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Student Assistant - Communications and Office Assistant

Apply now(opens in a new window) Job No: 509377
Division/Organization: School of Medicine & Public Health
Department: Deans Office
Job Type: UW Student Jobs
Remote Eligbility: Partially Remote
Location: HEALTH SCIENCES LEARNING CNT
Salary/Wage Range or Lump Sum: $15.00
Job Categories: Interpersonal Communication, Leadership, Critical Thinking/Problem Solving, Digital Technology, Teamwork/Collaboration, Professionalism/Work Ethic, Communications, Broadcasting, and Media Arts, Education and Training, Business Management, Finance, and Marketing, Healthcare and Health Sciences, Customer Service, Information Technology and Computers, STEM, Data Analysis, Department and Office Assistants, Honoring Context and Culture, Higher Education-Student Affairs

Department Overview:

 Office for Faculty Affairs and Development (OFAD); located on the 4th floor of the Health Sciences Learning Center, 750 Highland Ave. Conveniently located on UW-Madison campus.

Anticipated Start Date:

 September 2025

Anticipated End Date (If Applicable):

  

Remote Work Eligibility Detail:

Partially Remote

 

Anticipated Hours Per Week:

 Minimum: 6 Maximum: 8

Schedule:

 • Part-time (6-8 hours/week)
• Schedule is flexible based on student availability during normal business hours.
• To comply with the federal Affordable Care Act, your employment as a student hourly is limited to working an average of no more than 29 hours per week and/or 130 hours per month over a rolling 90-day period.

Salary/Wage Range/Lump Sum:

 Minimum: $15.00 Maximum: 

Number of Positions:

 1

Qualifications:

 • Possess excellent communication skills and attention to detail, especially in writing and proofreading.
• Hands-on experience creating and editing documents with Microsoft Office (particularly Word, Excel, Publisher and PowerPoint).
• Hands-on experience creating email campaigns and/or e-newsletters.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently within deadlines.
• Familiarity with Box, Google Drive
• Demonstrated critical thinking skills and initiative-taking.
• Preferred: Experience with webpage creation process, developing and updating websites with WordPress or similar webpage creation tool.
• Preferred: Familiarity with and/or a willingness to learn about terminology related to faculty development at SMPH

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

N/A

Position Summary/Job Duties:

• Assist in the creation and distribution of OFAD’s monthly e-newsletter: Research the most effective platform to use; assist with transitioning from existing platform to new platform. Develop and write content including feature articles; search for and compile relevant news from SMPH sources; manage subscriber list; send and archive newsletter.
• Assist in updating and maintaining OFAD’s Faculty Award Opportunity webpage
• Collaborate with staff to develop creative approaches for communications, dissemination and promotional strategies to effectively reach faculty and other health professional and university audiences across the statewide campus.
• Produce content and draft files for print and digital communications.
• Assist with website content development and maintenance.
• Perform administrative tasks, such as word processing, proofreading, fact checking, web-based searches, graphics, other duties as assigned.

Physical Demands:

N/A

Institutional Statements:

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement:

UW-Madison is an Equal Employment, Equal Access Employer committed to increasing the diversity of our workforce.

Institutional Statement on Diversity:

Diversity is a source of strength, creativity, and innovation for UW-Madison. We value the contributions of each person and respect the profound ways their identity, culture, background, experience, status, abilities, and opinion enrich the university community. We commit ourselves to the pursuit of excellence in teaching, research, outreach, and diversity as inextricably linked goals.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison fulfills its public mission by creating a welcoming and inclusive community for people from every background-people who as students, faculty, and staff serve Wisconsin and the world.

For more information on diversity and inclusion on campus, please visit: diversity.wisc.edu

Accommodation Statement:

If you need to request an accommodation because of a disability, you can find information about how to make a request at the following website:https://employeedisabilities.wisc.edu/disability-accommodation-information-for-applicants/
 
 

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