For those who haven’t been there, the SAFS offices are located steps away from Environmental Studies – just across the parking lot. This could be a very convenient location for a student job if you are in this major. -joe
Hourly Student Assistant – Fiscal Support
Department: Aquatic and Fishery Sciences in the College of the Environment
General Duties/Description: Provide administrative support in fiscally-related duties such as:
- Assist with monthly budget reconciliation including follow-up on missing documents
- Create budget and grant file folders
- Copy, fax and sort various documents
- Maintain records, perform electronic mail tasks
- File reports, receipts, and other documents
- Enter data and maintain various accounting of grant/budget logs or databases including verify and process fiscal/accounting data, perform basic computing, calculating and manual or automated posting of data; make corrections as required
- Assist with travel-related accounting processes
- Might occasionally deliver or pick up grant proposal/award documents between the School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences department and the Office of Sponsored Programs, the Grant and Contract Accounting office, the Payroll Office or other campus departments
- Serve as back-up telephone and in-person contact, receive visitors, respond to inquiries regarding office/departmental policies and procedures (requires substantial knowledge of school policies and procedures)
- Sort and distribute office mail if needed
- Perform other related duties as required/assigned
Requirements:
- Experience in administrative support and office operations
- Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, database management software; familiarity with Access is desirable
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to interact with a wide variety of audiences and individuals including students, donors, faculty, administrators, and students is essential
- Team work orientation
- Flexibility to meet changing needs
- Ability to take initiative on projects, prioritize project work, and use good discretion in contact and communications with various audiences
- Creative problem solving skills and ability to independently identify solutions to a variety of issues
- Detail-oriented
- Must be a UW student
Position is available January 15, 2015. Hourly wage based on experience. Send your resume to Jessica Roshan at jroshan@uw.edu
