Administrative Officer 2
Job Description
The Administrative Officer will work under the supervision of the Neurodegenerative Disease Brain Bank Administrative Manager and the Principal Investigator, Dr. William Seeley. The ability to handle multiple responsibilities in an environment of shifting priorities requires flexibility, tact, and confidentiality. The duties of this position include: direct management of complex and shifting calendar and event activities; coordinating, researching and organizing meeting logistics; establishing and overseeing systems and processes to manage communications, and correspondence according to UC policy; providing responsive and professional customer service; and working as part of a team to complete other duties as required to support the efficient running of the department.
The Edward and Pearl Fein Memory and Aging Center (MAC) is an internationally renowned clinical research center with a diverse workforce of over 260 full-time employees with offices and clinical research space located in the Sandler Neurosciences Building and multiple other buildings on the UCSF Mission Bay Campus. The Fein MAC provides clinical care for patients suffering from neurodegenerative disease processes; from this clinical population, external referrals, and direct recruitment efforts we enroll patients into more than 50 structured research protocols and/or treatment trials. We are a California Alzheimer’s Research Center and a federal Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center.
The Fein MAC is the largest division within the Department of Neurology. The Department of Neurology is a teaching, research, and clinical care unit within the School of Medicine (SOM). The Department of Neurology is a large, multi-site department, with locations including Mission Bay, Parnassus, Mt. Zion, ZSFG, VAMC, and the Gladstone Institutes, and is affiliated with the UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences. The department comprises 14 administrative divisions and 11 clinical specialties. The department has over 230 faculty and academic employees, 290 staff positions, and 170 trainees, including residents, clinical fellows, and postdoctoral scholars.
Our department’s mission includes delivering the most exceptional clinical care to our patients, leading transformative cutting-edge research, and training the leaders of tomorrow in both neurology and neuroscience. Our department’s faculty, trainees, and staff work at a University and in a community that values and embraces diversity and strives to make an impact worldwide through our global and public health efforts.
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Key Responsibilities (To be completed by Supervisor) |
40 | Oversees and ensures the daily administrative operations run smoothly for the executive's office.
Primary Duties (includes but is not limited to the following):
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40 | Administrative Coordination:
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20 | Customer Service and Team Work:
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Required qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in a related area and 1+ years relevant experience and/or equivalent experience/training.
- Advanced ability with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Windows.
- Excellent verbal and written communications and presentation skills; excellent organizational skills; and excellent interpersonal skills to work effectively in a diverse team.
Preferred qualifications:
- Demonstrated proficiency with medical terminology.
- Experience working with patients or study subjects.