Academic Affairs Administrative Assistants
Academic Affairs Administrative Assistants report to the appropriate Area Chair although many of the duties described below involve the department and program chair. Department and program chairs should refer problems and conflicts to the Area Chair and serve as an intermediary between department faculty and the assistant.
Academic Affairs Administrative Assistants are to provide support for the academic endeavors of individual faculty, departments, areas, and in some cases, special programs such as The Engaged Citizen and the Steel Center. Academic endeavors include the work of the faculty in teaching, advising, preparing recommendations for students, professional development, grant management, and committee work; of departments/programs in budget management and capital outlay requests, course scheduling, curriculum development, maintaining student records as appropriate, meeting scheduling, recruiting, and assessment; of areas (where appropriate) in faculty evaluation and the other work of the Area Chair; and of special programs, in scheduling speakers, etc. They are also expected to manage their own offices, including supervising student workers, ordering supplies as necessary, managing and prioritizing the work load, maintaining office machines in good working order, responding to inquiries and requests from students, other faculty and staff, and off-campus constituencies, as appropriate, and to make sure new faculty are properly oriented to the operations of the office and their individual offices adequately furnished.
Unless otherwise specified, their salaries are based on 10-month annual appointments, beginning August 1 and ending May 31, and their holidays during the academic year are limited to those in which all offices are closed. Additionally, four or five days in early January are added to the winter break closing schedule for these staff. Those four or five days are added back to their schedule at the beginning of June.
For 2020 and 2021, the work schedule is as follows:
January 2020 – Additional Winter Break Days
January 6- January 10
June 2020 – Additional Work Days
June 1-June 5
January 2021 -- Additional Winter Break Days
January 4-January 8
June 2021 -- Additional Work Days
June 1- June4 and June 7
As non-exempt, 10-month employees, they do not accrue vacation leave or personal leave days. Each year at the beginning of August, 48 hours of sick leave are assigned to these staff. Those hours, if unused, expire at the end of the academic year. Their hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., with an hour for lunch (adjustments may be made for that portion of the year when summer hours are in effect), for a total of 40 hours per week. These times may be adjusted out of necessity, but they cannot work more than 40 hours in any given week.
Assistants are not expected to grade student work, to perform work for faculty or staff that is not related to their professional responsibilities, to provide assistance for individual faculty projects that preclude performing routine work serving larger numbers of faculty or students, or to run personal errands.
Work such as photocopying for classes should be submitted at least 24 hours before needed. Larger projects that involve more than photocopying, such as preparing grant applications, manuscripts, or brochures, should be submitted at least a week before they are needed. Longer lead time may be required during hours of peak demand, as for instance in the spring when class schedules and budgets are due. Faculty should consult with assistants ahead of time to make sure their work can be completed in a timely fashion. In cases of competing priorities, assistants should consult with the appropriate Area Chair for assistance in resolving conflicts.
Faculty are reminded that while the assistants’ offices are of necessity high traffic areas, they are also the assistants’ work spaces, and should not be thought of as general gathering places for casual conversation. Note the new policy about staff evaluation as described in an earlier section.
Department/Staff Employees
Some departments hire staff employees such as lab managers. The department chair is the supervisor of these employees and should work with Human Resources to comply with all appropriate personnel policies. A copy of the Staff Handbookcontaining these policies can be obtained from Human Resources. The hiring of such employees should be coordinated with the Provost’s Office and Human Resources. Note the new policy about staff evaluation as described in an earlier section.
Student
Employees
Student workers for research, laboratory, or clerical work are
provided through the Student Employment program on campus. There is a student
employment committee comprising members of the offices of financial aid, human
resources, career services, and payroll that manage the policy and procedures
of posting jobs and hiring students. You can reach them by emailing studentemployment@hendrix.edu.
Hiring a student worker is subject to limitations of departmental budgets and
student availability.
There are
two types of programs available on the Hendrix campus: Federal Work Study (FWS)
and the Hendrix Work Program (HWP). No student will be allowed to work until a
fully completed hiring packet is on file with the Financial Aid office. Direct
students to www.hendrix.edu/getcampusjobs for more information
and to see a list of required hiring documents, etc.
Federal Work Study eligibility is based on financial need as
determined through the student’s FAFSA. Students who qualify for FWS will
have this award indicated on their financial aid award notification. The
maximum award for this program is $2,000 for the year. Students may not
work in excess of their awarded amount. The departmental budget is
charged for 100% of the wages earned under this program.
Students who do not qualify for Federal Work Study may be hired
through the Hendrix Work Program. Any student eligible to work in the
U.S. may qualify for this program. The number of hours the student works
depends upon the department’s budget and the agreed upon work schedule. The
departmental budget is charged for 100% of the wages earned under this program.
Students approved for Federal Work Study (FWS) should receive
hiring priority for two important reasons: FWS students demonstrate true need
over Hendrix Work Program students, and the College is required to spend its
FWS allotment, or else it may be decreased. If no FWS student meets the
criteria or needs of a supervisor, then an HWP student can be hired if the
department’s budget allows. Please check with your department’s budget manager
to ensure you have funds in either FWS or HWP budget BEFORE hiring a student.
To hire a
student worker, job descriptions must be listed online through “Hire Hendrix.” Detailed
information about posting jobs and hiring students can be found at www.hendrix.edu/hirestudentworker.
Please consult with your department chair or area assistant for the full
policy and guidelines.
Hire
Hendrix (hereafter HH) is the College’s online job and
internship posting board. Using HH as the centralized location for work study
listings ensures job-seeking students have access to opportunities, as well as
visually showing students the number and variety of student worker positions
that exist. Questions should be sent to studentemployment@hendrix.edu and
will be answered by the most appropriate member of the Student Employment
Committee. This email address is the fastest and best way to get information.
SUPERVISOR Information:
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ALL student worker positions must be posted on Hire Hendrix for
a minimum of 5 days.
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Supervisor interviews applicants and selects student to hire;
directs hired student to Campus Web where student downloads, completes and
turns in paperwork to Financial Aid office.
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Supervisor submits hired student via Hendrix Website ( www.hendrix.edu/HireStudentWorker).
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Once online form and Financial Aid student hiring packet are
completed in full, Financial Aid creates time card in Campus Web and
supervisor/student are both notified to begin work. Students MAY NOT begin working until this notification.
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Through HH, job postings have ‘free text’ areas that can be used
to specify necessary skills, qualifications, class/lab pre-requisites,
preferred schedules, how/when/ where to apply, etc.
Notes:
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Once a position is posted, it never needs
re-posting! Supervisors can simply re-activate when they need to hire
a new worker, and can edit the position as necessary.