Student Assistant – Business Services

The California Department of Finance is hiring a Student Assistant to support our Business Services Office to primarily serve as a mail/delivery coordinator and to provide general office support. If you are a college student at the undergraduate level this may be the perfect opportunity for you!

Title: Student Assistant
Company: The State of California, Department of Finance
Unit: Business Services Office
Application Deadline: 11/19/2026

Salary:
$3,167.00 – $4,268.00 per month

Application Link: (Please Note, only applications submitted at this link will be considered)
https://calcareers.ca.gov/CalHrPublic/Jobs/JobPosting.aspx?JobControlId=537988  

Responsibilities:  

• Perform inter/intra departmental messenger service
• Pick-up and/or deliver services that may be carried out by walking or driving a state vehicle to various destinations and provide various other courier and messenger delivery/pick-up service functions
• Maintain the Vehicle Mileage Log
• Distribution of incoming and outgoing mail and operation, maintenance of mailing machines and mailroom equipment, and classifying, weighing, and computing postage of mail
• Act as the receptionist by answering the main Business Services phone line
• Directs inquiries and requests from departmental staff, vendors, and the public to the appropriate Business Services staff member
• Serve as the first point of contact to the Business Services Office
• Maintain office filing system in order to keep accurate records for future references and in compliance with laws, rules, regulations, policies and procedures
• Prepare communications such as memorandums, emails, and other correspondence
• Assists in special projects at the request of the Business Services Manager
• Assist with conducting physical inventories of the quantities of stock on hand and back-fills stock shelves when stock becomes low or during heavy use periods in the year
• Assist with processing requests for supplies and the distribution and delivery of supplies to various units
• Check incoming materials against invoices or bills of lading to verify items and quantities received.
• Other duties as required.

Minimum Requirements:  

• Proof of application for, or enrollment as a student in, an appropriate college or university program.

For any questions or additional information on this or any of our other openings, please reach out to the Department of Finance Recruiting Team @ DOFRecruiting@dof.ca.gov