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Working Title:  Police Department Student Assistant

Classification Title: Student Assistant

Department Name: Police Department

Time Base: Part-time

Hours to be Worked: Up to 20 hours per week

Supervisor's Name: Beverley Heslop

Pay Plan: Hourly

Bargaining Unit:  Excluded (E99)

Employment Type: Temporary

Pay Level and Pay Rate: 

• Level: 1
• Hourly Rate: 16.00

Application Deadline: Open until filled

Job Summary: Assist the Police Department supporting the front desk reception area, assisting customers and general office duties.

About the California State University Maritime Academy:

Established in 1929, California State University Maritime Academy, a campus of the California State University, is the only degree-granting maritime academy on the West Coast. Located on the scenic Vallejo waterfront, the campus serves a student population of approximately 1000 undergraduates and 50 graduate students.

Cal Maritime offers seven baccalaureate degrees in Business Administration, International Strategy and Security, Facilities Engineering Technology, Marine Engineering Technology, Mechanical Engineering,  Marine Transportation, and Oceanography. The undergraduate curriculum includes licensing programs for future merchant marine, coast guard, and naval reserve officers. Cal Maritime also offers a Master of Science in Transportation and Engineering Management degree, as well as a number of extended learning programs and courses.

Job Duties: 

• Provide and ensure excellent customer service to the university’s community and the public at the front desk, receive and direct visitors; resolve inquiries regarding parking and other matters; and screen and route phone calls.
• Perform general office duties, including receiving and distributing mail, making copies, faxing, and filing, maintaining office supplies, files, reports, and forms.
• Delivers parking permits for all department requests.
• Other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications: 

• Ability to provide excellent customer service.
• Ability to exercise tact, courtesy, alertness, and good judgment in making decisions.
• Ability to learn and communicate parking rules and regulations, and other guidelines.
• Ability to read, write, and orally communicate effectively in a clear and concise manner.
• Possess effective organizational skills.
• Maintain a neat, professional appearance.
• Dependable; complete tasks in a timely manner; ready to work at the start of each shift.
• Demonstrate ability to quickly learn and apply campus rules and regulations related to work performed.
• Ability to operate in an environment that requires discretion and confidentiality.
• Ability to take initiative in developing and improving skills.
• Must be able to perform work involving but not limited to carrying, squatting, kneeling, twisting, and walking to and from buildings across campus.
• Maintain a valid Driver’s License.
• Must successfully complete CLETS training.

Background Check: Satisfactory completion of a background check (including a criminal records check, DMV records check, and fingerprinting) is required for employment. CSU will make a conditional offer of employment, which may be rescinded if the background check reveals disqualifying information, and/or it is discovered that the candidate knowingly withheld or falsified information. Failure to satisfactorily complete the background check may affect the continued employment of a current CSU employee who was conditionally offered the position.

Mandated Reporter: The person holding this position is considered a ‘mandated reporter’ under the California Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act and is required to comply with the requirements set forth in CSU Executive Order 1083 revised July 21, 2017, as a condition of employment.

Eligibility to Work:  Applicants must provide proof of U.S. citizenship or authorization to work in the United States within three days of the date of hire.

Title IX: Please view the Notice of Non-Discrimination on the Basis of Gender or Sex and Contact Information for Title IX Coordinator at: https://www2.calstate.edu/titleix

EEO Statement: Cal Maritime is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action Employer. The university subscribes to all state and federal regulations and prohibits discrimination based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex, gender identity/gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy, age, disability, genetic information, medical condition, covered veteran status, or any other protected status.  Reasonable Accommodations will be provided to applicants with qualifying disabilities who self-disclose by contacting the Benefits Coordinator at (707) 654-1146.

Application Procedure: Click "APPLY NOW" to complete the Cal Maritime Online Employment Application and attach the following documents: cover letter and resume. 

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