Job Description

POSITION DETAILS

Employment based visa sponsorship will NOT be considered for this position.

Classification Title: Student Assistant
Working Title: Program Assistant

Department: Conferences & Continuing Educ
FLSA Status: Non-Exempt
Salary Range: $15.00
Pay Basis: Hourly

UWF Explore Summer Camps is an academic-based summer camp program offering a variety of summer camp themes each week from Explore Hogwarts to LEGO Robotics.

A program assistant is needed to work in the camp office preparing necessary supplies prior to summer, maintaining inventory and creating shopping lists for each camp program. During the summer the job includes the setup and breakdown of necessary supplies, signs, and other needs for the camps each week. Additional duties may include running reports, sending emails, and preparing weekly paperwork and nametags.

Position is 10-15 hours a week during the spring semester and up to 25 hours during the summer semester. Shifts vary, but will be between the hours of 8:00am-5:00pm Monday-Friday.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

Applicants must be a student enrolled for credit. Applicants may be a student at UWF or any other college, university or high school. A student enrolled at an institution other than UWF must provide proof of attendance by submitting a registration/fee payment receipt from the school they will attend.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

Effective time management and detail-oriented skills
Ability to work independently and as a member of a team to accomplish tasks.
Experience in inventory control.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

• Physical Requirements: Regularly involves lifting, bending or other physical exertion. Often exposed to one or more disagreeable environmental factors, such as heat, cold, noise, dust, dirt, chemicals, etc., with often to the point of being objectionable.
• Impact of Deadlines: Routine deadlines. Usually sufficient lead time. Variance in work volume, seasonal, and predictable. Priorities can be anticipated. Some interruptions are present. Involves occasional exposure to demands/pressures from persons other than immediate sup.
• Standing: Daily
• Walking: Daily
• Sitting: Daily
• Reaching with hands and arms: Daily
• Climbing or balancing: Occasionally
• Stooping: Frequently
• Use of hands to handle objects: Daily
• Lifting up to 10lbs: Daily
• Lifting up to 25lbs: Frequently
• Lifting over 25lbs: Occasionally
• Talking as express or exchange of ideas verbally: Daily
• Hearing as perceive sound by ear: Daily
• Vision as distinguish colors & depth: Daily

Special Requirements or Considerations of the Job:

• This position requires a criminal background screen.
• This position requires fingerprinting.
• This position requires a Child Care provider security check. https://info.flclearinghouse.com

Special Instructions to Applicants: Candidates must apply online through the University of West Florida website: https://careers.uwf.edu. Applicants are required to attach a resume, cover letter and contact information for three references. References will be contacted upon submission of this application. An opportunity to upload these documents will be provided during the application process. For assistance, please contact Human Resources at 850-474-2694 or email jobs@uwf.edu.

ADDITIONAL POSTING DETAILS

Number of Vacancies: multiple
Work Hours: 8:00-5:00, Monday-Friday, hours vary
FTE: 0.225
Closing Date: 08/02/2026