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Alumni External Relations Specialist 3 (6299U) - Center for Responsible Decentralized Intelligence (RDI) About Berkeley

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Departmental Overview

The Berkeley Center for Responsible, Decentralized Intelligence (RDI) is a new multi-disciplinary campus-wide initiative, focusing on advancing the science, technology and education of web3, decentralization and empowering a responsible digital economy. The RDI Center currently includes faculty and students from computer science, finance/economics, and law, and will support 3 pillars: research, education, and community/entrepreneurship.

Research areas include foundations for next generation decentralization technologies including scalability, usability, provable security guarantees, auditable privacy, incentive compatibility, systemic stability, and decentralized systems and intelligence, decentralized governance, and responsible innovation/regulation guidance, etc.

Besides advancing the science, technology and education in this space, responsible innovation is a key aspect of the Center's mission and goals, where the Center will explore new approaches for analyzing and understanding the societal impact of decentralized systems, and help ensure that decentralization technologies will be used in a responsible way to help protect the welfare of individuals and society, protect privacy, level the playing field and empower innovation, promote fairness, inclusiveness, ethics, and explore legal frameworks to support innovation and regulation compliance.

RDI will continue to build upon UC Berkeley's strong foundation and leadership in these areas, as recently recognized and noted below:
#1 university for blockchain in the US,
#1 university overall in the US and
#1 computer science graduate program

RDI will also act as a hub and platform for collaborations globally with other organizations and researchers, as exemplified in leading the first Decentralized Finance MOOC with thousands of students enrolled from over 30 countries. In addition, RDI embraces Open Source, given the spirit of web3 and decentralization technology, and work funded by RDI will in general be in the public domain as publications and open source code. Most recently, the Center became the home for Berkeley Blockchain Xcelerator offered in partnership with the Haas School of Business, Berkeley Engineering RDI, and the Blockchain at Berkeley student group.

This position is primarily to support programming activity associated with the Berkeley RDI Center.

Application Review Date

The First Review Date for this job is: December 12, 2022

Responsibilities

50%

• Develops and implements programs, events and / Yes or communication strategies designed to inform alumni and other key constituencies of institutional programs, activities, policies, and practices; constituencies may include the general public, prospective students, students, alumni, parents, donors, campus visitors, government and / or community representatives.
• Under the supervision of the RDI Deputy Director, this position is responsible for operational improvements and external relations for Berkeley RDI and the Xcelerator. This includes assessing new processes and tools, implementing them to create a world-class educational accelerator that involves students and external constituents. Additionally, this leader engages with key stakeholders in the industry to develop and maintain relationships for the purpose of maintaining donor relations and engaging speakers for programming. This leader also works closely with other staff and faculty and Xcelerator teams to ensure objectives and outcomes are being met.

25%

• Works to ensure a high level of customer service to Berkeley RDI and Xcelerator stakeholders.
• Works to ensure stakeholders are coordinated and informed of key activities, events and opportunities.
• Manage high level relationships for Berkeley RDI and the Xcelerator and associated academic and co-curricular programming constituents.

10%

• May research various topics and gather relevant data to inform unit strategic plans, keeping management informed as necessary and providing input as required.

10%

• May mentor less experienced staff members and student interns.

5%

• Responds to constituent inquiries.
  

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in related area and/or equivalent experience/training.
• Thorough written, verbal and interpersonal communications, tact and political acumen to effectively represent the campus.
• Thorough research, analytical and critical thinking skills, including sound judgment and decision-making skills and skill to correctly identify real and potential problems, advising management as required, and proposing effective strategic resolutions.
• Skilled in project management, including event planning and meeting deadlines.

Preferred Qualifications

• Thorough knowledge of basic concepts, principles, and procedures of building and maintaining effective relations with alumni, internal and key constituencies.
• Thorough knowledge of the campus, its mission, goals, objectives, programs, achievements, infrastructure and issues of concern.

Salary & Benefits

For information on the comprehensive benefits package offered by the University visit:

https://ucnet.universityofcalifornia.edu/compensation-and-benefits/index.html

Conviction History Background

This is a designated position requiring fingerprinting and a background check due to the nature of the job responsibilities. Berkeley does hire people with conviction histories and reviews information received in the context of the job responsibilities. The University reserves the right to make employment contingent upon successful completion of the background check.

Equal Employment Opportunity

The University of California 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, disability, or protected veteran status. For more information about your rights as an applicant see:

https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/migrated_files/employers/poster_screen_reader_optimized.pdf
For the complete University of California nondiscrimination and affirmative action policy see:
http://policy.ucop.edu/doc/4000376/NondiscrimAffirmAct



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