The Department of Technology Design & Technical Education in the College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences at Utah State University Price campus offers a full-time Staff Assistant position. The Staff Assistant will perform a range of basic office support activities, including answering phones, directing calls, greeting and directing visitors, answering questions, and performing routine clerical, data entry, and/or word processing.  Management of personnel calendars will be expected.

• Answers telephones, takes messages, and provides general information; greets and directs visitors; and answers routine inquiries.
• Performs a variety of routine typing assignments including drafting basic correspondence and data entry.
• Opens and routes incoming mail; distributes to department staff.
• Copies and/or duplicates materials as requested; may oversee day-to-day operation of copy machine.
• Establishes, maintains, processes, and/or updates files, records, and/or other documents.
• May order, stock, and distribute office supplies.
• Performs miscellaneous job-related duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

• One year of office assistant experience is required

Preferred Qualifications:

• Prior experience in a post-secondary education environment.
• Prior experience with college-age students. 
• Experience with Banner system. 
• Knowledge of USU policies and procedures

Along with the online application, please attach:

1. Resume/CV to be uploaded at the beginning of your application in the Candidate Profile under “Resume/CV”
2. Contact information for three professional references
3. Cover Letter describing your qualifications for this position to be typed/pasted at the end of your application 

**Document size may not exceed 10 MB.**

Employees work indoors and are protected from weather and/or contaminants, but not, necessarily, occasional temperature changes.  The employee is regularly required to sit and often uses repetitive hand motions.

Technology, Design, and Technical Education (TDTE) is the newest department in the College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences.  TDTE offers certificates, Associate of Science, and Associate of Applied Science options for students with relevant coursework across 30 programs found within Health Professions, Technical Professions, and Business and Marketing.  All TDTE programs provide opportunities for students to gain expertise through experiential learning.  Students are encouraged to enhance their education through hands-on application, utilizing specialized classrooms and laboratories.  TDTE programs are primarily available in southeast Utah (Carbon, Emery, Grand, and San Juan counties), with some programs available at Statewide Campuses and Utah State University Online. 

Utah State University (USU) was founded in 1888 and is Utah’s land-grant and space-grant university. USU is one of only 146 research institutions in the U.S. classified as R1 “very high research activity” by the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. As one of the two premier research institutions in Utah, USU provides a high-quality education at an affordable price. With its main campus in Logan, the university serves approximately 27,500 students, including 24,255 undergraduates and 3,171 graduate students. USU Online has served students from all 50 states and 55 countries for 25 years.

USU’s statewide system features three residential campuses, 30 total campus locations, and 23 Extension education centers. The university employs 903 full-time faculty members, 124 executive administrators, and 1,649 full-time support staff. USU offers 115 undergraduate majors, as well as 91 master’s and 42 doctoral degrees. Learn more about USU.

A core characteristic of USU is engagement with communities and people in economic development, improvements to quality of life, and human capital. Through the practical application of knowledge, the University and its faculty engage and share expertise with the state, nation, and world, preserving the historical land-grant tradition of partnering with communities to address critical societal issues in the interest of the public good.

The USU main campus is located in beautiful Logan, Utah, a city of about 50,000 situated in a picturesque mountain valley about 80 miles north of Salt Lake City. Outstanding recreational opportunities abound in the nearby mountains and proximate region.

USU is sensitive to the needs of dual career couples and provides a Dual Career Assistance program to support careers for partners who are also seeking employment.

USU endeavors to provide reasonable accommodations to ensure equal access in all aspects of employment to qualified persons with disabilities. To request a reasonable accommodation for a disability, please contact the university’s ADA Coordinator in the Human Resource office at 435-797-0122 or submit a request at hr@usu.edu.

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The following individuals have been designated to handle inquiries regarding the application of Title IX and its implementing regulations and/or USU’s non-discrimination policies:

Executive Director of the Office of Equity Matthew Pinner, discrimination@usu.edu, Distance Education Rm. 401, 435-797-1266

Title IX Coordinator Matthew Pinner, titleix@usu.edu, Distance Education Rm. 404, 435-797-1266

Mailing address: 5100 Old Main Hill, Logan, Ut 84322

For further information regarding non-discrimination, please visit https://equity.usu.edu/, or contact:

U.S. Department of Education, Office of Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, 800-421-3481, OCR@ed.gov

U.S. Department of Education, Denver Regional Office, 303-844-5695, OCR.Denver@ed.gov

*updated 11/2022