"Health Care Program Director (Full Specialist) - UC Berkeley Labor Center"

Position Overview
The UC Berkeley Labor Center, at the Institute for Research on Labor and Employment (IRLE), UC Berkeley, seeks a Health Care Program Director to develop, oversee, and conduct research related to health coverage, health care affordability, and health care workforce job quality, as well as supervise research staff, fundraise, and contribute to organizational leadership.

Position Responsibilities

• Direct the Center's Health Care Program, including supervise the program's research staff and graduate students, and serve on the Center's program directors team
• Plan, supervise, and conduct policy-relevant research on health coverage, health care affordability, and health care workforce issues in the state of California and nationally
• Fundraise for the program, including writing grants and maintaining relationships with funders
• Provide technical assistance to stakeholders and policymakers on issues related to health care and labor and employment topics
• Coordinate research with academic researchers on other UC Campuses
• Serve as lead author on research reports and policy briefs
• Engage the public via presentations, responding to media requests, authoring op-eds, and providing legislative testimony
• Support the Center's efforts to build a diverse generation of future labor researchers

Qualifications

• Basic qualifications: Bachelor's degree or equivalent international degree
• Additional qualifications: Bachelor's degree or equivalent international degree and at least ten (10) years of professional experience, or Master's degree or equivalent and at least eight (8) years, or PhD or equivalent and at least two (2) years
• Preferred qualifications:
• Master's degree or higher in Public Policy, Public Health, Sociology, Economics, or related field
• Tten (10) years of relevant experience in research and policy analysis
• Five (5) years of experience directing or otherwise providing high-level leadership on research and policy analysis
• Advanced knowledge of federal and state health care policies and major health policy issues
• Knowledge of major labor issues in California
• Established track record of conducting research and policy analysis on health care and labor and employment issues, including analysis of the role of race, immigration status, and income
• Excellent research skills (quantitative or qualitative)
• Experience with fundraising and serving as a Principal Investigator
• Advanced writing skills, geared toward policy research reports
• Strong collaboration skills, including experience working with University faculty, staff, and students, state agencies, and stakeholders such as unions and health care consumer organizations
• Substantial record of publishing research and policy reports

Salary range: The current full-time base salary for this position is $90,000 - $188,200.

Anticipated start: November/December 2025