Editorial 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: ensuring documents (i.e., Word, PowerPoint, Excel, PDF, etc.) meet accessibility standards, editing video captions for accuracy including grammar, punctuation, and spelling, flagging specialized content that needs to be evaluated on an expert level and reporting to the supervisor, and participating 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); and personal integrity is essential. The position requires the student employee to maintain confidentiality in a professional environment.

Posting Number - STU00012PO26

Job Title - Student Employee

Internal Title - CAIFS Student Accessibility Assistant

Campus - Upstate

College/Division - USC Upstate College/Division Level

Department - UPS Center for Academic Innovation & Faculty Support

Advertised Salary - $12 per hour

Location of Vacancy - USC Upstate, Spartanburg, SC and/or remotely

Part/Full Time - Part Time

Hours per week - 15

Work Schedule - Student assistant may work anywhere from 5-15 hours per week. Work will be done virtually, from a private and secure location of the employee's choice. Office space can be provided in the Center for Academic Innovation and Faculty Support

Job Search Category - Student Employee

Position Description

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.

Supplemental Questions

1. * What is your expected graduation date? (Open Ended Question)
2. * What is your current cumulative GPA? (Open Ended Question)
3. * Have you worked on-campus before? (Open Ended Question)
4. * If yes, list department name and supervisor. (Open Ended Question)
5. * Are you currently working another on-campus job? (Open Ended Question)
6. * If yes, list department name and supervisor. (Open Ended Question)
7. * Have you been awarded Federal Work Study for this semester?
   • Yes
   • No
8. * What is your major? (Open Ended Question)
9. * What is your current student status?
   • Freshman
   • Sophomore
   • Junior
   • Senior
   • Graduate Student
10. * What is your College affiliation? Please list one of the following: Business Administration & Economics College of Arts & Sciences Department of Psychology Education Fine Arts & Communication Studies Interdisciplinary Studies Information Management Systems Language, Literature & Composition Math & Computer Science Natural Sciences Non-Profit Administration Nursing Pre-Professional Social & Behavioral Sciences Social Sciences, Philosophy & History Undeclared (Open Ended Question)
11. * Why are you interested in this position? (Open Ended Question)

Applicant Documents

1. Cover Letter
2. Resume
3. List of References and Contact Information