Project Policy Analyst

Job Summary

Serves as a central point of contact and expertise ensuring seamless communication, collaboration, and alignment of program objectives. Provides strategic guidance and operational support to ensure program effectiveness and responsiveness for the California Statewide AHEC programs/ initiatives. Facilitates the development, execution, and refinement of initiatives aimed in line with the organization's goals.

Works independently to assess relevant grant funding opportunities in support of the California Statewide AHEC program as well as research and service initiatives. The scope of responsibility for this position will also focus on writing (preparing) grants for submission, working closely with the P.I., program manager and the Office of Sponsored Research to complete grant process; play a significant proactive and creative role in applying effective interpersonal skills and available technology to facilitate and expedite the integration, communication and coordination of all information and activities related to research.

Other responsibilities include leading a committee on data management, assisting and interfacing with local, state and national partners as it relates to grant funding research and its effectiveness. The incumbent will initiate, collect and report data on all activities the California Statewide AHEC program is collecting from the AHEC centers across the state.

The final salary and offer components are subject to additional approvals based on UC policy. Your placement within the salary range is dependent on a number of factors including your work experience and internal equity within this position classification  positions that are represented by a labor union, placement within the salary range will be guided by the rules in the collective bargaining agreement.

The salary range for this position is $102,400 - $156,000 (Annual Rate). To learn more about the benefits of working at UCSF, including total compensation, please visit: (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below)..html

UCSF Fresno is a regional campus of UCSF located in the Central San Joaquin Valley and is administered by the Office of the Associate Dean in Fresno. Programs and affiliations of the UCSF Schools of Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy and Dentistry are administered by UCSF Fresno. The UCSF Fresno Medical Education Program (MEP), the largest component, offers undergraduate, graduate, and postgraduate training programs with particular emphasis on primary care clinical disciplines.

The California Statewide AHEC Program, a Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) funded program, housed at UCSF Fresno seeks to train health professions students and residents in community health centers and other community based sites caring for the underserved populations of California; to offer continuing education to practicing health professionals in underserved sites and to develop interest in and knowledge of health careers through K-12 programs for underrepresented minorities and other disadvantaged students.

These activities support the mission to improve access to and the quality of health care for medically underserved populations of California using academic-community partnerships for health education and health workforce training.

The mission of the California Area Health Education Center (AHEC) is to improve access to and the quality of, health care for medically underserved populations of California using academic-community partnerships for health education and health workforce training. The California AHEC supports community-based recruitment, training, and retention of health professionals. It seeks to identify, educate, and place health professionals with appropriate cultural and linguistic skills in underserved communities and does so through development and maintenance of partnerships with community organizations, educational institutions, and health care service organizations.

The California AHEC Program provides funding for primary care community-based education and training programs and supports training sites located in medically underserved…