Executive Director of Cal-Bridge

Overview

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The Cal-Bridge program () is a partnership of all three segments of the California higher education system: 10 University of California (UC), 23 California State Universities (CSU), and 116 California Community College (CCC) campuses. The Cal-Bridge program consists of four distinct but interconnected programs: the undergraduate program, summer research program, doctoral program, and postdoctoral program, which together create a comprehensive, end-to-end pathway for undergraduate STEM majors from the diverse student population of the three systems through graduate school to a PhD, postdoctoral fellowship, and ultimately membership in the STEM professoriate or tech workforce.

The Cal-Bridge Undergraduate Program provides financial support, intensive mentoring and professional development for third- and fourth-year CSU students and sponsors summer research opportunities at major research institutions, with the goal of achieving competitiveness with their applications to PhD programs. The Cal-Bridge Summer research program provides research opportunities for CSU and CCC STEM undergraduates at UC campuses and leading research institutions nationwide.

The Cal-Bridge Doctoral Program provides doctoral fellowships and focuses on professional development in the areas of research leadership and pedagogy, continued development of professional networks, and acculturation into leadership careers in academia, government, and industry. The doctoral program is open to Cal-Bridge undergraduate scholars who matriculate to a PhD program as well as UC LEADS undergraduates from Cal-Bridge majors who matriculate to a UC PhD program.

The Cal-Bridge postdoctoral program, in partnership with the UC PPFP program, provides two-year postdoctoral fellowships at a UC or CSU campus, to further prepare scholars to become competitive faculty candidates.

Responsibilities

Position Description Executive Director, Cal-Bridge

The University of California, Irvine is seeking a dynamic executive director for its Cal-Bridge Program. Now in its second decade, Cal-Bridge is a partnership of all three segments of the California higher education system: 10 University of California (UC), 23 California State Universities (CSU), and 116 California Community College (CCC) campuses. The Cal-Bridge program consists of four distinct but interconnected programs: the undergraduate program, summer research program, doctoral program, and postdoctoral program.

Together they create a comprehensive, end-to-end pathway for undergraduate STEM majors from the diverse student population of the three systems through graduate school to a PhD, postdoctoral fellowship, and ultimately membership in the STEM professoriate or professional workforce.

The School of Physical Sciences at the University of California, Irvine is the administrative home of the Cal-Bridge program. We seek an individual with skills to provide strategic leadership and to create and implement the vision and direction of Cal-Bridge. The executive director (ED) is responsible for raising funds for the program through advocacy with the state government, national and private foundation grants, and from corporations and private individuals in collaboration with the university advancement office.

Cal-Bridge is primarily supported by funding from the California state legislature, and the ED is fiscally responsible for the program. The ED must possess academic credentials to understand research, scholarship, and professional pathways and foster networks with academics in the STEM fields, particularly those at the UC, CSU, and CCC campuses that make up the Cal-Bridge network of institutions. The ED manages and oversees the full range of activities and responsibilities, including daily operations and fulfillment of programmatic goals for Cal-Bridge, including supervision of staff, financial oversight, communications, outreach, and recruitment.

The ED position resides in the School of Physical Sciences at University of California, Irvine, but manages and provides technical direction for a large, complex, visible academic program with multiple locations, and a large operational budget. The ED is responsible for recruiting and retaining participants, mentors, directors, and other leaders to partner with the…