Administrative Operations Manager - Cancer Center - 142108

UC San Diego/UC San Diego Health

San Diego (CA)

Hybrid

USD 74,000 - 128,000

Full time

3 days ago

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Job summary

UC San Diego Health’s Moores Cancer Center seeks an Administrative Operations Manager to oversee daily administrative and operational functions, directing the central Executive Assistant team and coordinating with central offices to ensure efficient MCC operations.

The role requires strong leadership, recruitment support experience, and the ability to navigate the university’s processes within an academic medical setting, while maintaining high service levels and compliance.

Qualifications

Seven years of related experience, education/training, OR a Bachelor’s degree in related area plus three years of related experience/training.
Working knowledge of the organization's processes and procedures.
Working knowledge of common organization-specific and other computer application programs.
Interpersonal skills including verbal and written communication, active listening, critical thinking, persuasiveness, advising, and counseling to effectively motivate others.
Skills to evaluate issues and identify resolutions.
Strong service orientation with the ability to effectively manage multiple priorities.
Experience working within the UCSD systems, particularly experience in assisting labs with recruitment.
Experience working in an academic medical setting, with a focus on support of research areas.
Ability to lead administrative staff and navigate the systems and procedures used within the department.

Responsibilities

Oversee MCC administrative operations and central Executive Assistant team, ensuring efficient daily activity.
Coordinate health HR matters and provide administrative support to laboratories and administrative units.
Collaborate with central offices to resolve issues and optimize operational workflows.
Support recruitment and onboarding processes within MCC and related departments.

Skills

Leadership

Supervision

Communication

Budget/HR processes

Recruitment support

Education

Bachelor’s degree in related area

Job description

Payroll Title: ADMIN SUPV 1 Department: CANCER CENTER Hiring Pay Scale: $73,800 - $128,000 / Year Worksite: Moores Cancer Center Appointment Type: Career Appointment Percent: 100% Union: Uncovered Total Openings: 1 Work Schedule: Days, 8-Hour Shifts, Monday-Friday

#142108 Administrative Operations Manager - Cancer Center

Filing Deadline: Wed 11/18/2026

UC San Diego values and welcomes people from all backgrounds. If you are interested in being part of our team, possess the needed licensure and certifications, and feel that you have most of the qualifications and/or transferable skills for a job opening, we strongly encourage you to apply.

This is a UC San Diego Internal Recruitment open to UCSD and UCSD Health Staff Only.

UCSD Layoff from Career Appointment: Apply by 11/16/2026 for consideration with preference for rehire. All layoff applicants should contact their Employment Advisor.

Reassignment Applicants: Eligible Reassignment clients should contact their Disability Counselor for assistance.

This position will work a hybrid schedule which includes a combination of working both onsite at Moores Cancer Center and remote.

DESCRIPTION

The Moores Cancer Center (MCC) is one of just 58 NCI-designated Comprehensive Cancer Centers in the United States and the only one in San Diego County. As a consortium cancer center, it is a collaborative partnership between the UCSD: encompassing 14 departments (12 clinical, 2 basic sciences), 3 professional schools (School of Medicine, Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Public Health), UCSD Health oncology hospitals and clinics; the basic and public health research and outreach of San Diego State University, and the basic and translational research of the La Jolla Institute of Immunology. These various programs and units are all dedicated to fulfilling the Moores Cancer Center's mission of reducing cancer's burden. As such, it ranks among the top centers in the nation conducting the continuum of cancer research, providing advanced patient care, and serving the community through outreach and education programs. As a top-ranking, future-oriented organization, we offer challenging career opportunities in a fast-paced and innovative environment.

Moores Cancer Center follows a progressive philosophy of career-path development for its employees including opportunities for cross-training, professional development, and progressive responsibility. MCC's mission is to transform cancer care in our catchment area and beyond by driving exceptional scientific discoveries, and innovations in prevention, detection, care, and training. MCC will make a global impact on improving health by reducing cancer burden through accelerated discovery and translation, compassionate and interdisciplinary care, education and community engagement, with the foundation of our core values - Excellence, Innovation and Risk-Taking, Collaboration, Diversity and Service.

With general supervision, the Administrative Operations Manager serves as a key point of contact for administrative and operational matters, facilitating issue resolution in partnership with central offices to support the smooth and efficient operations of Moores Cancer Center (MCC). The position provides direct supervision and leadership to the central Executive Assistant team, which supports the day-to-day administrative operations of MCC. The Administrative Operations Manager also facilitates support for Health HR matters and provides administrative and operational assistance to the laboratories and administrative units supported by the team.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Seven years of related experience, education/training, OR a Bachelor’s degree in related area plus three years of related experience/training.
Working knowledge of the organization's processes and procedures, rules and regulations.
Working knowledge of common organization-specific and other computer application programs.
Interpersonal skills including verbal and written communication, active listening, critical thinking, persuasiveness, advising, and counseling to effectively motivate others.
Skills to evaluate issues and identify resolutions.
Strong service orientation with the ability to effectively manage multiple priorities.
Experience working within the UCSD systems, particularly experience in assisting labs with recruitment.
Experience working in an academic medical setting, with a focus on support of research areas.
Ability to lead administrative staff and navigate the systems and procedures used within the department.

SPECIAL CONDITIONS

Employment is subject to a criminal background check
Must be able to work various hours and locations based on business needs.

Pay Transparency Act

Annual Full Pay Range: $73,800 - $131,200 (will be prorated if the appointment percentage is less than 100%)

Hourly Equivalent: $35.34 - $62.84

Factors in determining the appropriate compensation for a role include experience, skills, knowledge, abilities, education, licensure and certifications, and other business and organizational needs. The Hiring Pay Scale referenced in the job posting is the budgeted salary or hourly range that the University reasonably expects to pay for this position. The Annual Full Pay Range may be broader than what the University anticipates to pay for this position, based on internal equity, budget, and collective bargaining agreements (when applicable).

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UC San Diego Health Sciences is comprised of our School of Medicine, Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, The Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science, and our Student Health and Well-Being Department. We have long been at the forefront of translational — or "bench-to-bedside" — research, transforming patient care through discovery and innovation leading to new drugs and technologies. Translational research is carried out every day in the hundreds of clinical trials of promising new therapies offered through UC San Diego Health, and in the drive of our researchers and clinician-scientists who are committed to having a significant impact on patient care. We invite you to join our team!

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