University of Nebraska – Lincoln
Operations Assistant
🇺🇸 Lincoln, NE
🕑 Full-Time
💰 $18 per Hour
💻 Other
🗓️ July 28th, 2025
Edtech.com's Summary
- Oversee front-desk and visitor management ensuring excellent customer service.
- Manage office deliveries, shipments, mail room operations, and print projects.
- Support recruitment operations and coordinate University fleet activities.
- Provide administrative assistance to the Executive Director, including calendar management and financial transactions.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office and Windows; ability to learn CRM and Student Information System.
- Requires an Associate’s degree or equivalent experience plus three years of professional office support.
- Experience with clerical or administrative office tasks and project support.
- Criminal background check required; no CDL or driving record review needed.
- Full-time position with a minimum salary of $18.00 per hour.
- Works within the Admissions department serving prospective students, families, and campus stakeholders.
Operations Assistant Full Description
Department | Admissions-0959
Requisition Number | S_250598
Posting Open Date | 07/25/2025
Application Review Date: (To ensure consideration, please submit all application materials before review date) | 08/04/2025
Posting Close Date |
Open Until Filled | Yes
Description of Work
The Operations Assistant is a vital member of the Office of Admissions, serving as the first point of contact for visitors and ensuring a welcoming, efficient, and professional reception area. This position oversees front-desk operations and plays a key role in delivering exceptional customer service to prospective students, families, and campus stakeholders. In addition to reception and visitor management, the Operations Assistant provides operational and administrative support that enables the smooth functioning of the office of admissions, including managing office deliveries and shipments, oversight of office supplies, mail room management, print projects, and responding to any related e-mails, calls or Teams messages. The role also includes supporting recruitment operations, assisting with recruitment materials inventory, and materials requests fulfillment, and University fleet coordination. Finally, the position provides administrative support to the Executive Director of Admissions including calendar management, coordinating travel, assisting with financial reimbursements or purchase card transactions.
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln seeks to attract and retain a high performing and collaborative workforce. UNL is committed to providing a work environment and culture that fosters personal and professional success where every person and every interaction matters. The University is proud to be one of Nebraska’s preferred and largest employers where individuals are able to participate and contribute to their full potential.
As an EO/AA employer, the University of Nebraska considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, national origin, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, and/or political affiliation. See https://equity.unl.edu/notice-nondiscrimination/.
Minimum Required Qualifications
Associate’s degree or equivalent education/experience considered plus three years of relevant professional office environment connected to project support. Experiences can include those conducted while still in school. Experience with clerical or administrative office tasks. Experience with Microsoft Office. Self-starter and demonstrates the ability to multi-task and is well organized. Proficient in Microsoft Windows. Ability to learn and work in a university Constituent Relationship Management (CRM) system. Ability to learn and work in the Student Information System (SIS). Ability to adapt to a changing work environment and strong interpersonal skills. Ability to be a leader and take charge when the supervisor is not available.
Preferred Qualifications
Demonstrates familiarity with supervision. Experience with project and calendar management. Maintains a high level of detail orientation. Demonstrates efficiency and reliability. Experience with relating/communicating with a variety of age groups and populations. Working in an office environment.
Pre-Placement Driving Record Review Required | No
Physical Required | No
Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) required. Subject to DOT approved pre-employment & random testing for alcohol and controlled substances. | No
Criminal History Background Check Required | Yes
Posted Salary | $18.00/hr minimum
How to Apply | Click on “Apply for this Job”. You will then either create an application or edit your current application that is on file.
For questions or accommodations related to this position contact | Sandy Airan
sairan2@unl.edu
Job Category (old) | Office/Service
Job Type | Full-Time
Alternate Work Schedule (if other than 8-5) |
Work Location (City, State) | Lincoln, NE
Position funded by grant or other form of temporary funding? | No
If Temporary, indicate end date |
Planned Hire Date: |
Appointment End Date |
- * Please describe your clerical or administrative support experience.
(Open Ended Question) - * Please describe your knowledge of and experience with Microsoft Office software.
(Open Ended Question) - * Please detail your proficiency in Microsoft Windows.
(Open Ended Question)
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- UNLincoln on Snapchat
- unlincoln on Spotify
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