Project Policy Analyst 2 (7397U), School of Public Health - 36688 About Berkeley

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Departmental Overview

The School of Public Health (SPH) is a large and complex professional school at UC Berkeley, with a mission to improve population health, especially for the most vulnerable, through interdisciplinary collaborations, preeminent education, and transformational research. The School is comprised of six academic divisions and 30 research centers and programs, with over 200 faculty, 120 academic/research staff, 155 management/professional/ administrative staff, and 285 student researchers/instructors/workers. The School offers a core MPH degree with nine areas of study, along with five MA and MS degree programs, a DrPH and five PhD degree programs, and five concurrent programs with other UC Berkeley schools and colleges; in addition, the School offers a joint degree with UC San Francisco. The School launched UC Berkeley's first on-line degree program in 2012 and is rapidly expanding the program to reach a wide range of domestic and international audiences through online degrees, certificate programs, and executive education. The School enrolls approximately 825 graduate students per year, as well as educating roughly 440 undergraduate students through an upper-division public health major. The School's more than 13,000 graduates can be found working throughout the world, in both the public and private sectors.

This role will be managed by two faculty supervisors within the School of Public Health.

Application Review Date

The First Review Date for this job is: June 21, 2022. Full full consideration, please apply on or before July, 8, 2022.

This position will remain open until filled.

Responsibilities

Applies professional experience to coordinate research group activities pertaining to moderately complex projects, policies and/or processes and functions.
Literature reviews (including critical interpretation of published findings)
Prepares, edits and modifies documents including meeting materials, research reports, manuscripts for publication, presentations and proposals.
Using subject matter knowledge, collects and prepares information for use in discussions, meetings of senior researchers and external constituents.
Assist with course preparation (maintaining bCourses site, scheduling office hours).
Provides a variety of research and analytical duties in support of a function, program and/or organizational unit.
Participates in administrative event and program planning, including database management and maintaining IRB standards.
Required Qualifications

Working knowledge of research processes as well as ability to quickly learn common campus-specific and other computer application programs and databases.
Solid communication and interpersonal skills to communicate effectively with all levels of staff, both verbally and in writing.
Demonstrated ability and minimum 5 years of experience coordinating a team and/or project management in a variety of settings.
Solid ability to multi-task with demanding timeframes.
Ability to use discretion and maintain all confidentiality of sensitive data.
Ability to use sound judgment in responding to issues and concerns.
Working skills to analyze information and synthesize data with strong attention to detail.
Graduate-level coursework in multicultural health and demonstrated experience engaging with vulnerable populations through work and lived experience, particularly in the US South and California.

Education/Training:
Master's degree in public health or related area and/or equivalent training/experience.

Licenses or certifications, if any:
HIPAA training
CITI training
Salary & Benefits

This position is a non-exempt, bi-weekly paid position. Hourly pay for this role is commensurate with experience up to $28.74.
This is a one-year, full-time (40 hours/week), Contract appointment with an option for renewal.
This is a hybrid position with 50% remote capability.
For information on the comprehensive benefits package offered by the University visit:

https://ucnet.universityofcalifornia.edu/compensation-and-benefits/index.html