Graduate Student Affairs Officer(4576) Job #83692 - Computational Precision Health (CPH)

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The UC Berkeley-UCSF Joint Program in Computational Precision Health (CPH) brings together the world's top faculty in computer science, statistics, engineering, clinical care, and population health sciences, to enable new and more personalized techniques for the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and management of disease.

The CPH doctoral program, now in its third year, trains the next generation to conduct transformational research at the interface of the computational and health sciences. Students in the program work to understand and improve computational techniques; how health and other data are collected and shared; how both causal inferences and predictions should be made in complex healthcare settings; how advances in computational methods need to be integrated with real-world technology and human systems; and how to harness advances in these areas to reduce health inequalities.

The Graduate Student Affairs Officer (GSAO) is an essential partner in the ongoing development and management of this PhD program. The GSAO helps maintain and refine systems, processes, and student support structures that contribute to a strong and supportive academic environment.

The First Review Date for this job is: 1/27/26 - Open until filled. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, and interested candidates are encouraged to apply even if the first review date has passed.

Recruitment and Admissions:

• Support and collaborate on the planning and implementation of graduate outreach and recruitment for a growing PhD program.

• Provide instrumental support for the recruitment and admissions process, including preparing materials for faculty review and coordinating student recruitment visits and other events.

• Advise prospective and current applicants; represent the CPH program when meeting or corresponding with prospective students.

• With support from UCSF and UC Berkeley Graduate Division(s), advise program faculty, admission chair, and others allocating resources for doctoral education regarding best practices related to application development and review, prospective applicant communications, enrollment strategy (including funding), and recruitment strategy to meet CPH's goals.

• Serve as primary administrative liaison with Graduate Admissions regarding policies, procedures, and resources.

Advising Support:

• Collaborate with program staff and Directors on the development, planning, and implementation of a full range of graduate student services.

• Review and monitor students' progress; advise students and faculty on program completion for PhD and DE.
• Identify issues with academic progression; advise faculty on possible outcomes of various interventions. Connect regularly with campus offices and partners to ensure that students have access to available resources.
• Draft requests for exceptions to the Graduate Division(s) on behalf of the Head Graduate Advisor; collaborate with staff in the Degrees, Student Funding, and Admissions offices on both campuses to ensure all relevant and required information is provided; communicate outcomes and decisions to all parties.
• Collaborate with and advise program staff, Directors, and faculty on curriculum planning, to ensure student progress and compliance with campus policies.
• In consultation with faculty graduate advisors, develop and maintain program handbooks/websites and campus academic guides with graduate student-related information.
• Serve as primary administrative liaison with the Graduate Division(s) Degrees Office regarding policies, procedures, and resources.
• Advise students/scholars on complex visa and immigration policies and procedures, consulting campus experts as needed; interpret UC and government regulatory requirements affecting international students.

Student Support:

• Serve as program liaison with campus programs and offices such as the Graduate Division(s), Student Life, University Health Services, and Student Disability Services.
• Monitor student well-being and advise program leadership on issues related to workload, personal and professional stress, and opportunities to enhance student support and community.
• Contribute to refining and improving existing processes as the program grows and matures.

Student Financial Support:

• Oversee the administration of student financial support; advise on financial aid options for both home campuses, and extramural opportunities.
• Maintain and update student-facing resources related to financial support; circulate new opportunities to faculty as appropriate.
• Troubleshoot student financial support issues on both campuses.
• Serve as primary administrative liaison with the UCSF and UC Berkeley Graduate Division(s) Student Funding offices regarding changing policies, procedures, and resources related to fellowships and academic student appointments.

Operational coordination:

• Effectively use systems such as Slate, Campus Solutions, SmartSheet, and others to administer all aspects of graduate education, including but not limited to admissions, academic student appointments, degree monitoring and conferral, and funding.
• Make recommendations for policy improvements in coordination with corresponding student support policies at UC Berkeley and UCSF; recommend solutions to organizational and operational problems, often without precedent.

Events/Communications:

• Analyze the implementation of new programming and policies; provide feedback and guidance to program leadership; recommend assessment methods and interventions as necessary.
• Track course and instructor evaluations.
• May design and implement graduate student assessment tools.

• Knowledge of graduate advising and counseling best practices, and experience advising students in an academic program.
• Capacity to work independently and as a trusted teammate to develop and implement solutions to complex issues.
• Proven experience solving problems in complex, decentralized environments and comfortable navigating in ambiguous situations.
• Equity-minded individual, prepared to co-create a culture of inclusion at all levels of operation.
• Ability to analyze situations and identify opportunities; excellent political acumen.
• Interpersonal skills, including diplomacy, judgment, and effective collaboration.
• Task-oriented individual skilled in managing projects reliably to completion.
• Skilled bridge-builder, ready to contribute to a developing interdisciplinary, intercampus community.
• Knowledge of and/or ability to learn University-specific computer application programs.
• Knowledge of and/or ability to learn University and departmental principles and procedures.
• Bachelor's degree in a related area and/or equivalent experience/training.

• Experience advising students at the graduate level.
• Experience with CampusSolutions/PeopleSoft Student Information Systems.
• Experience with Slate or similar admissions systems.
• Graduate education and/or experience/training preferred.

For information on the comprehensive benefits package offered by the University, please visit the University of California's Compensation & Benefits website.

Under California law, the University of California, Berkeley is required to provide a reasonable estimate of the compensation range for this role and should not offer a salary outside of the range posted in this job announcement. This range takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to experience, skills, knowledge, abilities, education, licensure and certifications, analysis of internal equity, and other business and organizational needs. It is not typical for an individual to be offered a salary at or near the top of the range for a position. Salary offers are determined based on final candidate qualifications and experience.

The budgeted salary or hourly range that the University reasonably expects to pay for this position is $74,700 - 102,000.

This is a designated position requiring fingerprinting and a background check due to the nature of the job responsibilities. Berkeley does hire people with conviction histories and reviews information received in the context of the job responsibilities. The University reserves the right to make employment contingent upon successful completion of the background check.

As a condition of employment, the final candidate who accepts a conditional offer of employment will be required to disclose if they have been subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct; received notice of any allegations or are currently the subject of any administrative or disciplinary proceedings involving misconduct; have left a position after receiving notice of allegations or while under investigation in an administrative or disciplinary proceeding involving misconduct; or have filed an appeal of a finding of misconduct with a previous employer.

"Misconduct" means any violation of the policies or laws governing conduct at the applicant's previous place of employment, including, but not limited to, violations of policies or laws prohibiting sexual harassment, sexual assault, or other forms of harassment, discrimination, dishonesty, or unethical conduct, as defined by the employer. For reference, below are UC's policies addressing some forms of misconduct:

UC Sexual Violence and Sexual Harassment Policy
UC Anti-Discrimination Policy
Abusive Conduct in the Workplace

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