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The UC Merced Community and Labor Center seeks an Academic Coordinator II with a background in labor and labor law. Under the supervision of the Principal Investigator, the Academic Coordinator II will oversee curriculum development, trainings, and database management for the center’s educational initiatives. The academic coordinator will assess program and constituency needs; and liaise with state and local public agencies, labor unions and central labor councils, and local non-profit organizations learning to support workers.

I. Coordination of Academic Programs (65%)

The Academic Coordinator II will participate in academic program planning and development for a wide range of educational initiatives, including (but not limited to) any or all of the following: the California Workplace Outreach Project, the Worker Resource Center, Safety Protections in Occupation Tool, and Labor Summer. Activities will include:

Liaising with multiple collaboratives, including campus faculty, researchers, staff and students; and off-campus stakeholders, such as Cal/OSHA, local departments of public health, and community, labor and environmental organizations to assess the needs of the campus and region for research and education on labor law.

Developing an academic research and education program focused on the field of law and society, worker rights issues that engages with the needs of the campus and the region, and to the extent necessary, contributing to the development of funding proposals.

Supervising training and developmental activities for center faculty, staff and researchers to learn and maintain programmatic and subject matter competence in the field of labor (e.g. workplace health and safety, wage and hour measures), and particularly as it relates to rural workers (e.g. the California Heat Standard, Wildfire Standard, and avian flu education and outreach).

Supervising coordinators of public programs (if applicable) in preparing and delivering standardized community education trainings, on state labor protections and on the effective representation of workers (such as case management), tailored to the needs of local organizations with low-wage, unemployed, and underemployed workers in the region.

Supervising research specialists (if applicable) in identifying public data sources for social scientific and legal research on conditions affecting San Joaquin Valley low-wage workers and residents.

II. Professional Competence and Activity (5%)

The Academic Coordinator II will have membership in one or more scholarly associations with a focus on labor and law. The Academic Coordinator II will collaborate with center faculty and other campus academics in the development of research projects, working papers, publications, and funding opportunities to advance the intellectual and scholarly missions of the Community and Labor Center, any programs engaged with the Worker Resource Center, and UC Merced.

III. University and Public Service (30%)

The Academic Coordinator II will represent the UC Merced Community and Labor Center/ Worker Resource Center in public education in the fields of labor, and law and society. The Academic Coordinator II will maintain ongoing public education for community-based organizations, worker organizations, and the general public.

As a condition of employment, the finalist will be required to disclose if they are subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct, left a position during an investigation for alleged misconduct, or have filed an appeal 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.

Required Authorization of Information Release may be found here. Please complete, sign, and upload the required Authorization of Information Release to your application.

Additional links: UC Sexual Violence and Sexual Harassment Policy, the UC Anti-Discrimination Policy, and APM 035: Affirmative Action and Nondiscrimination in Employment.

The University of California, Merced, is the newest of the University of California system’s 10 campuses. With over 9,000 undergraduate and graduate students (https://cie.ucmerced.edu/analytics-hub/student-statistics), UC Merced is committed to interdisciplinary excellence in research and teaching as well as to diversity, equity and inclusion. Ranked as one of the best public universities in the nation by U.S. News and World Report, UC Merced provides outstanding educational opportunities to highly qualified students from the heart of California, the nation, and abroad. The campus has special connections to nearby Yosemite National Park; is on the cutting edge of sustainability in construction and design; and supports the economic development of Central California. The Merced 2020 Project doubled the physical capacity of the campus, and enhanced academic distinction, student success, and research excellence (https://merced2020.ucmerced.edu/).

The University of California, Merced is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer advancing inclusive excellence. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, protected veteran status, or other protected categories covered by the UC nondiscrimination policy.

Please refer to the University of California’s Affirmative Action Policy and the University of California’s Anti-Discrimination Policy.

As a University employee, you will be required to comply with all applicable University policies and/or collective bargaining agreements, as may be amended from time to time. Federal, state, or local government directives may impose additional requirements. This includes the University of California Policy on Vaccination Programs: https://policy.ucop.edu/doc/5000695/VaccinationProgramsPolicy.