UCI - Jr Specialist - Health, Society and Behavior

Position overview

Salary range : The salary range for this position is $53, - $56,. The posted UC salary scales set the minimum pay determined by rank and step at appointment. Pay is determined by experience. See Table

Application Window

Open date : February 27,

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

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

Final date : Monday, Mar 31, 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

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 Diversitya) 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, students, 1, 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 , 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

Qualifications

Basic qualifications (required at time of application)

Requirements :

1) Masters degree or higher in Public Health, Environmental Health, Environmental Science, Bio-medical Engineering

2) 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

3) Excellent communication skills

4) teamwork skills

5) 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

Salary : $53 - $56