Graduate Assistant - SharePoint & Digital Workplace

The Department of Asian Studies was created in 1994 to provide a focus within The University of Texas at Austin for the creation and dissemination of knowledge about Asia, principally East Asia (China, Japan, and Korea) and South Asia (India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, and Afghanistan). With over forty instructors, the department is one of the largest and most distinguished in the country.

We offer courses in nine Asian languages:
Bengali, Chinese, Hindi, Japanese, Korean, Malayalam, Sanskrit, Tamil, and Urdu. The Department teaches the histories, cultures, religions, and literatures of Asia, as well as the contemporary issues facing Asian countries from economic and ecological issues to security and ethnic conflicts. The department houses the Center for East Asian Studies, dedicated to promoting the study of East Asia within The University of Texas.

The Center for East Asian Studies houses the Japan Lab, a Digital Humanities project. The Japan Lab brings students and faculty together to create engaging educational video games about Japanese history, culture, and language for use in Japanese Studies classrooms. You can play games, find lesson plans and resources for teaching, or learn about bringing the Japan Lab framework to your institution.

We believe that Japan Lab offers an exciting and innovative model for Japanese Studies in the twenty-first century. By combining game design with faculty-guided research, the Japan Lab model provides an intensive, hands-on learning experience in which students deepen their knowledge of Japan, build practical digital skills, and produce high-quality educational resources for use in the classroom. In addition, the department also houses the Center for Taiwan Studies.

The center brings distinguished visitors from Taiwan to campus, supports student and faculty research on Taiwan, hosts a variety of international symposia and offers courses in language, culture, history and society of Taiwan.

This position is for a 5 hours per week for the Fall 2026 and Spring 2027 semesters. The SharePoint & Digital Workplace employee will support the department's ongoing transition to a more collaborative and efficient digital workplace using Microsoft 365. This position will help the department organize information, improve internal communication, and develop a user-friendly SharePoint site and resources that make it easier for staff to find information and work together.

The position offers hands-on experience in digital workplace design, knowledge management, business process improvement, user experience, and organizational communications while working closely with staff across multiple areas.

• Develop and maintain SharePoint site and digital content by creating accessible, user-friendly pages; organizing information; migrating content from legacy locations; and ensuring consistency and organizational branding, navigation, and accessibility standards.
• Assist with business process improvement projects by documenting workflows, identifying opportunities to streamline administrative processes, and developing digital solutions using Microsoft Forms, Microsoft Lists, Power Automate, and One Drive to improve efficiency and collaboration.
• Provide user support and develop training resources by assisting staff with SharePoint and Microsoft 365 tools, creating quick-reference guides and instructional materials, testing new features, gathering user feedback and helping troubleshoot common usability issues.

• Current graduate student.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Comfortable learning new technology and software applications.
• Experience with Microsoft Office applications, specifically SharePoint and Microsoft Forms.
• Interest in user experience, information organization, communications, technology, or project management.
• Ability to work independently while managing multiple assignments.

Salary Range: $17.00/hour at 5 hours per week.

May work around standard office conditions, including repetitive use of a keyboard at a workstation.…