Student: Institutional Advancement Office Assistant, 2026-27

Administrative duties include:

• Checking emails, answering phone calls, data entry, general office work, etc.
• Covering the front desk while our administrative assistant is away from the desk.
• Data entry
• Updating our database, including but not limited to, address updates, researching and adding birth dates and death dates, adding education information.
• Maintaining our database like making entries uniform, researching and adding information.
• Assist with office tasks like soring the mail, organizing the office and putting files and office supplies where they go.
• Assist with filing both electronic and paper files
• Assist with scanning documents to the cloud for long term storage.
• Assist with making receipt letters for our donors, then stuffing them into envelopes and mailing them.
• Special Projects As Assigned

Approximately 60% of the work will be done on a desk on a computer or stuffing envelopes.
Approximately 20% of the work will be moving around, carrying or organizing items under 20 lbs.
Approximately 20% will be standing.

Compensation and Benefits

• Rate of Pay: $16.45/hour
• Minnesota Sick and Safe Time
• Minnesota Paid Family and Medical Leave
• Not eligible for health insurance benefits

An ideal candidate will be

• Be passionate about philanthropy
• Be very detail oriented and highly organized
• Be able to follow through on tasks.
• Strong communicator, both written and verbal, able to relate well to a wide variety of people in multiple settings
• Detail oriented and highly organized
• Maintain confidentiality with sensitive information
• High customer service orientation
• Skilled in the use of Google platform, Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint
• Must be comfortable working in Google Drive, Sheets and Docs
• Be able to ask for help when needed

Requirements:

• Must be enrolled at Augsburg University
• Must have work-study as part of financial aid award. Please see your financial aid award letter, or contact student financial services if you have questions: [email protected]

All student applicants must attach the following for consideration:

• Resume
• Cover Letter (optional)

Augsburg University is an Equal Opportunity employer.  We are committed to providing equal employment opportunity to all applicants and employees regardless of their race, creed, color, religion, gender, age, national origin, disability, military service, protected veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, transgender status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.
If you need a reasonable accommodation to complete our application process, please contact the Human Resources department by phone at  612.330.1058 or email at [email protected].  Human Resources is located at 20 Memorial Hall.