Graduate Student & Program Specialist

Title: Graduate Student & Program Specialist

Employee Classification: Non-Student Help - Hourly

Campus: University of North Texas

Division: UNT-Provost

SubDivision-Department: UNT-Toulouse Grad School

Department: UNT-Toulouse Grad School-Gen-142000

Job Location: Denton

Salary: $15.00 per hour

FTE: .48

Retirement Eligibility: Not Retirement Eligible

About Us - Values Overview:

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Department Summary

The Toulouse Graduate School, with its outstanding faculty, high academic standards, and diverse student body, provides abundant opportunities for graduate students by offering master's and doctoral programs in a variety of disciplines.

Position Overview

The department of Toulouse Graduate School is seeking to hire a Graduate Student & Program Specialist to assist their team. This position serves as support staff for degree plan processing, updating/verification, and graduation of all master's and doctoral students at the University of North Texas.

Minimum Qualifications

• Basic office and administration skills.
• Knowledge of MS office applications.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

Must be able to take direction and be self-reliant. Must be professional and very comfortable assisting individuals over the phone or in person.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with UNT's Student Information System.

Job Duties:

• Assist with checking-in of master's and doctoral degree plans, degree plan changes, revised degree plans, part-time enrollment requests, committee forms, qualifying exam results, leave of absence and time extension requests.
• Reviewing and processing miscellaneous student forms received. Monitor electronic form submission activity.
• Assist with gathering records and updating information for graduation application evaluations for master's and doctoral candidates.
• Assist with incoming emails and responses, fielding questions from students, departments, faculty, and TGS front desk.
• Data entry into EIS.
• Assist with contacting departments/advisors regarding student graduation issues, graduate commencement/ceremony preparation and other duties as assigned.

Work Schedule:

Hourly non-student hires are limited to no more than nineteen (19) hours per week. Schedule will be arranged and set up with the supervisor.

Driving University Vehicle:

No

Security Sensitive:

This is a Security Sensitive Position.

Special Instructions:

Applicants must submit a minimum of two professional references as part of their application. If needed, additional references can be added after the application has been submitted. 

Benefits:

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