Assistant Study

Assistant I, Work-Study

Austin Community College

Job Posting Close Date:
August 2, 2026

Number of Openings: 150

Pay Rate: $24.10 per hour

Provides clerical and administrative support to a departmental office, program, and/or classroom/lab.

• Open to current students who have been offered work‑study on their financial aid award package.
• Enrollment in a minimum of six college credits.
• Meet Financial Aid Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) standards each semester.

• Performs office duties in support of faculty, staff, and/or student efforts, including word processing, data entry, maintaining files, processing mail, and duplication.
• Gathers, compiles, and enters data, producing routine reports and documents.
• Produces handouts, fliers, newsletters, brochures, manuals, and other documents.
• Answers the telephone, routes calls, or takes messages; responds to and/or directs inquiries in person or on the telephone.
• May input budget figures, prepare requisitions, log and track expenditures, take payments, or issue invoices or bills.
• Maintains tracking systems and logs.
• Operates office equipment such as copiers and fax machines.
• May assist instructors and students in a lab/classroom setting.
• Participates in training and professional development opportunities.
• Additional duties may be assigned based on departmental, program, or classroom/lab needs.

• Office procedures and practices.
• Customer service techniques.

• Maintaining confidentiality of work‑related information and materials.
• Establishing and maintaining effective working relationships.
• Maintaining an established work schedule.
• Effective interpersonal and communication skills.
• Effective organizational and planning skills.
• Entering data, maintaining files, and performing other clerical duties.
• Effective customer‑orientation when working with a multicultural population.

• Use of spreadsheet, word processing, database, and presentation software.
• May also use social media, desktop publishing, and update web pages.

• Work routinely performed in a standard office or similar environment. Remote options may be available depending on position needs.
• Subject to standing, walking, sitting, bending, reaching, kneeling, pushing, and pulling.
• Occasional lifting of objects up to 10 pounds.

Work safely and follow safety rules. Report unsafe working conditions and behavior. Take reasonable and prudent actions to prevent others from engaging in unsafe practices.

Employees are required to report violations under Title IX and other Clery Act obligations. If identified as a Campus Security Authority, you will be notified, trained, and provided resources for reporting.

The above description is an overview of the job. It is not intended to be an all‑inclusive list of duties and responsibilities of the job, nor is it an all‑inclusive list of the skills and abilities required to do the job. Duties and responsibilities may change with business needs. The college reserves the right to add, change, amend, or delete portions of this job description at any time, with or without notice.

Employees may be required to perform other duties as requested, directed, or assigned. In addition, reasonable accommodations may be made by the college at its discretion to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions of the job.