Lead Academic Personnel Department Analyst

🇺🇸 Irvine, California 🕑 Full-Time 💰 $79K - $95K 💻 Human Resources 🗓️ October 6th, 2026

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UC Irvine is hiring a Lead Academic Personnel Department Analyst. The role involves managing academic personnel appointment and review cycles, overseeing recruitment activities, and providing expert guidance on academic HR matters to faculty and department administrators. The analyst also resolves complex personnel issues while leading training and support for academic HR staff.

Highlights

Manage academic personnel files and appointment/review cycles for senate and non-senate academic employees and visitors.
Oversee academic recruitment, joint faculty appointments, leave requests, summer salary, and outside professional activities.
Provide training, oversight, and advice to department academic HR analysts and faculty leadership regarding academic personnel policies.
Research and resolve complex academic HR-related issues creatively.
Requires thorough knowledge of UC systemwide policies, union contracts, and academic HR administration.
Must have excellent critical thinking and communication skills to handle complex personnel management issues.
Knowledge of academic planning, human resource trends, and campus departments is essential.
Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience and a minimum of 5 years in related roles are required.
The expected salary range is $79,200 to $95,250 per year.
Clients include various academic departments served by the centralized Dean's Academic Personnel Office within UC Irvine's Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences.