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JOB ANNOUNCEMENT
DIRECTOR: CENTER FOR WOMEN IN POLITICS AND PUBLIC POLICY
Since 1994, the Center for Women in Politics and Public Policy of the
McCormack Graduate School of Policy and Global Studies at the University
of Massachusetts Boston has strengthened women’s leadership in politics
and policymaking by providing quality graduate education that brings
together women from diverse backgrounds; conducting collaborative research
and hosting convenings that make a difference in women’s lives; and
maintaining a focus on the intersection of race and gender.
With the retirement of long-time center director Carol Hardy-Fanta, a
search is now underway to identify a leader who will build on the
significant contributions made by Carol Hardy-Fanta over the past decade.
UMass Boston has launched the search for a permanent director and
applications will be accepted until January 30, 2013.
Position Description: The Director of UMass Boston’s Center for Women in
Politics and Public Policy will provide leadership on all major areas
affecting women in politics and public policy and in strategic planning
and program development. The Director works collaboratively with others to
develop, coordinate, implement and assess the center’s teaching, research
and service activities and will work to ensure that these activities have
local, national, and global foci. The Director will supervise and direct
the work of permanent and other staff within the center; manage the
center’s budget and endowment accounts; provide leadership on issues of
concern to women at the McCormack Graduate School of Policy and Global
Studies, the University of Massachusetts Boston, and beyond; and serve as
the Graduate Program Director of two programs. The Director will also:
establish and enhance collaborative relationships with policymakers,
legislators, government officials, leaders of for- and not-for-profit
organizations and other individuals and entities relevant to the center’s
mission; focus the center’s research agenda in light of the center’s
mission, with emphasis on the center’s commitment to the inter-
sectionality of gender, race/ethnicity and politics; work closely with the
center’s external advisory board in shaping partnerships; coordinate and
engage in fundraising and grant-seeking activities; oversee proposal
development for and implementation of a new master’s degree program;
organize and hold public and educational events; provide media commentary,
particular as related to gender, race/ethnicity and politics; provide
written annual reports; and other duties as assigned.
Qualifications: JD or PhD in social policy, public policy, sociology,
economics, political science, psychology or a closely related field and a
minimum of five years of professional and/or managerial experience in
public policy, politics and/or academia. Additional qualifications are
listed on the Human Resources website.
Please apply online with your resume, cover letter and list of three
professional references.
For more information about the Center for Women in Politics and Public
Policy.
Closing Date for Applications: January 30, 2013
The University of Massachusetts Boston is an Affirmative Action, Equal
Opportunity, Title IX employer.