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Results: 15

Advanced Opportunity Fellow

Job Group: Student Assistant
Job Subgroup: Student Assistant
Salary Range (Annual): 57: Contact your division
Employee Category: Student Assistants
Job Code: SA001
  • Job Summary:
    Individuals holding these appointments are students in graduate or advanced professional school programs who receive support through equal opportunity funding provided by the State of Wisconsin under the Advanced Opportunity Program (AOP). Taxes will not be withheld from these stipends. Except in rare cases, appointees will be required to pay taxes on the amount of stipend that exceeds the cost of tuition, fees, books, supplies and equipment. Appointees may be required to pay estimated taxes on a quarterly basis.
  • Job Responsibilities:
  • Education:
  • FLSA Status:
    Exempt
  • Institution Job:
    No
  • Required Supervisory Duty of at Least 2.0 Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) Employees:
    No
  • Employee Category:
    Student Assistants
  • Scaled Job:
    No
  • Salary Range (Annual):
    57: Contact your division
  • Job Code:
    SA001: Advanced Opportunity Fellow
  • Link directly to this job title: https://hr.wisc.edu/standard-job-descriptions/?q=SA001

Fellow

Job Group: Student Assistant
Job Subgroup: Student Assistant
Salary Range (Annual): 57: Contact your division
Employee Category: Student Assistants
Job Code: SA002
  • Job Summary:
    This title is used for a graduate student holding a fellowship which provides freedom to devote full-time to obtaining an advanced degree. Taxes will not be withheld from these stipends. Except in rare cases, appointees will be required to pay taxes on the amount of stipend that exceeds the cost of tuition, fees, books, supplies and equipment. Appointees may be required to pay estimated taxes on a quarterly basis.
  • Job Responsibilities:
  • Education:
  • FLSA Status:
    Exempt
  • Institution Job:
    No
  • Required Supervisory Duty of at Least 2.0 Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) Employees:
    No
  • Employee Category:
    Student Assistants
  • Scaled Job:
    No
  • Salary Range (Annual):
    57: Contact your division
  • Job Code:
    SA002: Fellow
  • Link directly to this job title: https://hr.wisc.edu/standard-job-descriptions/?q=SA002

Housefellow/Resident Assistant

Job Group: Student Assistant
Job Subgroup: Student Assistant
Salary Range (Annual): 57: Contact your division
Employee Category: Student Assistants
Job Code: SA003
  • Job Summary:
    These titles are reserved for student employees who are assigned to counseling and related responsibilities in student residence halls. Payments made to housefellow/resident assistants are fully taxable as wages, and taxes will be withheld from monthly paychecks.
  • Job Responsibilities:
  • Education:
  • FLSA Status:
    Exempt
  • Institution Job:
    No
  • Required Supervisory Duty of at Least 2.0 Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) Employees:
    No
  • Employee Category:
    Student Assistants
  • Scaled Job:
    No
  • Salary Range (Annual):
    57: Contact your division
  • Job Code:
    SA003: Housefellow/Resident Assistant
  • Link directly to this job title: https://hr.wisc.edu/standard-job-descriptions/?q=SA003

Lecturer (SA)

Job Group: Student Assistant
Job Subgroup: Student Assistant
Salary Range (Annual): 58: $62,316 (Minimum)
Employee Category: Student Assistants
Job Code: SA004
  • Job Summary:
    Provides formal classroom or laboratory instruction in an academic discipline under the general supervision of a faculty member. Effective delivery of instructional material, testing and grading are the primary duties of a Lecturer. This title can only be used for individuals enrolled in graduate school or in a professional program and the individual's presence at the university is primarily to be a UW student, not an employee. Use of graduate students as lecturers may require written approval by the Dean's office. The lecturer title should not be used for a graduate student who is handling sections of a course taught by a faculty member, and should not be used as a substitute for the teaching assistant title.
  • Job Responsibilities:
  • Education:
  • FLSA Status:
    Exempt
  • Institution Job:
    No
  • Required Supervisory Duty of at Least 2.0 Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) Employees:
    No
  • Employee Category:
    Student Assistants
  • Scaled Job:
    No
  • Salary Range (Annual):
    58: $62,316 (Minimum)
  • Job Code:
    SA004: Lecturer (SA)
  • Link directly to this job title: https://hr.wisc.edu/standard-job-descriptions/?q=SA004

Program Assistant

Job Group: Student Assistant
Job Subgroup: Student Assistant
Salary Range (Annual): 54: $56,776 (Minimum)
Employee Category: Student Assistants
Job Code: SA005
  • Job Summary:
    These titles designate graduate students enrolled in a UW System institution who are employed to assist with research, training, or other academic programs or projects. Departments wishing to pay above the minimum should seek approval from the appropriate dean or director. Payments made to program or project assistants are fully taxable as wages, and taxes will be withheld from monthly paychecks.
  • Job Responsibilities:
  • Education:
  • FLSA Status:
    Exempt
  • Institution Job:
    No
  • Required Supervisory Duty of at Least 2.0 Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) Employees:
    No
  • Employee Category:
    Student Assistants
  • Scaled Job:
    No
  • Salary Range (Annual):
    54: $56,776 (Minimum)
  • Job Code:
    SA005: Program Assistant
  • Link directly to this job title: https://hr.wisc.edu/standard-job-descriptions/?q=SA005

Project Assistant

Job Group: Student Assistant
Job Subgroup: Student Assistant
Salary Range (Annual): 54: $56,776 (Minimum)
Employee Category: Student Assistants
Job Code: SA006
  • Job Summary:
    These titles designate graduate students enrolled in a UW System institution who are employed to assist with research, training, or other academic programs or projects. Departments wishing to pay above the minimum should seek approval from the appropriate dean or director. Payments made to program or project assistants are fully taxable as wages, and taxes will be withheld from monthly paychecks.
  • Job Responsibilities:
  • Education:
  • FLSA Status:
    Exempt
  • Institution Job:
    No
  • Required Supervisory Duty of at Least 2.0 Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) Employees:
    No
  • Employee Category:
    Student Assistants
  • Scaled Job:
    No
  • Salary Range (Annual):
    54: $56,776 (Minimum)
  • Job Code:
    SA006: Project Assistant
  • Link directly to this job title: https://hr.wisc.edu/standard-job-descriptions/?q=SA006

Program Assistant-Grader/Reader

Job Group: Student Assistant
Job Subgroup: Student Assistant
Salary Range (Annual): 52: $47,133 (Minimum)
Employee Category: Student Assistants
Job Code: SA007
  • Job Summary:
    These titles designate graduate students enrolled in a UW System institution who are employed to assist with grading at UW-Madison. These positions are paid a fixed hourly rate. Payments made to program or project assistants are fully taxable as wages, and taxes will be withheld from monthly paychecks.
  • Job Responsibilities:
  • Education:
  • FLSA Status:
    Non-Exempt
  • Institution Job:
    No
  • Required Supervisory Duty of at Least 2.0 Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) Employees:
    No
  • Employee Category:
    Student Assistants
  • Scaled Job:
    No
  • Salary Range (Annual):
    52: $47,133 (Minimum)
  • Job Code:
    SA007: Program Assistant-Grader/Reader
  • Link directly to this job title: https://hr.wisc.edu/standard-job-descriptions/?q=SA007

Project Assistant-Grader/Reader

Job Group: Student Assistant
Job Subgroup: Student Assistant
Salary Range (Annual): 52: $47,133 (Minimum)
Employee Category: Student Assistants
Job Code: SA008
  • Job Summary:
    These titles designate graduate students enrolled in a UW System institution who are employed to assist with grading at UW-Madison. These positions are paid a fixed hourly rate. Payments made to program or project assistants are fully taxable as wages, and taxes will be withheld from monthly paychecks.
  • Job Responsibilities:
  • Education:
  • FLSA Status:
    Non-Exempt
  • Institution Job:
    No
  • Required Supervisory Duty of at Least 2.0 Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) Employees:
    No
  • Employee Category:
    Student Assistants
  • Scaled Job:
    No
  • Salary Range (Annual):
    52: $47,133 (Minimum)
  • Job Code:
    SA008: Project Assistant-Grader/Reader
  • Link directly to this job title: https://hr.wisc.edu/standard-job-descriptions/?q=SA008

Research Assistant

Job Group: Student Assistant
Job Subgroup: Student Assistant
Salary Range (Annual): 53: $56,776 (Minimum)
Employee Category: Student Assistants
Job Code: SA009
  • Job Summary:
    A research assistant is a graduate student working towards a Master's or Ph.D. degree. An appointment as a research assistant is appropriate if the activity performed by the research assistant is primarily for the benefit of the individual's course of study and research and directly applicable to the individual's thesis or dissertation. Tasks which are irrelevant or unnecessary to the appointee's academic program or repetitive beyond that which is necessary to achieve excellence in the activity are not appropriate for an individual appointed as a research assistant. The appointee is required to register for a full load of graduate courses and research. A maximum research assistant stipend is established annually on an institution-wide basis, although the amount of each individual stipend may vary among departments. A research assistant is to be supported from the federal research funds only if it can be documented that the activities of the research assistant constitute necessary work towards the objectives of the sponsored research project which provides the funding. Payments made to program or project assistants are fully taxable as wages, and taxes will be withheld from paychecks.
  • Job Responsibilities:
  • Education:
  • FLSA Status:
    Exempt
  • Institution Job:
    No
  • Required Supervisory Duty of at Least 2.0 Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) Employees:
    No
  • Employee Category:
    Student Assistants
  • Scaled Job:
    No
  • Salary Range (Annual):
    53: $56,776 (Minimum)
  • Job Code:
    SA009: Research Assistant
  • Link directly to this job title: https://hr.wisc.edu/standard-job-descriptions/?q=SA009

Scholar

Job Group: Student Assistant
Job Subgroup: Student Assistant
Salary Range (Annual): 57: Contact your division
Employee Category: Student Assistants
Job Code: SA010
  • Job Summary:
    Certain scholarship awards carry with them a scholar designation for recipients under the terms of the endowment. Taxes will not be withheld from these stipends. Except in rare cases, appointees will be required to pay taxes on the amount of stipend that exceeds the cost of tuition, fees, books, supplies and equipment. Appointees may be required to pay estimated taxes on a quarterly basis.
  • Job Responsibilities:
  • Education:
  • FLSA Status:
    Exempt
  • Institution Job:
    No
  • Required Supervisory Duty of at Least 2.0 Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) Employees:
    No
  • Employee Category:
    Student Assistants
  • Scaled Job:
    No
  • Salary Range (Annual):
    57: Contact your division
  • Job Code:
    SA010: Scholar
  • Link directly to this job title: https://hr.wisc.edu/standard-job-descriptions/?q=SA010

Teaching Assistant-Standard

Job Group: Student Assistant
Job Subgroup: Student Assistant
Salary Range (Annual): 54: $56,776 (Minimum)
Employee Category: Student Assistants
Job Code: SA011
  • Job Summary:
    This title is appropriate for graduate students enrolled in a UW System institution who have been assigned teaching responsibilities in an instructional department under the supervision of an academic staff or faculty member. Payments made to teaching assistants are fully taxable as wages, and taxes will be withheld from monthly paychecks.
  • Job Responsibilities:
  • Education:
  • FLSA Status:
    Exempt
  • Institution Job:
    No
  • Required Supervisory Duty of at Least 2.0 Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) Employees:
    No
  • Employee Category:
    Student Assistants
  • Scaled Job:
    No
  • Salary Range (Annual):
    54: $56,776 (Minimum)
  • Job Code:
    SA011: Teaching Assistant-Standard
  • Link directly to this job title: https://hr.wisc.edu/standard-job-descriptions/?q=SA011

Teaching Assistant-Senior

Job Group: Student Assistant
Job Subgroup: Student Assistant
Salary Range (Annual): 54: $56,776 (Minimum)
Employee Category: Student Assistants
Job Code: SA012
  • Job Summary:
    This title is appropriate for graduate students enrolled in a UW System institution who have been assigned teaching responsibilities in an instructional department under the supervision of an academic staff or faculty member. Payments made to teaching assistants are fully taxable as wages, and taxes will be withheld from monthly paychecks.
  • Job Responsibilities:
  • Education:
  • FLSA Status:
    Exempt
  • Institution Job:
    No
  • Required Supervisory Duty of at Least 2.0 Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) Employees:
    No
  • Employee Category:
    Student Assistants
  • Scaled Job:
    No
  • Salary Range (Annual):
    54: $56,776 (Minimum)
  • Job Code:
    SA012: Teaching Assistant-Senior
  • Link directly to this job title: https://hr.wisc.edu/standard-job-descriptions/?q=SA012

Trainee

Job Group: Student Assistant
Job Subgroup: Student Assistant
Salary Range (Annual): 57: Contact your division
Employee Category: Student Assistants
Job Code: SA013
  • Job Summary:
    This title is used exclusively for UW-Madison students who are supported by a traineeship while pursuing a particular course of study. Traineeships are ordinarily sponsored through an extramural training grant and are designated as traineeships under the terms of the grant. Taxes will not be withheld from these stipends. Except in rare cases, appointees will be required to pay taxes on the amount of stipend that exceeds the cost of tuition, fees, books, supplies and equipment. Appointees may be required to pay estimated taxes on a quarterly basis.
  • Job Responsibilities:
  • Education:
  • FLSA Status:
    Exempt
  • Institution Job:
    No
  • Required Supervisory Duty of at Least 2.0 Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) Employees:
    No
  • Employee Category:
    Student Assistants
  • Scaled Job:
    No
  • Salary Range (Annual):
    57: Contact your division
  • Job Code:
    SA013: Trainee
  • Link directly to this job title: https://hr.wisc.edu/standard-job-descriptions/?q=SA013

Undergraduate Assistant

Job Group: Student Assistant
Job Subgroup: Student Assistant
Salary Range (Annual): 51: $47,133 (Minimum)
Employee Category: Student Assistants
Job Code: SA014
  • Job Summary:
    The undergraduate assistant title is used in those rare circumstances in which no qualified graduate student is available to perform what would normally be a project assistant or teaching assistant function. Use of the title must have the approval of the dean, and documentation must show that attempts have been made to locate qualified graduate students. Payments made to undergraduate assistants are fully taxable as wages, and taxes will be withheld from monthly paychecks.
  • Job Responsibilities:
  • Education:
  • FLSA Status:
    Exempt
  • Institution Job:
    No
  • Required Supervisory Duty of at Least 2.0 Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) Employees:
    No
  • Employee Category:
    Student Assistants
  • Scaled Job:
    No
  • Salary Range (Annual):
    51: $47,133 (Minimum)
  • Job Code:
    SA014: Undergraduate Assistant
  • Link directly to this job title: https://hr.wisc.edu/standard-job-descriptions/?q=SA014

Undergraduate Intern

Job Group: Student Assistant
Job Subgroup: Student Assistant
Salary Range (Annual): 57: Contact your division
Employee Category: Student Assistants
Job Code: SA015
  • Job Summary:
    This title should be used chiefly for undergraduate students enrolled at UW-Madison or at another university when the terms of a supporting grant or contract preclude the use of other normally appropriate titles. The title will accurately reflect the nature of the appointment when the assigned responsibilities are performed in a unit other than the unit in which the student is enrolled, and may form part of the student's academic curriculum. Payments made to undergraduate interns are fully taxable as wages, and taxes will be withheld from monthly paychecks.
  • Job Responsibilities:
  • Education:
  • FLSA Status:
    Exempt
  • Institution Job:
    No
  • Required Supervisory Duty of at Least 2.0 Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) Employees:
    No
  • Employee Category:
    Student Assistants
  • Scaled Job:
    No
  • Salary Range (Annual):
    57: Contact your division
  • Job Code:
    SA015: Undergraduate Intern
  • Link directly to this job title: https://hr.wisc.edu/standard-job-descriptions/?q=SA015

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