Education Coordinator

Description:

The Center for Complex and Active Materials (CCAM) at UCI is a Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC), funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF). The Center’s integrated activities—including novel materials research, partnerships with industry and national laboratories, entrepreneurial innovation, career development, advanced training, and mentorship—are enabling a transformative long-term impact on fundamental science, advanced applications, and workforce development. Consistent with our mission, we are committed to ensuring excellence through inclusion, producing a diverse, educated workforce for advancing technology, stimulating the economy, and transferring new technology into the public realm to greatly advance quality of life.

Uses professional concepts to apply organization policies and procedures to oversee a variety of ongoing administrative operational issues. Administers defined operational program. Analyzes and resolves operational problems of moderate scope. The Education Coordinator is responsible for providing a wide range of administrative support to the Director of The Center for Complex and Active Materials (CCAM, a Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC), and various other key stake holders for the center. The position coordinates the scheduling of workshops speakers, seminars, and advisory boards, manage itineraries and travel reimbursement. The position leads the event planning for the center, which includes venue designation and room logistics; set up, management and record Zoom meetings, set up hybrid meetings, catering; room set up and breakdown; AV set up; publicity; set up online visitor schedules for meeting with students and faculty; travel arrangements; oversee events and process event reimbursements (including possible travel and honorarium for events); publish recorded zoom meetings. The position helps coordinate education and outreach activities that include management of k-12 outreach activities of the center, including scheduling activities with local community and organizing CCAM facilitators, faculty, students and staff. Organize annual CCAM summer programs for undergraduates and high school/community college students, including creating flyers for student recruitment, managing application portal, coordinate applicant review, student onboarding, reserving room and board, organizing content facilitators, and managing day to day program operations. The position serves as a historian of program logistics and data for program evaluation. Supports the director and others with data gathering, maintenance and retrieval. Tracks and compiles budget expenditures and related documents for the fiscal officer. Maintains stock of supplies and places center orders and supports the center with other general administrative support and projects as needed and assigned.