Hourly - Student Research Associate

September 2, 2025

$15/hour

Up to 19 hours per week

Institutional Research and Analysis

A resume and letter of interest is required to apply. Candidates under final consideration will also be required to submit professional references, college degree information, and employment history to an online third-party vendor.

For more than 140 years, The University of Texas System has improved the lives of Texans - and people all over the world - through education, health care, and research. The System consists of nine academic institutions, five health institutions, and The University of Texas System Administration. The institutions of the UT System employ more than 116,000 faculty, health care professionals, researchers, support staff, and student workers.

The UT System Administration is primarily based in Austin, Texas. It supports the missions of the System's fourteen institutions by providing financial, legal, planning, purchasing, government relations, communications, development, and other central services. Serving a growing state, the UT System Administration strives to provide a welcoming, supportive work environment that embraces different perspectives - not only because it enables the organization to be stronger, creative, and thoughtful, but because it is the right thing to do. To that end, UT System Administration embraces state laws on military and former foster children employment preferences.

The Student Associate will provide research support for Office of Institutional Research and Analysis research projects.

• Perform detailed data-related activities such as data entry, data cleaning, data validation, data coding, and data entry.
• Compare data with source documents or re-enter/re-calculate data in verification format to detect errors.
• Compile, sort, and verify the accuracy of data before it is processed further for eventual inclusion in final reports and dashboards.
• Locate data entry and calculation/processing errors and work with supervisor to correct them.
• Other related duties as assigned.

• Familiarity with data entry and manipulation in Microsoft Excel.
• Familiarity with Microsoft Office.
• Ability to stay on task with a minimum of supervision and seek input from supervisor as needed
• Strong organizational skills and responsible work ethic.
• Ability to learn quickly by experience and instruction

• Computer skills sufficient to assist with online searches and detailed data manipulation.
• Currently enrolled in a degree program as an undergraduate at one of the 14 UT System institutions.

• Undergraduate students looking for long-term employment.
• Applicants able to work over semester breaks and during the summer will be given first consideration.
• Applicants should be detail-oriented, able to work well on tasks alone and with a team, friendly, with good communication and customer service skills, and responsible.
• Willingness to handle a variety of tasks and interruptions.
• Good problem solving, ability to prioritize, and maturity in judgment.
• Familiarity with SAS.

• May work around standard office conditions.
• Repetitive use of a keyboard at a workstation.

This position is not eligible for employee benefits including, but not limited to, insurance, leave, holidays, and longevity pay. For information about eligibility, visit Active Employees Eligibility https://www.utsystem.edu/offices/employee-benefits/insurance-0/eligibility.

A background check will be conducted on candidates under final consideration. The background check may include any or all of the following: criminal history check, prior employment verification, education verification, professional references check, and motor vehicle records check. Background checks are conducted by third-party vendors. Upon request form the third-party vendor, candidates under final consideration must provide the required information for the background checks to be completed.

The University of Texas System Administration is a federal contractor committed to providing equal employment opportunity for all qualified applicants and employees in all terms and conditions of employment. U. T. System will provide equal employment opportunity to all qualified persons and will not discriminate on the basis of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, pregnancy, religion, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal or state laws.

For information on accommodations for individuals with disabilities, please contact the Office of Talent and Innovation at oti@utsystem.edu.