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Texas Athletics Student Services Job Opportunities

Texas Athletics Student Services is dedicated to providing holistic student services for student-athletes. It is our mission to supplement existing campus resources with academic support that promotes a positive college experience. All employees may work with confidential information and must perform their duties in a professional manner.

Advantages of Working with Athletics Student Services

• Flexible schedule – We schedule based on the availability you provide.
• Competitive pay – We offer some of the highest student pay rates on campus.
• Professional development – Our employees have the opportunity to attend workshops to enhance their skills.
• Teaching opportunities – Our employees are able to hone their teaching skills and gain experience in education.

Tutor

Tutors are content-focused guides who explain concepts in depth at the individual student’s pace. Tutors may conduct individual, small group, and walk-in tutoring sessions for specific courses. Sessions are typically scheduled on a weekly, recurring basis, but may also be scheduled as needed throughout the semester.

Compensation
• $11+ per hour, depending on qualifications ($12+ per hour with writing specialty) • Merit pay rate increases based on longevity and positive performance reviews

Qualifications
• Knowledge in content areas to be tutored
• 3.0 or higher cumulative GPA
• Grade of ‘B’ or better in courses or content areas to be tutored
• Effective listening and communication skills
• Respect for individual differences and a variety of academic backgrounds
• Ability to commit to tutor at least five (5) hours per week for the entire semester
• Ability to commit to participate in initial orientation and ongoing training throughout employment
• Undergraduate applicants: Completion of at least two (2) long semesters enrolled full-time in residence

Office Assistant

Office Assistants provide clerical support to the professional staff with the Texas Athletics Student Services office.

Compensation
• $10+ per hour
• Merit pay rate increases based on longevity and positive performance reviews

Qualifications
• 3.0 or higher cumulative GPA
• Effective listening and communication skills
• Strong attention to detail
• Ability to work well individually and as a member of a team
• Ability to commit to work at least ten (10) hours per week
• Undergraduate applicants: Completion of at least one (1) long semester enrolled full-time in residence

HOW TO APPLY

Send the following items to jobs.studentservices@athletics.utexas.edu:

Résumé or CV
Cover letter
List of 2-4 academic or professional references
§ Include name, title, relationship, and email address

If invited to interview, applicants will be asked to provide additional application items, which may include an application form, transcripts, and/or a writing sample.

UT Austin Student Training & Internship Program for HCM & IT Consulting Career Paths

UT Austin announces a new training and internship program for students interested in Human Capital Management, Systems and IT consulting.

This program is designed to train UT-Austin undergraduates in cloud-based HCM, Payroll and Financial Administration systems in support of the University’s implementation of the new Workday enterprise application. During this spring and summer program, students will be trained on Workday technologies and business processes, and complete a full-time internship at UT Austin working on the Workday application configuration, quality assurance, implementation, security and business process adoption.

Program Details & How to Apply

Explore the full details of the program and access the online application form here. The application deadline is Wednesday, March 23, 2016. Save the date for the program’s online information session on March 21, from 5:00-6:00 pm CST. Logon instructions will be provided on this webpage after March 17.

Program Overview

Title: Administrative Systems Modernization Program (ASMP) – Workday Analyst Internship
Eligibility: UT Austin undergraduate students with a 2.7 or higher GPA and graduating in 2017 or 2018. Explore the full internship requirements listed at the link above.
Pay: $18 per hour
Training: Workday@College provides comprehensive human capital management training in online and on-site courses. Training covers organizational structures, staffing, compensation, business processes, security and report writing. Training takes place online April 1-29 and on-site May 16-23.
Internship: The UT Austin ASMP Workday Analyst internship portion of this program takes place during the summer, from May 25 – August 12, 2016. This is a full-time internship, requiring 40 hours per week, Monday-Friday from 8am-5pm.
- Immediately contribute to the implementation of the cloud-based Workday HCM solution on campus
- Work in a dynamic team environment
- Gather and analyze business requirements
- Assist as needed with the design, implementation, testing and optimization of Workday business processes, configuration, reporting, and integrations
- Advise on options, risks, and any impact on current processes or systems
- Learn about on-going organizational change management, communication, training to facilitate adoption
- Be among one of the first college students trained on Workday, a game-changing and in-demand solution
Fall Semester & Beyond: Beginning in fall 2016, the internship converts to a 20 hour/week student campus job until graduation.

Competitive Career Skills

This program provides intensive systems consulting and cloud-based enterprise application implementation training and project management experience using Workday, the industry leader in finance and human capital management software.

The skills and experience gained in this program are highly sought after in the job market and will make you a competitive candidate for IT and systems consulting opportunities. Consulting firms – such as Deloitte and Accenture – and other Fortune 500 companies and organizations actively recruit and hire individuals to implement Workday applications. Additionally, organizations that have deployed Workday hire individuals to help with ongoing updates and support.

Breakthrough Austin

Are you looking for an exciting reason to stay in Austin this summer? Check out Breakthrough Austin, a local nonprofit organization that focuses on getting first generation college students the skills they need to be successful before, during, and after college. As a Breakthrough Teaching Fellow, you will be in charge of developing and delivering lessons to a class of about 10 middle school aged students. You will work closely with an Instructional Coach from an Austin-area school, and on a team with other college students from across the country. This is a paid internship, you will be a quarter time AmeriCorps member (and receive an education award upon completion of the program), and there is inexpensive housing provided by the program should you need it. The application is February 23rd so get started today!

http://www.breakthroughaustin.org/teachers/how-to-apply

Study Abroad Student Assistant Job

Customized Programs Student Assistant – International Office Study Abroad

Position Description

Provide administrative support for the Customized Programs Team.

Hours: 10-12 hours per week.

Hourly Rate: $8.25.

Starting: As soon as possible.

Required: Individual must be Federal Work Study Eligible and available to work 10-12 hours per week over the spring and potentially this summer and next year.

Department: The Customized Programs Team builds and coordinates faculty-led programs, administering approximately 25-30 faculty-led programs each year, including four-week Maymesters, six- to nine-week summer programs, and UT Semester Plus programs.

Overview of Duties:

Work with Customized Programs Team Coordinators related to the following functions:

· Student recruitment, advising, and retention.

· Pre-departure preparations and forms.

· Faculty director logistical preparations.

· Other tasks as assigned by program coordinators.

Benefits:

· Support international programming in a dynamic professional environment.

· Gain valuable experience in general administration.

Requirements:

· Must be a current UT student in good academic standing.

· Must be Federal Work Study eligible.

· Must be able to work at least 10-12 hours per week.

· Must be able to lift at least 25 lbs.

· Self-motivated and able to work independently.

· Detail-oriented and highly organized.

· Awareness of cultural differences; ability to communicate respectfully and effectively with international students and staff, as well as various levels of faculty, staff, and students.

Preferred:

· Experience studying abroad.

· Previous administrative support experience.

Interested individuals should send a cover letter and resume to Rebekah Junkermeier at rebekahj@austin.utexas.edu. Please include “Customized Programs SAP” in the email subject line.

Spring Semester Part-Time Nanny needed Tuesdays and Thursdays

I am in need of a reliable, energetic person with a car to pick up my creative, energetic, 11 year old daughter from school on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 3:30 and hang out with her to get her going on homework (tho’ she can be left alone). Pay $13.00 an hour. General time frame- Pick up at 3:30 until 5:30. The most important time is pick up. The length can be adjusted if you need to leave earlier. My daughter attends Lamar Middle School off 2222 and Burnet Road (just north of UT campus). Please email me if interested. samorous@austin.utexas.edu

Athletics Mentor and Tutor Positions

The University of Texas at Austin’s Intercollegiate Athletics Department is looking for graduate students to fill Academic Mentor and Tutor positions. Descriptions for the positions are provided below, along with links to the UT Athletics job postings with instructions on how to apply.

Academic Mentors work with students in a structured environment to assist in the development of each student’s ability to effectively transition from high school to college and to develop study skills they will be able to use throughout their college experience. The Academic Mentor works to oversee each student’s daily academic preparation, which includes monitoring individual class progress and attendance in addition to teaching study skills and time management. Ideal Mentor candidates will have prior teaching experience or career goals in education.

Tutors work with students on mastering course specific content and are hired according to the subject area needs of the Intercollegiate Athletics Department. Ideal Tutor candidates will have prior teaching or tutoring experience at the university level as well as a strong and complete working knowledge of the applicable field of study.

If interested in applying, please follow the following links to the job descriptions and application process:

Academic Mentor

Tutor

Applications for the U.S. Dept. of State’s Summer 2016 Critical Language Scholarship

Applications are now being accepted for the U.S. Department of State’s Summer 2016 Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Programin 14 critical foreign languages.

The application is available online at: http://www.clscholarship.org Application deadline: November 23, 2015, 7:59 pm Eastern Standard Time.

The CLS Program is overseen by the State Department’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. It is a overseas,intensive language and cultural immersion program for American undergraduate and graduate students.CLS has summer sessions each year in a variety of overseas locations, and uses an intensive, group-based method of language instruction. CLS goals are to increase the number of Americans studying and mastering critical languages, and to build relationships between the people of the United States and other countries.

CLS provides opportunities to a diverse range of students, from across the United States, at every level of language learning. The CLS Program seeks participants with diverse interests, from a wide variety of fields of study, backgrounds and career paths, with the purpose of representing the full diversity of the United States. Students from all academic disciplines, including business, engineering, law, medicine, science, social sciences, arts and humanities are encouraged to apply.

Eligibility requirements – Applicants must be a U.S. citizen at the time of application, and be enrolled in an accredited U.S. degree-granting program at the undergraduate (associate’s/bachelor’s) or graduate (master’s/doctoral/professional degree) level. For more information about CLS eligibility requirements, visit:

http://www.clscholarship.org/information-for/applicants.

The 14 CLS languages areArabic, Azerbaijani, Bangla, Chinese, Hindi, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Persian, Punjabi, Russian, Swahili, Turkish, and Urdu. Swahili will, for the first time, be offered at the beginning through advanced levels. Most CLS languages do not require prior language training, but there are prerequisites for Arabic, Chinese, Persian, Russian, and Japanese. For more information about prerequisites, visit: http://www.clscholarship.org/information-for/applicants.

Costs covered by CLS include: Intensive overseas group-based language courses (20+ hours per week); room and board, often with a host family; a full cultural program; host community language partner; U.S. academic credit issued through Bryn Mawr College; domestic and international airfare; and a small stipend to cover incidental expenses and meals not provided by the program.

There is no requirement for CLS alumni to perform U.S. Government service after they participate in the program. Participants are, however, expected to continue their language study beyond the scholarship period, and to later apply their critical language skills in their professional careers. Participants are selected based on their commitment to language learning and plans to apply their language skills to their future academic or professional pursuits.

Prior to preparing their applications, interested students should review the full eligibility and application information on the CLS Program website:
http://www.clscholarship.org/information-for/applicants.

For news, updates and more information about the CLS Program, please visit the CLS website and Facebook page:

Website: http://www.clscholarship.org ; Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/CLScholarship

For questions not covered in the CLS website’s FAQs, , please contact: cls@americancouncils.org

Apply to be an Orientation Peer Adviser for Summer 2016

New Student Services is recruiting and selecting Orientation Advisers who will help develop, plan and implement the 2016 orientation program..

Orientation Advisers support and mentor new freshman and transfer students as they transition to The University of Texas at Austin. To prepare for this critical role, Orientation Advisers receive extensive leadership training that serves them throughout their time at UT Austin and beyond. They also learn valuable academic advising skills, write and perform in productions, develop creative media, plan large-scale events and much more.

Students from any college and classification are eligible to become an Orientation Adviser. To apply, students MUST attend one of the following OA Information Sessions:
Tuesday, Oct. 13, 8:30-9:30pm, CLA 0.126
Wednesday, Oct. 14, 5:30-6:30pm, SSB G1.310
Sunday, Oct. 18, 8:30-9:30pm, JES A121A
Tuesday, Oct. 22, 5:30-6:30pm, FAC 21
Required attendance is intentional, because at the session we communicate to students the level of commitment the experience entails. Students who are selected as OAs serve on committees in the spring and take an upper-division course designed specifically for Orientation Advisors, then work throughout the summer. For more information and to see the job description,

Athletics Tutor Position

The University of Texas at Austin’s Intercollegiate Athletics Department is looking for students to fill Academic Tutor positions. A description for the position is provided below, along with a link to the UT Athletics job posting with instructions on how to apply.

Tutors work with students on mastering course specific content and are hired according to the subject area needs of the Intercollegiate Athletics Department. Tutors are scheduled as needed and do not have a guaranteed number of work hours per week. Ideal Tutor candidates will have prior teaching or tutoring experience at the university level as well as a strong and complete working knowledge of the applicable field of study.

In addition to scheduled work hours, Academic Tutors are required to attend an orientation session at the beginning of the semester as well as several scheduled meetings throughout the semester. Academic Tutors must possess the ability to work positively with students within the boundaries and standards set by the Intercollegiate Athletics Department at The University of Texas and the NCAA.

*Note: These are part-time positions and are paid on an hourly basis. They do not meet the criteria needed for in-state tuition or benefits at the University.

If interested in applying, please follow the link to the job description and application process: