Student Assistant

Procedures to hire a Student Assistant

The Career Services Center is the primary contact for the recruitment and hiring of student employees; they have consolidated the process into a few short steps:

Complete the On-Campus Student Employment Job Posting Request Form
Complete the Job Description Form
E-mail both the completed On-Campus Student Employment Job Posting Request Form and Job Description Form to your unit's MSO.
The MSO signs off electronically on the Job Posting Request Form and then e-mails both forms to Career Services Center at penea@ucmerced.edu.

Contacts:
Student Payroll Sherry Coane scoane@ucmerced.edu Academic Affairs MSO
Career Services Center Phyllis Enea penea@ucmerced.edu Student Employment

Student Assistant Positions
Student employees are an essential part of a university culture. There are four distinct classification levels based on the duties, responsibilities and level of supervision the students will have. Below is a general summary of the position description and a link to the pay schedule for each of the positions.
Student Assistant I (4922) - Under close supervision, Student Assistant I's perform a variety of unskilled clerical and/or manual related duties. The nature of duties assigned at this level may provide incumbents with free time for such activities as studying and reading. Incumbents may be required to have a general knowledge of the areas to which they are assigned.
Student Assistant II (4921) - Under supervision, Student Assistant II's perform a variety of clerical and/or manual related duties that are usually semi-skilled in nature and do not require extensive skill, training, or experience. The Student Assistant II class is distinguished from the Student Assistant I class in that the duties assigned at the Assistant I level are unskilled in nature and usually allows incumbents time for such activities as studying and reading.
Student Assistant III (4920) - Under general supervision, Student Assistant III's perform a variety of skilled duties in support of academic research projects, student advising and contact with the public; perform clerical and manual duties that involve limited use of specialized skills; and may in addition coordinate the work of a group of lower level Assistants. The Student Assistant III class is distinguished from the Student Assistant II class by the greater use of specialized skills and/or the responsibility for coordinating the work of one or more student assistants.
Student Assistant IV (4919) - Under general supervision, Student Assistant IV's perform a variety of complex duties in support of academic research projects; perform clerical, manual, advising, and/or public contact duties that require the use of specialized skills, and may, in addition, coordinate the work of a group of lower level Student Assistants. The Student Assistant IV class is distinguished from the Student Assistant III class by the greater degree of complexity involved in research and related assignments, more frequent use of specialized skills, and/or the responsibility for coordinating the work of a larger number of Assistants.