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Work Study Jobs

To Create Workstudy Jobs:

1. From the CAMS Enterprise Home page, click Financial Aid >Workstudy >Maintenance. The Work Study Jobs window opens.
2. Select the appropriate Term and click Initiate. A list of jobs for the specific term displays.
3. To add a job right click in the data grid. A blank Job Details window displays.
4. Select the Job from previously defined FINWSJobs Glossary table.
5. Select the Supervisor Type, either Contact or Faculty.This field must be selected before you click on the Supervisor search icon.If Contact is selected then the search icon will look in the Contacts table, Admissions >Contacts. If Faculty is selected it will look in the faculty table, Faculty >Maintain.
6. Select the Supervisor using the search icon.
7. Fill in these required fields.

• Pay Rate is the amount per unit the student will receive.
• Pay Unit is how the student accrues pay.
• Pay Frequency is how often the student is paid.

8. Fill in additional fields as necessary.
9. Click Add to add the job or Cancel to cancel the data entry.
10. Highlight a job in the grid then click the Assign Awards tab to link awards to that job. Depending on the requirements assigned in Workstudy Setup, it may be necessary to assign awards to a job before assigning students to the job.

To Assign Award(s) to a Workstudy Job:

1. From the CAMS Enterprise Home page, click Financial Aid >Workstudy >Maintenance. The Work Study Jobs window opens.
2. Enter the appropriate Term and click Initiate. A list of jobs for the specific Term displays.
3. Left-click to highlight a Job in the grid, then click the Assign Awards tab. Information about the selected Job appears at the top of the tab.
4. Select the Award Type, then click Add Awards.
5. If Workstudy Setup has the option "Create Fin Aid Award When Worker is Created" selected, only one award may be assigned to the Job. The award will be assigned to the student upon assignment of the job.
6. If Workstudy Setup has the option "Existing Fin Aid Award Required When Worker Record Is Created" selected, multiple awards may be assigned to jobs. When the job is assigned to the student must have those awards in their Financial Aid Maintenance for the Financial Aid Package selected when assigning the job.

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