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The Regents of the University of California on behalf of their Los Angeles Campus
The Regents of the University of California on behalf of their Los Angeles Campus
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Los Angeles, United States

3 weeks ago

Mark Lane

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Description

Overview:

The UCLA Fielding School of Public Health's Department of Biostatistics features national and international leaders in Bayesian methods, big data, causal inference, statistical computing, data science, functional data analysis, statistical genetics, hierarchical models, HIV/AIDS, image analysis, longitudinal data analysis, multivariate data, phylogeny, spatial statistics, survival analysis, and optimal design.

The school's biostatisticians have received many of the most prestigious national and international awards in the field — in some cases, multiple times — and, the department has a well-earned reputation for its collegial, warm environment.


Responsibilities:
The incumbent provides high-level coordination and administrative support to the Department Chair and Department Administrator (MSO).

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to, independent management of the Chair's executive calendar, drafting and preparation of memos and correspondence on behalf of the Department Chair, and independent coordination of meetings and seminars.

Incumbent functions as the department's Academic Personnel Coordinator with independent responsibility for determining the eligibility of faculty for appropriate actions and timely faculty notifications, entering actions in Opus and Interfolio and/or other online academic personnel systems as they become available, administering confidential ballots, liaising Recruit inputs and logistics for new faculty hires, and managing all procedural and processing requirements for Lecturers, Visiting Scholars, and Postdoctoral Scholars.

Incumbent also assists with managing department faculty searches, using UCLA Academic Recruit/OPUS, ensuring all requirements for faculty searches are met per UCLA CALL and all applicable policies and procedures outlined in the Systemwide Academic Personnel Manual.

Provide management of all procedure and processing requirements of APM 430 - Visiting Scholars, ensuring eligibility and reviewing all Visiting Scholar submissions from department faculty for submission to the Dean's Office.

Collaborate with the Department Chair and MSO on department-related activities such as accreditation, monthly faculty meetings, and other faculty gatherings.

Process visiting graduate student researcher appointments as needed. Work with the Chair on department course scheduling & department website development. Process reimbursements using BruinBuy or Concur.

Participate in high-level meetings, including support of ongoing department faculty meetings; support the Chair's teaching and research activities, including preparation of slides, drafting progress reports, organizing conference calls, and process and tracking Chair's travel and travel reimbursements—other projects as assigned.


Salary & Compensation:
*UCLA provides a full pay range. Actual salary offers consider factors, including budget, prior experience, skills, knowledge, abilities, education, licensure and certifications, and other business considerations. Salary offers at the top of the range are not common. Visit UC Benefit package to discover benefits that start on day one, and UC Total Compensation Estimator to calculate the total compensation value with benefits.


Qualifications:

  • Minimum of 5 years of demonstrated experience in academic administration or a combination of related work and/or educational experience with a solutionsoriented approach. (required)
  • A bachelor's degree or a minimum of five years of demonstrated experience in academic administration or an equivalent combination of education and related work experience with a solutionsoriented approach. (required)
  • Strong interpersonal skills to create and maintain a positive professional rapport with program faculty, students, and staff, as well as oncampus departments and offcampus entities. Experience and appreciation for working with persons of various social, cultural, and educational backgrounds. Demonstrated skill in maintaining confidential matters with tact, sensitivity and diplomacy. (required)
  • Excellent time management to establish priorities and work on a selfdirected basis, accepting challenging circumstances and taking initiative to solve problems where solutions are not always readily apparent. Skill in analyzing information, problems, situations, practices and procedures. (required)
  • Mastery of Word, Excel, and Powerpoint, as well as other Microsoft Office and Adobe programs and other software to complete job tasks, including but not limited to generating and maintaining rosters of eligibility, presentations, complex spreadsheets, and other documents as necessary. Demonstrated knowledge of Outlook, various online calendar systems, and Box. (required)
  • Organizational skills to meet predetermined goals and ad hoc requests. Demonstrated followthrough on multiple tasks, often under fluctuating priorities, competing deadlines, and frequent interruptions. Independent resourcefulness to gather appropri
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