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Working Title (UCD Center for Labor and Community – Director of Research and Education)
Job Summary
The Labor and Community Center of the Greater Capital Region at UC Davis Law (“Center”) seeks dynamic research professional to serve as our Director of Research and Education. In general, the Director will be responsible for developing and leading the Center's research and educational programs.
Metrics for success will include the consistent, widespread, and successful amplification of Center research; the successful identification of research and educational partnership opportunities in addition to the successful management of large extramural research grants and contracts; the development of a successful educational and training program; and the integration of Center research into evidence-based policymaking across the country.
The Center champions nonpartisan, evidence-based domestic policy solutions that improve the economic, political, and social landscape for workers in the state of California. The Center fosters innovative research, leverages policy-relevant expertise, drives civic engagement, and nurtures a leadership pipeline to propel viable policy reforms that expand opportunity for all workers.
Under the supervision of the Co-Directors the Director of Research and Education serves as part of the executive team overseeing the research programs and operation of the organization. This position is responsible for developing, managing and executing the Center's research portfolios. The Director will act as the primary point of contact for the Center's research functions, overseeing the organization's research agenda, including in-house research projects, extramural research projects, and faculty-driven research. She/he will develop and facilitate the design and structure of the Center's research portfolio with support from the Center's Co-Directors. This includes establishing the research agenda, identifying related research projects, product development, disseminating activities, and cultivating relationship with scholarly, practitioner, and/or policy experts in order to promote the Center's research and programmatic functions. She/he will be responsible for recruiting, training, and supervising student fellows, including facilitating weekly research meetings and creating training curriculum to develop their research and policy skills. She/he will work with the Center's faculty affiliates to distill their peer- reviewed research into policy-friendly formats that are digestible for public consumption.
The Director will play a critical role in the production of digital and print publications that connect academic content with decision-makers, namely elected and appointed officials, funders, the media, and other policy decision-makers. She/he will stay engaged with staff coordinating the publication process, including faculty and student researchers, and communications staff. The Director will support the Center's communications strategy and execution as it relates to targeted messaging and press functions relating to the organization's research activities and faculty research.
The Director of Research and Education will work with the Co-Directors on growth and development of the organization's research program. She/he will identify research topics relating to the Center's mission; write grant or contract proposals for funding from agencies and foundations; and pursue development opportunities for the centers including event sponsorship, contracts, and other large scale research funding opportunities.
The Research Director operates with a high degree of autonomy, independently determines how to carry out assignments and undertake appropriate actions, and is proactive in identifying and bringing to the Executive Director's attention potential problems and opportunities, and providing creative recommendations for action. The Research Director will consult and work in coordination with the Faculty Director(s), staff researchers, Principal Investigators, undergraduate and graduate student fellows, and communications staff to complete their job duties.
One-year contract with the possibility of extension or conversion to career based on available funding.
Apply By Date
06/27/2024
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications
For full consideration, applicants are encouraged to upload license, certification and/or educational degree if required of the position.
- Experience writing peer-reviewed social science articles, mastery of quantitative data analysis and statistical analysis.
- Experience in grant-writing, contract development and donor relations.
- Demonstrated experienced with design and management of public programming. Ability to work effectively with internal and external partners.
- Demonstrated exceptional abilities at writing, reporting and copy editing. This includes the ability to write concise, logical, grammatically correct documents and materials for academic and public consumption.
- Strong interpersonal skills to establish and maintain professional, effective working relationships with academic leaders; university administrators, faculty, staff, students; volunteers; campus donors and prospects project funders and their representatives; and the general public to advance the Center's goals and meet objectives.
- Expertise in U.S. and/or international labor movements, and/or racial and economic justice organizations and campaigns.
- Ability to manage subordinate staff time and workload effectively and complete assignments promptly amid conflicting demands, multiple deadlines, competing requirements, and changing priorities.
Preferred Qualifications
- A PhD or terminal degree in Social Science, Law or Humanities.
- Strong computer skills.
- Demonstrated working knowledge of state and local government, community, academic leaders and policy-makers.
- Leadership record which demonstrates a collaborative leadership style of large research center at a research university, or similarly-situated institution.
Key Responsibilities
- 50%, RESEARCH DIRECTION
- 20%, EDUCATION DIRECTION
- 20%, GENERAL MANAGEMENT
- 10%, EXTERNAL RELATIONS
Department Overview
The UC Davis School of Law offers a three-year full-time program leading to the Juris Doctor Degree, a one-year program for a LL.M. (primarily foreign lawyers and judges), and combined degrees. The outstanding scholarly reputation, high ranking, small size, dedicated faculty of internationally renowned scholars, and uniquely supportive learning environment combine for an excellent legal education. The Law School consistently places among the best in the U.S. News and World Report and other law school rankings.
The UC Davis Labor & Community Center builds upon and expands existing worker-centered projects on the UC Davis campus. The Labor Center will develop labor-centered, community-engaged, policy-relevant research, education and public programming that serves the labor movement and social justice struggles more broadly in the Greater Sacramento region, rural Northern California and parts of the San Joaquin Valley. The UC Davis Labor and Community Initiative is rooted in the belief that a vibrant labor movement is vital to redressing the range of inequities that plague workers and their loved ones. The UC Davis Labor and Community Initiative is committed to working collaboratively with a diverse range of stakeholders representing trade unions, workers' organizations and other groups addressing issues that working people face as a means of not simply advancing scholarly debates about workers but on-the- ground struggles led by workers. The UC Davis Labor and Community Initiative will thus address both of the UC WRPI programmatic goals of capacity building for a worker-centered economy and research for the public good.
Position Information
- Salary or Pay Range: $95,900.00 - $189,900.00 /annual
- Salary Frequency: Monthly
- Salary Grade: 25
- UC Job Title: ACAD PRG MGT OFCR 4
- Number of Positions: 1
- Appointment Type: Contract
- Percentage of Time: 100%
- Shift Hours: Manager will advise
- Location: Davis, Ca
- Union Representation: No
- Benefits Eligible: Yes
- Hybrid/Remote/On-Site: On-site
Benefits
Outstanding benefits and perks are among the many rewards of working for the University of California. UC Davis offers a full range of benefits, resources and programs to help you bring your best self to work, as well as to help you and your family achieve your health, wellness, financial and career goals. Learn more about the benefits and eligibility rules by visiting Benefits Summary for UC Davis Health Employees or Benefits Summary for UC Davis Employees and our Benefits Page.
If you are represented by a union, benefits are negotiated between the University of California (UC) and your union and finalized in a contract. Read your bargaining unit's employment contract, stay abreast of current negotiations and learn about collective bargaining at UC: https://ucnet.universityofcalifornia.edu/labor/bargaining-units/index.html
- High quality and low-cost medical plans to choose from to fit your family's needs
- For eligible roles, UC pays for Dental and Vision insurance premiums for you and your family
- Extensive leave benefits including Pregnancy and Parental Leave, Family & Medical Leave
- Paid Holidays annually as stipulated in the UC Davis Policies or Collective Bargaining Agreement
- Paid Time Off/Vacation/Sick Time as stipulated in the UC Davis Policies or Collective Bargaining Agreement
- Continuing Education (CE) allowance and Education Reimbursement Program as stipulated in the UC Davis Policies or Collective Bargaining Agreement
- Access to free professional development courses and learning opportunities for personal and professional growth
- WorkLife and Wellness programs and resources
- On-site Employee Assistance Program including access to free mental health services
- Supplemental insurance offered including additional life, short/long term disability, pet insurance and legal coverage
- Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSFL) Qualified Employer & Student Loan Repayment Assistance Program for qualified roles
- Retirement benefit options for eligible roles including Pension and other Retirement Saving Plans. More information on our retirement benefits can be found here
- UC Davis cares about building a community, which is why we provide resources to enhance diversity, equity and inclusion as well as Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) to support our staff
Physical Demands
- Prolonged sitting and use of keyboard.
Work Environment
- Work a flexible schedule, including some travel, and occasional evenings/nights and weekends.
- The Smoke and Tobacco Free Environment policy is intended to provide a healthier, safer, and more productive work and learning environment for the entire UC community. The University of California prohibits smoking and tobacco use at all University owned or leased properties, or facilities operated by UC staff or faculty. Smoking and tobacco use are strictly prohibited in indoor and outdoor spaces, parking lots, residential space, and University vehicles. https://ucdavispolicy.ellucid.com/documents/view/271
Special Requirements
Background Check
This position is a critical position and subject to a background check. Employment is contingent upon successful completion of background investigation including criminal history and identity checks.
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging
At UC Davis, we're solving life's most urgent challenges to bring a fuller, healthier, and more resilient world within reach. We grow from every challenge we take on and we don't just maintain - we improve. We recognize that creating an inclusive and intellectually vibrant organization means understanding and valuing both our individual differences and our common ground. The most comprehensive solutions come from the most diverse minds, and you belong here. As you consider joining UC Davis, please explore our Principles of Community, our Clinical Strategic Plan and strategic vision for research and education, and our latest efforts to outgrow the expected. The University of California, Davis is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age or protected veteran status.
For the University of California's Affirmative Action Policy please visit:https://policy.ucop.edu/doc/4010393/PPSM-20.
For the University of California's Anti-Discrimination Policy, please visit: https://policy.ucop.edu/doc/1001004/Anti-Discrimination.
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