Position Definition:

The duties of a Higher Education Assistant are generally to serve as an assistant to one of the major educational officers of a college or the university with responsibility for a limited area of planning, research or professional and/or administrative duties as may be assigned.

Qualifications:

For appointment as Higher Education Assistant, the candidate must have demonstrated satisfactory qualities of personality and character and ability to work with others for the good of the institution. He/she must have had at least four years of experience in one or more related areas and be sufficiently adaptable to apply such experience to the field in which his/her responsibility will lie. He/she must possess at least a baccalaureate degree and show definite potential for significant achievement and growth in the area to which he/she is assigned. An appropriate combination of education above the baccalaureate degree and demonstrable skills and/or years of experience may be substituted for the four years of experience in determining qualifications for the position of Higher Education Assistant.