University of California San Diego
Location
La Jolla, CA | United States
Job description
UCSD Layoff from Career Appointment : Apply by 1/26/24 for consideration with preference for rehire. All layoff applicants should contact their Employment Advisor.
Special Selection Applicants : Apply by 2/7/24. Eligible Special Selection clients should contact their Disability Counselor for assistance.
The Department of Cognitive Science promotes the study of learning, perception, action, and interaction in the physical, material, social, and cultural world. The approach is inter-disciplinary employing ideas and techniques from a number of contributing disciplines, including anthropology, communications, computer science, ethology, electrical engineering, linguistics, neurology, neurosciences, philosophy, psychology, rhetoric, and sociology.
The interdisciplinary cognitive science community on campus is integral to cognitive science as practiced at UCSD. The department offers an interdisciplinary Ph.D. in addition to the departmental Ph.D., with participation by members of the Departments of Anthropology, Biology, Cognitive Science, Communication, Computer Science and Engineering, Linguistics, Music, Neuroscience, Philosophy, Psychiatry, Psychology, and Sociology.
In consultation with department management, uses professional concepts in drafting department schedule for courses, seminars, and special events, taking into consideration faculty leaves, preferences, and faculty course load, classroom availability, and enrollment figures. Schedule may be reviewed to ensure it meets the needs of students for degree progression. Independently obtains classrooms for courses taking into account the requirements and restrictions of the Campus Scheduling Office.
Liaise between management and campus offices such as Human Resources, Payroll Office, and EVC Academic Affairs on actions and issues. Incumbent facilitates Labor Relations requests; acting as lead resource and liaison with the HR Employee and Labor Relations Offices and other campus entities on IA/Temp Lecturers/and student support titles matters; formulating IA projections and providing detailed, complex fund modeling scenarios, especially those related to TA FTE; primary responsibility for ASE-related ESR transitions. Serve as primary Timekeeper. Administer the payroll/personnel functions for faculty administrators, staff volunteers, and student employees. Provide personnel data and management reports as requested.
Responsible for academic and temporary academic personnel actions, including non-senate appointments, merits, promotions, appraisals, and administrative appointments, ensuring policy and procedure compliance with the university. The incumbent also manages and conducts independent review and analysis of Lecturer (Unit 18 and Continuing), and Visiting Titles, and processes AP-related transactional actions.
Provides varied services to students, faculty, and department. Works on moderately complex issues. Receives assistance on more complex issues. Under direction of the Student Affairs Manager, incumbent provides coordination and communication management for the Instructional Assistant (TA/Tutor/Reader/UGIA) Program. The position provides day-to-day management, project development and implementation, policy research, partner communications, special event planning and implementation, and the coordination of projects related to IA Program. Assists supervisor with data analytics and reporting as needed. Assists with special projects, events, and serves as backup for graduate office and to the department's AP position.
This position will serve as the liaison with divisional and campus partners such as faculty, students, Graduate Division, Faculty adviser for IAs, Teaching and Learning Commons, Summer Session office, and Deans office. This position will have regular interactions with and will operate as a liaison to student IAs. Analyzes department allocation and recommends improvements. Provides high level guidance to faculty and students related to recruitment, hiring, compensation, support and union/university/divisional policies for the Instructional Assistant Program. Point of contact and administrator for all TA/Tutor/Reader/Temp Lecturer/and student support titles appointments, including required new hire orientations and paperwork.
Experience working with faculty to solicit course materials needed for instruction, monitoring submissions and timeliness of submissions by faculty. Experience working with course materials, ordering course materials, inventorying course materials or something similar. Experience tracking course requirements, instructional materials needed, textbook orders, etc. or similar.
Experience with deadlines and prioritization of work related to the academ
About University of California San Diego
UC San Diego is an academic powerhouse and economic engine, recognized as one of the top 8 public universities by U.S. News and World Report. Innovation is central to who we are and what we do. Here, students learn that knowledge isn't just acquired in the classroom - life is their laboratory. UC San Diego's rich academic portfolio includes six undergraduate colleges, five academic divisions and five graduate and professional schools. The university's award-winning scholars are experts at the forefront of their fields with an impressive track record for achieving scientific, medical and technological breakthroughs.
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