From dominica.albitre at ucr.edu Thu Aug 20 11:00:36 2026 From: dominica.albitre at ucr.edu (Dominica Albitre) Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2026 11:00:36 -0700 Subject: [Microplantpath_faculty] Administrative updates Message-ID: Good morning All, Providing an update regarding our vacant RA3 position within the Administrative team. We have completed the recruitment process and are pleased to share that Ariana Avila has been promoted and will be transitioning into her new Analyst role effective *9/1*. She was the most competitive and qualified candidate in the pool, and we are glad to see her step into this next stage of her career. Ariana?s experience and unwavering dedication to our department have been invaluable, and we truly appreciate all of her hard work. Congratulations, Ariana. We are opening a recruitment to replace the RA2 role and hope to wrap the recruitment by the end of September. As of 9/1, Ariana's current PI's can email the BMP analyst email, as Mariam and I are assisting with any requests. Regarding the Procurement Supervisor role, recruitment is still underway. In the meantime, due to the volume of work across our units, I have asked two individuals to step in and support our procurement team with review and policy compliance. They are assisting after hours to help maintain continuity. There will be no changes to how transactions are processed for our department. - *Valerie Corral (Physics)* is providing procurement review and approvals and will assist the procurement team as needed. - *Jeanette Westbrook* is providing policy?compliance review and approvals for all Concur transactions. Please keep Jeanette as the final approver for your Concur submissions and pre-trips. Both team members will be supporting the back?end operations through *9/30*. Attached is an updated analyst assignment listing. Thank you for your patience and support as we navigate the vacancies within the unit. *Dominica Albitre* *Financial Administrative Officer* *UC Riverside | BMP Administrative Unit * 900 University Ave, Riverside, California 92521 | 1491 Boyce Hall dalbitre at ucr.edu | 951-827-6256 *Director of Involvement & Recognition*,* Staff Assembly 2026-2027* -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: PI Analyst Assignment eff 9.1.26.pdf Type: application/pdf Size: 33515 bytes Desc: not available URL: