifications:
  

  • No office or event experience is required. We will train. However, it is imperative that the student be reliable, responsible, respectful, report on time, adhere to our dress code, have a can-do attitude, detail oriented, and able to do physical labor.
  • Basic computer knowledge
  • Ability to lift and carry up to 50 lbs. safely, with supervision, and with lifting training and the ability to walk across campus carrying 10 lbs. is preferred.

  Additional Information:
  

  • Hours: Monday – Sunday; 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.
• Physics
  Job Title: Physics and Biophysics Research Assistant
  Pay Rate: $15.00/hour
  Contact: Rae Anderson, randerson@sandiego.edu  
  Required: Federal Work-Study included in 2020-2021 Financial Aid Award

  
  Job Responsibilities:
  

  • Support faculty research labs in the Physics and Biophysics department
  • Duties include: inventorying chemicals and supplies, organizing and cleaning lab spaces, preparing reagents and samples for experiments, performing experiments, analyzing collected data, organizing lab databases and online storage, working with other research students and postdocs to support their projects, participating in weekly lab meetings
  • Advanced degree work and proficiencies are required

  Skills/Qualifications:
  

  • Lab experience (upper division lab course or research)
  • STEM major (physics or biophysics majors preferred)
  • Completion of PHYS 271 and MATH 151
  • Familiarity with MATLAB or python
  • Proficient with Microsoft office and excel
  • Desire to engage in undergraduate research  

  Additional Information:
  

  • Hours: Wednesdays and Fridays (other days are flexible), between 9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
• Provost

  Job Title: Provost - McNair Social Media Assistant
  Pay Rate: $14.00/hour
  Contact: Ramiro Frausto, rfrausto@sandiego.edu 
  Required: Federal Work-Study included in 2020-2021 Financial Aid Offer

  Job Responsibilities:

  • Work with McNair staff to create and implement social media marketing plans and manage social media presence
  • Manage all promotions and advertisements
  • Develop strategies to increase followership and engagement
  • Manage regular posting schedule of event promotions
  • Develop miscellaneous content to increase followership
  • Assist McNair staff in creating engaging activities for Zoom workshop and events
  • Create, manage, and document attendance at all McNair events
  • Monitor and respond to comments and direct messages in a timely manner
  • Make occasional posts to cross-promote events hosted by other departments
  • Manage social media engagement during events
  • Take photos at events and manage photo albums on department drives and Google Drive
  • Provide support in planning and hosting the annual McNair recognition and awards luncheon
  • Additional office duties as assigned

  Skills/Qualifications:

  • Strong functional knowledge of social media principles, practices, and the desire to apply that knowledge in a professional environment
  • Ability to learn and adhere to university brand standards and divisional marketing practices
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills
  • Ability to work well and quickly under pressure both individually and as a part of a team
  • Excellent project management skills to consistently meet deadlines
  • Ability to relate to and assist all members of our diverse campus community

  Additional Information:

  • Hours: Monday - Friday; 10:00 am - 5:00 pm, days and hours may vary
• School of Business

  Job Title: Federal Work-Study Marketing Support
  Pay Rate: $14.00/hour
  Contact: Rachel Christensen, rchristensen@sandiego.edu  
  Required: Federal Work-Study included in 2020-2021 Financial Aid Offer

  Job Responsibilities:
  Participates with the marketing team(s) to increase marketing effectiveness by:

  • Working with staff, faculty, and members of the marketing team(s) to develop internal and external marketing information to be used on the website, through email, and on social media
  • This is done to improve our ability to reach target audiences, and to create continuous improvement cycles that allow the program to deliver and improve service to mission

  Supports the brand and activities of the program and its objectives by:
  

  • Developing content, graphics, and design elements for use in marketing, communications, and outreach
  • Drafting email campaigns, social media posts, flyers, posters, videos, and other creative components to support marketing efforts
  • This is done to support branding, and messaging and to increase the number and quality of participants attending and participating in entrepreneurship and innovation programs and activities at USD

  Supports the programs events (virtual and in-person) to ensure coordination and smooth delivery by:

  • Coordinating with appropriate internal and external stakeholders to deliver/execute competition prizes (scholarships, seed-fund awards, etc)
  • Coordinating with USD's marketing team(s) to keep website, MyPosting, and other internal and external sources up to date
  • Input and distribute competition submission and judging platform through ReviewR or other tools as directed
  • Communicating with judges, sponsors, stakeholders as needed about deadlines, materials, event logistics, etc.
  • Communicating and coordinating with participants and attendees as needed about various events and activities
  • Supporting event planning and execution for virtual or in-person events including but not limited to supporting registration, speakers, attendees, staff and faculty for pre-event planning, event execution, and post-event evaluation
  • This is done to ensure everyone connected to events and activities has access to information and resources to have the intended experience

  Works with marketing team(s) and supervisors to collect and analyze data from various sources to measure effectiveness of marketing efforts by:
  

  • Working with others to identify and implement data gathering activities in a way they can be evaluated
  • Reviewing data to and participating in analysis to find evidence of effectiveness and opportunities for improvement in marketing efforts
  • Making recommendations on how to improve marketing effectiveness
  • Implementing approved recommendations
  • This is done to improve our ability to reach target audiences, and to create continuous improvement cycles that allow the program to deliver and improve service to mission

  Skills/Qualifications:
  

  • Must be a USD undergraduate student with a Federal Work Study allocation
  • Ability and willingness to represent the University in the most positive manner with prospective, former, and current students, clients, donors, mentors, suppliers, and the community we serve
  • Cooperate as a team member while performing duties essential to the achievement of efficient delivery of effort
  • Assumes responsibility, asks for assistance, demonstrates willingness to learn
  • Effectively deals with problems, and exercises judgement
  • Very organized, self-starter who can work independently and has good communication skills (verbal and written)
  • Able to learn quickly and self-teach with online tutorials
  • Works well and quickly under pressure and manages competing priorities
  • Effectively uses computer, telephone, and other office equipment

  Additional Information:
  

  • Hours: 2 – 4 days per week; flexible around class schedule
  • May include early mornings, general work day, evenings, weekends
• University Center Operations

  Job Title: Operations Assistant
  Pay Rate: $14.00/hour
  Contact: Tonis Manriquez, tonis@sandiego.edu 
  Required: Federal Work-Study included in 2020-2021 Financial Aid Offer

  Job Responsibilities:
  

  • Act as a social distance ambassador to represent the University Center and Student Life Pavilion in supporting the enforcement of campus health and safety guidelines
  • Duties include regular rounds in and out of the building
  • Monitoring entrances and study spaces
  • Using patience, humor, and good customer service, address students, staff, and guests that are not following health and safety guidelines
  • Answer guest questions and support the university's culture of care
  • Serve as an operations assistant for set-up of event space when needed

  Skills/Qualifications:
  

  • Ability to interact with others using strong customer service skills and act with humor and patience
  • Assertive and able of communicating direction to others while using a caring attitude
  • Ability to actively support campus health and safety guidelines (wearing a face-covering and physical distance)
  • Willingness to learn the basic operations of audio visual equipment

  Additional Information:
  

  • Hours: Monday - Sunday, 8:00 a.m. – 10:00 p.m.