Chief Administrative Officer - 140394

About the role

The Department of Psychology at UC San Diego consistently ranks among the top experimental psychology programs in the country. The department has 26 ladder-rank faculty, 12 research faculty, 30 staff, and 55 graduate students. It manages over $10 million annually across federal, state, and gift funds.

Responsibilities

• Uses advanced administrative concepts to achieve organizational objectives and resolve complex issues.
• Manages fiscal management of the departmental budgets, contracts, grants, and gifts.
• Oversees payroll, academic/staff/student human resources, graduate and undergraduate student affairs, internal controls and risk management, and administrative computing.

• Requirements

  • Seven (7) years of related experience, education/training, OR a Bachelor’s degree in related area plus three (3) years of related experience/training.
  • Demonstrated experience working with a high-level research and academic, or similar commercial management team.
  • Thorough knowledge of the University budget process.
  • Demonstrated ability to adapt programmatic objectives to changes in resources.
  • Demonstrated experience managing, supervising, and motivating a group of technical and administrative staff.
  • Demonstrated knowledge and experience in contract and grant administration.
  • Demonstrated knowledge of student affairs functions and educational support systems.
  • Demonstrated knowledge and experience in space and facilities management.
  • Demonstrated knowledge of development and public relations functions in an academic setting.
  • Advanced knowledge of financial analysis and reporting techniques, and human resources policies and procedures for staff and academic employees.
  • Advanced interpersonal skills including verbal and written communication, active listening, critical thinking, persuasiveness, advising and counseling skills.
  • Advanced knowledge of a variety of administrative operational activities such as event planning, basic fundraising processes, risk management planning, website design, accounting and payroll, and contracts and grants regulations and guidelines.
  • Advanced knowledge of common University-specific computer application programs.
  • Skill to analyze large quantities of data and develop effective recommendations.

  Qualifications

  • Seven (7) years of related experience, education/training, OR a Bachelor’s degree in related area plus three (3) years of related experience/training.
  • Demonstrated experience working with a high-level research and academic, or similar commercial management team.
  • Thorough knowledge of the University budget process.
  • Demonstrated ability to adapt programmatic objectives to changes in resources.
  • Demonstrated experience managing, supervising, and motivating a group of technical and administrative staff.
  • Demonstrated knowledge and experience in contract and grant administration.
  • Demonstrated knowledge of student affairs functions and educational support systems.
  • Demonstrated knowledge and experience in space and facilities management.
  • Demonstrated knowledge of development and public relations functions in an academic setting.
  • Advanced knowledge of financial analysis and reporting techniques, and human resources policies and procedures for staff and academic employees.
  • Advanced interpersonal skills including verbal and written communication, active listening, critical thinking, persuasiveness, advising and counseling skills.
  • Advanced knowledge of a variety of administrative operational activities such as event planning, basic fundraising processes, risk management planning, website design, accounting and payroll, and contracts and grants regulations and guidelines.
  • Advanced knowledge of common University-specific computer application programs.
  • Skill to analyze large quantities of data and develop effective recommendations.

  Skills

  • Advanced knowledge of financial analysis and reporting techniques.
  • Advanced interpersonal skills including verbal and written communication, active listening, critical thinking, persuasiveness, advising and counseling skills.
  • Advanced knowledge of a variety of administrative operational activities such as event planning, basic fundraising processes, risk management planning, website design, accounting and payroll, and contracts and grants regulations and guidelines.
  • Advanced knowledge of common University-specific computer application programs.
  • Skill to analyze large quantities of data and develop effective recommendations.

  Benefits

  Not specified.

  Pay

  Hiring Pay Scale: $135,000 - $178,000 / Year

  Schedule

  8 hrs/day, Mon-Fri