Employment - Pay Categories
Search to Grinnell College Frontdoor  
Logo Picture
Home
Grants
Scholarships
Employment
Loans
Additional Options
Pay Categories

Listed below are the wage rates for student employees for 2008-2009. If you have questions concerning which Category a student position falls under, please send the job description to the Financial Aid Office for review.

Category I $7.25
Category II $7.50
Category III $8.25
Category IV $8.85


Category I

Performs routine, non-complex work. May require a brief orientation period. No previous training required and under direct supervision, or position requires only minimum training. The position requires primarily answering the phone or giving direction. Examples include mail room, PEC cage, Weight Room, campus security parking and building monitors, etc.

Category II

Semi-skilled jobs that require previous experience and/or necessitates acquiring a skill(s) to maintain the position. May perform specialized work. Requires knowledge and application of specific work procedures. Also requires some developed skills such as operation of office equipment, composition, small equipment operation, or interaction with the public. Examples include academic programs, Financial Aid Office, Registrar, Bookstore, Admission tour guides, Lifeguards, Athletic Trainers, Physical Plant, Admission newspaper "Ins and Outs", Campus Security Dispatchers, and Craft Workshop student employees.

Category III

Positions considered essential/critical to the institution and/or positions that are deemed hard to fill (Food Service) and/or supervisory. Performs technical/paraprofessional work requiring a combination of training, acquired basic scientific or technical knowledge, analytical and/or manual skills. The work is usually guided by applicable work principles and standardized techniques. May require little or no supervision. Examples include Food Service, Library Specialty Coordinator, Computer user consultants, Annual Giving Specialist and Admission VISA Coordinator student employees.

Category IV

Supervisory position reserved for food service, Annual Giving Specialist supervisors, Admission Fellows, and ITS UC supervisors. All other supervisory positions will fall under Level III.


  Academics Admission Alumni Athletics Calendar Catalog Comment Directory Library Offices Students ITS  
Copyright © 2001-2007 Grinnell College Grinnell, IA 50112-1690 641-269-4000 Privacy policy and additional information.