Federal Work Study Advising Office Assistant

Classification Title:

Federal Work Study Student Assistant - Advising Office Assistant

Job Description • Greet all visitors to the SOM Undergraduate Student Services, directing or aiding guests as needed.
• Performing data entry, scanning, quality check, filing, and copying of documents
• Reply to and direct calls and emails, addressing inquiries and messages appropriately and accurately
• Assist with recruitment activities, such as giving School of Music tours[KWS3.1][CG3.2][SK3.3],assembling and mailing packets
• Assisting with other duties as as assigned

Expected Salary:

$15 an hour

Required Qualifications:

• Must have Federal Work Study award
• Must be able to work up to 20 hours per week

Preferred:

• Experience in providing customer service and effective communication
• Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Adobe Acrobat, PowerPoint
• Evidence of attention to detail
• Ability to work independently with little to no supervision
• Freshman and Sophomores preferred; Juniors encouraged to apply
• Evidence of success in promoting an environment that advances pluralism, curiosity, viewpoint diversity, open discourse, and the well-being of all.

Special Instructions to Applicants:

To ensure consideration, all application documents must be submitted by 11:55 p.m. August 28, 2026.

This is a time-limited position. 

Applications must be submitted via the University of Florida’s online application system. Online applications must include the following: (1) a curriculum vitae or resume; and (2) documentation of your Federal Work-Study award. You must print a screenshot of your financial aid award page that shows you are FWS eligible. To locate your Financial Aid Award Page, go

to The Search Committee may request additional materials at a later time. 

If an accommodation due to a disability is needed to apply for this position, please call +1 (352) 392- 2477or the Florida Relay System at View phone number on us.fitly.work (TDD). Hiring is contingent upon eligibility to work in the US. Searches are conducted in accordance with Florida's Sunshine Law.

Health Assessment Required:No.

About COTA and The University of Florida 

SCHOOL OF MUSIC: Organized within the College of the Arts, the School of Music plays an important role in the academic and cultural life of the University, the College’s Creative Campus initiative and the community. The School has 40 full-time and nine adjunct faculty, serving some 200 graduate and 200 undergraduate music majors. Degree programs include B.A., B.M., M.M., D.M.A., and the Ph.D. in music education, composition, ethnomusicology, and historical musicology. Program emphases include performance, music education, theory, composition, music history and literature, ethnomusicology, conducting, and sacred music. The School of Music is also home to the UF Bands program, which includes “The Pride of the Sunshine” Gator Marching Band. School of Music facilities include the School of Music Building and Steinbrenner Band Hall, among others. The University of Florida is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges and is an accredited institutional member of the National Association of Schools of Music. For more information, visit
THE COLLEGE OF THE ARTS: The mission of the College of the Arts is to be a transformative community, responding to and generating paradigmatic shifts in the arts and beyond. We achieve the university’s mission by training professionals and educating students as artists and scholars, while developing their capacities for critical study, creative practice, and provocation. The College offers baccalaureate, masters, and doctoral degrees. Approximately 1,700 students are pursuing majors in degrees offered by the College of the Arts under the direction of 130 faculty members in its three accredited schools— the School of Art + Art History, the School of Music, and the School of Theatre + Dance, and in the Center for Arts in Medicine, the Digital Worlds Institute, and the Center for Arts, Migration, and Entrepreneurship. In addition, the college comprises the University Galleries, and the University level of the New World School of the Arts in Miami.

THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA: The University of Florida is a comprehensive learning institution built on a land grant foundation, ranked one of the top five best public universities in the nation in U.S. News & World Report. We are The Gator Nation, a diverse community dedicated to excellence in education and research and shaping a better future for Florida, the nation and the world. Our mission is to enable our students to lead and influence the next generation and beyond for economic, cultural and societal benefit. UF is a graduate research institution with more than 50,000 students and membership in the prestigious Association of American Universities. Gainesville, which is consistently ranked as one of the nation’s most livable cities, is located midway between the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean. Together, the University and the community comprise the educational, medical and cultural center of North Central Florida, with outstanding resources such as the University of Florida Performing Arts (Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, the Squitieri Studio Theatre, the Baughman Center, University Auditorium), the Harn Museum of Art, the Florida Museum of Natural History and in the community, the Hippodrome State Theatre and Dance Alive National Ballet.