Economics Senior Graduate Programs Coordinator

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JOB POSTING

Please know the Economics Senior Graduate Programs Coordinator position modality is fundamentally on-campus (not remote). We anticipate a regular one-day per week remote work-schedule being feasible, if desired, most weeks after completing critical trainings.

To ensure full consideration, applicants must include a cover letter and resume to supplement the standard UC Santa Cruz application. A reference list (of 3-4 referees) will be requested upon invitation to interview and required of interview candidates. Reference lists need to include supervisors and the following for each referee: their full name, title/organization, phone and email contact information and relation to you--i.e., current supervisor, former supervisor, current indirect supervisor, colleague, etc.

We respect your confidentiality, and will NOT contact referees prior to informing the final candidate(s) of our plans to do so. We look forward to reviewing your application.

INITIAL REVIEW DATE (IRD): UC Santa Cruz jobs are posted until filled. All application materials submitted by 11:59 pm on the IRD will be routed to the hiring team for consideration.

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Applicants who miss the IRD are still encouraged to apply; their materials will still be forwarded for consideration if requested by the hiring team. Application materials cannot be accepted outside of the jobs portal. Applications cannot be edited on an applicant s behalf. For more information about the IRD and the applicant review process, view this link. The IRD for this job is: 8/18/2025

UC Santa Cruz is a public university like no other in California, combining the experience of a small, liberal arts college with the depth and rigor of a major research university. It s known as an unconventional place where innovation and experimentation is part of the campus s DNA. That playful, bold spirit still thrives today, all on a campus renowned as among the most beautiful in the world.

The Department of Economics is an inclusive, ambitious, innovative and large department within the Social Sciences Division. The department offers one Ph.D. program and one professional master’s degree program, and multiple master’s pathways for undergraduate and international students, in addition to multiple undergraduate degrees. Graduate and undergraduate students come from a diverse background with many from international locations and California. Our graduate students train in applied microeconomics, macroeconomics, finance, and behavioral and experimental economics, and they pursue careers predominantly in academia, finance, hi-tech, fintech, central banking, data science and governmental policy.

The senior graduate programs coordinator will use outstanding organizational, interpersonal and problem-solving skills to work with staff and faculty colleagues and 50-80 students in our two programs overseeing financial aid, budgeting, visa support, student employment, awards and program management and mentoring and supervision of the graduate programs coordinator.

Faculty, staff and students work well together. Advising students to attain their educational and professional goals is highly rewarding work. More information about the Economics Department may be found at: (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below)..edu

Applying advanced, specialized student services expertise and a high degree of autonomy, the graduate programs coordinator works under the general direction of the department manager to manage independently the department s Ph.D. and professional M.S. graduate programs. The incumbent exercises programmatic responsibility and accountability for a complex student affairs function, involving management of multiple budgets and incoming fund sources; coordinating all graduate programmatic activities and support services;

mentoring, training and supervising the department s graduate adviser; advising department staff, faculty and students on a variety of complex student issues, policies, practices…