Academic Department Associate
Deadline for Applications is 10/03/2021

The Academic Department Associate serves as liaison between individuals and groups and the faculty of the Departments of ECONOMICS AND COMPUTER SCIENCE. maintains appropriate records for departmental budget, personnel, and course schedules. Periodically, the associate will be called on to schedule, organize, and manage academic events.

Key Job Responsibilities

• Administrative Assistance Duties: including schedules logistics and secures resources for meetings, conferences, travel, and work unit operations; take meeting minutes, sends, receives, copies, and distributes communications to the appropriate entities according to established policies and procedures; tracks, stocks, orders, and inventories office supplies to ensure adequate materials are available for workplace operation.
• Academic Program Duties: including serves as first point of contact for individuals and groups providing basic organizational information via phone, in person, and through other communication mediums; routing more complex inquiries to the appropriate entities; process change forms and facilitate special registrations; maintain Department/Program student evaluation course files for CBEC.
• Hiring of student workers for LABS and AppFactory
• Schedule, Organize, and Market events as needed

• Associate Degree or higher

Starting hourly rate of $16.34 depending on qualifications and experience.

The University of Wisconsin System provides a liberal benefits package, including participation in a state pension plan. 

Benefit Details: https://www.wisconsin.edu/ohrwd/benefits/download/summaries/fasl.pdf

Total Compensation Estimator: https://www.wisconsin.edu/ohrwd/benefits/totalcomp/

HOW TO APPLY:
Applications must be submitted electronically through our employment portal. If you need additional assistance you may contact Human Resources at (262) 595-2204. Hours 8:00am-4:30pm Monday-Friday.

STEP 1: Please select the applicable link below:

External Applicants: (NOT currently employed by the University of Wisconsin System)

Internal Applicants: (Currently employed by the University of Wisconsin System)

STEP 2: Submit application materials

Please be sure to complete all required fields and include all required documents before submitting your application. Once submitted, you will not be able to edit or attach any application materials. Files must be complete to be considered. All materials must be added at one time, once submitted you may not edit/add to profile. Please include the following documents:

• Cover letter
• Resume
• Names and contact information for three references

Review of Applications

Applications received by Sunday October 3rd, 2021 are ensured full consideration. Position is open until filled.

You must select "SUBMIT". Selecting "Save" will not forward your application materials to the search committee. 

Please be sure to complete all required fields and include all required documents before submitting your application. Once submitted, you will not be able to edit or attach any application materials.

In instances where the Review Committee is unable to ascertain from a candidates application materials whether she/he meets all of the required qualifications, or if all of the application materials are not submitted, they will be evaluated as not meeting such qualifications and may be excluded from further consideration.

Employment will require a criminal background check, and if you have prior work history within the last 7 years with Universities of Wisconsin, a personnel file review check for employee misconduct. It will also require your references to answer questions regarding employee misconduct, sexual violence, and sexual harassment. If the results are unacceptable, the offer will be withdrawn or, if you have started employment, your employment will be terminated.

(see TC1 - App. 4 and p. 12)

It is the policy of UW-Parkside to provide reasonable accommodations for qualified persons with disabilities who are employees or applicants for employment. If you need assistance or accommodations at any stage of the recruitment process because of a disability, please let us know. Employment opportunities will not be denied to anyone because of the need to make reasonable accommodations to a person's disability.