UCNJ Union College of Union County, NJ
Student Services Associate
🇺🇸 Cranford, NJ
🕑 Full-Time
💰 $42K
💻 Academic Advising
🗓️ September 18th, 2025
Edtech.com's Summary
UCNJ Union College of Union County, NJ is hiring a Student Services Associate. This role involves being the initial contact for student athletes seeking college services, providing guidance on admissions, registration, financial aid, and other student services while supporting various student service programming and administrative tasks.
Highlights
- Provide direction and information regarding admission, registration, financial aid, student account functions, and college programs to students and parents.
- Encourage students to meet with academic advisors and actively review educational plans.
- Monitor services and student traffic in the Glasser Center for Student Athlete Academic Achievement.
- Perform administrative duties such as handling inquiries, correspondence, data input, and filing related to College Life/Athletics.
- Support Student Service Generalists, Specialists, and Coordinators with programming efforts like workshops and orientations.
- Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, and Windows; able to use multiple computer applications simultaneously.
- Requires an Associate degree and at least one year of office and customer service experience.
- Salary is $41,562 annually.
- Physical demands include occasional lifting up to 25 pounds and periods of standing; some travel required.
- Works in the Athletics department serving student athletes as the primary customers.
Student Services Associate Full Description
Student Services Associate
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Position Title | Student Services Associate
Campus | Cranford
Department | Athletics
Full-time, Part-time, Adjunct | Full Time
Exempt or Non-Exempt | Non-Exempt
Regular,Temporary, or Grant | Regular
General Description | The Student Service Associate is an initial contact with student athletes seeking entry into the college seeking services. The Associate will provide guidance and direction; therefore she/he must be fully familiar with every aspect of student services that a prospective or current student may utilize.
Characteristics, Duties, and Responsibilities
• Provides direction, process overview and information to students, parents, and others regarding: the College admission process, registration, financial aid, student account functions, College programs, activities, and student services. Provides referrals to other College departments as needed.
• Encourage students to schedule meetings with their academic advisor and underscore the significance of actively reviewing their educational plans.
• Monitors services and traffic flow in the Glasser Center for Student Athlete Academic Achievement.
• Provides administrative support including (but not limited to) heavy telephone and in person inquiry, preparing correspondence and mailings, data input, filing reports, scanning of documents to the College Life/Athletics department.
• Supports Student Service Generalists, Specialists and Coordinators in performance of their duties as it relates to programming (i.e.: Financial Aid Literacy workshops, New Student Orientation, Athletic programming).
• Ability to exercise impeccable customer service skills in establishing and maintaining effective working relations with students and the College community. Must be able to service multiple students at once.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
Education Requirements | Associate degree required.
Experience | • Minimum of one (1) year of office & customer service experience.
Competencies and Skills Required | • Competency in Word, Excel, Outlook & Windows required.
• Proficient in utilizing multiple computer platforms & applications simultaneously.
Physical Demands and Work Environment
• This position’s duties are normally performed in a typical interior/residence work environment, based on the activity scheduled.
• Some physical effort is required; however, the employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
• Work may require long periods of standing.
• No or very limited exposure to physical risk.
• Some travel required.
Salary | $41,562
Additional Information | UCNJ Union College of Union County, NJ does not discriminate and prohibits discrimination, as required by state and/or federal law, in all programs and activities, including employment and access to its career and technical programs.
UCNJ Union College of Union County, NJ is an EEO/AAP Employer/Protected Veteran/Disabled
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Disclaimer: This job description outlines the general nature and key features performed by various positions that share the same job classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties and qualifications required of all employees assigned to the job. Nothing in this job description restricts management’s right to assign or re-assign duties to this job at any time due to reasonable accommodations or other business reasons.
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We offer a comprehensive benefits package for full-time faculty and staff which includes Medical, Dental and Vision Benefits. We also offer twenty vacation days, ten paid holidays, and a ten-week summer work schedule which allows the college to close on Fridays. Other additional benefits include gym privileges, tuition remission for credit and non-credit courses at UCNJ Union College of Union County, NJ, and tuition reimbursement for an approved degree program at an accredited college or university.
Terms of Employment | Flexible schedule to meet department needs. Some evening, weekends, and extended hours may be required. Ability and willingness to travel on short notice to all on and off- campus sites as needed by the college. Position may be required to work at any campus at any time. Employees must establish primary residency in New Jersey within one year of appointment unless an exemption applies.
Campus | Cranford
Department | Athletics
Full-time, Part-time, Adjunct | Full Time
Exempt or Non-Exempt | Non-Exempt
Regular,Temporary, or Grant | Regular
General Description | The Student Service Associate is an initial contact with student athletes seeking entry into the college seeking services. The Associate will provide guidance and direction; therefore she/he must be fully familiar with every aspect of student services that a prospective or current student may utilize.
Characteristics, Duties, and Responsibilities
• Provides direction, process overview and information to students, parents, and others regarding: the College admission process, registration, financial aid, student account functions, College programs, activities, and student services. Provides referrals to other College departments as needed.
• Encourage students to schedule meetings with their academic advisor and underscore the significance of actively reviewing their educational plans.
• Monitors services and traffic flow in the Glasser Center for Student Athlete Academic Achievement.
• Provides administrative support including (but not limited to) heavy telephone and in person inquiry, preparing correspondence and mailings, data input, filing reports, scanning of documents to the College Life/Athletics department.
• Supports Student Service Generalists, Specialists and Coordinators in performance of their duties as it relates to programming (i.e.: Financial Aid Literacy workshops, New Student Orientation, Athletic programming).
• Ability to exercise impeccable customer service skills in establishing and maintaining effective working relations with students and the College community. Must be able to service multiple students at once.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
Education Requirements | Associate degree required.
Experience | • Minimum of one (1) year of office & customer service experience.
Competencies and Skills Required | • Competency in Word, Excel, Outlook & Windows required.
• Proficient in utilizing multiple computer platforms & applications simultaneously.
Physical Demands and Work Environment
• This position’s duties are normally performed in a typical interior/residence work environment, based on the activity scheduled.
• Some physical effort is required; however, the employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
• Work may require long periods of standing.
• No or very limited exposure to physical risk.
• Some travel required.
Salary | $41,562
Additional Information | UCNJ Union College of Union County, NJ does not discriminate and prohibits discrimination, as required by state and/or federal law, in all programs and activities, including employment and access to its career and technical programs.
UCNJ Union College of Union County, NJ is an EEO/AAP Employer/Protected Veteran/Disabled
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Disclaimer: This job description outlines the general nature and key features performed by various positions that share the same job classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties and qualifications required of all employees assigned to the job. Nothing in this job description restricts management’s right to assign or re-assign duties to this job at any time due to reasonable accommodations or other business reasons.
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We offer a comprehensive benefits package for full-time faculty and staff which includes Medical, Dental and Vision Benefits. We also offer twenty vacation days, ten paid holidays, and a ten-week summer work schedule which allows the college to close on Fridays. Other additional benefits include gym privileges, tuition remission for credit and non-credit courses at UCNJ Union College of Union County, NJ, and tuition reimbursement for an approved degree program at an accredited college or university.
Terms of Employment | Flexible schedule to meet department needs. Some evening, weekends, and extended hours may be required. Ability and willingness to travel on short notice to all on and off- campus sites as needed by the college. Position may be required to work at any campus at any time. Employees must establish primary residency in New Jersey within one year of appointment unless an exemption applies.
Posting Detail Information
Open Date | 09/17/2025
Close Date |
Open Until Filled | Yes
Close Date |
Open Until Filled | Yes
Supplemental Questions
Required fields are indicated with an asterisk (*).
- * How did you hear about this employment opportunity?
- Public Job Posting on UCC.edu
- Internal Job Posting (Paper Posting)
- Personal Referral
- Agency Referral
- Print Advertisement/Publication (IE: Sunday Star Ledger)
- Linked-in
- NJ.com
- HigherEdJobs.com
- HERC.org
- Other Website Not Listed
- Other Source Not Listed
- * If you heard of this employment opportunity from a print advertisement/publication, please indicate where you heard of this employment opportunity. If you have chosen a specific answer to question number one, please put “N/A” in the answer field.
(Open Ended Question) - * If you heard of this employment opportunity from another web site or another source not listed in question number one, please indicate where you heard of this employment opportunity. If you have chosen a specific answer to question number one, please put "N/A" in the answer field.
(Open Ended Question) - * Describe a situation when you tried to solve a problem with ideas and methods that had not been tried before. What was the result?
(Open Ended Question) - * Describe a specific instance, in a group situation, where you made your views known about an issue important to yourself. What was the issue, and why was it crucial?
(Open Ended Question) - * How do you decide which tasks take priority when organizing a complete project?
(Open Ended Question) - * Do you have a valid New Jersey Drivers License?
- Yes
- No
- * Effective September 1, 2011, the “New Jersey First Act” contains new residency requirements for most public officers and employees. Current, new, or prospective public employees should be aware that the New Jersey First Act, N.J.S.A. 52:14-7 (L. 2011, Chapter 70), requires employees of all public employers (for example, state, county, and municipal governments), public agencies, authorities, boards, bodies, commissions, public institutions of higher education, certain quasi-public entities, and all school boards to reside in the State of New Jersey unless otherwise exempted under the law. Are you currently a resident of the State of New Jersey?
- Yes
- No
Optional & Required Documents
Required Documents
- Resume/CV
- Cover Letter
- Unofficial Transcripts (official due upon hire)
Optional Documents
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