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Part-Time Undergraduate Teaching Assistant, CEE

Part-time

Penn State University

University Park, PAPart-timePosted 1mo agoStill listed today

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Compensation
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Location
University Park, PA
Schedule
Part-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

Penn State’s Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering invites applications from current undergraduate students to serve as teaching assistants. The role supports faculty with course preparation and instructional activities, grading, and other assigned course-related duties. Candidates should be in good academic standing and demonstrate communication, organizational, and interpersonal skills, confidentiality, professionalism, attention to detail, and the ability to meet deadlines.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Communication, requiredOrganization, requiredInterpersonal Skills, requiredConfidentiality, requiredProfessionalism, requiredAttention to Detail, requiredDeadline Management, required

Qualifications

Current Undergraduate Student, requiredGood Academic Standing, required

Full job description

APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS:

  • CURRENT PENN STATE EMPLOYEE (faculty, staff, technical service, or student), please login to Workday to complete the internal application process. Please do not apply here, apply internally through Workday.

  • CURRENT PENN STATE STUDENT (not employed previously at the university) and seeking employment with Penn State, please login to Workday to complete the student application process. Please do not apply here, apply internally through Workday.

  • If you are NOT a current employee or student, please click “Apply” and complete the application process for external applicants.

Approval of remote and hybrid work is not guaranteed regardless of work location. For additional information on remote work at Penn State, see Notice to Out of State Applicants.

POSITION SPECIFICS The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering invites applications for part-time undergraduate teaching assistants.

Job duties include assisting faculty with course preparation and instructional activities, grading assignments, and performing other course-related duties as assigned.

Qualifications

  • Current undergraduate student in good academic standing
  • Strong communication, organizational, and interpersonal skills
  • Ability to maintain confidentiality and exercise professionalism
  • Attention to detail and ability to meet deadlines

CAMPUS SECURITY CRIME STATISTICS Pursuant to the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act and the Pennsylvania Act of 1988, Penn State publishes a combined Annual Security and Annual Fire Safety Report (ASR). The ASR includes crime statistics and institutional policies concerning campus security, such as those concerning alcohol and drug use, crime prevention, the reporting of crimes, sexual assault, and other matters. The ASR is available for review here.

EEO IS THE LAW Penn State is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer, and is committed to providing employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status. If you are unable to use our online application process due to an impairment or disability, please contact 814-865-1473.

Penn State is committed to and accountable for advancing equity, respect, and belonging. We embrace individual uniqueness, as well as a culture of belonging that supports equity initiatives, leverages the educational and institutional benefits of inclusion in society, and provides opportunities for engagement intended to help all members of the community thrive. We value belonging as a core strength and an essential element of the university’s teaching, research, and service mission. Federal Contractors Labor Law Poster PA State Labor Law Poster Penn State Policies Copyright Information Hotlines

How this job compares

Set against the 431 open Teaching Assistant jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 10, 2026.

Pay
  • This postingNot listed
  • US median$34–41K/yr23 salary ranges
  • US median$18–20/hr225 hourly ranges
Openings
Olive Jobs lists 82 open Teaching Assistant jobs in Pennsylvania and 431 across the US. 3% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Pennsylvania
Experience
Teaching Assistant postings that state a minimum ask for 1 year of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 1 to 2 years (24 postings).
Education
23 of the 431 open Teaching Assistant jobs (5%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 10, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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