To address the very important strategic initiative of water, ANR has created the California Water Resources Research Institute (CWRRI). Aligned with other state water institutes supported in part by the federal Water Resources Research Act, the CWRRI will be the California part of the National Institute for Water Research (NIWR) and will support research and extension activities that contribute to the quality, quantity, reliability and efficient management of California’s water resources.
ANR has begun recruitment for an inaugural director who can provide leadership and operational management for the CWRRI and serve as ANR’s strategic initiative leader for Water Quality, Quantity and Security.
We are looking for a leader who can bring together local, state and federal stakeholders to identify and prioritize water issues of importance to California and link those issues to the vast, existing capacity in water centers throughout the UC system and Cooperative Extension, as well as water centers and entities in the state and community college system. The director will serve in an important communications role, serving as a key UC ANR spokesperson on California water issues working with federal, state, regional, nonprofit and campus stakeholders to improve the understanding of and solutions to state water issues through research, advocacy and outreach programs.
Ideal candidates will have experience in promoting interdisciplinary efforts in water resources education and research with UC campus-based water centers, USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture and other federal and state water programs, and Cooperative Extension community-based water quality education programs.
The successful candidate will be based in Oakland and report to the Associate Vice President of Academic Programs and Strategic Initiatives. The appointment will be in the UC Academic Administrator series. Internal candidates with an existing academic title may retain their existing appointment at 0 percent time. To assure full consideration, application packets must be received by Jan. 26, 2011. Read the full position description on the ANR jobs Web page at http://ucanr.org/Jobs/Jobs_990.
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