Course Materials Assistant
Course Materials Assistant
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Western Washington University with over 15000 students in seven colleges and the graduate school is nationally recognized for its educational programs students and faculty. The campus is located in Bellingham Washington a coastal community of 90000 overlooking Bellingham Bay the San Juan Islands and the North Cascades Mountain range. The city lies 90 miles north of Seattle and 60 miles south of Vancouver British Columbia. Western has additional sites in Anacortes Bremerton Everett Port Angeles and Poulsbo. Western is recognized nationally for its successes such as being named one of the top public mastersgranting institutions in the Pacific Northwest for 25 years in a row by U.S. News & World Report.
Western Washington University is committed to achieving excellence through advancing inclusive success increasing our Washington impact and focusing on transformational education grounded in the liberal arts and sciences and based on innovative scholarship research and creative activity. Westerns greatest strength is the outstanding students faculty staff and alumni/ae who make up its community. Western supports an inclusive governance structure for all and provides a learning and working environment in which everyone can thrive. In pursuit of this excellence individual employees are expected to establish and maintain productive and effective inclusive working relationships amongst diverse populations including staff faculty administration student and external constituents. Further individual employees are expected to have the ability to operationalize sustainability concepts (economic societal environmental) into all aspects of performing their job duties.
This position supports the Course Materials Manager facilitating operational efficiency of the course materials department including serving as back up as needed. Under the direction of the Course Materials Manager this position assists with the procurement of course materials including the processing of faculty course materials requisitions researching availability and pricing and placing purchase orders. Assists with all course materials processes: adopting ordering shelving selling inventorying and returning. Requires data management communication with used book wholesale vendors analyzing quotes and calculating prices along with decision making abilities to determine worth of rental expense. Supports course material program operations including sourcing analyzation communication consultation with faculty problem solving selling returning rental textbooks and other duties as assigned.
This positions work schedule is typically 8:00am 2:00pm Monday through Friday with additional required evening and weekend hours at the beginning and end of each term.
The StateHR classification for this position is Retail Clerk 2.
- High school diploma or equivalent
- At least one year of experience in retail customer service
- At least one year experience with general paper/digital record keeping
- Experience working with diverse and inclusive individuals teams and customers
- Experience with inventory management system
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Strong attention to detail and organizational skills
- Ability to multitask and prioritize with competing demands
- Demonstrated ability to work as an inclusive team player and promote a teamoriented environment
- Demonstrated experience with Microsoft Excel
- Some college/university experience
- Experience with sourcing materials through various methods such as the internet email and phone
- Experience working with vendors students and faculty
Application materials should address your experience related to the position responsibilities and the required and preferred qualifications.
Western Washington University (WWU) is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer committed to assembling a diverse broadly trained faculty and staff. Women minorities people with disabilities and veterans are strongly encouraged to apply. In compliance with applicable laws and in furtherance of its commitment to fostering an environment that welcomes and embraces diversity WWU does not discriminate on the basis of race color creed religion national origin sex (including pregnancy and parenting status) disability age veteran status sexual orientation gender identity or expression marital status or genetic information in its programs or activities including employment admissions and educational programs. See WWUs Policy onEnsuring Equal Opportunity and Prohibiting Discrimination and Retaliation. Inquiries may be directed to the Office of Civil Rights and Title IX Compliance Title IX and ADA Coordinator Western Washington University Old Main 126 (MS 9021) 516 High Street Bellingham WA 98225; 360.650.3307 (voice) or 711 (Washington Relay);
WWU is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities upon request. To request this document in an alternate format or to request an accommodation please contactHuman Resources Disability Services 360.650.3751 or 711 (Washington Relay).
Annual Security and Fire Safety Report: This report is provided pursuant to the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act (The Clery Act). It includes statistics for the previous three calendar years concerning reported crimes that occurred on Westerns campus; in certain offcampus buildings or property owned or controlled by Western; and on public property within or immediately adjacent to and accessible from the campus. The report also includes institutional policies concerning campus security such as policies concerning alcohol and drug use crime prevention the reporting of crimes sexual assault and other matters. You can obtain a copy of this report in printed or alternate formats by contacting the Office of the Vice President for Enrollment and Student Services at . The report can be found at: Annual Security and Fire Safety Report.
All new employees must comply with the immunization policy and show employment eligibility verification as required by the U.S. Citizen and Immigration Service before beginning work at WWU. A thorough background check will be conducted on all new hires which includes a sexual misconduct background check.
Employment Type
Full-Time
