Office Assistant - Student Accessibility Services (FWS)

Position Title: Office Assistant - Student Accessibility Services (FWS)

Department: Student Accessibility Services

Advertised Pay: 10.00

Campus Location: Washburn University

Position Summary:

The Office Assistant in the Student Accessibility Office will assist in providing support and services for the office. Support will include answering the phone, taking messages, responding to emails, and providing general guidance to students, faculty, and staff.

About Washburn University: 

Washburn University is a teaching-focused, student-centered, public institution located in the metropolitan setting of Topeka that has earned national recognition for its high-impact programs for first-generation students. Washburn has a student body of just over 7,000 students, a significant and growing number of whom are first-generation and Pell-Grant eligible. The University has created educational pathways for all students to be successful and achieve their educational goals.

Washburn is dedicated to recruiting and retaining a dynamic faculty, staff, and student body and cultivating a robust learning and working environment and curriculum. We employ more than one thousand faculty and staff on our campuses throughout Topeka and strive to offer competitive wages, an excellent benefits program, and a supportive culture and a healthy work/life balance. Washburn seeks to create an environment that reflects our core values for creating positive IMPACT: inclusion, modernization, partnership, achievement, community and transformation. In 2024, Washburn was recognized as one of the best colleges in the nation to work for, according to Great Colleges to Work For® program.

Essential Functions:
-Greet and direct students, faculty, and other guests entering the department
-Coordinate scheduling meetings with student(s) and staff
-Responding to emails and phone calls to direct students, faculty and staff
-Document interactions with student(s) in disability management software
-Performs additional duties as assigned by supervisor

Non-Essential Functions:
-Collaborate with Graduate Assistant to create/promote social media content

Required Qualifications:
-Current Washburn student
-Effective communication skills
-Attention to detail
-Knowledge and skills to effectively interact with all individuals
-Experience with MS Office products (including but not limited to Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel, and TEAMS)

Preferred Qualifications:
-Preference will be given for psychology, social work, human services, education, and business.
-Prior office/front desk experience
-Experience working with individuals with disabilities.
-Willingness to deliver exceptional customer service.

Special Instructions to Applicants: Please provide copy of resume to the application form to be considered.
This position is only available for the office hours advertised. If you are not available for the hours posted, you application will not be considered.

Hourly, Part time, Mon-Fri, 8am-4:30pm   
Background Check Not Required