| Center Program Manager Responsibilities This highly independent full time, career position is within the NIEHS Environmental Health Sciences Core Center (EHSC) and located in the Department of Public Health Sciences. The Environmental Health Sciences Core Center at UC Davis, one of more than 20 NIEHS Core Centers, advances scientific research; fosters interdisciplinary collaborations; promotes community engagement; facilitates translation of research; and provides support and mentoring to new EHS researchers. EHSC has seventy-one members, spanning seven colleges/schools at UC Davis and engages stakeholders across California with an emphasis on the San Joaquin/Central Valley and areas affected by wildfires. EHSC is comprised of: Exposure Core; Integrated Health Sciences Facility Core; Community Engagement Core; Pilot Projects Program and; an Administrative Core. The Center Program Manager directs the activities of the entire EHSC and manages and supervises the work of all staff in the administrative core and is responsible for both short and long-term strategic planning; overseeing the center budget; fostering collaborative relationships at UC Davis and across the region; developing and implementing center programs; and seeking additional funding. Required Qualifications - Demonstrated experience creating long term vision and strategic planning to determine areas of improvement and programmatic success
- Demonstrated experience exhibiting a high level of diplomacy in facilitating relationships and meetings with stakeholders, donors, and government officials
- Demonstrated experience providing sound recommendations continually to faculty, steering committee, and external advisory boards
- Demonstrated extensive experience managing public health programs or other large research centers
- Demonstrated experience prioritizing programmatic initiatives, delegating responsibilities, and ensuring programmatic success
- Demonstrated experience directing large Center and grant budgets
- Knowledge of the principles and practices of research management to effectively and ethically manage complex studies
- Demonstrated experience leading multidisciplinary faculty teams to achieve common goal
- Demonstrated supervisory experience including conflict resolution, team building, and promoting professional development
- Excellent public speaking and writing skills in English
- Demonstrated experience identifying grant and funding opportunities and navigating submission requirements
- Demonstrated experience facilitating academic-private sector or -government collaborations, including federally funded research projects
- Excellent organizational skills to set priorities and meet deadlines; maintain a high level of productivity; and manage multiple projects simultaneously
Preferred Qualifications - MS, MA, or MPH degree and/or equivalent experience and training highly preferred
- Knowledge of California environmental health initiatives by government (state, county, local), private sector, and non-profit organizations.
- Knowledge of health status of vulnerable populations, particularly in the California Central Valley or wildfire-affected regions.
- Demonstrated knowledge of federal grant funding regulations; human subject research guidelines; and UC Davis procedures and policies
- Demonstrated success obtaining research grant funding
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