This is the place to work if you want a friendly, flexible and green environment.
Description: Work on a wide variety of administrative tasks/projects related to supporting the Native Nations _UW partnership and collaboration. You can learn more about this partnership at https://www.nelson.wisc.edu/docs/nativenations_actionplan.pdf.
Other perks: No required hours during breaks, midterms or finals weeks. Great references for your future opportunities.
Pay: Starting pay will be $10/hour (with an annual review for $.50-1.00/hr raise). You will start out with level 1 duties and you may progress to level 2 duties based on aptitude and interest (additional increases are possible depending on level of job duties/performance).
Hours: 8 hours a week, scheduled between 8:00 – 5:00, Monday – Friday, depending on class schedule and some work from home if available. Additional hours are possible for level 2 duties.
Anticipated start date: February 6, 2017
Preferences: Work-study students encouraged to apply. Experience in an office setting and previous student hourly experience a plus.
Skills: Attentive to detail, accurate, organized and reliable. Microsoft office and email.
Duties: Level 1 (Required):
● Ongoing communications for NN_UW efforts—meeting planning for working group, meeting planning for university leadership, meeting notes summarizing, follow-up emails and calls, feedback requests from tribal contacts
● Entering employee travel and other reimbursements
● Weekly communications with tribal contacts—relationship building—planning and arrangements for trips, visits, meetings
● Communications and planning for native signage on UW campus
● Assistance with grant seeking to support NN_UW ongoing efforts and implementation of strategic plan
● Coordinate monthly calls for Indigenous Conservation symposium follow-up
Duties Level 2 (Optional progression):
● Internet searches, research, reformatting, data entry, data verification, proofing
● Presentation assistance
● Field course partnerships assistance
● Event coordination
Applications accepted until position filled. Please email a short cover letter describing:
● Interest in and suitability for position
● Class schedule/availability/number of preferred hours per week
● If eligible for work study
● What year in school you are (freshman, sophomore, etc.) and anticipated graduation date.
● Brief summary/list of work experience and two references.
Send applications to:
Jessie Conaway (jessie.conaway@wisc.edu) and Steve Pomplun (spomplun@wisc.edu