Open date: January 31, 2024
Most recent review date: Friday, May 10, 2024 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)
Applications received after this date will be reviewed by the search committee if the position has not yet been filled.
Final date: Thursday, Jan 30, 2025 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)
Applications will continue to be accepted until this date, but those received after the review date will only be considered if the position has not yet been filled.
The University of California Irvine (UCI) School of Medicine seeks to recruit a national leader to hold the position of Chief, Division of Genetic and Genomic Medicine in the Department of Pediatrics. This position will provide overall leadership for medical genetics across UCI, ensuring excellence in the clinical, education, and research missions of the Division.
The selected candidate will be an accomplished physician-scientist, responsible for strategic planning, faculty recruitment, and program development. The individual will also facilitate the ongoing integration of training and research with clinical services, oversee Division administrative and financial affairs, and ensure compliance with all governmental and institutional policies. The Division Chief must be a persuasive advocate for medical genetics at UCI and be able to articulate goals, inspire progress, respond nimbly to change, and serve as an active partner in fundraising to support and endow programs.
The successful candidate must demonstrate a personal commitment to the shared values of excellence, innovation, service, scholarship, collaboration, compassion, and accountability. The individual should have strong interpersonal skills, be able to effectively communicate a vision, and have demonstrated leadership capabilities. Candidates should have strong clinical, research, and management experience in an academic department affiliated with a university medical school, with a minimum of 10 years of progressive experience and an increasing scope of responsibility including faculty and trainee mentoring and program development.
Responsibilities
Leadership:
Clinical Care:
Research:
Education:
Administration and Finance:
Qualified candidate will have earned:
Application Procedures:
Applications or nominations of appropriate candidates may be sent to: Corey Lohnes, Managing Director, Grant Cooper, lohnes@grantcooper.com. Application review will begin immediately and continue until the position has been filled.
Interested applicants are also asked to complete an online application profile and upload their curriculum vitae electronically to the following web site: https://recruit.ap.uci.edu/JPF08818. Applicants should complete an online application profile and upload the following application materials electronically to be considered for this position:
Criteria for the Ladder Rank and In-Residence Professor Series:
Ladder-Rank Faculty will serve as Research Scholars, clinicians, and educators. They are expected to design and lead significant thematic research with extramural support. Teaching is required and may include clinical, classroom or lab teaching. University, Professional and Public Service are required (see https://ap.uci.edu/faculty/guidance/ Section III).
Curriculum Vitae - Your most recently updated C.V.
Cover Letter
Statement of Research
Teaching Statement - See our guidance for writing a reflective teaching statement.
Inclusive Excellence Activities Statement - Statement addressing how past and/or potential contributions to inclusive excellence will advance UCI's Commitment to Inclusive Excellence. See our guidance for writing an inclusive excellence activities statement.
Sexual Misconduct, Harassment and Discrimination Declaration Form - All applicants of academic positions at the University of California, Irvine must download, complete, sign, and upload the following form with their application: Sexual Misconduct, Harassment and Discrimination Declaration Form
Misc / Additional (Optional)
The University of California, Irvine is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer advancing inclusive excellence. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, protected veteran status, or other protected categories covered by the UC anti-discrimination policy.
As a University employee, you will be required to comply with all applicable University policies and/or collective bargaining agreements, as may be amended from time to time. Federal, state, or local government directives may impose additional requirements.