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The Center for Global Public Health (CGPH) at UC Berkeley is a multi-disciplinary alliance that supports the global health mission of the School of Public Health and other departments and schools on the UC Berkeley Campus.  The Center coordinates and promotes applied research, training, capacity building, and development efforts across the full range of disciplines relevant to global health (e.g. infectious diseases and vaccinology; epidemiology and biostatistics; maternal and child health; nutrition; environmental and occupational health; social and behavioral sciences; health policy, economics, and management; and city and regional planning).  It maintains an office in the Li Ka Shing Center for Biomedical and Health Sciences, is administratively located in the School of Public Health, and is led by Faculty Director Professor Eva Harris and Deputy Director Professor Arthur Reingold.

CGPH is recruiting an Executive Director (payroll title Academic Coordinator II) to develop and implement the CGPH’s programs and provide a vision for growth. Current activities include annual symposia and monthly seminar series; international student fellowship program; global health trainings and conferences; visiting scholar programs; and topical working groups/cross-disciplinary research initiatives. The CGPH serves as a hub for global health sciences research at UC Berkeley and as part of a coordinating body for global health in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Qualifications:

• MD or PhD in biological sciences, epidemiology, or another relevant discipline.

• Experience working on global health research/training and/or conducting biomedical and health sciences research in a developing country setting.

·         Familiarity with the major challenges in global health and qualified to support scientific grant writing in this area.

• Experience networking and collaborating with a broad range of scientists in developing countries.

• Familiar with, and engaged with, the major foundations, donors, advocacy groups, and technical organizations involved in global health.

·         Experience managing a scientific/educational program in an academic or public health setting or as a program officer at a foundation or government agency funding global health research.

Key Activities:

·         Monitor and identify funding opportunities and develop, write, and coordinate submission of grant proposals to support the CGPH’s activities.

·         Manage program staff and oversee the planning and implementation of international student Fellowship programs, annual campus events, seminar series, and international meetings.

·         Oversee the CGPH's strategic planning and goal-setting efforts with Center Directors, with input from faculty members, administration, students, and outside stakeholders, and staff an external advisory board.

·         Research, coordinate, participate in donor events and potentially donor trips; identify and follow up with new donor prospects, develop materials and marketing plans; coordinate with campus development staff.

·         Develop new and continue existing cross-campus, Bay Area, and international programs.

·         Cultivate new alliances that support global health research and training at UC Berkeley.

·         Generate CGPH publicity through development of print materials, website, social media and outreach to news media for coverage. Serve as a liaison between the CGPH and the outside community.

·         Maintain CGPH email list and coordinate communication with students, staff, faculty, and the community. Manage budget and track expenses.

Start Date:  December 1, 2012 (One year appointment w/benefits with possibility of continued reappointments.)

Salary:  Depending on qualifications: $59,976 - $116,844 (full-time rate)

Deadline Date:  October 29, 2012

Applicants should submit a cover letter, CV, and contact information for three references. Letters of reference are not requested at this time. Complete applications should be submitted to:

Professor Eva Harris

c/o Diane Hinkly

University of California, Berkeley

School of Public Health

101 Haviland Hall

Berkeley, CA 94720-7358

dmhinkly@berkeley.edu

510-643-5163 (Fax)

The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and encourages qualified women and minority candidates to apply.