Program Manager, Health Careers
Job Summary The Office of Career and Professional Development (OCPD) designs and delivers career and professional development resources, services, and opportunities for UCSF's emerging health professionals. We support graduate students and postdocs in developing the knowledge, skills, and confidence needed to navigate their careers successfully as part of UCSF's overall education mission.
The Health Team (H-Team) at the OCPD works with health professional students from their first day until one year after departure from UCSF. We provide programs, resources, and career counseling that help them navigate their time at UCSF, explore career options, navigate professional settings, and acquire positions that meet their definition of success.
The Program Manager's responsibilities include designing and developing professional development resources, providing career counseling to health professional students, managing the H-Team's website and organizational systems, facilitating programs, and recruiting and hiring H-Team trainees and interns. The role is highly collaborative, with consistent support from the H-Team Program Director and Assistant Director as well as ongoing partnerships with campus and external partners. The final salary and offer components are subject to additional approvals based on UC policy. Your placement within the salary range is dependent on a number of factors including your work experience and internal equity within this position classification at UCSF. For positions that are represented by a labor union, placement within the salary range will be guided by the rules in the collective bargaining agreement. The salary range for this position is $61,200 - $130,600 (Annual Rate). To learn more about the benefits of working at UCSF, including total compensation, please visit: https://ucnet.universityofcalifornia.edu/compensation-and-benefits/index.html 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 postdocs 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
- Advanced degree in career counseling, student affairs, or a related area and/or equivalent experience/training
- Minimum 3 years of related experience
- Strong knowledge of career development theories, adult development theory, counseling process, career coaching techniques, career decision making, learning styles, and job search techniques
- Thorough knowledge of needs assessment theory, processes, and practice; workshop and program design
- Ability to design and modify computer applications to meet program needs, problem identification, presentation skills, verbal communication, written communication, and organization skills
- Ability to work with people from diverse cultures
- Ability to work independently on complex, ongoing programs and projects with minimal supervision
- Technology skills: Ability to learn and utilize new technologies quickly, including Mac-based systems, assessment and evaluation tools, learning design apps, image and video editing tools, networking platforms, video interviewing, and virtual job search tools
- Written communication skills: Effective writing skills to email students and colleagues, create clear and concise educational resources, and craft event descriptions and other publicity materials
- Adaptability: Ability to work in dynamic environments, including proactive communication, problem-solving, navigating ambiguity, balancing competing priorities, and managing change
- Ability to work evenings Monday-Thursday, (up to 8pm) as needed
- Knowledge of pedagogy for adult and professional learners
- Experience teaching or training adult learners
Preferred Qualifications
- Knowledge of UC programs, career services, employer, alumni, and faculty needs and expectations, recruiting and staffing methods, and employment trends
- Knowledge of clinical professions: Cultural nuances, skills needed for success, day-to-day activities and challenges, job search processes, and job market data
- Supervision skills: Understands how to set expectations, delegate effectively, give and receive feedback, and manage conflicts for trainees
- Programming skills: Expertise in developing and delivering career and professional development virtual and in-person programming to students
- Evaluation skills: Design evaluation tools/methods that can be used to assess the effectiveness of resources, programs, and services; ability to analyze evaluation results using statistical tools
- Experience working in career development or human resources
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. Job Code and Payroll Title 004516 CAREER SVC SPEC 3 Job Category Education, Professional (Non-Clinical) Bargaining Unit 99 - Policy-Covered (No Bargaining Unit) Location San Francisco, CA Campus Parnassus Heights (SF) Additional Shift Details M - F, 8 AM - 5 PM, evenings as needed |
University of California - San Francisco Campus and Health
Dec 28, 2024