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Category: Customer Service

Department: USC Libraries Leavey Library (LVL)

Location: LVL

Hourly Rate: 17.28

Number of Positions: 20

College Work Study (CWS): Required

Duties and Responsibilities:

Leavey Library Access Services Student Assistants help patrons at the circulation desk, assist full-time staff with technical processing tasks, and help maintain an organized collection of books.

Duties at the circulation desk include charging/discharging materials, updating patron records, and providing basic reference assistance.

Stacks duties include shelving, shelfreading, and organizing stacks. Other projects might include paging books and helping staff on other projects.

Technical processing tasks include data entry, DVD collection maintenance, book relabeling, assisting with processing reserves, and other tasks as assigned by staff supervisor.

Student workers will have a permanent recurring weekly work schedule, which will run from 5/15/23 to 8/20/23.  Some occasional exceptions can be made to work schedule, if the need for these exceptions is stated up front at beginning of summer (e.g., you want to work all summer except for the two weeks of your family vacation).  Last-minute exception requests will be granted only if the student worker succesfully arranges for a fellow student worker to cover the shift.  

 
Job Qualifications:

Training provided on all aspects of the job to all new hires.  

Applicants must be available for a weekly work schedule (exact days of week and shift times in work schedule TBD, based on availability of shifts and of individual applicants) running from Monday, May 19th, 2025 through Sunday, August 24th, 2025.  Brief (unpaid) absences (e.g. joining family vacation for 1 or 2 weeks) can be accomodated, if notice of dates is given by the later of either May 1st or time of hire.  

Summer 2025 work-study funding (confirmed and already awarded; see below more info) is required.

To be eligible to apply for this position:  

  1. DO NOT (yet) APPLY FOR THIS POSITION (see steps below, for when to apply).  Please bookmark this job posting in your laptop browser now, so that you can return to it later.  
  2. Visit this link, and apply for Summer 2025 work-study funding:  https://financialaid.usc.edu/undergraduate-financial-aid/admitted-and-continuing-students/summer-financial-aid/#/3
  3. Summer 2025 workstudy funding application is available now (at link above) and due March 31st.  You are strongly encouraged to apply now, well in advance of the deadline, as summer workstudy is awarded on a rolling basis by USC Financial Aid.  The earlier you apply, the greater your chances of recieving the funding.
  4. You can expect to hear back from USC Financial Aid regarding your summer work-study application in mid to late April.  If you are informed that your application for summer work-study funding has been rejected, you are not eligible to apply for this position.  
  5. When you hear back from USC Financial Aid, if the summer workstudy funding was granted and you are still interested in applying for this position, submit an application to this posting at that time listing the exact amount of summer workstudy funding that you have, in your application.  
  6. Immediately after step 5, forward the email from USC Financial Aid granting you summer workstudy and stating the amount to jdahl@usc.edu and indicate your availability at time(s) in the upcoming week for an approximately 30-45 minute interview via zoom.  
  7. Await my response after reviewing your application and your email.  My response will state which summer shifts we are still hiring for at that time, and a proposed interview time based on the availability you indicated.  If we are still hiring for summer shifts that interest you, we will proceed to the interview phase.  If the available summer shifts do not interest you, you are under no obligation to proceed further in the application process.  

Job Skills & Experience

  • Answering Phones
  • Email/Web Browsers
  • Help Desk
  • Spread Sheets
  • Typing
  • Word Processing

Days/Hours Needed For Coverage

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