Office Assistant

Requisition ID
req37272


Working Title
Office Assistant


Pay
$13.50 Hourly


Campus
Main - Albuquerque, NM


Department
Continuing Education Cont Ed (ABO)


Employment Type
Student Employment


Student Type
Student Employment


Status
Non-Exempt


Background Check Required
No


For Best Consideration Date
9/4/2026


Position Summary

UNM Continuing Education (CE) is seeking a highly motivated and detail-oriented Student Office Assistant to join our Registration team.


UNM Continuing Education is committed to providing innovative, accessible learning opportunities to individuals, organizations and communities in New Mexico and around the world.


Student Office Assistants are an extremely valuable part of the CE Registration Team and support Continuing Ed in a variety of ways to meet our many business needs. We are looking for students with a positive attitude who like to learn, demonstrate responsibility and possess strong attention to detail. In order to achieve CE's objectives and goals, the Student Office Assistant must be reliable and provide a high level of customer service to our participants and customers. Student Office Assistants will help participants by telephone and in-person using various resources. Furthermore, Student Office Assistants provide assistance to our program managers, help with various administrative projects, and learn the basic tasks found in an office environment.


UNM CE provides students with valuable work experience. We also like to involve our student employees in ongoing learning and training with our staff, and work to send our students out into the world with job maturity and professionalism.


This position requires working in person. UNM CE is located north of UNM Main campus and provides free off-campus parking.


Federal or State Work-Study is required.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Minimum availability required is 12 hours per week during regular business hours;
• Ability to maintain confidentiality of records and information;
• Customer service oriented with phone and people skills;
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and Data Entry;
• Ability to prepare routine correspondence and other basic written material;
• Ability to organize and maintain a professional work area;
• Proactive and action oriented;
• Punctual and reliable.

Duties and Responsabilities:

• Answer telephones, register participants, greet and direct visitors;
• Maintain and monitor incoming e-mails to UNMCE Registration;
• Provide customer support for None for the Road Program;
• Perform a variety of routine data entry, reporting, and data maintenance tasks;
• Assist on special projects: doing research, compiling summaries and data reports as needed;
• Copy and/or duplicate materials as requested;
• Some light lifting (up to 25lbs) and light cleaning;
• Performs other job-related duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

Preferred Qualifications

• Bilingual in Spanish is preferred.

Application Instructions


Only applications submitted through the official UNMJobs site will be accepted. If you are viewing this job advertisement on a 3rd party site, please visit UNMJobs to submit an application.
Please include resume, cover letter, copy of work study award and Fall 2026 class schedule.

The University of New Mexico is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class.