CalWORKs Student Assistant - Coastline College Academic Year

Coastline College Student Assistant Position

Coastline College, a community college located just outside of Los Angeles in Orange County, California, has been an innovative leader in traditional and non-traditional delivery of education since its birth in 1976. The college is part of the California Community College system, which includes a total of 116 community colleges statewide. Coastline College welcomes a diverse pool of candidates and has an unwavering commitment to quality education, equitable outcomes, inclusive practices and racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic diversity.

Student Assistants are at-will employees, have no entitlement rights to any position in the District, and are not benefits eligible. Student Assistants may not exceed 19.5 working hours per week during the fall and spring semesters. Student Assistants may work a maximum of 28 hours per week outside of the fall and spring semesters. Student Assistants are prohibited from being employed by the District in any other capacity during the same Fiscal Year (July 1 – June 30).

Student Assistants work in a particular department of the college or the district site and have job responsibilities specifically designed for a student who has non-classified job responsibilities. Student Assistants perform duties from unskilled to skilled and/or specialized in a variety of positions that typically require the use of manual, clerical, and public contact. The nature of the job may vary from department to department.

Assignments have limited use of discretion and judgment. Work is regularly reviewed and may entail detailed instructions. Student Assistant job assignments take into account the class timings and exam schedule of the student and are more flexible than off-campus jobs. Student assistants have a wide variety of choices and can choose assignments in a department that is aligned with their academic and career goals and interests, as available.

Accordingly, the duties and responsibilities will be varying depending on the nature of the assignment. Duties will be determined based on the needs of the position.

Student Assistant I – Entry level/Semi-skilled:
Work is under immediate supervision (methods of performing tasks are well established and explained in specific terms). Work assignments typically involve standardized duties that are of a routine and repetitive nature. Work assignments may include the use of special equipment, software applications, or tools per an established procedure. The supervisor has responsibility for the assignment of work, the flow of work, production level, and provision of proper instructions.

Student Assistant II – Intermediate/Advanced:
Work is under general supervision (work objectives are set but methods of performing tasks are left up to the employee) with specialized training done on the job. Work assignments are varied and less routine and involve a moderate degree of responsibility. Work assignments may involve access to and use of sophisticated data systems and confidential information for which considerable training is required.

The supervisor has responsibility for the assignment of work, however, there is less control exercised over the flow of work, and instruction given is more general. Jobs may require moderate independent judgment, analysis, and decision-making skills; must have a minimum of one year of experience in the same student assistant assignment.

Student Assistant III – Specialist/Lead:
Work is under general supervision (work objectives are set but methods of performing tasks are left up to the employee). Work assignments involve a broad variety of skills and/or tasks for which considerable training is required. Jobs require the application of considerable independent judgment and decision-making. Students at this level may have the responsibility to direct the work of lower-level student employees;

must have a minimum of two years of experience in the same student assistant assignment.

Students must be enrolled in classes for the current semester and have been awarded federal work-study through the financial aid office to be eligible for a student assistant position under the…