CAIFS Student Accessibility Assistant

Position Overview

The Center for Academic Innovation and Faculty Support seeks applications from highly motivated, detail‑oriented students to work 5-15 hours per week as a CAIFS Student Accessibility Assistant. The work may be completed either in-person in the CAIFS office space in Media or virtually, from a private, secure location of the employee’s choice.

• Ensure documents (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, PDF, etc.) meet accessibility standards.
• Edit video captions for accuracy, including grammar, punctuation, and spelling.
• Flag specialized content that needs to be evaluated at an expert level and report to the supervisor.
• Participate in training for accessibility standards and to use word processing and accessibility features in Office 365, Adobe PDF, YuJa, and Blackboard.

• Currently enrolled student at USC Upstate.
• Federal Work Study students are preferred.
• Excellent listening, written communication, grammar, and proofreading skills.
• Willingness and ability to work in web‑based applications.
• Willingness and ability to work independently with direction.
• Willingness to ask for guidance when needed.
• Detail oriented.
• Commitment to checking Upstate email daily.
• Strong work ethic to support virtual work where the employee sets their own schedule (mitigated somewhat if the employee requests workspace in the Center for Academic Innovation and Faculty Support).
• Personal integrity and maintaining confidentiality in a professional environment.

Job Title:

Student Employee

Internal

Title:

CAIFS Student Accessibility Assistant

Posting Number: STU
00012PO26

Campus:
Upstate

Department: UPS Center for Academic Innovation & Faculty Support

Type:
Part Time

Hours per week: 15

Hourly pay: $12 per hour

Location:

USC Upstate, Spartanburg, SC and/or remotely.

The University of South Carolina does not discriminate in educational or employment opportunities or decisions for qualified persons on the basis of age, ancestry, citizenship status, color, disability, ethnicity, familial status, gender (including transgender), gender identity or expression, genetic information, HIV /AIDs status, military status, national origin, pregnancy (false pregnancy, termination of pregnancy, childbirth, recovery therefrom or related medical conditions, breastfeeding), race, religion (including religious dress and grooming practices), sex, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any other bases under federal, state, local law, or regulations.