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Police Department Student Assistant

California State University
United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 3 Sept 2025

About the role

Note: Please use the CSUM email when applying for this position.

Working Title:  Police Department Student Assistant

Classification Title: Student Assistant

Department Name: Police Department

Time Base: Part-time

Hours to be Worked: Up to 20 hours per week. 

  • Hours specified: Mon 1400-1700, Tues 0800-1100, Wed 0900-1200, Thurs 0800-1000 & 1200-1700, Fri 1400-1700.

Supervisor's Name: Beverley Heslop

Pay Plan: Hourly

Bargaining Unit: CSUEU, Unit 15 Student Assistants

Employment Type: Temporary

Pay Level and Pay Rate: 

  • Hourly Rate: 16.50

Application Deadline: Open until filled

Job Summary:  

Assist the Police Department supporting the front desk reception area, assisting customers and general officeduties.

About the California State University Maritime Academy:

Cal Poly Maritime Academy is a campus of the California State University, is the only degree-granting maritime academy on the West Coast. Located on the scenic Vallejo waterfront, the campus serves a student population of approximately 1000 undergraduates and 50 graduate students.

Cal Poly Maritime Academy offers seven baccalaureate degrees in Business Administration, International Strategy and Security, Facilities Engineering Technology, Marine Engineering Technology, Mechanical Engineering,  Marine Transportation, and Oceanography. The undergraduate curriculum includes licensing programs for future merchant marine, coast guard, and naval reserve officers. Cal Poly Maritime Academy also offers a Master of Science in Transportation and Engineering Management degree, as well as a number of extended learning programs and courses.

Job Duties: 

  • Provide and ensure excellent customer service to the university’s community and the public at the front desk, receive and direct visitors; resolve inquiries regarding parking and other matters; and screen and route phone calls.
  • Perform general office duties, including receiving and distributing mail, making copies, faxing, and filing, maintaining office supplies, files, reports, and forms.
  • Delivers parking permits for all department requests.
  • Other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications: 

  • Ability to provide excellent customer service.
  • Ability to exercise tact, courtesy, alertness, and good judgment in making decisions.
  • Ability to learn and communicate parking rules and regulations, and other guidelines.
  • Ability to read, write, and orally communicate effectively in a clear and concise manner.
  • Possess effective organizational skills.
  • Maintain a neat, professional appearance.
  • Dependable; complete tasks in a timely manner; ready to work at the start of each shift.
  • Demonstrate ability to quickly learn and apply campus rules and regulations related to work performed.
  • Ability to operate in an environment that requires discretion and confidentiality.
  • Ability to take initiative in developing and improving skills.
  • Must be able to perform work involving but not limited to carrying, squatting, kneeling, twisting, and walking to and from buildings across campus.
  • Maintain a valid Driver’s License.
  • Must successfully complete CLETS training.

Title IX: Please view the Notice of Non-Discrimination on the Basis of Gender or Sex and Contact Information for Title IX Coordinator at: https://www2.calstate.edu/titleix

Equal Opportunity and Excellence in Education and Employment

This position is open and available to all regardless of race, sex, color, ethnicity or national origin. Consistent with California law and federal civil rights laws, Cal Poly Maritime Academy provides equal opportunity in education and employment without unlawful discrimination or preferential treatment based on race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin. Our commitment to equal opportunity means ensuring t

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