Office of Financial Aid and Scholarships - Federal Work Study Student Assistant

Job Summary: 

Serve as a point of contact for the Office of Financial Aid and Scholarships. Communicate with guests via verbal, written and electronic correspondence (i.e. answering phones, sending emails, assisting students with general questions via front counter). Assist with clerical functions for the Office of Financial Aid and Scholarships (i.e. file paperwork, maintain an organized working environment, make deliveries around campus, pass out flyers, phones, scanning etc.). Assist with Office of Financial Aid and Scholarships, outreach, and other events. Typical events include, but not limited to, Job fairs, tabling, and Other Office of Financial Aid and Scholarships events. Advance notice will be provided.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to: 

Under direct supervision, duties include but not limited to:

• Assist in administrative function and general office duties, such as filing, scanning, duplicating, typing, viewing student’s files, answering phones, and providing customer service via front counter.
• The paraprofessional must be conscientious, extremely dependable, and able to maintain confidentiality concerning office matters.

Minimum Qualifications: Required Education and Experience 

• Ability to learn and perform assigned work; follow oral instructions; work cooperatively with faculty, staff, and other students; communicate effectively with all levels; and read and write English at a level appropriate to the position. 

• Special Qualification: Admission or registration as a CSU student. 

Required Qualifications 

• Maintain a 2.0 G.P.A. or greater per semester and cumulative. 

• Students must be enrolled in at least halftime units at CSUSB (6 units undergraduate; 3 units graduate) 

• International students must have full-time enrollment at CSUSB. (12 units undergraduate; 6 units graduate) 

• Eligible to work in the United States 

• Payroll Requirement: Social Security Card 

Compensation and Benefits: 

Student Employment Anticipated Hiring Range: $16.50 per hour. 

The compensation offered will consider internal equity and experience among other factors. 

Position Information: 

Work status: Part-Time, Temporary, Seasonal 

The application deadline is: 8/14/2025 at 11:55 pm (PST) 

Academic year available hours: Monday through Friday (8:00 am – 5:00 pm). 

Summer available hours: Monday through Thursday (7:00 am - 5:30 pm). 

This is an 'On-Campus Only' position. Student Employees are not eligible to telecommute at any time. 

As of January 1, 2022, the CSU Out-of-State Employment Policy prohibits the hiring of employees to perform CSU-related work outside the state of California. 

California State University, San Bernardino in not a sponsoring agency for staff or management positions (i.e. H1-B Visas). 

Conditions of Employment  

Background Check  

Satisfactory completion of a background check (including a criminal records check) may be required for student employment purposes. CSU will make a conditional offer of employment, which may be rescinded if the background check reveals disqualifying information, and/or it is discovered that the candidate knowingly withheld or falsified information.  Failure to satisfactorily complete the background check when required may affect the continued employment of a current CSU employee who was conditionally offered the position. 

Driver’s License Check  

Possession of a valid Driver's License may be required.  Employees in this position will be enrolled in the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) Government Employer Pull Notice Program which confirms possession of a valid driver's license and reflects driving record. 

I-9 

CSUSB hires only individuals lawfully authorized to work in the United States. In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification form upon hire.  See Form I-9 Acceptable Documents at https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents. 

Statement of Commitment to Diversity 

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