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Academic Program Assistant

University of Southern California
United States, California, Los Angeles
3720 Flower Street (Show on map)
Jan 22, 2026
Minimum Education: Bachelor's degree. Combined experience/education as substitute for minimum education. Minimum Experience: 0-6 months Minimum Field of Expertise: Excellent interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills for interacting with both domestic and international stakeholders. Demonstrated attention to detail. Proven ability to plan, implement, and coordinate program logistics. Demonstrated database/data entry experience. Proven project management and problem solving skills, able to handle multiple timelines, changing priorities, and fluctuating workloads. The Humanities, Ethics, Arts, and Law (HEAL) program in the Department of Medical Education at the Keck School of Medicine seeks to fill the position of part-time Academic Program Assistant. This position will support the HEAL and Narrative Medicine programs (MS and Graduate Certificate) and co-curricular HEAL programming and activities, including Art and Medicine, Lunch and Learn, and Visions and Voices. This position will increase each program's capacity to widen its educational reach, develop new interdisciplinary programming, and deepen learner engagement with the human side of healing. Duties include: * Coordinates the planning and execution for HEAL and Narrative Medicine activities * Provides administrative support to the HEAL and Narrative Medicine programs * Assists with preparing routine communication items: newsletters, flyers, invitations, and other correspondence * Administers department recruitment calendar. Monitors schedules, production and distribution arrangements and other details to ensure timely completion and quality control of recruitment activities and publications. * Writes and/or edits copy for department projects such as publications, advertisements, press releases, announcements, etc. * Assists in market research * Oversees content creation and publication on various HEAL and Narrative Medicine social media platforms USC will consider for employment all qualified applicants with criminal records in a manner consistent with applicable laws and regulations, including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for employers and the Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, and with due consideration for patient and student safety. Please refer to the Background Screening Policy Appendix D for specific employment screen implications for the position for which you are applying. The hourly rate for this position is $25.32 When extending an offer of employment, the University of Southern California considers factors such as (but not limited to) the scope and responsibilities of the position, the candidate's work experience, education/training, key skills, internal peer equity, federal, state and local laws, contractual stipulations, grant funding, as well as external market and organizational considerations. Job ID REQ20170669 Posted Date 01/21/2026 Apply Current employees apply here