Community and Collaborator Engagement Program Manager

Job Summary

The incumbent will independently manage and provide technical direction in conjunction with faculty program directors for the new Community and Collaborator Engagement program within the UC Davis Clinical and Translational Science Center (CTSC). This program provides cross-cutting education, consultation, and research activities to meaningfully co-develop and co-execute research to improve outcomes for the many communities in which the CTSC serves. To ensure that health data, discoveries and implementations are responsive to the concern and lived experiences in our society, the Community and Collaborator Engagement focuses on integrating these perspectives in biomedical, clinical, and applied health research.

This work is highly interdisciplinary and the program leverages participation from faculty, staff, and community members from diverse backgrounds. The program will coordinate and interact with other stakeholder outreach and engagement programs at UC Davis, including but not limited to the Comprehensive Cancer Center, Environmental Health Science Center, Alzheimer Disease Center, MIND Institute, the UC Davis Office of Public Scholarship and Engagement, and the Office of Health Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion across the UC Davis Health catchment area.

The director will be supervised administratively by the Directors/PIs of the CTSC in a matrix environment. Scientific oversight will be provided by the CTSC PIs and the faculty directors and leads. The program director will develop goals, policies, and procedures for the program and participate in their implementation and strategic administration directly and through oversight of professional program staff.

The program director will be responsible for prioritizing tasks, participating in analyses of data and presentation of findings, interpreting results, and drafting summary reports and papers. He/she will work with investigators, staff, mentees, administrators, and directors of other centers on research-related tasks including collecting and analyzing data, working with their counterparts in other CTSA institutions nation-wide, and participating as co-author manuscripts for publication in scientific journals.

Deliverables include, but are not limited to:

• Developing strategies and plans for program communications and outreach.
• Providing consultations and mentorship to scholars, fellows, and faculty across the UC Davis clinical and translational research enterprise.
• Increasing research collaborations on community engaged methods.
• Accelerating integration of communities in all phases of translational research.
• Providing platforms to facilitate research in collaboration at UCD and as a hub for national activities.
• Identifying, adapting, creating, and disseminating innovative tools, services, workshops, and public events.
• Developing and maintaining relationships with external partners and advisory boards, and representing the program to outside agencies and the public.
• Monitoring and evaluating program progress and recommending changes to content and strategy as required to ensure success.
• Providing administrative supervision of professional staff.

Apply By Date: 2/6/2026 by 11:59 PM

• Doctorate in related area and/or equivalent experience and training in public health, social science or related field.
• At least five (5) years serving in an academic, government, or large non‑profit environment.
• Excellent written and verbal communication in Standard English, and expert interpersonal skills to communicate effectively with faculty and staff across the institution and community stakeholders with mutual interests.
• Successful experience developing health/research partnerships within higher education and/or philanthropy and the community.
• Understanding of the federal grant landscape and process, institutional strategies and priorities, and ability to make program plans responsive to new opportunities and challenges accordingly.
• Demonstrated expertise to initiate, forge, and maintain collaborative relationships with a faculty, staff, public sector, and community partners and maintain bidirectional communications with a diverse group…