The Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science is dedicated to health and social equity and has over 80 primary salaried faculty, 25 secondary faculty, 200+ staff and academic personnel, 225 postgraduate students, and 600 undergraduate majors. The School includes activities in the Public Health disciplines of Behavioral Medicine, Biostatistics & Bioinformatics, Epidemiology, Global Health, Health Policy, Health Equity, Public Mental Health, and Environmental and Climate Health. The School has two PhD programs (Public Health and Biostatistics), a Master of Public Health professional degree program, an MS in Biostatistics, a BS in Public Health (BSPH, the only Health Sciences undergraduate program), an MAS in Leadership of Healthcare Organizations run in conjunction with UCSD Extension, and a Preventive Medicine residency program. The School has strong collaborative research programs facilitated by Research Centers of Excellence focused on Wireless and Population Health Systems, Health Promotion and Equity, Women's Health, and Tobacco Control, and has extensive collaborations with the School of Medicine, Jacobs School of Engineering, the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Moores Cancer Center, Qualcomm Institute, ACTRI, HDSI, Design Lab, Skaggs School of Pharmacy, and with other partners across UC San Diego. Partnerships with the community and health agencies are fundamental to the School. The School houses five recharge cores providing services to UCSD and external customers, and the School's faculty and academics hold ~$125M total awarded grants and contracts.

This position will involve managing and collaborating on a project that aims to analyze population-level data to examine racial/ethnic disparities in cigarette smoking and marijuana use. Under the direction of the principal investigator, responsibilities of the Project Manager/Analyst include coordinating and overseeing day-to-day operations of the project, including organizing and facilitating project meetings and travel; collaborating on the writing of peer-reviewed manuscripts, policy briefs, and study progress reports; contributing with the preparation of IRB and grant applications; maintaining all project publication files, including review and editing of all drafts of manuscripts and correspondence with journals; and preparing oral and poster presentations for scientific meetings

• Six(6) years of related experience, education/training, OR a Bachelor's degree in related area plus two (2) years of related experience/training.

• Working knowledge of common organization- or research-specific and other computer application programs.

• Proficient in communication and interpersonal skills to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing.

• Proficient in the ability to use discretion and maintain all confidentiality.

• Demonstrates ability to use sound judgment in responding to issues and concerns.

• Demonstrates ability to analyze, research, and synthesize large amounts of data with strong attention to detail.

• Proficient in the ability to multi-task with demanding timeframes.

• Working knowledge of applicable policy analysis techniques.

• Familiarity with state-level health policymaking.

• Experience with legislative analysis.

• Employment is subject to a criminal background check.