X Studio Access Assistant in Albuquerque, New Mexico at University of New Mexico

Requisition ID: req37737

Working Title:
X Studio Access Assistant

Position Summary:
Organization: Explora!

Location: 1701 Mountain Rd NW Albuquerque, NM 87104

An Off-Campus Work-Study Position - MUST have a Work-Study Award

Position Summary:

The X Studio Access Assistant provides front-facing support that helps youth and community members access X Studio's space, tools, and resources. This role focuses on day-to-day access operations: welcoming visitors, orienting participants to the studio and its equipment, keeping materials and workspaces organized, and helping ensure the studio runs smoothly for the people using it. The Access Assistant works under the supervision of X Studio's Youth Development Coordinator.
Explora is committed to building a culturally diverse staff that reflects the demographics of New Mexico and strongly encourages applications from candidates of color.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
• Greet and welcome visitors, program participants, and youth accessing X Studio.
• Help orient new participants to the studio space, tools, and available resources.
• Assist with checking materials and equipment in and out, and keeping them organized and accessible.
• Maintain a clean, organized, and welcoming studio environment.
• Support day-to-day studio operations under staff supervision.
• Respond to basic visitor questions and direct more complex needs to X Studio staff.
• Comply with all operational policies, particularly those related to safety.

The duties and responsibilities outlined above do not comprise a comprehensive list but are intended to provide a representation of the general nature and level of work performed by an employee in this capacity; Explora maintains the right to augment or delete duties and responsibilities as business dictates

Functional Work Characteristics

• Requires sufficient skills to work in a business environment, including organizing, coordinating, exercising daily decision-making, analyzing, and interpreting.
• Requires effective eye-and-hand coordination and manual dexterity.
• Requires standing and walking approximately 25% of the time, with a regular need to perform physical actions that include sitting, stooping, kneeling, crouching, crawling, reaching, handling materials, pulling, carrying, and pushing.
• May occasionally require lifting various materials and equipment weighing up to 50 pounds.

Work Conditions:

• Most essential duties are performed in a museum and offi ce environment with exposure to a variety of business equipment and other pertinent materials normally found in this type of work setting.
• Museum facilities may expose incumbent to high noise levels, temperature changes, liquid nitrogen, helium gas, electrical exposure, unpredictable ventilation, dust, and physical obstacles.
• Work is normally performed in an area of limited privacy.

Employment Screening and Compliance:

• Position may require a person to be bonded.
• Individual may be required to complete a medical examination and background check.
• Employees must comply with all operational policies, especially those involving the safety of fellow workers, volunteers, and clients/customers.
Campus:
Main - Albuquerque, NM

Department:
Off Campus Work Study (454F)

Employment Type:
Student Employment

Status:
Non-Exempt

Pay:
$14.50 Hourly
Background Check Required:
Yes
For Best Consideration Date:
9/1/2026

Application Instructions:
Only applications submitted through the official UNMJobs site will be accepted. If you are viewing this job advertisement on a 3rd party site, please visit UNMJobs to submit an application.
Please submit a Cover Letter and Resume.MUST have a Work-Study Award.Background Check required.