Professional Staff
Professional Roles with Real Impact
Professional Staff is the team behind the scenes that keeps a university police department running smoothly and service consistent for the UC Irvine community.
In a campus setting, the work is fast-moving and people-centered, shaped by the academic calendar, major events, and a wide network of campus partners. You’re supporting a community that changes constantly: new students arriving each year, families and visitors on campus every day, and large-scale activities like move-in, festivals, athletics, concerts, and commencement.
What makes this work unique in higher education is the level of coordination across the campus.
Professional staff collaborate with departments across campus—such as Housing, Student Affairs, HR, Risk Management, Legal/Compliance, Environmental Health & Safety, Athletics, Transportation, and UCI Health partners. You’ll also regularly help students, staff, and visitors who may be unfamiliar with public safety processes, so patience, clear communication, and a service-first mindset matter just as much as attention to detail.
Whether you’re managing records, tracking budgets, coordinating training, maintaining accreditation standards, handling property and evidence, or serving as a court liaison, your work keeps the details accurate, the process moving, and the department ready to respond.
The required and preferred qualifications below reflect a broad range of capabilities due to the variety of professional staff assignments. Role-specific requirements may vary depending on the position.
Quick Facts
- Your Work keeps daily operations organized, accurate, and moving.
- Roles are diverse, spanning records and finance, training, accreditation, property and evidence, and court coordination
- Beyond police staff, you work across campus—partnering with HR, Student Affairs, Housing, Risk Management, Legal/Compliance, and EH&S.
- Accuracy, deadlines, and good documentation are a big part of doing the job well.
Required Qualifications
- Read, write, and speak English; deliver excellent customer service.
- Communicate clearly and professionally—verbally and in writing.
- Use sound judgment when responding to questions, issues, and sensitive situations.
- Stay organized and manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced setting with frequent interruptions.
- Maintain confidentiality and use discretion when handling sensitive information.
- Use Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and database systems comfortably.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience working in a University environment.
- Associates degree or higher from an accredited institution.
- 1-3 years prior experience.
Hiring Process
- Applications Accepted
- Panel Interview
- Background Investigation
- Background Review
- Final Job Offer
Frequently Asked Questions
Professional Staff roles include positions like Records Analyst, Business Manager, Financial Analyst, Accreditation Manager, Training Coordinator, Property & Evidence Analyst, and Court Liaison—jobs that keep operations organized, compliant, and moving smoothly.
Not always. Many roles value transferable experience (customer service, administration, compliance, finance, records management, training coordination, project management). Some positions may prefer experience in a law enforcement environment (e.g., Property and Evidence Analyst).
You’ll collaborate with sworn and non-sworn department employees and partner with teams across campus—Human Resources, Student Affairs, Housing, Risk Management, Legal/Compliance, and Environmental Health & Safety, to name a few.
Many Professional Staff roles are “service desk” style—meaning you’ll regularly help students, staff, visitors, vendors, and partner departments through requests or questions, even if you’re not working a front counter.