UCI - Jr Specialist - Health, Society and Behavior

Position Overview

Salary range: The salary range for this position is $53,100 - $56,600. The posted UC salary scales set the minimum pay determined by rank and step at appointment. Pay is determined by experience. See Table https://www.ucop.edu/academic-personnel-programs/_files/2024-25/july-2024-scales/t24-b.pdf

Application Window

Open date: February 27, 2025

Next review date: Monday, Mar 17, 2025 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)

Apply by this date to ensure full consideration by the committee.

Final date: Monday, Mar 31, 2025 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)

Applications will continue to be accepted until this date, but those received after the review date will only be considered if the position has not yet been filled.

Position Description

The Department of Health, Society & Behavior, Joe C. Wen School of Population and Public Health at the University of California-Irvine seeks a Junior Specialist to conduct quantitative data analyses on a number of projects for vaccine confidence, misinformation, and climate change communication research. Potential analyses include trend and predictive analyses, latent class analysis to identify subgroups on vaccine confidence, spatio-temporal analyses of vaccine and climate change social media data and social indices of health data using CA healthy places index (HPI) or CalEnviroScreen.

This position would be for one year. Conditional on funding, position may be renewable.

Review of applications will continue until the position is filled. The School of Population & Public Health recognizes the value of diversity in its staff and encourages all qualified applicants to apply. Qualified applicants must have the demonstrated ability to work with a diverse group of colleagues.

Application Process

To apply, please log onto UC Irvine’s recruitment site located at

https://recruit.ap.uci.edu/apply/JPF09531

Applicants should complete an online application profile and upload the following application materials electronically to be considered for this position:

• Cover Letter
• Curriculum Vitae
• Statement of Current Research Interests and Experience
• Statement of Contributions to Diversity a) This is a separate statement that addresses past and/or potential contributions to diversity, equity and inclusion
  
  

UC Irvine is one of ten campuses of the highly regarded University of California system. With approximately 29,000 students, 1,100 faculty members, a highly ranked medical school, our campus offers a wealth of opportunities for research collaboration and is ranked among the top 10 public universities in the US. Established in 2003, our rapidly growing Program in Public Health offers BA, BS, MPH, and PhD degrees in a variety of emphasis areas. The U.S. News and World Report recently ranked our MPH program as #10 in the country. More information is available on our web site at http://publichealth.uci.edu/

Qualifications

Basic qualifications (required at time of application)

Requirements

• Masters degree or higher in Public Health, Environmental Health, Environmental Science, Bio-medical Engineering
• Advanced quantitative data analyses skills including e.g., spatio-temporal trends over time of behavioral/communication data, subgroup latent class analyses; dyadic and or network analyses
• Excellent communication skills
• teamwork skills
• Bilingual proficiency with Spanish fluency.
  
  

Application Requirements

Document requirements

• Curriculum Vitae - Your most recently updated C.V.
• Cover Letter (Optional)
• Statement of Research (Optional)
• Teaching Statement - See our guidance for writing a reflective teaching statement . (Optional)
• Inclusive Excellence Activities Statement - Statement addressing how past and/or potential contributions to inclusive excellence will advance UCI's Commitment to Inclusive Excellence . See our guidance for writing an inclusive excellence activities statement .
• Misc / Additional (Optional)
  
  

Reference Requirements

• 3 required (contact information only)
  
  

Apply link: https://recruit.ap.uci.edu/JPF09531

About UC Irvine

The University of California, Irvine is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer advancing inclusive excellence. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, protected veteran status, or other protected categories covered by the UC anti-discrimination policy.

As a condition of employment, the finalist will be required to disclose if they are subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct, are currently being investigated for misconduct, left a position during an investigation for alleged misconduct, or have filed an appeal with a previous employer.

• “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.
• UC Sexual Violence and Sexual Harassment Policy
• UC Anti-Discrimination Policy for Employees, Students and Third Parties
• APM - 035: Affirmative Action and Nondiscrimination in Employment .
  
  

As a University employee, you will be required to comply with all applicable University policies and/or collective bargaining agreements, as may be amended from time to time. Federal, state, or local government directives may impose additional requirements.

Job location

Irvine, CA