Statewide Initiatives Project Coordinator (CES IV) - TBD, CA, JOB ID 82234

Position Summary:

The Statewide Initiatives Project Coordinator is a new statewide Community Nutrition and Health position, designed to help expand UC ANR's work in the human health realm. This position will join a statewide network of researchers and educators advancing integrated approaches that promote holistic health and equitable communities for all Californians. It will bring new opportunities for community-facing work, new collaborations across our network of academics, and new energy to strategic partnerships, with a focus on developing curricula and implementing new programming content.

Department Summary:

Community Nutrition and Health at UC ANR is a statewide network of researchers and educators promoting healthy and equitable communities for all Californians. Our shared goal is to co-create public education and partner training programming to advance community health across California. We collaborate with local organizations and community leaders who share our goals to advance community health and work to create changes across many areas including individual behavior change, leadership capacity building, organizational policy change, informing public policy, and affecting systems or environmental change such workflows or best practices within an institution. As a result of this work, our vision is for all Californians to have access to live a healthy life, free from chronic disease.

This position is a contract appointment that is 100% fixed and ends one year from date of hire with the possibility of extension if funding permits.

The home department is Community Nutrition and Health. While this position normally is based in one of the home office locations below, this position is eligible for hybrid flexible work arrangements for applicants living in the State of California at this time. Please note that hybrid flexible work arrangements are subject to change by the University.

Home Office Location - The selected candidate may choose from one of the following county office locations:

• Butte County
• Sutter/Yuba Counties
• Imperial County
• Placer/Nevada Counties
• San Joaquin County
• Riverside County
• Yolo County
• Sacramento County
• Solano County
• Alameda County
• Contra Costa County
• Santa Clara County

Pay Scale: $55,600.00/year to $99,200.00/year

Job Posting Close Date: This job is open until filled. The first application review date will be 11/13/2025.

Key Responsibilities:

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Nutrition, Public Health, Health Science, K-12 or Adult Education or other relevant field and/or equivalent experience/training.
• Advanced written and oral communication skills including facilitating meetings, and public speaking skills to present ideas and information clearly and concisely to small and large groups.
• Experience leading, coaching, and/or mentoring others.
• Advanced project management skills to balance diverse and complex project responsibilities and timelines; ability to stay organized and anticipate next steps needed to keep up momentum.
• Experience in one or more area of human health education (eg. healthcare, social-emotional health/ mental health, financial wellness, disaster preparedness, public health).
• Familiarity with public health frameworks including social ecological model, policy, systems, environmental change work, social determinants of health, health equity, etc.
• Experience engaging with diverse communities and participants, including those with varied cultural, geographic, and socioeconomic backgrounds, to support inclusive and accessible educational programming.
• Experience with Microsoft Office, Google Drive, social media, and/or other web-based programs.

Preferred Skills:

• Knowledge of UC policies and procedures.
• Bilingual communication/translation abilities in English and Spanish.
• Advanced working knowledge of budgets and grant-funded programs.

Special Conditions of Employment:

• Must possess valid California Driver's License to drive a County or University vehicle. Ability and means to travel on a flexible schedule as needed, proof of liability damage insurance on vehicle used is required. Reimbursement of job-related travel will be reimbursed according to University policies.
• The University reserves the right to make employment contingent upon successful completion of the background check. This is a designated position requiring a background check and may require fingerprinting due to the nature of the job responsibilities. UC ANR does hire people with conviction histories and reviews information received in the context of the job responsibilities.
• As of January 1, 2014, ANR is a smoke- and tobacco-free environment in which smoking, the use of smokeless tobacco products, and the use of unregulated nicotine products (e-cigarettes), is strictly prohibited.
• Exercise the utmost discretion in managing sensitive information learned in the course of performing their duties. Sensitive information includes but is not limited to employee and student records, health and patient records, financial data, strategic plans, proprietary information, and any other sensitive or non-public information learned during the course and scope of employment. Understands that sensitive information should be shared on a limited basis and actively takes steps to limit access to sensitive information to individuals who have legitimate business need to know. Ensure that sensitive information is properly safeguarded. Follow all organizational policies and laws on data protection and privacy. This includes secure handling of physical and digital records and proper usage of IT systems to prevent data leaks. The unauthorized or improper disclosure of confidential work-related information obtained from any source on any work-related matter is a violation of these expectations.
• Misconduct Disclosure Requirement: As a condition of employment, the final candidate who accepts a conditional offer of employment will be required to disclose if they have been subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct; received notice of any allegations or are currently the subject of any administrative or disciplinary proceedings involving misconduct; have left a position after receiving notice of allegations or while under investigation in an administrative or disciplinary proceeding involving misconduct; or have filed an appeal of a finding of misconduct with a previous employer.

a. "Misconduct" means any violation of the policies or laws governing conduct at the applicant's previous place of employment, including, but not limited to, violations of policies or laws prohibiting sexual harassment, sexual assault, or other forms of harassment, discrimination, dishonesty, or unethical conduct, as defined by the employer. For reference, below are UC's policies addressing some forms of misconduct:

• UC Sexual Violence and Sexual Harassment Policy

• UC Anti-Discrimination Policy

• Abusive Conduct in the Workplace

The University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources (UC ANR) brings the power of University of California research and education to all 58 California counties. Through research and extension in agriculture, natural resources, economic growth, nutrition, and youth development, we work to improve the life of every Californian.

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Connecting to serve communities.

For over 100 years, our advisors, specialists, faculty and staff have been committed to connecting Californians to their land grant university. We are highly collaborative and mission-driven to promote the health and well-being of people and places across the state. We are also trusted partners with hundreds of community organizations in addressing California's most pressing challenges.

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