Job opportunity: CITRIS/CIDER administrative and program assistant

Logo of CITRIS and the Banatao Institute.

UC Santa Cruz’s Baskin School of Engineering is looking for a full-time administrative and program assistant to provide support to the CITRIS at UC Santa Cruz director and executive director and the CITRIS Initiative for Drone Education and Research (CIDER) director.

Duties include:

  • Coordinating intercampus programs, including Tech for Social Good, Seed Funding and CIDER initatives
  • Performing administrative operations
  • Coordinating events, such as seminars, workshop series, lectures and more
  • Handling communications, including updating webpages

Qualifications include a bachelor’s degree or work experience in a relevant field; strong organizational, problem-solving and communication skills; and proficiency in computer tools such as Microsoft Office, Drupal, WordPress, Slack and Twitter. Preferred qualifications include experience with campus enterprise systems such as CruzBuy and ERF; proficiency or fluency in Spanish language; and the ability to obtain a drone FAA Part 107 license.