Professional Staff Temporary (Part-Time)

Position Number: S-3245

Type of Recruitment: External

Position Summary:

Temporary professional positions. No benefits. CMU occasionally has temporary professional positions available in various departments. Most of these positions require a bachelor's degree. Duties and responsibilities vary by department but include work requiring consistent exercise of discretion or judgement generally using advanced knowledge. Work may also be directly related to general business operations. Responsibilities may include marketing, communication, graphic design, web site development, project/program coordination, event coordination, data analysis, research, accounting/budget management, student advising, fundraising, etc.

Required Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree typically required. Professional work experience. Strong interpersonal and communication skills. Ability to work effectively with a wide range of constituencies. Ability to gather data, compile information and prepare reports. Ability to develop, plan and implement short- and long-term goals. Skilled in organizing resources and establishing priorities. Ability to analyze and solve problems. Ability to make administrative/procedural decisions and judgments.

Preferred Qualifications:

At least one year of professional experience.

Duties & Responsibilities:

Includes work requiring consistent exercise of discretion or judgement generally using advanced knowledge. May also be directly related to general business operations. May include marketing, communication, graphic design, web site development, project/program coordination, event coordination, data analysis, research, accounting/budget management, student advising, fundraising, etc.

Supervision Exercised:

Employee Group: Temporary Staff

Staff Pay Level: 00

Pay Range: To be determined by the hiring department

Division: Finance and Administrative Services

Department: Various

Position Status: Temporary

Position End Date:

Employment Status: Part Time

FTE: 0.00

Position Type: Other

Weekly Work Schedule: up to 24 hours per week; schedule to be determined by the hiring department

Location: Mount Pleasant, MI

Posting Ends:

Open Until Filled: Yes

About the Department:

About CMU:

Central Michigan University has a more than 125-year legacy of preparing students to become leaders and changemakers in their communities and in their personal and professional lives.

We serve nearly 15,500 students on our Mount Pleasant campus, in satellite locations around the state and throughout the country, and through flexible online programs. Many of our approximately 300 undergraduate, master's, specialist and doctoral programs in the arts, media, business, education, human services, health professions, liberal arts, social sciences, medicine, science and engineering are nationally ranked for excellence.

CMU leads the nation in leadership development programming through our Sarah R. Opperman Leadership Institute, and we are proud to be among only 5% of U.S. universities in the top two Carnegie research classifications. Our faculty work with graduate and undergraduate students in areas such as Great Lakes research, medical innovation, engineering technology and more.

Central is home to 17 men's and women's Division 1 sports including football, basketball, gymnastics, baseball, wrestling and more. Our student-athletes achieve great success in competition and in the classroom, capturing Mid-American Conference championships and maintaining an average cumulative GPA of 3.17.

CMU is located in Mount Pleasant, a community that blends the best of small-town living with big-city amenities. It's part of the culturally varied and vibrant Great Lakes Bay Regi