Project Administrator

The University of Southern California (USC), founded in 1880, is located in the heart of downtown L.A. and is the largest private employer in the City of Los Angeles. As an employee of USC, you will be a part of a world-class research university and a member of the “Trojan Family,” which is comprised of the faculty, students and staff that make the university a great place to work.  

As a community of Dornsife College “we are committed to the creation, preservation, and communication of fundamental knowledge in all its forms…as well as a lifelong passion for learning and a commitment to the betterment of society.”  The academic mission of Dornsife College can only be realized to its fullest potential when we build and protect a representative, equitable, inclusive culture of scholarship for students, faculty, and staff.  This is not done through initiatives but by embedding these values into the everyday interactions, relationships, policies, and practices of the College.  What is required is a seamless integration of the tenets of equity and inclusivity into every facet of academic life.  If we want our scholars, staff, and students to be able to give their very best, we must create an academic environment that portends success.  

Success is possible when every member of the Dornsife community owns their role as a steward of the culture in which we learn, research, and work; when we believe that it is because of who we are that we are able to do what we do: achieve excellence, together. 

Achieving a robust and inclusive academic culture requires more than just the completion of a task, but includes that person’s capacity to contribute positively to the relationships and culture of their office or department.  Therefore, any applicant seeking to advance the mission of Dornsife College should also be assessed on their capacities beyond the technical elements of their work, and demonstrate an understanding of their impact on others, and to articulate how they contribute positively to those around them.

The Center for Economic and Social Research (CESR) at the Dana and David Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences is seeking a Project Administrator to join its team. The project administrator will work with study investigators to manage and develop a policy explorer online resource that captures and communicates the rapid evolution of policies affecting older people across the world. The project administrator will work with a multidisciplinary, international research team and will be responsible for coordinating staff, and ensuring accurate and timely release of documents and data. This position will help lead a team collecting historical pension policies across countries. An ideal applicant will have expertise in the pension policies of multiple countries, editing experience, and demonstrated ability to learn about these policy areas and manage teams.

Job responsibilities include:

• Acquiring a strong understanding of country-specific differences in social and economic policy
• Leading the collection, interpretation, and documentation of complex information on country-specific policy related to public pensions. Countries will include those in the European Union and United States, United Kingdom, Mexico, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Japan, South Korea, China, India, Malaysia, Brazil, and Chile.
• Coordinating a team to collect and communicate policy information for a research audience and create data products based on that policy information for a broader audience to include policymakers and stakeholders.
• Providing guidance to other research staff, student workers, and interested researchers/stakeholders.
• Reviewing and editing policy information and data products produced by the team.
• Develop approaches for concisely communicating country-specific differences and changes in pension policies.
• Participate in writing of reports, research papers, articles, and other documentation of project status and/or administrative activities or project results.

Qualifications:

• Ability to produce careful and detail-oriented work
• Ability to collect and interpret information from a variety of languages leveraging tools such as Google Translate
• Excellent communication and writing skills
• Exceptional problem-solving abilities 
• A strong applicant should be able to use LaTeX for document preparation or be able to learn LaTeX
• A strong applicant should be able to use STATA or R f