Project Policy Analyst 2

University of California - San Francisco; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

The UCSF-SFGH JJBH research team is hiring an Administrative Assistant to support a program focused on behavioral health and service navigation for system-involved populations. The role emphasizes coordination with program staff, documentation, and participant engagement tracking on a digital health project.

Primary duties include preparing reports, editing manuscripts and proposals, and applying policy-analysis techniques while maintaining confidentiality and exercising sound judgment in daily

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience/training; working knowledge of common organizational and research software.
• Minimum one year experience.
• Proficient in written and verbal communication.
• Discretion and ability to maintain confidentiality.
• Sound judgment in responding to issues and concerns.
• Ability to analyze and synthesize large data with attention to detail.
• Ability to multi-task under demanding timeframes.
• Knowledge of policy analysis techniques.

Responsibilities

• Provides recommendations and guidelines involving programs / initiatives.
• Coordinates program planning and collaboration with program / project staff.
• Support coordination, documentation, participant engagement tracking, and limited peer navigation activities related to the project's digital health application.
• Applies professional or research concepts to perform analysis of data and systems pertaining to moderately complex projects, policies, initiatives, / processes, and / or functions.
• Gathers and assembles analytical and factual data on assigned problems and issues to prepare reports and / or analyses summarizing information on the assigned issues and commenting on other significance for internal or external constituents.
• Prepares, edits and modifies documents including research reports, manuscripts, presentations and proposals.
• Using subject matter knowledge, collects and prepares information for use in discussions, meetings of internal and external constituents.
• On a project basis, performs analytical studies on a variety of policies, research initiatives, programs and issues.

Skills

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

One year experience

Communication skills

Discretion & confidentiality

Sound judgment

Data analysis & synthesis

Multi-tasking under timeframes

Policy analysis techniques

Job description

Job Summary

The UCSF-SFGH JJBH research team engages in a program of research focused on improving behavioral health, service access, and legal outcomes for system-involved youth, young adults, adults, and families. The JJBH team's portfolio includes projects and programs focused on behavioral health service navigation for youth, young adults, and families, including navigator programs for transition-age youth recently or currently involved in foster care, family navigation in Pediatric Primary Care at ZSFG, telehealth interventions for youth and families impacted by the child welfare system, digital health interventions, and evaluation of gender-responsive behavioral health services for girls and women who have contact with the justice system.

Department Overview

The Division of Infant, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (ICAP) at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital (ZSFG) is looking to hire an Administrative Assistant on Dr. Marina Tolou-Shams' Juvenile inJustice Behavioral Health (JJBH) research team. The UCSF-SFGH JJBH research team engages in a program of research that incorporates epidemiological/observation, behavioral intervention efficacy trial, and structural-level approaches to understanding how to improve behavioral health (HIV and sexually transmitted infections risk, psychiatric symptoms, substance use), and legal (recidivism) outcomes for system-involved youth and adults. The JJBH team also has a portfolio of work focusing on projects and programs specific to behavioral health service navigation for youth, young adults and families (e.g., a navigator program for transition age youth recently or currently involved in foster care, a family navigator program for youth and families served in Pediatric Primary Care at ZSFG), telehealth interventions for youth and families impacted by the child welfare system, and evaluation of gender-responsive behavioral health services for girls and women who have contact with the justice system (e.g., evaluation of VoicesHEAL gender responsive services).

Key Responsibilities

• 30% - Provides recommendations and guidelines involving programs / initiatives.
• 25% - Coordinates program planning and collaboration with program / project staff.
• 20% - Support coordination, documentation, participant engagement tracking, and limited peer navigation activities related to the project's digital health application.
• 5% - Applies professional or research concepts to perform analysis of data and systems pertaining to moderately complex projects, policies, initiatives, / processes, and / or functions.
• 5% - Gathers and assembles analytical and factual data on assigned problems and issues to prepare reports and / or analyses summarizing information on the assigned issues and commenting on other significance for internal or external constituents.
• 5% - Prepares, edits and modifies documents including research reports, manuscripts, presentations and proposals.
• 5% - Using subject matter knowledge, collects and prepares information for use in discussions, meetings of internal and external constituents.
• 5% - On a project basis, performs analytical studies on a variety of policies, research initiatives, programs and issues.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in related area and / or equivalent experience / training Working knowledge of common organization- or research-specific and other computer application programs
• Minimum one year experience required
• Proficient in communication and interpersonal skills to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing
• Proficient in 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 ability to multi-task with demanding timeframes
• Working knowledge of applicable policy analysis techniques