CAIFS Student Accessibility Assistant

CAIFS Student Accessibility Assistant

The Center for Academic Innovation and Faculty Support seeks applications from highly motivated, detail-oriented students to work 5-15 hours per week to serve as a CAIFS Student Accessibility Assistant. We expect this work to be completed either in-person in the CAIFS office space in Media or virtually, from a private, secure location of the employee's choice. Key duties include:

• Ensure documents (i.e., Word, PowerPoint, Excel, PDF, etc.) meet accessibility standards.
• Edit video captions for accuracy including grammar, punctuation, and spelling.
• Flag specialized content that needs to be evaluated on an expert level and report to the supervisor.
• Participate in training for accessibility standards and to use word processing and accessibility features in Office 365, Adobe PDF, YuJa, and Blackboard.

Qualifications: The successful candidate must be a currently enrolled student at USC Upstate. Federal Work Study students are preferred and have a:

• Excellent listening, written communication, grammar, and proofreading skills
• Willingness and ability to work in web-based applications
• Willingness and ability to work independently with direction
• Willingness to ask for guidance when needed
• Detail oriented
• Commitment to checking Upstate email daily
• Strong work ethic to support virtual work where the employee sets their own schedule (mitigated somewhat if the employee requests workspace in the Center for Academic Innovation and Faculty Support)
• Personal integrity is essential. The position requires the student employee to maintain confidentiality in a professional environment.

Number of Vacancies - 1-3

Desired Start Date - 05/15/2026

Job Open Date - 05/04/2026

Job Close Date

Open Until Filled - Yes

EEO Statement - The University of South Carolina does not discriminate in educational or employment opportunities or decisions for qualified persons on the basis of age, ancestry, citizenship status, color, disability, ethnicity, familial status, gender (including transgender), gender identity or expression, genetic information, HIV/AIDS status, military status, national origin, pregnancy (false pregnancy, termination of pregnancy, childbirth, recovery therefrom or related medical conditions, breastfeeding), race, religion (including religious dress and grooming practices), sex, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any other bases under federal, state, local law, or regulations.