Graduate Research Assistant

Graduate Research Assistant

Enterprise Technology is dedicated to supporting the mission of the University of Texas at Austin of unlocking potential and preparing future leaders of the state.

Your skills will make a difference. You'll be working for a university that is internationally recognized for research and the work you do will make a difference in the lives of our students, faculty and staff. If you're the type of person that wants to know your work has meaning and impact, you'll like working for our campus.

Career Competencies Gained:

• Communicate in a clear and organized manner so that others can effectively understand
• Make decisions and solve problems using sound reasoning and judgment
• Demonstrate integrity and accountability to oneself, others, and the organization

We will be hiring WS and Non-WS student employees for this position. The Digital Accessibility Center works to ensure that UT class and other online materials are accessible, especially for disabled students, faculty, and staff with access needs.

Purpose

The Document Accessibility Graduate Research Assistant position is responsible for leading a team of undergraduate students and reviewing the document remediation done by that team. This provides a valuable service to the entire campus, especially for students that have accessibility needs to be able to participate and learn fully in their classes.

Responsibilities

• Lead team of undergraduates
• Review remediated documents
• Troubleshooting issues that come up while remediating documents
• Remediating documents as necessary

Required Qualifications

• Currently enrolled at UT Austin as a graduate student
• Taking at least one summer course
• Able to have a work schedule during typical business hours (8am-6pm)
• Access to high-speed internet
• Fluency in written and spoken English
• Attention to detail and able to work independently
• Basic computer skills

Equivalent combination of relevant education and experience may be substituted as appropriate.

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with digital accessibility features
• Familiarity with Microsoft Office, especially Microsoft Word and PowerPoint (either Mac or PC versions)
• Familiarity with Adobe Acrobat Pro

Pay

$21.25/hour

Working Conditions

• This position will be completely remote with a flexible work schedule.

Required Materials

• Resume

Important for applicants who are NOT current university employees or contingent workers: You will be prompted to submit your resume the first time you apply, then you will be provided an option to upload a new Resume for subsequent applications. Any additional Required Materials (letter of interest, references, etc.) will be uploaded in the Application Questions section; you will be able to multi-select additional files. Before submitting your online job application, ensure that ALL Required Materials have been uploaded. Once your job application has been submitted, you cannot make changes.

Important for Current university employees and contingent workers: As a current university employee or contingent worker, you MUST apply within Workday by searching for Find UT Jobs. If you are a current University employee, log-in to Workday, navigate to your Worker Profile, click the Career link in the left hand navigation menu and then update the sections in your Professional Profile before you apply. This information will be pulled in to your application. The application is one page and you will be prompted to upload your resume. In addition, you must respond to the application questions presented to upload any additional Required Materials (letter of interest, references, etc.) that were noted above.