Why Should You Work With Bucky?

UW–Madison offers a wide range of professions that cover various interests and skill levels. We employ everything from accountants to arborists, chefs to custodians, editors to electricians, graphic designers to groundskeepers, HR associates to HVAC technicians, librarians to locksmiths, mechanics to medical assistants, painters to police officers, web designers to welders, and absolutely everything in between!

No matter what you are looking for professionally, chances are you will not only find it but will thrive at it while working at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Don’t just take our word for it. Here is what a few of our employees have to say about working with Bucky.

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Once a month, on a Wednesday from 3:30-4:40 pm, the Work With Bucky team visits the UW South Madison Partnership. We can answer your questions, help you create a job alert, understand the application process, and explain what to expect during the recruitment process.

Here are our upcoming 2026 dates:

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The address is 2238 S Park St, Madison, WI. We can be found on the lower level of the building, room 103. Enter through the Atrium doors and go directly downstairs. Free parking is available! Prefer a scheduled appointment? Email uwjobs@wisc.edu.

Ritu B. in a university atrium with hands posed to show a W shape.

One of the most rewarding aspects for me working at UW–Madison has been this ability to collaborate with colleagues who are as excited and passionate and enthusiastic about taking care of students. The energy from students is contagious. They're at a point in their lives where they're really wanting to see things being done differently. I think that helps us all stay innovative and looking at different initiatives that we can work on together.

Ritu B. Associate Director of Psychiatric Services, Clinical Associate Professor

One of the things that I'm most proud of in my role as executive chef is the teams that I work with, the teams that I collaborate with. The people that I work with make it easy to come to work every day.

Kris E. Executive Chef

Kris E. is a kitchen with hands posed to show a W shape.

Sebastian K-M. in an office with hands posed to show a W shape.

What keeps me motivated about working at UW–Madison is the impact that I can make. I think I'm a very mission and value driven person, and knowing that my work is contributing towards the greater good of the Madison community and beyond is something that keeps me coming back and keeps me engaged in my work.

Sebastian K.-M. Outreach & Sourcing Specialist

It's really fascinating just to hear what a reach our university has. Not only within our local community, but across the world as a whole and just the respect and the reputation that this university has.

Sarah B. Employee Accommodation Specialist

Sarah B. outside of Bascom Hall with hands posed to show a W shape.

Juan A. outside of the UW Police Department with hands posed to show a W shape.

University is a great place to work. A great environment. Beautiful places. Beautiful buildings. A lot of history. Something different every day. You get to meet someone different every day. You learn something different every day.

Juan A. Lieutenant, Special Events

I'm extremely proud to work for UW–Madison. Off hours when you're maybe coming to a sporting event here on campus and you're with friends and family, getting to be like, hey, that's where I work. It's a beautiful campus and I'm very proud to be part of it.

Jason R. Trades Supervisor

Jason R. in a university mechanical room with hands posed to show a W shape.

Be a part of a winning team!

Working at UW is fantastic and so are the benefits we offer. As one of the largest employers in Wisconsin, UW–Madison takes pride in fostering a stable work environment, ensuring employees can focus on what they do best. Our employees enjoy competitive salaries, state group healthcare plans, professional development opportunities, and much more.

UW–Madison is dedicated to excellence, innovation, and the Wisconsin Idea. Take the next step of your professional journey where skills meet endless possibilities, and aspirations become reality. Join a winning team that values your potential and invests in your future. Your next career is just a few clicks away.

Apply today and Work with Bucky!

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Disability Accommodations

To request a disability or pregnancy-related accommodation for any step in the hiring process (e.g., application, interview, pre-employment testing, etc.), please contact the Divisional Disability Representative (DDR) in the division you are applying to. Please make your request as soon as possible to help the university respond most effectively to you.

Language Services

English

If you have questions please contact the Office of Human Resources at 608-265-2257 or uwjobs@wisc.edu. Please call Cultural Linguistic Services if you need assistance in Spanish (Español 608-263-2328, 608-263-0623 o 608-265-0838), Hmong (Hmoob 608-263-2217), Tibetan (བོད་ཡིག 608-890-2545), Chinese (汉语 608-890-2628), or Nepali (नेपाली 608-262-7521).

Español / Spanish

Si tiene preguntas por favor póngase en contacto con la Oficina de Recursos Humanos llamando al 608-265-2257 o mande un correo electrónico a: spanish-cls@wisc.edu. Si necesita ayuda en español llame a Servicios Lingüísticos y Culturales al teléfono 608-265-1489 o al 608-265-0838.

Hmoob / Hmong

Yog koj muaj lus nug thov hu rau Office of Human Resources 608-265-2257 los hmong-cls@wisc.edu. Yog koj xav tau kev pab rau lus Hmoob, thov hu rau Cultural Linguistic Services 608-263-2217.

བོད་ཡིག / Tibetan

དྲི་བ་ཡོད ་ཚེ། ལས་བྱེད་བདག་གཉེར་ཡིག་ཚང་ལ་ཁ་པར་ ༦༠༨ ༢༦༥ ༢༢༥༧ དང་ཡང་ན་གློག་འཕྲིན་ tibetan-cls@wisc.edu ཐོག་འབྲེལ་བ་གནང་རོགས། གལ་སྲིད་ཁྱེད་ལ་བོད་སྐད་ཀྱི་སྐད་སྒྱུར་རོགས་རམ་དགོས་ཚེ། རིག་གཞུང་སྐད་ཡིག་ཞབས་ཞུ་ཁང་གི་ཁ་པར་ ༦༠༨ ༨༩༠ ༢༥༤༥ ལ་འབྲེལ་བ་ གནང་རོགས་ཞུ།།

中文 / Chinese

如果您有问题，请联系人力资源办公室（608-265-2257 或 chinese-cls@wisc.edu）。如果您需要汉语服务，请联系文化语言服务中心，电话 608-890-2628。

नेपाली / Nepali

यदि तपाईंसँग प्रश्नहरू छन् भने कृपया मानव संसाधनको कार्यालयलाई 608-265-2257 मा फोन वा nepali-cls@wisc.edu मा ईमेल मार्फत सम्पर्क गर्नुहोला । यदि तपाईंलाई नेपाली भाषामा सहयोगको आवश्यकता छ भने कृपया सांस्कृतिक भाषागत सेवा (Cultural Linguistic Services) 608-262-7521 मा फोन गर्नुहोला ।

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