Coordinator of Social Science
University of California
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The Office of Education Partnerships at the University of California, Santa Barbara, invites applicants for a Coordinator of the Southern Central Coast K-16 Collaborative.

The K-16 Coordinator is a full-time academic coordinator position that provides direct support to the Southern Central Coast Region, which includes San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, and Ventura Counties, to develop, align and improve pathways programs that combine academics, career technical education, work based learning, and comprehensive student support. The appointment will be through June 30, 2027.

The UCSB Office of Education Partnerships (OEP) mission is to increase the college-going rates of students who are underrepresented, low-income and/or those who will be the first in their families to pursue higher education. OEP’s vision is to promote inclusive and adaptive initiatives as well as strategic partnerships with university, school, community, and industry, such that more educationally underserved students will attend and thrive in college.

OEP has received funding from California's K-16 Regional Collaboratives initiative to help California’s economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic while addressing long-standing social and economic inequities in higher education and workforce participation by supporting students from K-12 to higher education (2-year and 4-year) through to careers. OEP will be integral in providing support for an Engineering/Computer Science, STEM Education, and Healthcare pathway for our southern region. The K-16 Coordinator will develop and maintain collaborative relationships with K16 educational segment partners across UCSB’s region (K12, CCC, CSU and UC), and industry and community partners. In addition, the Coordinator will work with grant partners to deploy and implement programs that incorporate educational, community, workforce, and employer engagement across the Central Coast which includes Monterey, Santa Cruz, San Benito, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara and Ventura counties to support equitable educational and economic opportunities for students and address equity barriers in career and technical education pathways in the areas of Healthcare, Engineering/Computing, and STEM Education. The Coordinator will formulate policies and procedures as it relates to each program support and services as well as provides leadership for developing and advancing short and long term program goals and strategies. Finally, the Coordinator will ensure compliance with mandated program requirements, represent the program internally and externally, develop and manage the operating budget, and supervise K-16 program staff.

Under the direction of the OEP Executive Director, the K-16 Coordinator will have responsibilities including, but not limited to:

1. Serves as the regional lead for the southern Central Coast Collaborative to align K16 collaborative project workgroups and initiatives across the Central Coast California Economic Resilience Fund (CERF) region.
2. Work closely with Central Coast K-16 Regional Collaborative backbone (UC Santa Cruz (UCSC), Santa Cruz County of Education (SCOE), and Cabrillo College) for successful project implementation across the northern and southern regions of the Central Coast.
3. Ensures the implementation of projects under the K16 collaborative through the steering committee, regional leadership teams, and project work groups, providing guidance and support while navigationing operational barriers.
4. Leads the southern region leadership team meetings.
5. Schedules the southern region leadership team meeting with support from administrative support housed in OEP.
6. Coordinate and compile the information on the southern region initiatives needed to include as part of the Collaborative’s quarterly progress reports as required by the funding agency.
7. Participate in the preparation for the statewide evaluation of the regional collaboratives.
8. Serves as strategic communicator providing regular communications, project status briefings, recommendations and reports to collaborative steering committee, tri-chairs, work groups, members, other key stakeholders as well as campus senior leadership.
9. Works on related or other special projects including grant development within Academic Affairs. Specifically, researches prospective funding opportunities and pursues to further support and sustain the collaborative’s initiatives in support of the K16 collaborative goals.
10. Performs other related duties as assigned.

The Office of Education Partnerships is especially interested in candidates who can contribute to the diversity and excellence of the academic community through research, teaching, and service as appropriate to the position.

Department: https://oep.ucsb.edu

Department: https://www.centralcoastk16collab.org/

• Ph.D. or equivalent terminal degree

• 3-5 years work experience as a program administrator working in collaboration with K12, CA community college, and/or CA university (UC/CSU)
• Previous experience implementing programs between intersegmental education partners.
• Experience working with CA university/college senior leadership.
• Experience conducting surveys and report writing.

• 3 required (contact information only)

The top applicant from the interview process will have their references contacted by the committee chair.

The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age or protected veteran status. For the University of California’s Affirmative Action Policy please visit: https://policy.ucop.edu/doc/4010393/PPSM-20. For the University of California’s Anti-Discrimination Policy, please visit: https://policy.ucop.edu/doc/1001004/Anti-Discrimination.

As a condition of employment, you will be required to comply with the University of California Policy on Vaccination Programs, as may be amended or revised from time to time. Federal, state, or local public health directives may impose additional requirements.