Digital Health Humanities Program Coordinator

Library

Part Time

76864BR

Job Summary

**This is a contracted position & will end 2 years from hire date**
Works on instructional design content and initiatives that are of moderate scope and complexity. Applies organization policies, procedures, and objectives to create content to meet online needs among various functions and departments. Exercises judgment within defined procedures and practices to determine appropriate actions.

This Digital Health Humanities (DHH) Program Coordinator will manage the development and day-to-day operations and services of the recently established Digital Health Humanities (DHH) program, including project direction for the two-year NEH-funded Advancing Digital Health Humanities Institute. The goal of the Digital Health Humanities program is to guide and equip researchers in their engagement with digital tools and methods to facilitate interdisciplinary scholarship that will advance understanding of the profound effects of illness and disease on patients, health professionals, and the social worlds in which they live and work. In order to extend the reach and use value of UCSF Archives and Special Collections “archives as data” resources through the practical application of innovative analysis and contextualization methods, the DHH Program Coordinator initiates and sustains constructive relationships with researcher-stakeholders (including faculty, students, and staff) as well as DHH instructors and consultants with expertise in computational research methods and archival health sciences collections.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES FOR ROLE:

40% Development and Implementation of DHH Learning Program and Resources The DHH Program Coordinator will manage the development, expansion, and implementation of educational curricula for faculty, staff, and students conducting research at the intersections of health sciences, data science, health humanities, and digital humanities. Building from a pilot curriculum that includes training on how to use computational tools and methods for digital health humanities projects, the DHH Program Coordinator will identify, engage, and collaborate with UCSF and outside instructors on designing learning programs that respond to known and emerging researcher training needs. Digital Health Humanities programming includes the provision of hands-on workshops and asynchronous learning resources for analyzing “archives as data,” especially that from the UCSF archives born-digital and digitized collections corpus, such as the AIDS History Project collections, Industry Documents Library collections, UCSF University Publications, and the COVID Tracking Project. As such, the DHH Program Coordinator will partner with colleagues with collections and data expertise at UCSF to establish and implement standard workflows for deriving, packaging, managing, and providing responsible access to data from archival collections for research use. Participates in scholarly, professional, and service activities that enhance diversity, equity, and inclusion across education, research, library and archives programs, and the profession.

The final salary and offer components are subject to additional approvals based on UC policy.

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Department Description

The UCSF Library is one of the preeminent health sciences libraries in the world, containing an expansive collection of the world’s health sciences knowledge base. At its core, the Library facilitates connection to information and people by delivering a diverse range of human-centered services to the UCSF community and public visitors. Through its digital and physical spaces, the Library cultivates experiences that nurture progressive learning, meaningful engagement, and open creativity. As a vital campus resource, the library is dedicated to supporting the UCSF mission of advancing health worldwide.

We commit to building a diverse and inclusive Library ( https://www.library.ucsf.edu/about/diversity-and-inclusion/ ) as a means of promoting health equity and counteracting historic and current systems of oppression. This commitment also applies to materials related to archives and special collections https://escholarship.org/uc/item/4mq1461d.

UCSF Archives and Special Collections is a dynamic health sciences research center that contributes to innovative scholarship, actively engages users through educational activities, preserves past knowledge, enables collaborative research experiences to address contemporary challenges, and translates scientific research into patient care.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related area and 1+ years of related work experience; and/ or equivalent experience/training.
• Demonstrated analytical skills to conduct analysis and develop recommendations, demonstrating organization and problem-solving skills.
• Proficiency in analytical, verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills, collaboration, and negotiation skills.
• Working knowledge of e-learning strategies including but not limited to courses (e.g., processes and technologies, etc.).
• Experience, as demonstrated by a history of successful projects, with computational techniques used in digital humanities (examples include: natural language processing, computer vision and image processing, machine learning, mapping and GIS, database design, creative computing, game design, network analysis, and data visualization)

Preferred Qualifications

• Working knowledge of functional areas and understanding how work within one course may impact work being done on other courses or in other areas.
• Working knowledge of organization policies and procedures, including policies that impact online course development.
• Working knowledge of instructional design principles and learning strategies, including needs analysis, backward design, learning outcomes, and assessment design, and instructional approaches including lectures, discussions, activities, projects, etc.
• Working knowledge of the technical tools and platforms required to achieve the delivery of engaging and media-rich online learning content, and of trends in the use and effectiveness of educational technology and learning.
• Working knowledge and skills with relevant business software systems.
• Working knowledge of adult learning theories and education methodologies.
• Proficiency in planning, resourcing, and monitoring effective design life cycles of training and other learning and performance solutions to support the organization.
• Proven program planning and management of projects.
• Knowledge of data science languages and tools such as Python, R, JavaScript ES6+, GitHub, and others
• Experience teaching at the university level
• Experience with budget planning and management

About UCSF

The University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) is a leading university dedicated to promoting health worldwide through advanced biomedical research, graduate-level education in the life sciences and health professions, and excellence in patient care. It is the only campus in the 10-campus UC system dedicated exclusively to the health sciences. We bring together the world’s leading experts in nearly every area of health. We are home to five Nobel laureates who have advanced the understanding of cancer, neurodegenerative diseases, aging and stem cells.

Pride Values

UCSF is a diverse community made of people with many skills and talents. We seek candidates whose work experience or community service has prepared them to contribute to our commitment to professionalism, respect, integrity, diversity and excellence – also known as our PRIDE values.

In addition to our PRIDE values, UCSF is committed to equity – both in how we deliver care as well as our workforce. We are committed to building a broadly diverse community, nurturing a culture that is welcoming and supportive, and engaging diverse ideas for the provision of culturally competent education, discovery, and patient care. Additional information about UCSF is available at diversity.ucsf.edu

Join us to find a rewarding career contributing to improving healthcare worldwide.

Equal Employment Opportunity

The University of California San Francisco is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic information.

Job Code and Payroll Title

006149 INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGNER 2

Bargaining Unit

99 - Policy-Covered (No Bargaining Unit)

Appointment End Date

30-Oct-2025

Location

Hybrid, Parnassus Heights (SF)

Additional Shift Details

required to come on site during grand projects when scheduled