Institutional Work Study

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Responsibilities

WORK-STUDY PROGRAM - Work Study is a part time job on campus. The amount is not deducted from your tuition bill, but is paid to you biweekly throughout the year as you earn it. While we make every attempt to place students in a job, jobs are not guaranteed. Job placements are sent out throughout the semester. Students are placed in jobs based on the information on the Student Employment Application and job availability.

Work-study is a need-based program that allows a student to work on-campus. A student’s eligibility is determined by the current FAFSA information. A student must be placed through the Financial Aid office in order to begin working

Qualifications:

Responsibilities

WORK-STUDY PROGRAM - Work Study is a part time job on campus. The amount is not deducted from your tuition bill, but is paid to you biweekly throughout the year as you earn it. While we make every attempt to place students in a job, jobs are not guaranteed. Job placements are sent out throughout the semester. Students are placed in jobs based on the information on the Student Employment Application and job availability.

Work-study is a need-based program that allows a student to work on-campus. A student’s eligibility is determined by the current FAFSA information. A student must be placed through the Financial Aid office in order to begin working

Qualifications:

Candidate must be dependable, cooperative, friendly, courteous, and able to follow directions. Departments are seeking a self-motivated, multi-tasking, well organized, and professional student employee who possesses good verbal and written communication skills. May work up to 10 hours per week during the active fall and spring semesters, and may work up to 29 hours per week during the summer breaks.

Responsibilities:

The tasks and duties will vary depending on the job placement.

Administrative/Office Assistant- Responsibilities include, but are not limited to entering data into a computer, filing records, sending and receiving faxes, answering telephone calls, and relaying messages, grading papers, inputting grades, processing records.

Athletic Aid -Responsibilities include, but are not limited to Game day setup, event working (athletic banquet, ball games, etc), prepare for practice, home and away games. Provides assistance to staff as needed excluding if the majority of duties is of Administrative/Office Assistant nature.

Lab Assistant -Lab Assistants or technicians can be of a technical or scientific background. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to monitor computer lab, maintain lab equipment, set labs, assist students, prepares chemical materials. Assist in performing assigned laboratory tasks without constant supervision. Provides assistance to staff as needed excluding if the majority of duties is of Administrative/Office Assistant nature.

Library Assistant -Responsibilities include, but are not limited to using the Library of Congress and Dewey decimal classification system, check shelves for current journals out or order, pickup newspapers from cataloging department assist patrons with questions and provide assistance to Library staff as needed. Provides assistance to staff as needed excluding if the majority of duties were of Administrative/Office Assistant nature.

Marketing Assistant -Responsibilities include, but are not limited to assisting the Marketing and Communications staff with advertising, publications, social media assignments, event planning, publicity, video and audio review and edits. Provides assistance to staff as needed excluding if the majority of duties is of Administrative/Office Assistant nature.

Mail Services Assistant -Responsibilities include, but are not limited to using stamp machine to process mail, distributes student mail and packages. Provides assistance to staff as needed excluding if the majority of duties is of Administrative/Office Assistant nature.

Undergraduate & Graduate Research Assistant -Responsibilities include, but are not limited to doing research on an assigned topic, and providing analysis and reporting. Provides assistance to staff as needed excluding if the majority of duties is of Administrative/Office Assistant nature.

Student Tutor/Mentor- Responsibilities include, but are not limited to providing assistance to students and perform activities such as helping them improve academic achievement, discussing class material and test questions, offering information about learning strategies, and fostering a positive learning environment. Providing peer to peer guidance to students and/or serve as student leader.

Technology** Services ***Assistant* -Responsibilities include, but are not limited to assisting to students, staff, and faculty by phone, email, and in person with their technology questions and problems, hardware and software support, and installation and configuration of equipment. Provides assistance to staff as needed excluding if the majority of duties is of Administrative/Office Assistant nature.

Closing Statement

Jefferson includes Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson Health, a dynamic university and health system with broad reach across the Delaware Valley. Jefferson is the second largest employer in Philadelphia and the largest health system in Philadelphia based on total licensed beds.

Through the merger of Thomas Jefferson University and Philadelphia University in 2017, our University includes ten colleges and four schools. We are an NCAA Division II university and an R2 national doctoral university offering undergraduate and graduate-level programs that provide students with a forward-thinking education in architecture, business, design, engineering, fashion and textiles, health, medicine and social science.

Jefferson Health, the clinical arm of Thomas Jefferson University, has grown from a three-hospital academic health center in 2015, to an 18-hospital health system through mergers and combinations that include hospitals at Abington Health, Aria Health, Kennedy Health, Magee Rehabilitation and Einstein Healthcare Network. We have over 50 outpatient and urgent care centers; ten Magnet®-designated hospitals (recognized by the ANCC for nursing excellence); the NCI-designated Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center (one of only 70 in the country and one of only two in the region); and one of the largest faculty-based telehealth networks in the country. In 2021, Jefferson Health became the sole owner of HealthPartners Plan, a not-for-profit health maintenance organization in Southeastern Pennsylvania. We are the first health system regionally to create an aligned payer-provider partnership.

Jefferson’s mission, vision and values create an organization that attracts the best and the brightest students, faculty, staff, and healthcare professionals, as well as the most visionary leaders to drive exceptional results.

• OUR MISSION: We improve lives.
• OUR VISION: Reimagining health, education and discovery to create unparalleled value
• OUR VALUES: Put People First, Be Bold & Think Differently and Do the Right Thing

As an employer, Jeffersonmaintains a commitment to provide equal access to employment. Jefferson values diversity and encourages applications from women, members of minority groups, LGBTQ individuals, disabled individuals, and veterans.