Overview

The Staff Assistant II will serve as the Staff Assistant for the TRIO Upward Bound Program on the USU Eastern Campus in Price, Utah.

This assistance includes: verification of eligibility, monitoring and tracking the grant budgets, maintaining records to document compliance with grant objectives, tracking student contact time with grant personnel, planning and scheduling events and travel, ordering supplies, scheduling meetings, creating Excel and maintaining BLUMEN databases of student information, providing support for project reports and Annual Performance Reports (APR) to the Department of Education, taking and preparing minutes of staff meetings, and providing other clerical support as assigned.

Position is a Grant Funded position; continued employment is contingent on funding. (Continuing through 08/2027)

Responsibilities

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• Two years of experience in an office setting; or an associate degree/vocational training in business, administrative support or related; or an equivalent combination of education and experience is required.
• Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a part/full-time basis. 
• Proficient in use of Microsoft Office applications such as Word and Excel; Access, Outlook, and budgets.
• Experience with creating and maintaining files.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality.
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills.
• Self-motivated and ability to effectively and efficiently handle multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Ability to work as a team player with a genuine spirit of cooperation and flexibility. 

Preferred Qualifications

• Higher education or community college experience
• Three or more years in similar office environment
• Experience working with federal grant programs
• Experience working with diverse student populations
• Bilingual in Spanish

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• The selected candidate for this position will have the following skills: well organized, a strong work ethic, a positive attitude, self-starter, quick-learner, problem solver, critical thinking and analysis, adaptable, and be able to work in an environment where interruptions occur frequently.

Required Documents

Along with the online application, please attach:

**Document size may not exceed 10 MB.**

Advertised Salary

ADA

Employees work indoors and are protected from weather and/or contaminants, but not, necessarily, occasional temperature changes. The employee is regularly required to sit and often uses repetitive hand motions. The employee is frequently required to reach with hands and arms and may lift and/or move up to 10 pounds.

University Highlights

Utah State University (USU) was founded in 1888 and is Utah’s land-grant and space-grant university. USU is one of only 146 research institutions in the U.S. classified as R1 “very high research activity” by the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. As one of the two premier research institutions in Utah, USU provides a high-quality education at an affordable price. With its main campus in Logan, the university serves approximately 27,500 students, including 24,255 undergraduates and 3,171 graduate students. USU Online has served students from all 50 states and 55 countries for 25 years.

USU’s statewide system features three residential campuses, 30 total campus locations, and 23 Extension education centers. The university employs 903 full-time faculty members, 124 executive administrators, and 1,649 full-time support staff. USU offers 115 undergraduate majors, as well as 91 master’s and 42 doctoral degrees. Learn more about USU.

A core characteristic of USU is engagement with communities and people in economic development, improvements to quality of life, and human capital. Through the practical application of knowledge, the University and its faculty engage and share expertise with the state, nation, and world, preserving the historical land-grant tradition of partnering with communities to address critical societal issues in the interest of the public good.

The USU main campus is located in beautiful Logan, Utah, a city of about 50,000 situated in a picturesque mountain valley about 80 miles north of Salt Lake City. Outstanding recreational opportunities abound in the nearby mountains and proximate region.

USU is sensitive to the needs of dual career couples and provides a Dual Career Assistance program to support careers for partners who are also seeking employment.

USU endeavors to provide reasonable accommodations to ensure equal access in all aspects of employment to qualified persons with disabilities. To request a reasonable accommodation for a disability, please contact the university’s ADA Coordinator in the Human Resource office at 435-797-0122 or submit a request at hr@usu.edu.

USU Land Acknowledgment

Please visit our website to learn about Utah State’s land acknowledgment of the eight tribes of Utah.

Notice of Non-discrimination

In its programs and activities, including in admissions and employment, Utah State University does not discriminate or tolerate discrimination, including harassment, based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other status protected by University policy, Title IX, or any other federal, state, or local law.

The following individuals have been designated to handle inquiries regarding the application of Title IX and its implementing regulations and/or USU’s non-discrimination policies:

Executive Director of the Office of Equity Matthew Pinner, discrimination@usu.edu, Distance Education Rm. 401, 435-797-1266

Title IX Coordinator Matthew Pinner, titleix@usu.edu, Distance Education Rm. 404, 435-797-1266

Mailing address: 5100 Old Main Hill, Logan, Ut 84322

For further information regarding non-discrimination, please visit https://equity.usu.edu/, or contact:

U.S. Department of Education, Office of Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, 800-421-3481, OCR@ed.gov

U.S. Department of Education, Denver Regional Office, 303-844-5695, OCR.Denver@ed.gov

*updated 11/2022