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JOB DESCRIPTION AND POSITION REQUIREMENTS
The Penn State Wilkes-Barre campus is seeking applicants for part-time job of Receptionist and Office Assistant.
Job duties to include:
What you'd do
- CURRENT PENN STATE EMPLOYEE (faculty, staff, technical service, or student), please login to Workday to complete the internal application process. Please do not apply here, apply internally through Workday.
- CURRENT PENN STATE STUDENT (not employed previously at the university) and seeking employment with Penn State, please login to Workday to complete the student application process. Please do not apply here, apply internally through Workday.
- If you are NOT a current employee or student, please click “Apply” and complete the application process for external applicants.
- Serve as primary point of contact and escort for visitors
- Answer phones/assist callers.
- Provide general office support: maintain office supply inventory and ordering, purchasing/ordering requests, note taking for staff meetings and emergency drills, scheduling shipping pickups, enter work orders and maintain copies of forms needed for operations.
- Assist with events, workshops and meetings.
- Handle sensitive and confidential information with discretion
- Forward university communications to faculty and staff
- Starts
- 2026-10-01