Office Assistant - Chemistry

Position Title: Office Assistant - Chemistry

Department: Chemistry

Advertised Pay: 10.00

Campus Location: Washburn University

Position Summary:

The Chemistry department is looking for a dependable student to help with general office duties and projects in the Chemistry department office.

About Washburn University: 

Washburn University is a teaching-focused, student-centered, public institution located in the metropolitan setting of Topeka that has earned national recognition for its high-impact programs for first-generation students. Washburn has a student body of just over 7,000 students, a significant and growing number of whom are first-generation and Pell-Grant eligible. The University has created educational pathways for all students to be successful and achieve their educational goals.

Washburn is dedicated to recruiting and retaining a dynamic faculty, staff, and student body and cultivating a robust learning and working environment and curriculum. We employ more than one thousand faculty and staff on our campuses throughout Topeka and strive to offer competitive wages, an excellent benefits program, and a supportive culture and a healthy work/life balance. Washburn seeks to create an environment that reflects our core values for creating positive IMPACT: inclusion, modernization, partnership, achievement, community and transformation. In 2024, Washburn was recognized as one of the best colleges in the nation to work for, according to Great Colleges to Work For® program.

Essential Functions:
- Greet guests and students coming into the office and assist as needed.
- Answer the phone in a courteous and responsive manner.
- Make copies and scan documents.
- Run errands on campus.
- Pick up and disburse mail.
- Assist in building events, activities and needs with co-building departments as needed.
- Clean, straighten, organize, and help maintain order in office.
- Assist faculty and Office Coordinator/Admin. Specialist as needed with projects.

Non-Essential Functions:
ADA refers to this as "marginal" job functions. This is a list of job functions that may be shifted to another position if the individual is not able to perform them.

Required Qualifications:
- Must be current Washburn student.
- Prior office related experience helpful.
- Professional and friendly demeanor toward others in interactions.
- Must be able to maintain confidentiality.
- Basic computer and office machines skills needed.
- Reliable and professional.
- Ability to interact well with others and use polite, professional and effective communication.
- Able to work independently.

Special Instructions to Applicants: Please indicate hours of your work availability for chemistry office assistance work, between the hours of 8am-5pm M-F.

Hourly, Mon-Fri, 8am-5pm   
Background Check Not Required