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The Ford School is one of the nation's most respected policy schools. We lead research that illuminates public policy challenges and opportunities. We prepare future policy leaders and analysts for dynamic careers in the public and private sectors. We work with policymakers to inform and improve local, state, national, and international policies. We foster dialogue and understanding about the most pressing policy challenges of today.
The Ford School has earned a reputation for academic rigor and excellence; a strong and growing commitment to diversity; and a collegial, welcoming, and stimulating interdisciplinary community. We are housed in Joan and Sanford Weill Hall, a celebrated facility in the heart of the University of Michigan's central campus in Ann Arbor. To learn more about the Ford School's mission and activities—including our bachelor's, master's, doctoral, and certificate programs—please visit www.fordschool.umich.edu/about.
To learn more about all staff and faculty jobs on all three campuses, please visit the University of Michigan's "Careers at the U" website at www.umjobs.org.
The University of Michigan is a Non-Discriminatory/Affirmative Action Employer with an Active Dual-Career Assistance Program. The Ford School of Public Policy is especially interested in candidates who can contribute to the diversity and excellence of our community.
Open Faculty Positions
Children and Families in Poverty
The University of Michigan invites applications from well-qualified individuals whose research and teaching focus on children and families in poverty. There are three faculty openings: one at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, one at the School of Education, one at the School of Social Work.
Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy
The Ford School seeks a faculty member who focuses on the design, implementation, or evaluation of public policies intended to ameliorate the negative effects of poverty on children, weaken the intergenerational transmission of poverty, and reduce poverty rates, including incentives to work and save, income supports, job training, and programs to encourage the formation of resilient families. This position is open-rank, but the Ford School prefers to hire a tenured associate or full professor.
School of Education
The School of Education seeks a faculty member who focuses on the design, implementation, or evaluation of educational innovations from pre-school through college, including innovations in the professional preparation of educators that seek to increase the educational attainment of children in poverty. The position is open rank, but the School of Education prefers to hire an assistant professor.
School of Social Work
The School of Social Work seeks a faculty member who focuses on issues connected with children in poverty. A successful candidate will have an established research agenda and a record of publication, preferably in peer-reviewed journals, on issues and links between child well-being and poverty; the multiple dimensions of risk factors for children in poverty; and on programs and policies targeted to low income children in multiple spheres, such as social services, public benefits, and education systems.
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Posted on this website: October 24, 2011
Open Staff Positions
The Ford School seeks applications for our full-time Development Assistant. The Development Assistant provides administrative support, data management and event planning support for our Development office.
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Posted on this website: May 4, 2012
Administrative Assistant, Graduate Career Services and Alumni Relations
The Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan provides professional education for students interested in careers addressing public problems and their solutions. Graduates of the Ford School work at all levels of government, international agencies, non-profits, and the private sector. As a member of the Ford School Graduate Career Services and Alumni Relations teams, the Administrative Assistant provides support to both functions operating in a shared office environment. The assistant will be part of a team responsible for maintaining and enhancing Ford School alumni and employer relations and providing career related support to graduate students. The position reports to the Director of Graduate Career Services and Alumni Relations.
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Posted on this website: May 4, 2012
The Ford School seeks applications for our Major Gifts Officer. The primary responsibility of the
Major Gifts Officer is to identify, cultivate and solicit individual prospects capable of making gifts of
$100,000 or more in support of the Ford School. The person who holds this position will develop
fundraising strategies and collaborate with internal and external constituents to advance the Ford
School’s development plan.
Frequent travel and occasional evening and weekend work is required.
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Posted on this website: May 11, 2012
