Program Manager

Department Summary

The UCLA Labor Occupational Safety and Health (LOSH) Program is dedicated to promoting worker health, safety, and wellbeing, and building capacity for workers and worker organizations to take action to improve working conditions. LOSH offers high-quality training and education, participatory action research, policy analysis, and worker leadership development to advance worker rights and protections. LOSH is a unit of both the Institute for Research and Labor and Employment (IRLE) and the Center for Occupational and Environmental Health (COEH).

Position Summary

The UCLA Labor Occupational Safety and Health (LOSH) Program is dedicated to promoting worker health, safety, and wellbeing, and building capacity for workers and worker organizations to take action to improve working conditions. LOSH offers high-quality training and education, participatory action research, policy analysis, and worker leadership development to advance worker rights and protections. LOSH is a unit of both the Institute for Research and Labor and Employment (IRLE) and the Center for Occupational and Environmental Health (COEH).

The Program Manager manages the federally-funded Western Region Universities Consortium (WRUC) to mitigate exposure to occupational and environmental hazards. This role involves working in conjunction with Consortium members, the National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) Worker Training Program (WTP), and various partner organizations and agencies to monitor WRUC-wide programs, meet established benchmarks, and ensure compliance with funder requirements. The Program Manager will assess needs associated with emerging hazards, identify new outreach and education opportunities and/or innovations in training approaches, evaluate the impact, and share results. You will work with a team of LOSH staff and consultant-instructors to develop and implement outreach and education programs to address worker and community exposures, facilitate training and Train-the-Trainer programs for both Consortium partners and community audiences, and evaluate their impacts. Responsibilities also include maintaining internal and external WRUC communications, complying with reporting and deliverable requirements as established by funders and the university, and leading WRUC evaluation activities. This position represents LOSH and WRUC in local, state, and national meetings. Key leadership duties include hiring, training, supervising, and evaluating the work of LOSH project coordinators and support staff, as well as leading an internal LOSH NIEHS grant team. Identifying new funding opportunities and contributing to grant proposals are also crucial. Finally, the Program Manager will participate in LOSH-wide organizational and staff development initiatives.

Salary & Compensation

UCLA provides a full pay range. Actual salary offers consider factors, including budget, prior experience, skills, knowledge, abilities, education, licensure and certifications, and other business considerations. Salary offers at the top of the range are not common. Visit UC Benefit package to discover benefits that start on day one, and UC Total Compensation Estimator to calculate the total compensation value with benefits.

Qualifications

• Experience with database software and/or management of datasets – Preferred
• Experience conducting needs assessments and program evaluation activities – Required
• Experience developing curricula, educational materials, and/or training activities for adult learners and experience facilitating training sessions and/or teaching through in-person or online means – Required
• Experience collaborating with diverse partner organizations, including labor unions and/or community-based organizations – Required
• Experience independently identifying funding opportunities and contributing to grant proposals – Preferred
• Experience completing progress reports and complying with other funder reporting requirements – Required
• Working knowledge of occupational safety and health principles and policies and working knowledge of adult education principles with a commitment to advancing workplace health and safety, environmental health, and social justice for all workers – Required
• Familiarity with regulations related to hazardous materials, hazardous waste operations, emergency response, and related subjects – Required
• Ability to plan projects, develop work plans and timelines, and direct a team in timely completion of project objectives and skill in managing personnel, including hiring, coaching, assigning tasks, evaluating performance, and recommending appropriate corrective action when necessary – Required
• Ability to synthesize and communicate technical, scientific, and/or policy information for lay audiences – Required
• Ability to communicate clearly, orally and in writing, with government agency representatives, workers, unions, community-based organizations, and general public – Required
• Ability to work independently to complete tasks with minimal oversight, and to make decisions independently – Required
• Ability to analyze situations, define problems and objectives identifying relevant factors, formulate logical conclusions and recognize alternative solutions where initial conclusions cannot be implemented – Required

Education, Licenses, Certifications & Personal Affiliations

• Master's Degree in Environmental Health, Public Health, or related field, or equivalent experience/training – Required
• Or Five years equivalent combination of education and experience.

Special Conditions for Employment

• Background Check: Continued employment is contingent upon the completion of a satisfactory background investigation.
• Age Requirement: Candidate(s) must be 18 years or older to be eligible to be hired.

Schedule

8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Key skills/competency

• Occupational Safety & Health
• Program Management
• Grant Management (NIEHS WTP)
• Curriculum Development
• Adult Education
• Worker Training
• Environmental Health
• Policy Analysis
• Community Engagement
• Team Leadership