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Job Summary: Lastly, the Senior Advisor and Project Manager is expected to sit on and/or lead and/or manage relevant committees, task forces and work groups, including the DPBS Executive Committee and the DPBS Compensation Committee.
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Essential Function (Yes/No) |
Key Responsibilities (To be completed by Supervisor) |
| 50 |
Yes |
Project Management and Strategic Planning
- Provides leadership, guidance, education, policy development on a significant policy domain or program and represents the organization to external constituencies.
- Works within the organization and systemwide to attain a coordinated systemwide approach responsive to organization needs.
- Participates with high level organizational or program leaders in strategic thinking and planning in policy domain.
- Develops proposals and recommendations to guide and support a broader strategic direction for the organization / initiative.
- Leads special projects and assignments that are sensitive and complex in nature, requiring a high level of independence, expertise in a policy domain, problem solving, critical thinking, and initiative in execution and management.
- Budget management
- Project timeline
- Deliverable status
- Communication of milestone achievements
- Internal and external stakeholder involvement
- Project documentation
- Resource management
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| 25 |
yes |
Strategic Policy Development and Implementation
- Identifies policy issues of importance to the organization / initiative which frequently cross organizational lines and require research of state and national organizations; develops appropriate analytical and procedural framework for addressing the issues.
- Formulates new policies and procedures for implementation on the organization.
- Ensures compliance with legal and regulatory requirements in a complex changing environment.
- Plans, develops and implements new programs and organizational structure changes required to implement new policy.
Analyzes, predicts and advises constituencies regarding direction in the absence of clear external and internal practices. |
| 10 |
yes |
Management and Administration
- Lead project-based teams of analytical and administrative staff
Assist the CAO / Associate Chair for Finance and Administration to manage and prioritize initiatives, projects, and requests |
| 5 |
yes |
Serves as the organization expert on a significant policy issue(s) or initiative. |
| 5 |
yes |
Proposes, leads and / or participates on policy and planning committees and working groups. |
| 5 |
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Other duties as assigned |
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Required Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree in related area and / or equivalent experience / training Minimum of 10 years experience in operations and/or project management or equivalent Advanced knowledge of the organizational development and effectiveness field, theories, models to assess, design and implement customized, strategic organization interventions Demonstrates strong analytical, problem-solving, project planning and implementation skills Highly skilled in facilitation, consulting and relationship building Applies strong verbal, written communication and presentation skills Possesses strong consulting, relationship building, and strategic thinking skills Demonstrates skill consulting to managers and groups at all levels Ability to coach, facilitate and influence people at all levels Demonstrates ability to learn quickly, reason, synthesize and generalize based on information obtained; sound judgment; ability to draw unbiased conclusions Ability to focus on priorities, strategies, and vision Knowledge of the consulting process to effectively lead engagements from inception to conclusion Expert knowledge of common organizational- or research-specific and other computer application programs (i.e. Smartsheet) Highly skilled communication and interpersonal skills to communicate with and influence others, both verbally and in writing Ability to use discretion and maintain all confidentiality Highly skilled in all levels of project management Expert knowledge of the organization's processes, protocols and procedures and external regulatory requirements in policy domain Ability to multi-task with demanding timeframes Expert knowledge of applicable policy analysis techniques Expert analytical / problem-solving skills
Preferred Requirements:
Required Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree in related area and / or equivalent experience / training Minimum of 10 years experience in operations and/or project management or equivalent Advanced knowledge of the organizational development and effectiveness field, theories, models to assess, design and implement customized, strategic organization interventions Demonstrates strong analytical, problem-solving, project planning and implementation skills Highly skilled in facilitation, consulting and relationship building Applies strong verbal, written communication and presentation skills Possesses strong consulting, relationship building, and strategic thinking skills Demonstrates skill consulting to managers and groups at all levels Ability to coach, facilitate and influence people at all levels Demonstrates ability to learn quickly, reason, synthesize and generalize based on information obtained; sound judgment; ability to draw unbiased conclusions Ability to focus on priorities, strategies, and vision Knowledge of the consulting process to effectively lead engagements from inception to conclusion Expert knowledge of common organizational- or research-specific and other computer application programs (i.e. Smartsheet) Highly skilled communication and interpersonal skills to communicate with and influence others, both verbally and in writing Ability to use discretion and maintain all confidentiality Highly skilled in all levels of project management Expert knowledge of the organization's processes, protocols and procedures and external regulatory requirements in policy domain Ability to multi-task with demanding timeframes Expert knowledge of applicable policy analysis techniques Expert analytical / problem-solving skills
Preferred Requirements:
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University of California - San Francisco
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May 15, 2026