Academic Program Assistant

University Of Southern California

Job Location:

Los Angeles, CA - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 11 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Minimum Education: Bachelors degree.
Combined experience/education as substitute for minimum education. Minimum Experience: 0-6 months
Minimum Field of Expertise: Excellent interpersonal oral and written communication skills for interacting with both domestic and international stakeholders.
Demonstrated attention to detail. Proven ability to plan implement and coordinate program logistics.
Demonstrated database/data entry experience. Proven project management and problem solving skills able to handle multiple timelines changing priorities and fluctuating workloads.

The Humanities Ethics Arts and Law (HEAL) program in the Department of Medical Education at the Keck School of Medicine seeks to fill the position of part-time Academic Program Assistant. This position will support the HEAL and Narrative Medicine programs (MS and Graduate Certificate) and co-curricular HEAL programming and activities including Art and Medicine Lunch and Learn and Visions and Voices. This position will increase each programs capacity to widen its educational reach develop new interdisciplinary programming and deepen learner engagement with the human side of healing.

Duties include:
Coordinates the planning and execution for HEAL and Narrative Medicine activities
Provides administrative support to the HEAL and Narrative Medicine programs
Assists with preparing routine communication items: newsletters flyers invitations and other correspondence
Administers department recruitment calendar. Monitors schedules production and distribution arrangements and other details to ensure timely completion and quality control of recruitment activities and publications.
Writes and/or edits copy for department projects such as publications advertisements press releases announcements etc.
Assists in market research
Oversees content creation and publication on various HEAL and Narrative Medicine social media platforms

USC will consider for employment all qualified applicants with criminal records in a manner consistent with applicable laws and regulations including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for employers and the Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance and with due consideration for patient and student safety. Please refer to the Background Screening Policy Appendix D for specific employment screen implications for the position for which you are applying.

The hourly rate for this position is $25.32 When extending an offer of employment the University of Southern California considers factors such as (but not limited to) the scope and responsibilities of the position the candidates work experience education/training key skills internal peer equity federal state and local laws contractual stipulations grant funding as well as external market and organizational considerations.

USC is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin protected veteran status disability or any other characteristic protected by law or USC policy. USC observes affirmative action obligations consistent with state and federal law. USC will consider for employment all qualified applicants with criminal records in a manner consistent with applicable laws and regulations including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for employers and the Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance and with due consideration for patient and student safety. Please refer to theBackground Screening Policy Appendix Dfor specific employment screen implications for the position for which you are applying.

We provide reasonable accommodations to applicants and employees with disabilities. Applicants with questions about access or requiring a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process should contact USC Human Resources by phone at or by email at. Inquiries will be treated as confidential to the extent permitted by law.