Required:

• A minimum of a Bachelor's degree plus 1-3 years of related healthcare, public health, or community health research experience.
• Experience in working as part of a team and maintaining cooperative working relationships with physicians, nurses, staff, Business office, and UCLA Community
• Knowledge of medical terminology.
• Ability to track expenditures and monitor ledgers.
• Ability to research and resolve details pertaining to UCLA accounting matters.
• Ability to keep organized electronic and paper filing systems.
• Customer service experience to interact courteously, tactfully, and to faculty and other departmental staff.
• Ability to communicate effectively in spoken English & Spanish.
• Ability to handle sensitive and confidential information with discretion and diplomacy.
• Skill in training staff to use office machines, and existing databases.
• Ability to make sound judgments and decisions.
• Skill in setting priorities, which accurately reflect relative importance of job responsibilities.
• Ability to manage time and follow through on assignments with minimal direction
• Ability to attend to details and complete assignments within prescribed time frame despite frequent interruptions and distractions.
• Ability to adjust to constantly changing demands and requirements of CAO's office.
• Skill in using voice mail systems, FAX machine, copier, and printers.
• Skill in using Epic (UCLA CareConnect) Electronic Health Record System.
• Skill in making travel arrangements and event planning.
• Proficiency in spread-sheeting, database, and other office applications including such programs as Mendeley, Medline, internet search engines, Excel, Filemaker Pro, Microsoft Outlook, Adobe, REDCap, and online purchasing of office supplies
• Experience in Project Management, including requirements gathering, milestone tracking and management, and implementation.
• Experience in customer service, in writing, telephone, and in person, working with various types of people, including the public, medical professionals/executives, and vendors.
• Experience working with physicians and medical professionals.
• Experience in writing and editing, including proofreading.
• General working knowledge of neuroscience, neurology, epidemiology, healthcare policy, and biostatistics.
• Good communication skills and ability to work well with multiple individuals.
• Ability to maintain an organized working area.
• Ability to work on several projects simultaneously and to switch focus as needed.
• Excellent attention to detail, for accurate data entry and analysis.
• Good organization and time management skills. Always punctual.
• Ability to learn new statistical techniques and datasets, as needed.
• Willingness to work occasional overtime in order to meet deadlines.
• Ability to keep accurate and organized records of experiments, procedures, and data.
• Working knowledge and ability to use computers (PC, MAC, and UNIX or related operating systems), software, and related hardware.
• Working knowledge of bioinformatics, systems biology, and/or biostatistics.
• Working knowledge of community engaged research methods.

Preferred:

• Knowledge of UCLA forms, policies and procedures relating to purchasing, accounts. receivable, and accounts payable in order to accomplish goals of the laboratory.
• Knowledge of basic biostatistical skills.
• Knowledge of qualitative skills including thematic analysis.
• Knowledge of Computer Programming (R or STATA preferred).