Statewide Initiatives Project Coordinator; CES IV - TBD, CA,

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.

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.

$55,600.00/year to $99,200.00/year

This job is open until filled. The first application review date will be 11/13/2025.

• 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

• Develops new statewide outreach and program curriculum; identifies opportunities, prepares action plans, and identifies strategies for measuring project results.
• Synthesizes available scientific and policy resources to develop training programs.
• Identifies and engages with subject matter experts to participate in new projects.
• Independently gathers and analyzes complex scientific and statistical data to provide results to program leadership.
• Coordinates/maneages long‑range strategic planning for statewide community extension programs.
• Consults with and participates in management team steering committee regarding program activities, outreach and extension.
• Designs, develops, and conducts training courses, outreach and other materials to program offices throughout the state.
• Collaborates with the Statewide Director of Community Nutrition and Health, the advisor/specialist network, and statewide program teams for planning and implementation of new projects and initiatives, including their integration with statewide programs. Emerging initiative areas include: bridging with healthcare; social‑emotional health/mindfulness + nutrition; PSE/systems change + civic engagement; economic, financial wellness + workforce development; risk and safety issues + disaster readiness/response.
• Serves as lead educator, providing coaching, mentorship and monitoring of other community health educators.
• Independently manages short‑term and long‑term budget planning, including pre‑ and post‑grant management for assigned programs/projects.

• Contributes to external funding proposals that support sustainable funding structures and incentivize program growth and development for our unit; anticipates future needs, challenges and opportunities and works in a highly effective and collaborative manner with UC ANR Advisors, statewide program colleagues, UCSF collaborators, and other external partners.

• 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…