Work at CED
Tenure-Track Faculty Positions
- Associate / Full Professor in Landscape Design of the Public Realm
- Assistant Professor in History and Theory of Architecture
We are seeking a new tenured faculty member (Associate or Full Professor) in the Department of Landscape Architecture + Environmental Planning to build upon the legacy of the department and lead contemporary design discourse on the future of public space, within the department and internationally. The design of public space is facing new pressures to increase urban density, address growing social inequities, and respond to a changing climate; necessitating a shift in professional practice and research. These shifts are occurring while public space continues to perform as an essential medium of social interaction, social inclusion, economic life, and a keystone in urban ecological systems and landscape infrastructure across scales.
Embracing these complexities, the successful candidate is expected to engage in research and design pedagogy that critically examines contemporary design, praxis, and performance issues of public space, including relevant issues of agency, equity, innovation, policy, research, funding, and political contestation. This position will allow the department to carry forward its legacy of leadership in the design of public spaces and engagement with public life. We seek a colleague who can bring to light cultural meaning, functional value, compelling aesthetic engagement, and design process, while expanding the department’s emphasis on future cities as adaptive cultural and environmental systems. This faculty member should be well positioned to engage in cross-disciplinary discourse, teaching, and research regarding the public realm, with a track record of scholarship, public engagement, and/or built works commensurate with expectations for a tenured professor at UC Berkeley.
In addition to excellence in research and teaching, we seek a colleague with the ability to assume leadership roles within the department, college, and university shortly after appointment. This will include the ability and strong desire to serve as Department Chair within an appropriate timeframe as determined by the Dean of the College of Environmental Design. At Berkeley, the chair of LAEP is typically a three-year renewable appointment built on a shared governance model. As chair, and through other leadership roles, opportunities exist to leverage department resources – including endowments, awards, and facilities such as Blake Garden – for new initiatives in our Undergraduate and Graduate programs as well as throughout the College of Environmental Design. Applicants should have documented experience in academic leadership roles within public and peer institutions as well as a comprehensive and forward-looking vision for design discourse, research, and innovation that is reflected in their strategic approach to Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning.
We anticipate that a new faculty colleague in LAEP will help develop this vision through planning of curricula; maintenance of a department climate that is hospitable to creativity, diverse, and innovative; active recruitment of undergraduate and graduate students; selecting and evaluating both faculty and staff of the department; planning of public programs such as lecture series and exhibitions; strategic leadership; and outreach. We value transparency, shared responsibility, and mutual respect in our faculty colleagues and academic leadership.
Position overview
Position title: Associate or Full Professor
Application Window
Open date:July 26, 2024
Next review date: Tuesday, Oct 1, 2024 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)
Apply by this date to ensure full consideration by the committee.
Final date:Tuesday, Oct 1, 2024 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)
Applications will continue to be accepted until this date.
The Department of Architecture at the University of California, Berkeley, invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track position at the rank of Assistant Professor in the History and Theory of Architecture, beginning fall 2025.
We invite applications from architectural scholars whose research addresses the vital and urgent issues of our day through a historical and theoretical lens. We especially welcome candidates whose work and teaching engage dynamically with the intersectional nature of architecture, including (but not limited to) topics such as the Global South, environmental history, migration, disability, gender, sexuality, inequality, race, and Science and Technology Studies. The successful candidate will demonstrate outstanding scholarship, teaching, and the ability to participate creatively in the History, Theory, and Society (HTS) subject area within the Department of Architecture, contributing to our BA, MArch, MS and PhD degree programs. HTS addresses the history and theory of architecture and urbanism from a humanistic, interdisciplinary perspective. Furthermore, we value the ability to work collaboratively with other areas of the department including Architectural Design and Building Science, Technology and Sustainability, and potential for receiving grants.
Responsibilities of the position include teaching a required introductory lecture course at the undergraduate level, possible involvement in the undergraduate survey of architecture, and both undergraduate and graduate seminars in the applicant’s area of expertise. Additional responsibilities include advising undergraduate, MArch, MS, and PhD students, as well as service to the department, college, and university.
The Department of Architecture at UC Berkeley is housed within the College of Environmental Design (CED), along with the departments of Landscape Architecture & Environmental Planning and City & Regional Planning. Founded in 1959, the CED has long been at the forefront of environmental design education. As the first institution to combine architecture, planning, and landscape architecture into a single college, we offer a vigorous cross-disciplinary environment where collaboration and experimentation flourishes. Within this context, the Department of Architecture’s evolution has been nourished by social, cultural, technological, and environmental values, and our geographical setting. Situated on the Pacific Rim at the border with Latin America and facing Asia, California is an urban laboratory that has long been recognized as an area for design research and experimentation. These values are reflected in our innovative teaching, scholarly research, critical design inquiry, and discursive practices. Our award-winning faculty bring both broad and deep intellectual diversity to our educational community.
The Department of Architecture offers undergraduate and graduate degrees, and provides thoughtful and rigorous instruction to 400 undergraduates and 200 graduate students in the MArch, MAAD, MS, and PhD programs. The Bachelor of Arts degree with a major in architecture offers both a liberal arts–oriented and preprofessional education. The Master of Architecture is a professional degree requiring two, or three years, depending on the student’s incoming background. The Master of Advanced Architectural Design is a one-year post-professional degree intended for those with a professional degree who wish to continue exploring design issues in an experimental studio setting. The Master of Science and PhD in architecture are research-based degrees in one of the following areas of study: History, Theory, and Society (HTS) and Building Science, Technology, and Sustainability (BSTS).
Position Overview
Salary range: The current salary range for this position is $78,200–$123,400 (9-month academic year salary), however, off-scale salary and other components of pay, which would yield compensation that is higher than this range, are offered to meet competitive conditions.
Anticipated start: July 1, 2025Application Window
Open date: August 22, 2024
Next review date: Friday, Oct 25, 2024 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time). Apply by this date to ensure full consideration by the committee.
Final date: Friday, Oct 25, 2024 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)
Applications will continue to be accepted until this date.
TEACHING FELLOWSHIP
- Creedon Design Fellow
The Department of Architecture at the University of California Berkeley invites applicants for the Creedon Design Fellowship, a one-year term academic research appointment. The fellowship was recently established through a generous endowment created by Gerard (Roddy) Creedon who, until 2021, led undergraduate studios for nearly 20 years. The purpose of the fellowship is to give promising individuals near the beginning of their career an opportunity to pursue academic and teaching interests. Early career is defined as no more than 5 years prior teaching experience and no more than 10 years since completion of the relevant graduate degree at the time of the application process. The successful candidate will be selected based on demonstrated excellence in the candidate’s design work and, if applicable, the work of their students, along with the ability to make connections between their research interests and their studio teaching.
The Creedon Fellow will be expected to commence fall 2025 with a term of one year. The appointment will be at the level of lecturer 50% / research specialist 50%. The successful candidate is expected to contribute to the intellectual life of the college and engage in critical, theoretical, and/or creative work. This work will be presented through a public lecture and/or exhibition or other means of dissemination. The fellow may be asked to teach in both graduate and undergraduate programs. The teaching load will consist of three courses per academic year, two design studios and a seminar related to their research/creative work.
Apply by this date to ensure full consideration by the committee.
Final date: Thursday, Oct 31, 2024 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)
Applications will continue to be accepted until this date.
Part-time Lecturer Pool
| DEPARTMENT | POSITION | APPLICATION |
|---|---|---|
| ARCH | Lecturer Pool: Architectural Humanities & Sciences–Dept. of Architecture | Apply |
| ARCH | Lecturer Pool: Design Studio Classes | Apply |
| CITY | Lecturer Pool: City & Regional Planning | Apply |
| Summer Programs | Lecturer Pool: Summer Programs | Apply |
| IURD | Lecturer Pool: Environmental Design & Masters in Urban Design | Apply |
| LAEP | Lecturer Pool: Landscape Architecture & Environmental Planning | Apply |
| Special Programs | Teacher Special Programs Pool: Master of Real Estate Development & Design | Apply |
| IURD | Lecturer Pool: Master of Real Estate Development & Design | Apply |
| MRED+D | Lecturer Pool: Master of Real Estate Development & Design | Apply |
Staff Positions
- Director of Undergraduate Advising (0322U) Job #71801
- Director of Career Development Job # 71251 – Institute of Urban & Regional Development (IURD)
- Publication Manager Job #70692 – Terner Center/CED
- Administrative Manager (7377U) Job #69505—Terner Center/CED
Departmental Overview
UC Berkeley’s College of Environmental Design offers an environment to collaborate and innovate with others committed to creating a welcoming home for design & research excellence toward environmental resilience and equity. CED is comprised of faculty, students and staff with an impressive set of backgrounds and talents. We believe in the importance of supporting an inclusive
environment that values community and builds its strength from a diversity of views and expertise.
There are approximately 50 faculty, 90 adjunct and unit 18 faculty, 1250 undergraduate and graduate majors, and approximately 50 total staff. The college budget is approximately $33M. The College of Environmental Design (CED) is a multifaceted with three departments (architecture, city & regional planning, and landscape architecture & environmental planning) and an institute that holds degree programs (Institute of Urban and Regional Development); undergraduate, professional graduate and research doctoral degree programs; a suite of highly regarded summer design institutes; widely recognized environmental design archives; computing and fabrication facilities; and a building with an auditorium, classrooms, studios, labs, research centers, library, archives and a café.
The CED undergraduate program is home to some of the highest percentage of historically underrepresented minority students, Pell Grant recipients, and first generation college students at UC Berkeley. The 680 undergraduates major in Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Urban Studies and Sustainable Environmental Design.
The role of the Director of Undergraduate Advising involves a wide range of student services duties and responsibilities for an academic department/school/college or organization. The Director provides assistance to the dean/chair, faculty, and students in academic advising, recruitment, admissions, financial aid, student orientation and events, student leadership, wellness and climate, career counseling, and related programs.
The Director of Undergraduate Advising provides leadership, assessment, and strategic planning for centralized undergraduate student services in the College of Environmental Design. Manages, engages and coaches professional advising team, student workers, and graduate interns to deliver advising to uniquely diverse student bodies and to accomplish college goals.
The incumbent formulates policies and procedures to ensure efficient delivery of a broad range of services. In alignment with larger college and campus goals, develops strategies and policies; determines objectives; directs programs; manages human, financial, and physical resources. Functions with a high degree of autonomy.
Application Review Date
Responsibilities
Manages, coaches, and motivates professional and paraprofessional staff, supports professional/leadership development of the team, and ensures that the highest professional standards are met in the delivery of services to the college and its students. Achieves organizational goals and objectives through the coordinated efforts and achievements of the team. Oversees setting of work goals and division of labor to achieve those goals.Develops working understanding of the CED disciplines, curriculum, and culture and ensures that the team does the same. Encourages the team to engage in continuous self-reflection, growth, and learning. Provides direction on the more complex issues encountered. Works with the team to provide a student-centered and welcoming environment, in which the CED student community can thrive in all aspects of life: intellectual, emotional, social, physical, occupational, spiritual and environmental. Leads team in efforts to eliminate individual and institutionalized discrimination/barriers to provide students with an equitable experience that appreciates and welcomes their identities, economic status, and immigration status.Recognizes campus-wide issues that have college impact or future implications and advises the team accordingly. Analyzes, plans for, and implements new campus-driven undergraduate systems and initiatives at the college level.15% Outreach and Admissions:Achieves outreach and admissions objectives through the coordinated efforts of professional advising team. Develops strategies and provides operational leadership for undergraduate outreach programs, through the efforts of the team. Provides Deans and Chairs with analysis regarding admission and enrollment trends and proposed admission targets. Oversees the undergraduate admissions review process. Makes recommendations for transfer student admission. Determines academic conditions for admission.10% Event/Project Management:Oversees projects and manages staff to produce high impact events such as Cal Day, Golden Bear Advising, and Golden Bear Orientation.10% Assessment and Analysis:Maintains a strong understanding of student needs, trends, and professional requirements. Evaluates the effectiveness of the student services function, and makes changes to the program to provide more relevant and meaningful programming. Provides deans, faculty, and staff with assessment and data related to admissions, demographics, enrollment trends, climate, student satisfaction, and more. Identifies, defines, and implements new programs/services to enhance advising effectiveness and to expand CED’s ability to support undergraduates.10% Student Curriculum and Policy Administration:Ensures ongoing adherence to academic policies governing undergraduates within the College of Environmental Design. Recommends and implements policy changes as needed.
Oversees the college’s Deans’ Conference and advises the Associate Dean on student requests for exception to policy and academic probation/dismissal cases. Coordinates or delegates coordination of dismissal review, transfer admission, student fee waivers, etc. Acts as a resource to CED Deans and Chairs on curricular matters and the development of necessary policies for new curricula.5% Human and Financial Resource Management:Makes recommendations on performance, salary actions, hiring decisions and other human resources related issues of managed staff. Plans, develops, and administers the student services budget for the organization. Decides which resources will be committed to the goals and objectives and how they will be allocated.5% College Representative:Represents the student services unit to the campus community and relevant external constituencies.
Required Qualifications
- Advanced knowledge of strengths-based student advising, mentoring, and counseling techniques.
- Demonstrated management experience, including collaborative team leadership, strategic planning, project oversight, and problem-solving.
- Experience working with culturally diverse communities in an academic environment. Knowledge of the challenges encountered by students at a major research university, and
the personal and social problems encountered by students of all backgrounds, including historically underrepresented student groups, transfer students, first generation college
students, re-entry students, student parents, LGBTQI, students with disabilities, international students, and more. Demonstrated experience creating more equitable student
environments, processes or policies. - Skills in relationship building at all levels (i.e., students, staff, faculty, deans, administrators, and the public). Ability to build consensus, resolve conflicts, and persuade others when
appropriate. - Experience effectively supervising, mentoring, and/or coaching professional staff to meet organizational goals, as well as their own professional goals.
- Ability to maintain confidentiality, objectivity, sensitivity, professionalism, and exercise good judgment and tact.
- Bachelor’s degree in related area and / or equivalent experience / training.
Preferred Qualifications
- Knowledge of common university-specific student systems and business processes as well as knowledge of University and departmental principles and procedures involved in risk
assessment and evaluating risks as to likelihood and consequences.
- Master’s degree in higher education administration, counseling, social sciences, or related field; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Salary: The budgeted salary or hourly range that the University reasonably expects to pay for this position is $113,000 – $127,000.
About IURD: The Institute of Urban & Regional Development is an interdisciplinary academic and research unit dedicated to prioritizing justice in initiatives to understand, mitigate, and adapt to climate change. IURD is the College of Environmental Design’s hub for research and home to two master’s degree programs, the Abbey Master of Real Estate Development + Design and the Master of Urban Design, as well as the Sustainable Environmental Design undergraduate major. As a research hub, IURD acts as a catalyst for public and private investments in adaptation and resilience, and foster new models of community-engaged research with tangible outcomes. We seek outcomes that provide actionable insights for decision makers that increase environmental justice and social equity, and enhance the value and co-benefits of public investments over time. Our mission is to accelerate the creation of knowledge and capacity that will allow cities and regions to reduce their carbon emissions and adapt to a changing climate using strategies that promote social equity and healthy cities. To achieve this goal, IURD generates new pathways that lead to genuine action for change, building on partnerships with underrepresented communities, community activists, public agencies, elected leaders, private investors, academic researchers and UC Berkeley students. IURD shares these insights and tracks the outcomes of new actions using our robust capacity to disseminate the results of research conducted with our partners in the San Francisco Bay Area, in California, and around the world. IURD
About MRED+D: The MRED+D program is a different kind of real estate development program, built on a foundation of equity, resilience, and design. We are training the next generation of socially-conscious and community-oriented developers to be a part of the solution to the grand challenges of our time — climate change, COVID-19, racial injustice, rising inequality, the affordable housing crisis, and more. Our students come from business, architecture, urban planning, engineering, law, among others, and typically bring 5+ years of work experience. MRED+D is a 3-term, one-year intensive program with an enrollment of 35-40 students. Students learn about real estate development finance, entitlements and project approvals, real estate economics and market analysis, equitable development, design and urbanism, professional practice, public-private partnerships, construction, resilience, plus undertake a development studio and individual capstone project. See https://ced.berkeley.edu/academics/real-estate/real-estate-programs/
The Role: The Director of Career Development is focused on serving students and working with internal and external stakeholders to shape a career development experience in the program. This position reports to the Program Director and works closely with the Faculty Director. S/he plans, develops, and implements programs, activities, counseling, and advising focused on students’ career development. S/he works with students, alumni, and/or potential employers to develop networking opportunities and career resources for the program.
Application Review Date
The First Review Date for this job is: 8/8/24 – Open Until Filled
Responsibilities
*This is a 50% part-time, career appointment*
30% Provides career counseling in particularly complex areas that require specialized career coaching or counseling expertise.
30% Researches, designs, develops and oversees delivery of broad and complex career-focused workshops and programs to meet students’ and alumni’s career needs. Conducts needs assessments, and collaborates with MRED+D team in workshop design and development.
30% Establishes new relationships with corporations and other organizations to promote career services, fundraising, and the campus’s relationship with outside organizations.
5% Maintains detailed metrics of student advising sessions and outcomes. Manages program improvement processes.
5% Presents information about the career program, including presentations to incoming and prospective students.
Required Qualifications
- Knowledge of and experience with advising, mentoring or counseling techniques.
- Interpersonal skills. Multicultural competencies; ability to work with diverse populations.
- Self-starter who works well autonomously and collaboratively.
- Bachelor’s degree in related area and/or equivalent experience/training.
- Minimum three (3) years of work experience in the career services or HR industry.
- Extensive network of contacts in various sectors of the real estate industry.
Preferred Qualifications
- Master’s Degree in related field preferred.
- Experience with or knowledge of the real estate industry.
Salary & Benefits
For information on the comprehensive benefits package offered by the University, please visit the University of California’s Compensation & Benefits website.
Under California law, the University of California, Berkeley is required to provide a reasonable estimate of the compensation range for this role and should not offer a salary outside of the range posted in this job announcement. This range takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to experience, skills, knowledge, abilities, education, licensure and certifications, analysis of internal equity, and other business and organizational needs. It is not typical for an individual to be offered a salary at or near the top of the range for a position. Salary offers are determined based on final candidate qualifications and experience.
- The budgeted salary or hourly range that the University reasonably expects to pay for this position is $80,400 – $104,400.
- This is a 50% part-time, career appointment.
The Terner Center seeks a dynamic, team-oriented, and experienced editor of research publications to join our growing team. This role will be responsible for managing the publication of the Terner Center’s papers, briefs, and blogs and will support a range of communications projects. The position will utilize strong project management, writing, editing, and design skills in close collaboration with the research and policy team and under the supervision of the Associate Director.
The role will review and edit a variety of material for stylistic consistency, organization, and emphasis, and will support developmental editing as needed. The role will prepare written and graphic materials (including body text as well figures, charts, and other visuals) for publication by formatting and design in line with Terner Center style guidelines and templates. The role will also manage distribution of publications via website, listservs, and social media channels. The role will also lead and/or project manage collaboration with colleagues and consultants additional communications projects that adapt research for interactives, infographics, one-pagers, blog posts, webinars/events, presentations, op-eds and other mediums for communication.
This role will be a member of the team that will develop a future strategic vision for Center communications and will be expected to assist in the production of collateral writing assignments like blog posts, web content, op-eds, and presentations. This position will work with and manage the work of consultants that support communications functions, including copyeditors, graphic designers, and interactive developers.
This position will be located at the Terner Center’s offices in Oakland, California but flexibility may be available to work remotely 1-2 days per week. Salary will be between $85,000-$95,000 annually, commensurate with experience.
Position is open until filled. Review of applications will begin July 19, 2024.
Departmental Overview
The mission of the Terner Center for Housing Innovation is to formulate bold strategies to house families from all walks of life in vibrant, sustainable, and affordable homes and communities. Our work provides timely analysis and data- driven research to support policy and innovation for policymakers, practitioners, and advocates in addressing with urgency the multiple, layered crises of housing affordability, entrenched inequities, and climate change. The Terner Center aims to provide actionable, pragmatic paths that are based in evidence and can bring together a coalition to make change.
The Administrative Officer 3 role will provide essential support and management for a number of the organization’s functions. The individual will work closely with the Associate Director to support management of the day-to-day, financial and operations of the Terner Center, ensuring they are streamlined and effective.
Application Review Date
The First Review Date for this job is: June 11, 2024 – Open until filled
Responsibilities
25% Develops, prepares and manages contracts, budgets and financial reports for funding which may be complex. Provides input into non-technical portions of grant and contract proposals.
15% Manages, plans and administers a range of administrative operations in a small to medium academic department, or a small to medium non-academic department, center or program. Manages department/office related IT, facilities, supplies, student services, billing and rent/lease/property management related work.
10% Coordinates and participates in a variety of human resources activities including employment, training, classification, and ensuring the completion of forms and documents related to HR and Payroll for unit / department. Gathers, analyzes, prepares and summarizes financial and HR reports.
10% May supervise a small staff of support employees and / or students.
10% Performs studies for resource plans, including approaches, trends, sources and uses.
10% Engages in training and career development; performs other duties as assigned.
10% Performs recharge administration.
5% Acts as safety coordinator.
5% Participates in short and long term planning for the organization.
Required Qualifications
- Thorough knowledge of university rules and regulations, processes, protocols and procedures for budget, account and fund management, personnel management.
- Thorough knowledge of financial analysis and reporting techniques, human resources policies and procedures for staff and academic employees.
- Knowledge of a variety of administrative operations activities such as events planning, basic fundraising processes, website design and content development, accounting, contracts and grants regulations and guidelines.
- Solid interpersonal communication skills to include verbal and written, active listening, critical thinking, persuasiveness, advising and counseling skills.
- Strong skills in short- and long-term strategic planning, analysis and problem-solving and customer service.
- Strong skills in grant writing and relationship management of foundations with a focus on housing, community development, sustainability/climate change and equity interests. Ability to use discretion & maintain confidentiality.
- Bachelor’s degree in related area and / or equivalent experience / training.
Preferred Qualifications
- Solid knowledge of common university-specific computer application programs.
Salary & Benefits
The budgeted salary or hourly range that the University reasonably expects to pay for this position is $93,000 – $105,000.
TA (GSI) Positions
| DEPARTMENT | POSITION | APPLICATION |
|---|---|---|
Architecture | GSI/Reader | Apply |
City & Regional Planning | GSI/Reader | Apply |
Landscape Architecture & Environmental Planning | GSI/Reader | Apply |
Environmental Design/MUD/SED | GSI/Reader | Apply |
MRED+D | GSI/Reader | Apply |
| embARC Summer Design Academy (many summer positions available) | TA/UCS2 Job description | Apply |
| DISC Summer Program (Design + Innovation for Sustainable Cities) | TA/UCS2 Job Description | Apply |
| Summer [In]stitute ([IN]ARCH, [IN]CITY, [IN]LAND) (several positions available) | TA/UCS2 Job Description | Apply |
Questions? Directly email the department manager responsible for the position to which you are applying.
Positions are subject to change or removal at the discretion of the College of Environmental Design.