Summer Student Maintenance Assistant

Summer Student Maintenance Assistant | University of Kansas

Student Maintenance Assistants at the Ambler Student Recreation Fitness Center are responsible for performing a variety of maintenance and cleaning tasks to ensure a safe and pleasant environment for all users. Duties include upkeep of sports fields, landscaping, sand volleyball courts, and snow removal, as well as operating small motor machinery. Effective communication with guests, co-workers, and administration is essential. Assistants must be self-motivated, punctual, and committed to completing assigned tasks during each shift.

Duties Include:

• 70% - Dust, clean, and sanitize items such as exercise equipment, indoor track, window frames, restrooms, hardwood floors, glass, walls of racquetball courts and indoor soccer arena, trash removal, etc.
• 15% - Sports field upkeep and landscaping tasks (such as weeding and trimming).
• 10% - Trash and recycling removal and management, ensuring all areas are clean and free of waste.
• 5% - Sand volleyball court upkeep, including raking, leveling sand, and ensuring nets and boundaries are properly maintained.

Required Qualifications:

1. Excellent oral and written communication skills as shown in application materials.

Preferred Qualifications:

1. Available to work during school breaks.
2. CPR Certified.
3. Eligible for Work-Study Program.

Position Requirements:

During the semester term of the appointment, the student hourly must be enrolled in no fewer than 6 credit hours. For summer periods the student hourly must: (1) have been enrolled in no less than 6 hours in the past spring semester or (2) be pre-enrolled in the upcoming fall semester in no less than 6 hours or (3) be enrolled in summer session or (4) be admitted to study in the upcoming fall semester. Student Hourlies may be undergraduate or graduate students. (Exceptions granted for GRA/GTA/GA appointments DO NOT apply to Student Hourly appointments).

Employment Conditions:

(1) Student employees are not eligible for remote work arrangements unless an exception is approved by the unit leadership and HR. (2) This is an hourly/non-exempt position. A student employee cannot hold an hourly/non-exempt position and a salaried/exempt graduate or undergraduate position (GRA/GTA/GA/RUA/RGA) concurrently.

To ensure consideration apply by the application review date 4/13/2026.

Contact Information to Applicants:

Joshua Simms View email address on click.appcast.io

Application Review Begins 13-Apr-2026

Anticipated Start Date 01-Jun-2026

Advertised Salary Range $10.25 per hour

Primary Campus University of Kansas Lawrence Campus

Reg/Temp Temporary

Work Schedule Flexible, 5-20 hours per week.

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