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Position Title:Undergraduate Student Program Specialist - Temporary

Appointment Type:Professional & Scientific

Required Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree

Preferred Qualifications:Background in education, advising, or student support

Experience organizing and implementing projects or events

Exhibit organization, communication, collaboration, planning, and time management skills

Experience providing front-end service to students or other stakeholders

Experience supervising students

Job Description:

Women in Science and Engineering (WiSE) at Iowa State University is seeking a temporary program specialist to provide undergraduate student program support. This position will be part-time (20-30 hours/week) from January 5, 2026, through May 2026, with the potential of an extension to June 30, 2026. The person in this role would:

+ Ensure WiSE residential learning community and community group programming is high quality and implemented on a regular, consistent schedule.

+ Supervise student leaders who are responsible for developing and implementing residential and community group programming and WiSE front office workers.

+ Collaboratively design and implement various WiSE events.

+ Represent WiSE to students as well as internal and external partners.

Work Schedule:

+ 3-5 days/week, Monday-Friday, with potentially an occasional weekend event.

+ 20-30 hours/week will be collaboratively determined upon an offer.

+ Work hours will typically be between noon and 6 PM, but will be collaboratively determined upon an offer. Work hours may vary slightly from week to week, but may not exceed 40 hours in one week.

+ Fully in person.

Proposed Start Date:January 5, 2026

Number of Months Employed Per Year:

Time Type:Part time

Pay Grade:P&S Temporary

Application Instructions:

Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the U.S. on an ongoing basis without sponsorship. Immigration sponsorship is not available for this position.

To apply for this position, please click on “Apply” and complete the Employment Application. Please be prepared to attach a Resume.If you have questions regarding this application process, please email [email protected] or call 515-294-4800 or Toll Free: 1-877-477-7485.

Original Posting Date: October 29, 2025

Posting Close Date:November 12, 2025

Job Requisition Number:R18045

By focusing on the future and providing the best student experience possible, Iowa State University (http://www.iastate.edu/) attracts students and faculty who want to make a difference. With a comprehensive land-grant mission of education, research, extension and outreach, we produce scholars whose ideas change the world. And through Innovate at Iowa State, we provide innovative and entrepreneurial opportunities for students of all backgrounds. Located just 30 minutes north of Des Moines, the city of Ames was recently named one of the Top 10 cities in the U.S. for campus life and career opportunities.

Iowa State University is a welcoming community of students, faculty, and staff. Campus community members have a wide range of backgrounds and experiences and are committed to engaging with each other respectfully as outlined in the university's Principles of Community (https://www.iastate.edu/principles-community) . Iowa State recognizes that diverse intellectual and philosophical perspectives are vital to innovation, critical thinking skills, and a dynamic academic community that fosters the land-grant ideals of putting science, technology, and human creativity to work.

All offers of employment, oral and written, are contingent upon the university’s verification of credentials and other information required by federal and state law, ISU policies/procedures, and may include the completion of a background check and/or a consumer credit check.

Iowa State University does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, age, ethnicity, religion, national origin, pregnancy, sexual orientation, genetic information, sex, marital status, disability, or status as a U.S. Veteran. Inquiries regarding non-discrimination policies may be directed to Office of Equal Opportunity, 2680 Beardshear Hall, 515 Morrill Road, Ames, Iowa 50011, Tel. 515-294-7612, email [email protected].

If you have questions about the application process please email [email protected] or call 515-294-4800 or Toll-Free at 1-877-477-7485. Iowa State University provides reasonable accommodations to applicants and employees with disabilities. Applicants with questions about access or requiring a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process should email [email protected] or call (515) 294-4800 or Toll-Free: (877) 477-7485. TTY users are welcome to use the Iowa Relay Service number by dialing 7-1-1 or (800) 735-2942.

General ISU compensation information can be found on the University Human Resources (https://www.hr.iastate.edu/careers/compensation) website. Please note that this is only a list of ranges and individuals will be paid commensurate with qualifications.