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Job Description

Build on your existing professional skills while you work in Curricular Affairs at the University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine. This position is well-suited for someone interested in developing their resume/CV while expanding their professional abilities.

The Student Worker will provide Clerical Support to the Evaluation and Assessment team.

Responsibilities

In addition to general clerical duties, they will assist with:

• Calendar management
• Construction and editing of forms/documents/reports
• Design and editing of assessment materials
• Maintain professional and timely email communication with faculty, staff, and students

Required Qualifications

• Candidate must be enrolled at the University of Nevada, Reno
• Candidate must have intermediate proficiency in clerical applications, such as Outlook, Word, Excel, DocuSign, Zoom, etc.
• Candidate must have the ability to prioritize competing demands
• Successful candidates enjoy working within a high-stakes, deadline-focused environment
• Candidate must maintain professional communication and professional personal presentation across stakeholders within UNR Med (including faculty, staff, senior leadership, and students)
• Candidate must respond in a timely manner to written communications (email, Teams) during the student's established work hours is a priority
• Candidate must keep confidentiality when working with sensitive material, and foster the trust of staff, faculty, students and senior leaders
• Candidate must maintain communication regarding successes, challenges, and strategic decisions between team members and supervisors
• Candidate must be proficient in proof-reading/copy-editing within an academic/professional environment
• Candidate must have the ability to work year-round (vacations permitted)
• Candidate currently enrolled in or anticipating enrolling in the UNR M.D. Program are not eligible for this position

Preferred Qualifications

• Candidate has experience in an office or similar environment
• Candidate has Workday experience or similar
• Candidate has the desire to work year-round through December 2026 or May 2027, depending on graduation date

Schedule

Expected hours to work per week: 20

Established per semester around class schedule

Hours preferably within the business hours of Monday to Friday, 8:00am - 5:00pm

Open to discussion regarding work during academic vacations

Exempt

Full-Time Equivalent

Required Attachment(s)

Please note, once you submit your application the only attachment/s viewable to you will be the attachment/s to the resume/CV section of the application. Any additional required attachment/s to the cover letter, references, additional documents sections of the application, will not be viewable to you after you submit your application. All uploaded attachment/s will be on the application for the committee to review. To request updates to attachments, prior to the committee review of applications, please contact the candidate helpdesk at jobs@unr.edu.

Attach the following attachment(s) to your application

Resume/CV - (required) List a detailed description of the major duties that you performed as part of each job. You must demonstrate that you qualify for the position and your education and experience must be clearly documented.

Unofficial Transcript -- (required)

Cover Letter - (optional)

This posting is open until filled

Qualified individuals are encouraged to apply immediately. Recruitment will close without notice when a sufficient number of applications are received or a hiring decision has been made.

Posting Close Date

Note to Applicant

A background check will be conducted on the candidate(s) selected for hire.

HR will attempt to verify academic credentials upon receipt of hiring documents. If the academic credentials cannot be verified, HR will notify the faculty member that an official transcript of their highest degree must be submitted within thirty days of the faculty member's first day of employment.

References will be contacted at the appropriate phase of the recruitment process.

Applicants hired on a federal contract may be subject to E-Verify.

As part of the hiring process, applicants for positions in the Nevada System of Higher Education may be required to demonstrate the ability to perform job-related tasks.

For positions that require driving, evidence of a valid driver's license will be required at the time of employment and as a condition of continued employment.

Schedules are subject to change based on organizational needs.