Assistant II, Lab (Hourly)

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Austin Community College is a public two-year institution that serves a multicultural population of approximately 41,000 credit students each Fall and Spring semester.  We embrace our identity as a community college, as reflected in our mission statement.  We promote student success and community development by providing affordable access, through traditional and distance learning modes, to higher education and workforce training, including appropriate applied baccalaureate degrees, in our service area.

As a community college committed to our mission, we seek to recruit and retain a workforce that:

• Values intellectual curiosity and innovative teaching

• Is attracted by the college's mission to promote equitable access to educational opportunities

• Cares about student success and collaborates on strategies to facilitate success for populations including; first generation college students, low-income students, and students from underserved communities.

• Focused on student academic achievement and postgraduate outcomes

• Welcomes difference and models respectful interaction with others

• Engages with the community both within and outside of ACC

Job Posting Title:

Assistant II, Lab (Hourly)

Job Description Summary:

Provides complex clerical and administrative support to a departmental office or program.

Job Description:

Description of Duties and Tasks 

1) Performs clerical duties including operating a computer, maintaining records and files, and compiling data and reports as required.
2) Maintains an inventory of supplies and materials.
3) Operates, installs, and maintains equipment including soldering electronics.
4) May set up, configure and/or calibrate new equipment; may perform routine maintenance and repair.
5) May assist students, or monitor and assist students, faculty, and staff in the use of equipment or facilities.

Knowledge 

* Engineering lab experience (Usually as a student in an engineering class)

* Office administration and bookkeeping principles and practices.
* Knowledge of specialized discipline (Engineering).
* Safety principles and practices as it applies to area of assignment.

Skills

* Effectively using organizational and planning skills.
* Effectively working with a diverse and multicultural student body.
* Maintaining confidentiality of work-related information and materials.
* Establishing and maintaining effective working relationships.
* Understanding and following instructions precisely.
* Handling lab materials precisely and accurately.
* Maintaining an established work schedule.
* Effectively using interpersonal and communications skills.

Technology Skills 

* Use a variety of spreadsheet, word processing, database, and presentation software.
* Use related laboratory software applications, including CAD/CAM software.

* Use of microcontrollers and 3-D printing.

* C++ experience preferred.

Required Work Experience

* As required.

Required Education 

* High school diploma or educational equivalent.

Physical Requirements 

* Work is performed in a variety of settings.
* Subject to standing, walking, sitting, bending, reaching, pushing, and pulling, and at times subject to stooping, crawling, and climbing.
* May need to lift heavy objects of up to 50 pounds and occasionally up to 100 pounds.
* May be exposed to a variety of temperatures, noise, moving mechanical parts, or chemicals.
* Specific vision abilities may include close vision, distance vision, color vision, and ability to focus.

Safety
* Work safely and follow safety rules. Report unsafe working conditions and behavior. Take reasonable and prudent actions to prevent others from engaging in unsafe practices.

Pay Rate

$23.00/hour

Number of Openings:

1

Job Posting Close Date:

April 30, 2024

Clery Act

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