MIDUS Administrative & Data Entry Student Help
Department Overview: The UW-Madison Institute on Aging is a hub of cutting-edge research on health and well-being as individuals travel across the decades of adult life. We look outward to broad influences of class, culture, and race/ethnicity as well as inward to fine-grained influences of biology, genetics, and neuroscience. Between these two, we examine proximal influences from work and family... life, personal thoughts and feelings, and health practices and behaviors. Collectively, our work: o Emphasizes the potential and strengths of individuals as they age o Improves understanding of pathways to disease and impairments of growing older o Advances knowledge of resilience in the face of challenge and adversity. Anticipated Start Date: 10/21/2024 Anticipated End Date (If Applicable): Remote Work Eligibility Detail: Not Remote Anticipated Hours Per Week: 10 Schedule: Flexible, between the hours of 9:00am 5:00pm, Monday through Friday Salary/Wage Range/Lump Sum: $12.00-$13.00 Number of Positions: 2 Qualifications: Must be a current UWMadison undergraduate student and have experience using Microsoft Office products (e.g., Word, Excel, Outlook). Must be available for work in the summer. Knowledge, Skills & Abilities: Attention to detail, an aptitude for problem solving, and confidentiality are key qualities for this position. Applicants must be reliable, task oriented, and independent once familiar with job responsibilities. Helpful abilities include a strong work ethic and interpersonal skills. Position Summary/Job Duties: Duties include, but are not limited to: coverage in reception area; scanning administrative files; organizing digital information and paper files; creating inventories for supplies; providing assistance at departmental events; data entry, including special data entry projects; assistance with processing mailing returns by tracing contact information and entering the new information into the database; and other support tasks as needed. Physical Demands: Lifting, carrying, moving boxes; ability to efficiently complete campus errands between various locations. Institutional Statements: Equal Employment Opportunity Statement: UW-Madison is an Equal Employment, Equal Access Employer committed to increasing the diversity of our workforce. Institutional Statement on Diversity: Diversity is a source of strength, creativity, and innovation for UW-Madison. We value the contributions of each person and respect the profound ways their identity, culture, background, experience, status, abilities, and opinion enrich the university community. We commit ourselves to the pursuit of excellence in teaching, research, outreach, and diversity as inextricably linked goals. The University of Wisconsin-Madison fulfills its public mission by creating a welcoming and inclusive community for people from every background-people who as students, faculty, and staff serve Wisconsin and the world. For more information on diversity and inclusion on campus, please visit: diversity.wisc.edu Accommodation Statement: If you need to request an accommodation because of a disability, you can find information about how to make a request at the following website:https://employeedisabilities.wisc.edu/disability-accommodation-information-for-applicants Apply Job!