Science Program Officer, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Science
Company: Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
Location: Redwood City
Posted on: January 20, 2023
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Job Description:
Founded by Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg in 2015, the Chan
Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) is a new kind of philanthropy that's
leveraging technology to help solve some of society's toughest
challenges - from eradicating disease, to improving education.
Across our core initiatives of Science and Education, we're pairing
engineering with grantmaking, impact investing, policy work, and
advocacy, to progress in our mission of building an inclusive, just
and healthy future for everyone.Our ValuesWe believe we can help
build a future for everyone.We aim to be daring, but humble: We
look for bold ideas - regardless of structure and stage - and help
them scale by pairing engineers with subject matter experts to
build tools that accelerate the pace of social progress.We want to
learn fast, but build for the long-term: We want to iterate fast
and help bring new solutions to the table, but we also realize that
important breakthroughs often take decades, or even centuries.Stay
close to the real problems: We engage directly in the communities
we serve because no one understands our society's challenges like
those who live them every day. Our success is dependent on building
teams that include people from different backgrounds and
experiences who can challenge each other's assumptions with fresh
perspectives. To that end, we look for a diverse pool of applicants
including those from historically marginalized groups - women,
people with disabilities, people of color, formerly incarcerated
people, people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and/or
gender nonconforming, first and second generation immigrants,
veterans, and people from different socioeconomic backgrounds.CZI
also supports multiple work options. Learn more about our
philosophy and approachhere.The OpportunityOur mission in the
Science Initiative is to support science and technology that will
help make it possible to cure, prevent, or manage all diseases by
the end of the century. Through our grantmaking, we support
interdisciplinary teams of physicians, biologists, computational
scientists, engineers, and patient advocates to expand our
understanding of the human body and illness - the science behind
medicine. Our grantmaking program partners with our internal
Science Technology team, which builds tools for and with
scientists. We value people, technology, collaboration, and open
science. In order to meet these goals, we seek to address the
inequities and lack of diversity across biomedical science in
general, including groups performing the research and groups
benefiting from the research. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in
Science (DEI in Science) is one of our major areas of emphasis both
within the Science program and in CZI as a whole. Systemic
disparities, inequities, and injustices in science and biomedicine
are especially experienced by Black, Latinx, Indigenous communities
and other communities of color. People living with disabilities,
women, people who are transgender or gender nonconforming, people
who are LGBTQIA+, immigrants, and people from families experiencing
financial hardship also experience systemic barriers in the
sciences. We bring this lens to grantmaking, technology
development, scientific events, and community building. To cure,
prevent, or manage all diseases in all people, we must support a
diverse community of scientists. We strive to bring together
diverse scientific teams that incorporate a range of lived
experiences and perspectives; ensure that scientific resources that
we create are inclusive and explicitly representative of
communities of color; take an equitable and participatory approach
to how we define and evaluate the success of our grants; and make
tools, methods, and datasets accessible to a broad set of
researchers and communities. Finally, we support science that is
ethical and inclusive of the perspectives, interests, and needs of
research participants and community partners.We seek a Science
Program Officer to lead our work for DEI in Science. In this role,
you will lead grantmaking in impactful basic biomedical science,
with the specific goal of reducing disparities in academic science
and in biomedicine. You will collaborate with external scientists
and CZI staff to plan and execute these programs, with the goal of
building a dynamic community of outstanding scientists whose work
and example helps to change the culture of science. The ideal
candidate will provide a diversity and inclusion perspective based
on extensive lived experience in the scientific enterprise and a
deep understanding of scientific research settings and science
funding, and scientific leadership administration. You will
collaborate with other CZI programs, and across CZ Science
organizations, including patient-partnered rare disease research,
neurodegeneration, single-cell biology, open science, and
biological imaging in their diversity-focused work. Please note
that CZI is not engaged in clinical trials, drug development,
health care delivery, or health disparities research, but instead
is focused on basic science.CZI's perspectives and goals in
diversity and equity in science are outlined here.You willDevelop a
strategy and further implement a program of DEI in Science by
clearly understanding the current state of support for diversity in
science and assessing emerging needs and opportunities.Partner
closely with other Science Program Officers to ensure that all DEI
programs are pointed toward tangible scientific progress, and
conversely that all programs in Science are viewed through the lens
of DEI and ensure underrepresented and underserved groups are both
participating in and benefiting from our work.Represent our program
to the outside community; interact with grantees, design and manage
the review process, manage the communication channels, and
co-design grantee convenings and program workshops. Interact with
scientists from underrepresented groups, professional societies for
underrepresented scientists, minority-serving colleges and
universities, and other funding agencies.Partner with the CZI-wide
effort in DEI to ensure alignment of Science work with
organizational goals.Work closely with the Monitoring, Evaluation
and Learning Team to develop systems, processes and metrics to
establish both short-term and longer-term impact of our DEI
grantmaking programs.Serve as a thought leader by engaging
intellectually with the scientific community and other relevant
stakeholders, and identify new opportunities for collaboration or
grantmaking, by attending conferences, and establishing working
relationships with leading external scientists.Identify growth
opportunities for team members and establish a collaborative,
inclusive, and intellectually rigorous team culture.You haveAt
least five years of post-degree, independent teaching and/or
research experience in bioengineering, biomedical, life sciences or
a related field Leadership and supervisory experience in a research
laboratory or in another area of scientific practiceAdvanced degree
in a life sciences or engineering discipline, Ph.D.Demonstrated
knowledge and experience in the development of programs and/or
funding in DEI in scientific research as well as an understanding
of the systemic issues facing Black, Latinx, Indigenous
communities, and other communities of color in academic and
scientific research settings, preferably with lived experience in
the area.At least five years of experience in program or project
management, ideally in initiatives to support participation or
inclusion from underrepresented and underserved communities,
cross-functional teams and collaborative, multi-disciplinary
projects.Demonstrated ability to develop and manage to a budget and
proven ability to navigate complex organizations and processes to
deliver results.Excellent interpersonal skills, ability to
communicate and work with stakeholders from different backgrounds
and at different career stages.#LI-RemoteThe Redwood City, CA base
pay range for this role is $270,000-$405,000. New hires are
typically hired into the lower portion of the range, enabling
employee growth in the range over time. Actual placement in range
is based on job-related skills and experience, as evaluated
throughout the interview process. Pay ranges outside Redwood City
are adjusted based on cost of labor in each respective geographical
market. Your recruiter can share more about the specific pay range
for your location during the hiring process. CZI is committed to
creating a more inclusive and diverse workplace. We welcome
interest from individuals of all backgrounds and levels of
experience who share our mission. If you're interested in this role
but your previous experience doesn't perfectly align with each
qualification in the job description, we still encourage you to
apply as you may be the perfect fit for this or another role!CZI
believes that vaccines are one of the most powerful tools to fight
COVID-19 and save lives. It aligns to our mission and work to cure,
manage, and prevent disease. Proof of COVID-19 vaccination will be
required for all employees (with the exception of reasonable
accommodations due to medical or religious beliefs). All visitors
coming onsite to a CZI facility are required to show proof of COVID
vaccination or take an onsite COVID test.
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