Student Employment Job Levels

The position’s level and salary is determined by the student employee’s job responsibilities, knowledge, skills and level of supervision needed. The distinctions between levels are based on the relative degree of difficulty, the knowledge, skills and abilities needed to perform the job duties and the level of supervision provided.
Student Employment Compensation Matrix

Assigning the student functional level on a student job is an important step to ensure equity for student employees and to define the level of work and competency expected across each student job. Level determinations are effective for setting performance benchmarks, for evaluating salary increases, and for ensuring that student employees are aware of job expectations and deliverables. The purpose of the Student Employment Compensation Matrix is to establish guidelines for the appropriate and equitable assignment of the student pay bands at new hire and for determining merit- or tenure-based promotions/increases. 

Please refer to the attached Student Employment Compensation Matrix in order to make the best determination for setting the functional level of each of your student jobs.

Student Employment Compensation Matrix

Student Employment Job Levels

Level

Level Description

Level A - 

ASSISTANT

Duties are of a routine nature. Requires direct supervision with relatively specific instructions, little or not training or experience is required.

Basic skills may be acquired through on the job training. Responsibilities may require basic organizational or technical knowledge, operation of simple equipment or performing routine tasks.

Level B - 

ASSOCIATE

Duties are varied and less routine and involve a moderate degree of responsibility and judgement. Requires previous knowledge or skill and/or equivalent experience or training.

Requires basic skills acquired through certain levels of education and/or previous work experience. Responsibilities may require organizational and/or more technical knowledge, operation, and accountability for more complex equipment, or performing tasks with moderate supervision.

Level C - 

MANAGER

Duties are more complex and involve a higher degree of responsibility and judgement.

Requires specific skills acquired through previous work experience and/or completion of related upper-level coursework. May lead or coordinate activities of other student employee.

Level D* - 

PROFESSIONAL

Requires specific skills at a mastery level. Must be a professional level position, previous work experience and or training required. High degree of responsibility and judgment required.

*This level is only to be used when the work required is at the professional level or graduate student level, and must be approved by Human Resources.

Graduate Assistantship -x

Duties and responsibilities are outlined in the student’s contract with the academic department that provides the Graduate Assistantship award.

Graduate Assistantship – X means students in this level are timecard exempt and will not be expected to report hours to receive pay during the bi-weekly payroll.

Graduate Assistantship

-nx

Duties and responsibilities are outlined in the student’s contract with the academic department that provides the Graduate Assistantship award.

Graduate Assistantship – NX means students in this level are not timecard exempt and will be expected to report hours to receive pay during the bi-weekly payroll.