Executive Director, Tracking California

Position Summary

The Research Program Director III serves as the senior leader and Executive Director of Tracking California and will serve as Principal Investigator for several research and other public health projects within the Tracking California program. The Executive Director is responsible for the overall vision, strategic direction and programmatic leadership for Tracking California and for securing funding resources for Tracking California by spearheading multi-year grant proposals.

The Executive Director provides leadership and scientific direction for an interdisciplinary team—which has expertise in climate change and environmental health research and surveillance, health communications, policy, and community engaged research. The Executive Director also collaborates with leadership of other PHI programs and works to enhance and strengthen PHI’s portfolio of projects in the areas of environmental health and climate change research. The Executive Director will be credentialed as a Principal Investigator at the Public Health Institute (PHI), reporting to the PHI’s Associate Vice President of Research Programs.

This is a regular part-time position currently funded at 75% FTE. There is potential to expand to a regular full-time 100% FTE as soon as funding is secured, but there is also some flexibility to remain part-time to accommodate other part-time commitments such as academic appointments. The starting FTE will be determined upon hire.

Strong preference will be given to California-based candidates with consideration provided to candidates located elsewhere in the United States dependent on exceptional qualifications and experience. This position works remotely, with regular travel for in-person meetings and other work activities across California and occasional travel outside California required.

Full salary range for this position : $175,356 (Minimum) to $276,537 (Maximum) per year based on 100% FTE. The typical hiring range for this position is from $175,356 (minimum) to $225,947 (midpoint), based on 100% FTE. The starting salary is determined based on the candidate’s knowledge, skills, experience, as well as budget availability.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

Core duties :

• Overall management of Tracking California, leading a diverse staff team and providing vision and strategic direction on Program activities related to environmental health and climate change.
• Lead, manage, and implement a comprehensive strategy to identify and secure funding sources by conceptualizing research proposals and working with staff team to develop grant applications that will ensure a robust research portfolio.
• Establish and maintain relationships with a wide variety of key stakeholders and organizations such as CDC, U.S. EPA, California state agencies such as CDPH, CalEPA, community-based organizations, non-governmental organizations, academic and other partners to chart the future of environmental health surveillance and research.
• Serve as PI of specific Tracking California projects as they are funded.

Additional duties :

Minimum Qualifications

Other Required Qualifications

Desirable Qualifications

Important Information

Interested applicants please apply to this posting and submit a copy of your current CV / résumé and a cover letter that highlights your relevant skills and experience and explains why you are the best candidate for this position.

FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT (FLSA) STATUS

This position is classified as exempt based on the job duties. However, based on the FTE, salary level of the employee, or federal / state / local laws, the employee may be classified as nonexempt.

EEO Statement

The Public Health Institute is committed to a policy that provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, sex, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, marital status, pregnancy, medical condition including genetic characteristics, physical or mental disability, veteran status, gender identification and expression, sexual orientation, and to make all employment decisions so as to further this principle of equal employment opportunity. To this end, the PHI will not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, marital status, pregnancy, medical condition including genetic characteristics, physical or mental disability, veteran status, gender identification and expression, sexual orientation, and will take affirmative action to ensure that applicants are offered employment and employees are treated during employment without regard to these characteristics.

Salary : $225,947