Office of Career & Prof
Full Time
77661BR
Job Summary
** This position is eligible for a hybrid work model **
The Assistant Director, OCPD (PhD Careers) assists the OCPD Director in managing the broad portfolio management priorities, including people management, financial management, fiscal management, operations management, and assessment. The incumbent also spearheads OCPD's PhD Research team, devising and implementing both virtual and in-person multi-year strategies for services, programs, outreach, and resource development.
As the career development expert for life and social science students and postdoctoral scholars, the Assistant Director provides critical professional development guidance to Graduate Division leadership and collaborating stakeholders within and outside the UCSF community.
Additionally, this position manages the PhD Researcher Team with a Career Svc Spec 3 and 4 and oversees the PhD careers focused Career Peer Leadership Professional Development Program. This position also leads OCPD's effort to build relationships with the Graduate Division and individual departments' leadership, faculty, and administrators, as well as SAA units to assess and deliver tailored solutions that cater to the needs of life and social sciences students, postdoctoral scholars, and recent alumni. Finally, this position designs and delivers comprehensive career-oriented programs, resources, and services to students and postdoctoral scholars.
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Department Description
The Office of Career and Professional Development (OCPD) team serves approximately 4,100 UCSF students and postdoctoral scholars, including health professional students (dentistry, global health, medicine, nursing, pharmacy, and physical therapy), as well as graduate students and postdoctoral scholars in the basic and social/population sciences.
The OCPD's mission is to teach students and postdoctoral scholars the professional skills required for career success. To that end, the OCPD offers a slate of programs, services, grant-funded initiatives and resources tailored to biomedical trainees.
Our approach is to collaborate with stakeholders across the university to design and implement innovative evidenced-based virtual and in-person counseling, programs and resources that develop key competencies in the areas of self-assessment, career exploration, job search strategies and professional success skills. OCPD's vision is for every student and postdoc to leave UCSF with the knowledge, skills and confidence required to succeed.
Required Qualifications
Preferred Qualifications
About UCSF
The University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) is a leading university dedicated to promoting health worldwide through advanced biomedical research, graduate-level education in the life sciences and health professions, and excellence in patient care. It is the only campus in the 10-campus UC system dedicated exclusively to the health sciences. We bring together the world's leading experts in nearly every area of health. We are home to five Nobel laureates who have advanced the understanding of cancer, neurodegenerative diseases, aging and stem cells.
Pride Values
UCSF is a diverse community made of people with many skills and talents. We seek candidates whose work experience or community service has prepared them to contribute to our commitment to professionalism, respect, integrity, diversity and excellence - also known as our PRIDE values.
In addition to our PRIDE values, UCSF is committed to equity - both in how we deliver care as well as our workforce. We are committed to building a broadly diverse community, nurturing a culture that is welcoming and supportive, and engaging diverse ideas for the provision of culturally competent education, discovery, and patient care. Additional information about UCSF is available at diversity.ucsf.edu
Join us to find a rewarding career contributing to improving healthcare worldwide.
Equal Employment Opportunity
The University of California San Francisco 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, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic information.
Organization
Campus
Job Code and Payroll Title
004520 CAREER SVC SUPV 2
Job Category
Education, Professional (Non-Clinical), Professional and Managerial
Bargaining Unit
99 - Policy-Covered (No Bargaining Unit)
Employee Class
Career
Percentage
100%
Location
Flexible (combination of onsite and remote work), Hybrid, Parnassus Heights (SF)
Shift
Days
Shift Length
8 Hours
Additional Shift Details
Monday - Friday; 8AM - 5PM PST (Hybrid work model)