Summer 2018 Graduate Student Researcher for Curriculum Development and Evaluation
(Graduate Student Researcher, Step V)
Appointment: 240 hours total, either as 6 fulltime weeks or 12 halftime weeks, between May 15–August 15, 2018.
Compensation: GSR Step V: $25.78/hour.
Application Deadline: March 19, 2018, 5pm Pacific Time
Applicant must be a matriculated graduate student at UC Berkeley. To apply, submit the following items by email as a single pdf to foodinstitute@berkeley.edu with the subject line “Summer GSR”
- Cover letter
- Résumé
- Contact information for 2 professional and/or academic references
About the Berkeley Food Institute:
The Berkeley Food Institute (BFI) at the University of California, Berkeley strives to transform food systems to expand access to healthy, affordable food and promote sustainable and equitable food production. We empower new leaders with capacities to cultivate diverse, just, resilient, and healthy food systems. We pursue our mission through interdisciplinary programs in education, research, policy, communications, and community engagement.
About the Position:
The summer graduate student researcher will have two duties: 1) to assist with development of a new core course for a proposed Graduate Certificate in Food Systems, titled “Transforming the Food System: From Agroecology to Population Health,” and 2) to assist the Berkeley Food Institute with a baseline assessment and compilation of its evaluation approaches and help identify potential improvements. The GSR will report to Kris Madsen, BFI Faculty Director, for the course development, and Ann Thrupp, BFI Executive Director, for evaluation, as well as work closely with other BFI staff.
Responsibilities:
Course Development (60% of time):
- Draft course prerequisite reading list.
- Guest speakers: Coordinate communication with each guest speaker to determine scheduling, reading assignments, and classroom activities.
- Classroom activities: Co-develop mini-challenge assignments that align with weekly topics.
- Course marketing: Spread awareness and interest in the course among Masters and PhD students across Berkeley’s diverse schools and programs.
Evaluation (40% of time):
- Review and compile existing evaluation approaches and data (in grant proposals and reports, feedback surveys, and other materials) and consolidate into a concise working report for BFI staff.
- Assist in developing new evaluation methods that meet BFI’s strategic goals and funder requirements.
Required Qualifications:
- Strong understanding of the agri-food systems
- Experience with curriculum development
- Skills in quantitative and qualitative evaluation methods relevant to BFI programs
- Outstanding oral and written communication skills, particularly in regards to communications across diverse groups
- Ability to work collaboratively as part of a team
- Ability to work independently and to foresee, identify, and recommend solutions in the position’s areas of responsibility
- Strong attention to detail
- Comfort with creativity, innovation, and hard work
- Professionalism, courtesy, punctuality, and good humor
- Interest and experience in public service and social equity, as core tenets of the UC Berkeley experience and the Berkeley Food Institute mission
Equal Employment Opportunity:
The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status. For more information about your rights as an applicant, see: http://www.eeoc.gov/employers/upload/poster_screen_reader_optimized.pdf
For the complete University of California nondiscrimination and affirmative action policy, see:
http://policy.ucop.edu/doc/4000376/NondiscrimAffirmAct
Summer 2018 Graduate Student Researcher for Curriculum Development and Evaluation
(Graduate Student Researcher, Step V)
Appointment: 240 hours total, either as 6 fulltime weeks or 12 halftime weeks, between May 15–August 15, 2018.
Compensation: GSR Step V: $25.78/hour.
Application Deadline: March 19, 2018, 5pm Pacific Time
Applicant must be a matriculated graduate student at UC Berkeley. To apply, submit the following items by email as a single pdf to foodinstitute@berkeley.edu with the subject line “Summer GSR”
- Cover letter
- Résumé
- Contact information for 2 professional and/or academic references
About the Berkeley Food Institute:
The Berkeley Food Institute (BFI) at the University of California, Berkeley strives to transform food systems to expand access to healthy, affordable food and promote sustainable and equitable food production. We empower new leaders with capacities to cultivate diverse, just, resilient, and healthy food systems. We pursue our mission through interdisciplinary programs in education, research, policy, communications, and community engagement.
About the Position:
The summer graduate student researcher will have two duties: 1) to assist with development of a new core course for a proposed Graduate Certificate in Food Systems, titled “Transforming the Food System: From Agroecology to Population Health,” and 2) to assist the Berkeley Food Institute with a baseline assessment and compilation of its evaluation approaches and help identify potential improvements. The GSR will report to Kris Madsen, BFI Faculty Director, for the course development, and Ann Thrupp, BFI Executive Director, for evaluation, as well as work closely with other BFI staff.
Responsibilities:
Course Development (60% of time):
- Draft course prerequisite reading list.
- Guest speakers: Coordinate communication with each guest speaker to determine scheduling, reading assignments, and classroom activities.
- Classroom activities: Co-develop mini-challenge assignments that align with weekly topics.
- Course marketing: Spread awareness and interest in the course among Masters and PhD students across Berkeley’s diverse schools and programs.
Evaluation (40% of time):
- Review and compile existing evaluation approaches and data (in grant proposals and reports, feedback surveys, and other materials) and consolidate into a concise working report for BFI staff.
- Assist in developing new evaluation methods that meet BFI’s strategic goals and funder requirements.
Required Qualifications:
- Strong understanding of the agri-food systems
- Experience with curriculum development
- Skills in quantitative and qualitative evaluation methods relevant to BFI programs
- Outstanding oral and written communication skills, particularly in regards to communications across diverse groups
- Ability to work collaboratively as part of a team
- Ability to work independently and to foresee, identify, and recommend solutions in the position’s areas of responsibility
- Strong attention to detail
- Comfort with creativity, innovation, and hard work
- Professionalism, courtesy, punctuality, and good humor
- Interest and experience in public service and social equity, as core tenets of the UC Berkeley experience and the Berkeley Food Institute mission
Equal Employment Opportunity:
The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status. For more information about your rights as an applicant, see: http://www.eeoc.gov/employers/upload/poster_screen_reader_optimized.pdf
For the complete University of California nondiscrimination and affirmative action policy, see:
http://policy.ucop.edu/doc/4000376/NondiscrimAffirmAct
