GA - Pre-Professional - Budget Manager Assistant - TCH - Fall 2025 - Spring 2026

Title: GA - Pre-Professional - Budget Manager Assistant - TCH - Fall 2025 - Spring 2026
Division Name: Academic Affairs
Department: School of Teaching and Learning
Campus Location: Normal, IL

Job Summary

This Graduate Assistant Position will work with the TCH Budget Manager, specifically to assist with reviewing and processing travel vouchers and reimbursement requests from the tenure-track faculty and NTTs in the School of Teaching and Learning. The GA will need to have strong communication and interpersonal skills in order to work directly with the faculty members in this regard. The GA will need to be good with numbers and pay strong attention to details.

Additional Information

The School of Teaching and Learning is a unit with the College of Education. It is home to four undergraduate teacher education programs and four graduate programs.

Salary Rate / Pay Rate

$755 for 0.25 FTE appointment

Required Qualifications

1. Eligible for appointment as per the requirements in the Graduate Assistant Handbook which can be found at http://hr.illinoisstate.edu/downloads/GA_Handbook.pdf
2. Must be a degree seeking graduate student at Illinois State University in Teaching and Learning

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Excel spreadsheets
• General knowledge of fund accounting

Work Hours

10 hours/week during the regular work week (M-F, 8:00am - 4:30pm)

Proposed Starting Date

August 2025

Required Applicant Documents

Resume, Cover Letter, Reference List, and Work Availability

Please Note: These documents are required to be submitted online in order to complete the application process. Please have these documents ready prior submitted online in order to complete the application process. Please have these documents ready prior

Special Instructions for Applicants

Note: If you have not yet been assigned a University ID, but are interested in applying for this graduate assistantship, please proceed with the graduate assistant application process. For the first question regarding your University ID, simply enter in nine (9) zeros (e.g., 000000000).

You must be eligible for employment in the United States and at Illinois State University and/or for the number of hours required for the position.

Illinois State University student employees are restricted to no more than 28 hours per week of on-campus employment for all positions held. International students are restricted by their visa status to no more than 20 hours per week of on-campus employment when the university is in session but may work up to 28 hours per week when the university is not in session. Please contact the Office of International Student and Scholar Services for guidance on visa restrictions on work hours. The University cannot grant exceptions to visa status rules/laws.

Benefits for Graduate Assistants can be found in the Graduate Assistant Handbook (http://hr.illinoisstate.edu/downloads/GA_Handbook.pdf).

Contact Information for Applicants

Ellis Hurd
ehurd@ilstu.edu

Important Information for Applicants

This position is subject to a criminal background investigation and if applicable, an employment history review, based on University Policy 3.1.30 and any offer of employment is contingent upon you passing a satisfactory criminal background investigation and/or an employment history review. You may not begin work until the criminal background investigation results have been received and cleared by Human Resources.

Illinois State University is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

If you are an individual with a disability and need a reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) or other state or federal law you may request an accommodation by contacting the Office of Equal Opportunity and Access at (309) 438-3383. The Office of Equal Opportunity and Access will hold any confidential information you provide in confidence.

If you are having difficulty accessing the system, please call Human Resources at (309) 438-8311.