Employer: The Regents of the University of California on behalf of their Los Angeles Campus
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Employment Type: Full-time
Department Summary
The Academic Advancement Program (AAP), a multiracial program, represents the best of what United States society aspires to: access, equity, opportunity, and excellence. AAP has a three key goals...
1. To create and administer innovative academic programs for first generation, low-income and students who have been historically underrepresented in higher education;
2. To provide academic support for a diverse population of undergraduate students in their pursuit of academic excellence;
3. To promote UCLA access and academic success for high school and community college students across the State’s increasingly diverse populations.
AAP programs and services are linked together by an underlying belief that all AAP students have earned their academic right to be at UCLA and have demonstrated the academic potential to excel at, and graduate from, UCLA. Our mission is carried out in a coordinated and integrated manner by a professional and para-professional student staff who share in a common vision and sense of purpose. Our programs and services are proactive rather than reactive, comprehensive rather than fragmented, and oriented toward furthering the long-term academic and personal growth of AAP students – rather than merely solving or mitigating immediate problems. Moreover, AAP encourages and promotes academic achievement and excellence by providing students with:
peer learning (tutoring)
academic programs
academic, personal, and career counseling
graduate and professional school mentoring
scholarships
research opportunities and stipends
opportunities to participate in innovative science programs
and a computer lab
Position Summary
The Assistant Director for Administration for the Academic Advancement Program (AAP) functions independently to support the teaching and program mission of the units under the Associate Vice Provost for Student Diversity (AVP)/Director of AAP. The Academic Advancement Program provides innovative programs and services to more than 6,000 UCLA undergraduates from diverse populations who have been historically underserved by higher education. AAP programs and services include tutoring, counseling, mentoring, scholarships and research opportunities to support the academic success, retention and graduation of the program's students, to increase the number of these students entering graduate and professional schools and to develop the academic, political, scientific, economic and community leadership necessary to transform our society. The Assistant Director for Administration provides managerial leadership for the administrative and personnel support for all programs and activities within the various AAP units. In addition, provides leadership, supervision and direction for AAP's student recruitment and retention activities and the Freshman and Transfer Summer Program (F/TSP). The Assistant Director for Administration directly supervises the AAP New Student Program's administrative assistant, AVP's administrative specialist and student staff, as well as provide guidance and policy support to other program administrative assistants.
Salary & Compensation
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Qualifications
• Skill in leadership as demonstrated by exercising mature judgment in independent decision-making, and exercising initiative and creativity in implementing departmental and university policies and procedures. (Required)
• Oral communication skills to convey information clearly and accurately to faculty, students, staff, the public, campus service departments, and outside vendors. (Required)
• Ability to work with people from a variety of backgrounds and cultures and from different campus cohorts (faculty, students, and staff) in a manner that elicits professional and respectful communication. (Required)
• Ability to answer questions, solve problems and make sound recommendations by gathering data, conducting administrative analyses requiring knowledge of the university's administration, organization, policies, procedures and practices. (Required)
• Skill in analyzing information, dealing with problems, practices and procedures to define issues, identify relevant concerns, recognize alternatives and implications, and formulate logical and objective recommendations for effective solutions. (Required)
• Skill in interacting diplomatically with faculty, staff, students, and administrative offices, assuring confidentiality of sensitive documents, communicating established policies, and recommending changes when appropriate, with an ability to maintain equanimity during exchanges of ideas, information, and opinions. (Required)
• Supervisory skills to hire, train, and evaluate performance of assigned workers and to elicit a high degree of professionalism from them. (Required)
• Ability to manage projects and schedule time, using project management techniques. (Required)
• Superior writing skills to draft, edit, and produce final reports and analytic documents presenting data. (Required)
• Skill in independently coordinating an extensive and varied workload with multiple deadlines, and modifying or adapting office procedures to optimize effort and use of time and materials. (Required)
• Demonstrated skill and proficiency in using various computer application programs including Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Access, Outlook (email), the Internet, and various social media tools. (Required)
• Ability to design programs and files for information storage, easy update, and the generation of programmatic status and other administrative reports. (Required)
Education, Licenses, Certifications & Personal Affiliations
• Bachelor's Degree Bachelor's degree in related area and/or equivalent experience/training (Required)
Special Conditions for Employment
• Background Check: Continued employment is contingent upon the completion of a satisfactory background investigation.
• Live Scan Background Check: A Live Scan background check must be completed prior to the start of employment.
• CANRA: The position is designated as a mandatory reporter under CANRA. The employee must sign the "Statement Acknowledging Requirement to Report Child Abuse".
Schedule
Monday - Friday 8am to 5pm
Union/Policy Covered
99-Policy Covered
Complete Position Description
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