Admin Officer 2 CX

• Shift Length: 8 hours
• Budgeted Job Salary Range: 31.24 - 57.53
• Campus Location 1: Mission Bay (SF)
• Bargaining Unit: CX
• Employee Class: Career
• FLSA Status: Non-exempt
• Job Code and Payroll Title: 004263
• Workplace: Flexible 2 Days On-Site
• FTE%: 100.00

The Faculty Assistant will support multiple faculty in the Department of Biochemistry & Biophysics with general administrative tasks. The role also supports the central administrative office of the department with special projects and event planning activities.

Typical tasks will include coordination of and assistance with reimbursement processing, procurement activities in BearBuy, pre-award documents, communications to lab personnel, management of calendar and scheduling functions, and facilities requests.

Responsibilities

%

of time

Essential Function (Yes/No)

Key Responsibilities

(To be completed by Supervisor)

15

YesManage calendar functions such as scheduling of meetings, conferences, and appointments with little direction

15

YesAct as delegate to process reimbursements via MyExpense

15

YesCoordinate lab procurement activities in BearBuy

10

YesCoordinate new hire and reappointment documents in consultation with the HR liaison and CAO

5

NoAssist with pre-award coordination activities and with updates to CVs and NIH Biosketches for faculty

10

YesParticipate in event planning activities including coordination of schedules, catering, and facilities.

5

NoCoordinate facilities and other neighborhood requests as needed

5

NoCoordinate communications and updates to policies to lab personnel

15

NoAssist the CAO and Administrative Manager with special projects on behalf of the central administration of the department

5

NoAdditional tasks as assigned

100%

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Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Solid organizational skills and ability to multi-task with demanding timeframes.
• Solid communication and interpersonal skills to communicate effectively with all levels of staff, both verbally and in writing.
• Ability to use discretion and maintain confidentiality.
• Ability to use sound judgement in responding to issues and concerns.
• Bachelor’s degree in related area.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with MyReports, BearBuy, MyExpense, PeopleSoft.
• Experience in preparing and monitoring budgets for programs or events.
• Experience with drupal and adobe creative suite.

Problem Solving:

Common problems solved by the employee:

• New situations arise frequently. The issues and solutions are not well defined, and sometimes few facts are readily available. Excellent judgement and use of available resources, such as online resources for information gathering and prioritizing are required to gather information as quickly as possible in order to make sensitive decisions in a timely manner.
• Utilizing existing network of colleagues and available UC resources in order to assist research personnel with unpredictable questions to find solutions.

Less frequent and more complex problems solved by the employee:

• Providing guidance to allowability of expenditures or actions based on common policy requirements.
• Using good judgement to determine whether a decision can be made at the lab level or whether the problem requires escalation.

Problems/situations that are referred to this employee's supervisor:

• Request for resources or approvals to act in situations that are exceptional and/or outside the scope of standard business.