Geography Dept - Lab Assistant Academic Year 2025-2026

Job Summary/Basic Function The primary job of all lab assistants is to be present in the lab so that the resources of the Geo-Graphics Lab are open and available to the university community. Required Qualifications The lab assistants must be geography majors at the time of hire. All lab assistants will have successfully completed GEOG Maps and GIS with a B or better.Lab assistants must have the following minimum grade point averages at the time of hire: 3.0 in the major, and 2.5 overall.Lab assistants must be familiar with basic computer operations. At a minimum this includes knowledge of Excel and Word, how to find and start ArcGIS Pro, and basic Windows operations such as saving and printing files. Preferred Qualifications Preference will be given to students who have completed GEOG with a B or better.Ability to explain to users the vLab environment that all Lab computers connect to.Ability to instruct users to connect to their MU OneDrive online storage (including reasons for doing so).If new hires do not have all the above skills, they will be trained Job Duties Routine tasks must be learned by all lab assistants. These include the maintenance of computer files and lab equipment. Lab assistants will ensure that students use the equipment and supplies in a nondestructive and non-wasteful manner. Problems will be brought to the attention of the professor in charge. Lab assistants are responsible for ensuring the lab is always neat and tidy. Light cleaning including dusting and wiping down the white board shall be done on a regular basis. Any lab assistant unable to meet his/her scheduled time for any reason must notify the professor in charge in advance of that scheduled time. It is the lab assistant’s responsibility to find another lab assistant who can substitute. Repeated failure to meet scheduled times, or to notify in advance of an absence, or falsification of time sheets recoding hours worked will result in the dismissal of that lab assistant, and in the hiring of a replacement assistant. Special projects are often carried out in the lab, either related to a professor’s research or designed to improve the lab facilities or organization. Lab assistants may be asked to help with such projects. Promptly reporting hours worked in E-Time. If applicable, work one-on-one with students that need additional help with their geography classes. Working Conditions and Physical Effort Ability to work in a computer lab Posting Open Date 08/22/ Posting Close Date 06/01/ Special Instructions to Applicants You must have the recommendation of supervising faculty member prior to applying.We encourage you to upload your class schedule, which will help us to assist you with determining the best working hours outside of your academic and extra-curricular schedule. Quicklink for Posting/Requisition

Created: 2025-10-24