Student Assistant - Digital Engagement Center

A Digital Engagement Center Student Assistant will serve as a USF liaison and fundraiser. This position requires calling, emailing, texting, or sending video messages to alumni, parents, and friends and forming relationships to secure funding for the University of South Florida. Other duties include: maintaining the service flow in the set-up, execution, and breakdown of events and meetings held in the USF Gibbons Alumni Center; the acceptance and delivery of mail to the Alumni Center mailrooms; performing general cleaning and building maintenance tasks; and special projects as assigned. This position reports to the Assistant Director of the Digital Engagement Center.

Average Number of Hours per Week: up to 20 hours per week

Schedule: Students must work a minimum of 2 shifts per week from the following available shifts: 

Sunday: 2-5 PM 

Monday-Thursday: 2-5 PM

Monday-Thursday: 5:30-9 PM

Standard Learning Objectives:

As a result of this position student will be able to:

• Demonstrate basic employability skills such as timeliness to work, appropriate dress, interpersonal communication, and time management
• Receive and solicit feedback from a supervisor and effectively apply feedback on the job
• Assess the workplace and demonstrate how personal talents, skills, and knowledge fit into the employer’s goals, mission, and vision
• Demonstrate his or her professional brand (identity)
• Communicate transferable and functional skills to prospective employers

Additional Information for Applicants: Work well in a fast-paced environment, possess strong oral communication skills, and work well independently or with a team. Able to lift at least 50 pounds and move and manipulate items up to 100 pounds.  Read and follow written instructions.

Minimum Qualifications: Must be a currently enrolled USF student.