Lamar University Hiring for Mary and John Gray Library is looking for students to work Summer and or Fall “if you app at Beaumont, TX Full Time

Mary and John Gray Library is looking for students to work Summer and or Fall 2023 “if you applied in the Past Please re-apply with updated info “

Posting Number:

STU247

VP Area:

Prov and VP for Acad Affairs

Division:

Library Services Division

Department:

Library Services Dept

Location:

Mary and John Gray Library

Student Supervisor:

Kirk Smith

Work Study Required?:

No

Job Duties:

Mary and John Gray Library is looking for students to work Summer and or Fall 2023
“if you applied in the Past Please re-apply with updated info ”

For Summer 2023 we will only hire from this posting

We plan to hire Work Study, Student Assistants, and Graduate Assistants students for the Library:
The work will include: project work like moving Books, heavy lifting, moving carts, moving shelves, replacing books, scanning photos, entering data on spread sheets, covering the front desk, answering patron questions, Covering the 1st floor and 7th Floor Labs, handling the printers.

For Summer and Fall 2023, your duties will require:
• Good customer service skills
• Ability to help Lamar students with their library needs.
• Microsoft Office experience with a focus on Excel and Word.
• Use of copy machines, fax machines, printers, computers, scanners, and cash registers.
• Daily shelving of library books.
• Straightening the books in the library.
• Straightening the tables and chairs in library.
• Opening and closing library per the student’s availability.
• Performance of other tasks as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

The Library is open Late Nights and Weekends. Before you apply, please understand all student workers will be working some nights and some Saturdays and Sundays as your schedule permits.

Minimum Qualifications
as class schedule permits you can help with some of these shifts:
•flexible schedule so you can help on Sunday
•flexible schedule so you can help on Saturday•flexible schedule so you can help cover late nights “as late as 2am “•flexible schedule so you can help cover evening shift
•flexible schedule so you can help cover morning shift
•flexible schedule so you can help cover the day shift
Other Qualifications
• Ability to use a cash register and handle cash
• Ability to learn the library software “Workflows”
• Ability to use Internet Browsers Firefox, Google Chrome, Internet Explorer.
• Experience with Microsoft Office with a focus on Excel.
• Ability to help students use BlackBoard.
• Ability to work Library hours which could will include days, nights and weekends as your schedule permits.

• Work study Students can and should apply. Upload a PDF file of your awards from your banner account. This needs to include your Name, “L” Number and all the awards info for the semester

Physical Requirements:

• Some heavy lifting is required.
• Moving books on a cart.
• Moving tables and chairs.
• Take trash and paper to dumpster.
• Perform other tasks as assigned.
• Project work will include heavy lifting. Summer and Fall 2023 and all of 2023we could have more project work than usual.

Certifications Required:

• PDF of Your Concise Student Schedule directly from your Banner Account.
This is found in your Banner Account. Please only send Concise Student Schedule
Note: the Tab for the Concise Student Schedule has been removed from Banner
you will need to type, Concise Student Schedule in the search box to get Banner to bring it up
for all work study students you will need to add
• PDF of your work study Awards from your Banner Account. This needs to include your name,
“L” number and all the awards info for the semester

Work Hours:

starting at an average of 10 hours a week, can earn more as experience grows

Job Conditions:

• General Busy office setting.
• Sometimes like a retail store.
• also we will have project work at times. example ( move large amounts of books to the outside trash. )

Additional Instructions for Applicants:

• There are 3 types of student positions on campus. all need to be a full time student

• Work study Student, student that qualified for work-study funding, see financial aid, this is mostly Texas resident students. in general this is approved by financial aid, and will show in your banner account. If you’re not sure if you are eligible, please check with Financial Aid.
• Student Assistant, any undergrad Student with full time hours
• Graduate Assistants any graduate student with full-time hours

• As Class Schedule permits, hours needed to cover could include:
• Nights up to 12:15 am midnight & sometime as late as 2:15 am,
• morning as early as 7 am
• Student Workers will help cover Saturdays and Sundays as needed, not all but you will be needed to cover some Saturdays and Sundays.

• This position will remain open for the Summer 2023, as we are always looking for help with the right availability. We will re-post sometime in August 2023 to give students the chance to re-apply with updated Fall 2023 information

• Your Concise Schedule is in your banner account. This is what the library will use to determine availability for the student position.
Note: the Tab for the Concise Student Schedule has been removed from Banner you will need to type, Concise Student Schedule in the search box to get Banner to bring it upEEO Statement:

Lamar University is An Equal Opportunity Employer

Security Sensitive Statement:

This position is security-sensitive and thereby subject to the provisions of the Texas Education Code §51.215, which authorizes the employer to obtain criminal history record information.