Vegetable and Specialty Seeds Crop Student Assistant

North Willamette Research and Extension Center

When applying you will be required to attach the following electronic documents:

• A Resume/Vita (required)
• A cover letter indicating how your qualifications and experience have prepared you for this position (optional)

For additional information please contact Kristine Buckland at

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer including disability protected veteran and other protected status.

OSU will conduct a review of the National Sex Offender Public website prior to hire.

Note:All job offers are contingent upon Human Resources final approval

This recruitment will be used to fill 1 part-time (a maximum of 24 hours per week) Student Assistant position for the North Willamette Research & Extension Center at Oregon State University (OSU).

Typical activities may include collecting data checking irrigation monitoring plant health plant maintenance and harvesting controlling weeds and pests data entry posting current events to websites and social media.

Position Duties

• Plant Research 75%

• Data Collection. 20% : Assists with sampling harvest and data collection for trials according to study protocols.

• Miscellaneous. 5% : Keeps records of activities; assists with preparing orders for procurement; assists the program as needed in conducting tours training and field days for the public.

Transferable Skill Development

OSU is committed to ensuring students are prepared for success after graduation through intentional skill development as student employees. The competencies students develop while working at OSU are defined by the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) as the essential skills employers seek in their this position students learn and build vital career-readiness skills in the primary areas below:

• Communication Teamwork Technology Professionalism

Full Employment Eligibility Requirements can be found here: be academically enrolled in a high school community college or university and pursuing a program or course of study

Must meet Academic Standing Requirements; students on academic suspension are not eligible for employment

Must meet the applicable minimal enrollment standard

• High School student: Regularly enrolled in a high school or participating in a home-schooling program

• Undergraduate and post-baccalaureate student: 6 credit hours per term

• Undergraduate international student: 12 credit hours per term*

• Graduate student officially admitted to Graduate School: 5 credit hours per term

• Graduate international student officially admitted to Graduate School: 9 credit hours per term*

*International students may be allowed to carry fewer hours than specified above and still be considered full-time by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). A reduced course load is approved by theOffice of International Services(OIS) and must be provided to the Student Employment Center.

Required

- Work is mainly performed outdoors at the research farm in scientific laboratory research greenhouses and office settings.
- The ability work in and dress appropriately for all weather conditions is required.
- Duties may include lifting heavy objects (up to 50 lb); standing kneeling or crawling for long periods of time; walking over plowed fields or uneven surfaces; and other strenuous activities such as hoeing weeds shoveling operating push mowers and string trimmers.