Lobby Receptionist - Work Study

Details

**Open Date** 05/14/2025

**Requisition Number** PRN15882N

**Job Title** Clerical or Temporary

**Working Title** Lobby Receptionist - Work Study

**Job Grade** 005

**FLSA Code** Nonexempt

**Patient Sensitive Job Code?** No

**Type** Non Benefited Staff / Student

**Temporary?** Yes

**Standard Hours per Week** 19

**Full Time or Part Time?** Part Time

**Shift** Day

**Work Schedule Summary**

Mon Fri 8am 5pm (flexible schedule)

**Is this a work study job?** Yes

**VP Area** President

**Department** 01379 - USHE Commissioner

**Location** Office of the Commissioner - Downtown SLC

**City** Salt Lake City, UT

**Type of Recruitment** External Posting

**Pay Rate Range** $15.00

**Close Date** 08/14/2025

**Priority Review Date (Note - Posting may close at any time)**

**Job Summary**

The Utah System of Higher Education is seeking a lobby receptionist to provide front desk support to the building and administrative support to the Commissioners office.

This job posting is only available to University of Utah students who have been awarded a Federal Work-Study Award for the current year. Please login to CIS and go to the Finance/Financial Aid section to view your Financial Aid Status. If you have not received a Federal Work-Study Award, then do not complete and submit this application. Before hire, this employer will confirm that you have received a Federal Work-Study Award for the current year.

**Responsibilities**

**Essential Functions:**

+ Guest reception: Greet and direct visitors and vendors to the appropriate person, or department, and answer questions

+ Provide customer service to all guests and internal employees

+ Respond to phone calls and return voice mails by providing answers or directing calls to the appropriate person or department

+ Create and print signage for various USHE meetings, and manage setup and takedown of signs during meetings

+ Respond, filter, or forward emails to the correct person for Commissioners email inbox

+ Provide administrative support to USHE office staff as needed

+ Schedule appointments, coordinate meetings, book conference rooms, maintain the calendar, and other tasks as requested

+ Collect, process, and distribute incoming and outgoing mail and messages, and forward physical mail to appropriate persons or organizations

+ Assist with set up and take down for USHE in-office meetings

+ Complete project work as assigned by the manager, commissioner or associate commissioners

+ Assist my529 walk-in customers with form processing, or reaching the appropriate person for assistance

+ Maintain a clean and neat environment in the lobby, conference rooms, and kitchen

+ Maintain and order office equipment

+ Initiate work orders with the facilities department and service calls

+ Organize, stock, and replenish supplies in the USHE pantry, kitchen, and offices

+ Hand out and keep a record of parking validations

+ Perform other assigned duties or tasks as required

Responsibilities are not a comprehensive list of all duties, tasks, or projects

**Minimum Qualifications**

**Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:**

+ Knowledge of computer literacy, including intermediate proficiency in Microsoft Office programs (PowerPoint, Word, Excel, and Outlook).

+ Knowledge of operating a phone system and transferring phone calls.

+ Proven experience with communicating clearly and concisely through written and oral communications.

+ Exhibit professional demeanor within a corporate workplace/

+ Prioritize and multi-task projects and day-to-day tasks effectively while meeting deadlines.

+ Ability to protect confidential information

**Preferences**

**Special Instructions Summary**

**Additional Information**

The University is a participating employer with Utah Retirement Systems (URS). Eligible new hires with prior URS service, may elect to enroll in URS if they make the election before they become eligible for retirement (usually the first day of work). Contact Human Resources at ... for information. Individuals who previously retired and are receiving monthly retirement benefits from URS are subject to URS post-retirement rules and restrictions. Please contact Utah Retirement Systems at ... or ... or University Human Resource Management at ... if you have questions regarding the post-retirement rules.

This position may require the successful completion of a criminal background check and/or drug screen.

The University of Utah values candidates who have experience working in settings with students and patients from all backgrounds and possess a strong commitment to improving access to higher education and quality healthcare for historically underrepresented students and patients.

All qualified individuals are strongly encouraged to apply. Veterans preference is extended to qualified applicants, upon request and consistent with University policy and Utah state law. Upon request, reasonable accommodations in the application process will be provided to individuals with disabilities.

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