Student Field Officer

Position Overview

KU Transportation Services is seeking student ticketing officers to assist with patrolling and ticketing activities.

General duties

• Patrolling with another officer or alone in an LPR vehicle in an assigned area;
• Ticketing on-foot, writing parking violations.
• Relieving booth personnel for breaks and covering for the booth personnel in the event of their absence.
• Other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications

• Good command of the English language, both verbal and written, as evidenced in application materials and interview.
• Valid Driver’s License.
• Prior work experience with customer service.
• As evidenced by application materials.
• Students awarded Federal Work Study preferred.

Preferred Qualifications

• Valid Driver’s License.
• Prior work experience with customer service.
• Students awarded Federal Work Study preferred.

Position Requirements

• During the semester term of the appointment, the student hourly must be enrolled in no fewer than 6 credit hours.
• For summer periods, the student hourly must: (1) have been enrolled in no less than 6 hours in the past spring semester or (2) be pre-enrolled in the upcoming fall semester in no less than 6 hours or (3) be enrolled in summer session or (4) be admitted to study in the upcoming fall semester.
• Student Hourlies may be undergraduate or graduate students.

Employment Conditions

• Student employees are not eligible for remote work arrangements unless an exception is approved by the unit leadership and HR.
• This is an hourly/non-exempt position.
• A student employee cannot hold an hourly/non-exempt position and a salaried/exempt graduate or undergraduate position (GRA/GTA/GA/RUA/RGA) concurrently.

Additional Candidate Instructions

• In addition to the online application, please provide the following: Resume/CV, Cover Letter addressing Required/preferred Qualifications.
• For first consideration, please apply before the evening of Sunday, August 30.
• Applications will be reviewed starting Monday, August 31, 2026 and continue until a qualified pool of applicants has been identified.
• Incomplete applications will not be considered.

Contact Information to Applicants

Shima McCurdy
smccurdy@ku.edu