Assistant Director of Graduate Affairs

🇺🇸 Irvine, CA 🕑 Full-Time 💰 $66K - $115K 💻 Other 🗓️ April 13th, 2026

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University of California, Irvine is hiring an Assistant Director of Graduate Affairs. The role involves overseeing daily operations of graduate student services within the Charlie Dunlop School of Biological Sciences graduate programs, supervising staff, coordinating employment processes, and enhancing graduate student experience and program effectiveness.

Highlights

Manage day-to-day graduate student services in the Charlie Dunlop School of Biological Sciences.
Supervise Graduate Student Coordinators ensuring timely and accurate procedural guidance.
Coordinate graduate student employment and adherence to union contracts.
Provide leadership to staff and support academic excellence initiatives.
Required knowledge of university processes, advising techniques, risk assessment, and graduate student employment policies.
Skills needed include active listening, critical thinking, negotiation, problem solving, communication, multitasking, and organization.
Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience/training required.
Salary ranges from USD $65,700 to $115,100 per year.
Occasional evenings, weekends, and travel may be required.
Supports over 350 graduate students and 90 postdoctoral fellows in a research-intensive university setting.