UCSF Specialist Series: Qualifications Requirements and Service Examples

Specialist Series - Degree and Qualifications Requirements by Rank

APM 330-11

Junior Specialist

Appointees to the Junior rank should possess a baccalaureate degree (or equivalent degree) or equivalent research experience, e.g., with instrumentation and research equipment, software programs, social science research methods, humanities scholarship, or creative activities.

Assistant Specialist

Appointees to the Assistant rank should possess a master’s degree (or equivalent degree) or five years of experience demonstrating expertise in the relevant specialization.

Associate Specialist

Appointees to the Associate rank should possess a master’s degree (or equivalent degree) or five to ten years of experience demonstrating expertise in the relevant specialization. Associate Specialists are normally expected to have a record of academic accomplishments, including contributions to published or in-press research in the field and a demonstrated record of University and/or public service.

Full Specialist

Appointees to the Full Specialist rank should possess a terminal degree (or equivalent degree) or ten or more years of experience demonstrating expertise in the relevant specialization. Specialists at full rank are normally expected to have a significant record of academic accomplishments, including contributions to published or in-press research in the field, professional recognition in the field, and a demonstrated record of University and/or public service.

Examples of University and Public Service Expectations: Specialist Series

PLEASE NOTE: This is not an exhaustive list. The purpose of this appendix is to provide a potential list of service examples that might be relevant to Specialists, pending adoption by the Schools.

For Specialists paid 100% from grants, University service should be consistent with their research endeavors.

Department/School/Campus/Hospital

Representative, Chancellor’s Advisory Committee on Academic Diversity
Peer reviewer for grants written by fellow lab members
Member, Office of Environmental Health & Safety User Advisory Committee
Leader, Waste Disposal Guidelines Poster Development Committee
Emergency floor warden
Member, Planning Committee for the Remodeling of the laboratory hoods in Genentech Hall to improve energy efficiency
Member, Search Committee for the Department of (---)
Member, Lab Safety Manual Development Committee
Member, Taskforce to (i.e., improve processes and efficiencies in the lab)
Member, Ad hoc committee for (---)
Chair, Organic Mass Spectrometry Committee
Member of a group of lab managers who helped test new purchasing systems and provide feedback to the Administration on lab-related issues
Volunteer Trainer / Lab Mentor, provides informal training and guidance to researchers and staff in the lab
Volunteer teacher, tutor, providing l teaching to students in the community (e.g. science programs K-12)

Professional

Executive Secretary, Society of (---)
Participant, American Heart Association Panel on Role of Cost-Effectiveness in Clinical Practice Guidelines
Participant, National Cancer Institute Panel on Health Care Cost
Secretary, Material Research Society
Representative, American Society for Human Genetics

UC/System-wide

Member, System-wide Committee on the Status of Women

Community

Volunteer, Educational Program on Mobile Microscopy, California Academy of Sciences
Volunteer, Berkeley Women’s Health Collective
Volunteer, La Clinica de la Raza Latino Health Fair, Oakland
Board of Directors, Early Head Start Health Services Advisory Committee
Board Member, Asthma Task Force, City & County of San Francisco
Volunteer, San Francisco Food Bank
Volunteer, SFGH Emergency Department