About this role
Job Posting Title: UTeach Student Office Assistant---- Hiring Department: UTeach-Natural Sciences---- Position Open To: All Applicants---- Weekly Scheduled Hours: 40---- FLSA Status: Non-Exempt from FLSA---- Earliest Start Date: Aug 24, 2026---- Position Duration: Expected to Continue Until Dec 31, 2026---- Location: UT MAIN CAMPUS---- Job Details: General Notes: UTeach at UT Austin includes the innovative UTeach STEM teacher preparation program, a national expansion effort for that program, teacher professional development, and several local STEM education initiatives, all supporting the improvement of STEM education and the public education system overall.
Purpose: The UTeach Student Office Assistant plays a vital role in supporting the daily operations of the UTeach program office. This position is ideal for students who are organized, reliable, and enjoy helping others in a professional setting.
Responsibilities:
• Front Desk Reception and Customer Service: Serve as the first point of contact for the UTeach program by answering and directing phone calls, responding to or routing emails, providing accurate program information to students, faculty, and visitors, maintaining front desk coverage, and assisting with general inquiries in a professional and courteous manner.
• Administrative and Office Support: Provide administrative support to faculty and staff by reserving rooms, sending confirmation emails, processing mail, ordering and organizing office supplies, assisting with copying and preparation of materials, maintaining shared office spaces and break rooms, checking deliveries, and performing other assigned office support duties.
• Other duties as assigned.
Required Qualifications: Cumulative GPA of at least 2.5. Ability to commit to a consistent work schedule and arrive/depart on time. Relevant education and experience may be substituted as appropriate.
Preferred Qualifications: Freshman or sophomore classification. 1 year of office or customer service experience. Availability to work at 8:00 a.m. and/or on Fridays until 5:00 p.m. Willingness to work during winter break, spring break, and summer as needed.
Salary: $13 per hour
Working Conditions
• This is an in-person assignment located in Painter Hall on main campus.
• Located in a high traffic front office lobby.
• May work around standard office conditions.
• Repetitive use of computer equipment.
Work Shift
• Between 12 and 19 hours per week determined with your supervisor
• Office is open Monday through Friday from 8a-5p.
Required Materials
• Letter of interest
• Resume/CV
• Class Schedule
Important for applicants who are NOT current university employees or contingent workers: You will be prompted to submit your resume the first time you apply, then you will be provided an option to upload a new Resume for subsequent applications. Any additional Required Materials (letter of interest, references, etc.) will be uploaded in the Application Questions section; you will be able to multi-select additional files. Before submitting your online job application, ensure that ALL Required Materials have been uploaded. Once your job application has been submitted, you cannot make changes.
Important for Current university employees and contingent workers: As a current university employee or contingent worker, you MUST apply within Workday by searching for Find UT Jobs. If you are a current University employee, log-in to Workday, navigate to your Worker Profile, click the Career link in the left-hand navigation menu and then update the sections in your Professional Profile before you apply. This information will be pulled in to your application. The application is one page and you will be prompted to upload your resume. In addition, you must respond to the application questions presented to upload any additional Required Materials (letter of interest, references, etc.) that were noted above. ---- Employment Eligibility: Please make sure you meet all the required qualifications and you can perform all of the essential functions with or without a reasonable accommodation.---- Retirement Plan Eligibility: Students in this position may choose to enroll in the UTSaver voluntary retirement programs.---- Background Checks: A criminal history background check will be required for finalist(s) under consideration for this position. ---- Equal Opportunity Employer: The University of Texas at Austin, as an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer, complies with all applicable federal and state laws regarding nondiscrimination and affirmative action. The University is committed to a policy of equal opportunity for all persons and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, disability, religion, or veteran status in employment, educational programs and activities, and admissions. ---- Pay Transparency: The University of Texas at Austin will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. ---- Employment Eligibility Verification: If hired, you will be required to complete the federal Employment Eligibility Verification I-9 form. You will be required to present acceptable and original documents to prove your identity and authorization to work in the United States. Documents need to be presented no later than the third day of employment. Failure to do so will result in loss of employment at the university. ---- E-Verify: The University of Texas at Austin use E-Verify to check the work authorization of all new hires effective May 2015. The university’s company ID number for purposes of E-Verify is 854197. For more information about E-Verify, please see the following:
• E-Verify Poster (English and Spanish) [PDF] • Right to Work Poster (English) [PDF] • Right to Work Poster (Spanish) [PDF] ---- Compliance: Employees may be required to report violations of law under Title IX and the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Crime Statistics Act (Clery Act). If this position is identified a Campus Security Authority (Clery Act), you will be notified and provided resources for reporting. Responsible employees under Title IX are defined and outlined in HOP-3031.
The Clery Act requires all prospective employees be notified of the availability of the Annual Security and Fire Safety report. You may access the most recent report here or obtain a copy at University Compliance Services, 1616 Guadalupe Street, UTA 2.206, Austin, Texas 78701.