Associate Professor and Director of the International Longevity Center (ILC)- USA
- Employer
- Robert N. Butler Columbia Aging Center
- Location
- New York, United States
- Salary
- Salary Commensurate with experience
- Date posted
- Jul 12, 2021
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- Position Type
- Faculty Positions, Education, Education Administration & Leadership, Professional Fields, Public Administration & Policy
- Employment Level
- Executive
- Employment Type
- Full Time
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The Robert N. Butler Columbia Aging Center (CAC), a
university-wide center for research and education and policy for
aging societies, is directed by Linda P. Fried, MD,MPH, DeLamar
Professor of Epidemiology and Dean of the Columbia
UniversityMailman School of Public Health. The CAC is anchored in
the Mailman School of PublicHealth because accomplishing health in
longer lives is central to experiencing the opportunities of longer
lives, for all. Its faculty conduct research along the spectrum
from cells to population health to policy to societal
transformations needed, and educate undergraduate, doctoral
students and postdoctoral fellows. The CAC is the home of
theInternational Longevity Center USA (ILC-USA), founded in 1990 by
world-renownedgerontologist and psychiatrist, Robert N. Butler, MD
(1927-2010) to advocate for the needs and rights of older adults
through research and social and policy action, and our aim is to
build on this unique intellectual legacy. The ILC is a member of
the ILC GlobalAlliance, the multinational consortium of ILC member
organizations based in 16countries and hosts the secretariat of the
ILC Global Alliance (ILC-GA).
The CAC is currently recruiting a senior leader in
the field of policy and/or practice in aging to be director of the
ILC-USA. The successful candidate will work closely with the
faculty of the Butler CAC, and report to the director of the Robert
N. Butler ColumbiaAging Center to shape the priorities of the
ILC-USA. Generally, these priorities focus on identifying,
fostering, and building the policy and practice infrastructure,
programs for practice and societal institutions to enable the
health and social capital of longer lives and create a society best
suited for optimizing healthy long lives for all, accomplishing
aThird Demographic Dividend and the flourishing of long lived
populations and societies.We would prioritize candidates with
knowledge, experience and skills in public health and medical care
systems, social capital and/or urban health disparities and aging
who would be a leader in building networks and advocacy to shape
impactful programs that would have local, national and global
implications.The candidate will also have the following specific
responsibilities:
• S/he will develop and implement policy priorities
and/or practice agenda for the ILC-USA, both local, national and
global, and provide an effective platform to disseminate research
and establish the ILC’s leadership with policymakers and other key
international and national stakeholders. This will represent a
commitment to translating science into both policy and practice and
contributing to significant societal improvement.
• S/he will represent the ILC-USA in national and
international fora and identify and build strategic partnerships,
driven by the mission of the CAC to advocate for health across the
life course and to ensure that increasing global longevity is an
opportunity for societies to harness.
• S/he will represent the public profile of the
ILC-USA, promoting the evidence base that demographic change is an
opportunity.
The role requires a broad-minded, multi-faceted,
visionary and experienced and effective leader with a combination
of scholarship, research, policy and fundraising success in the
area of aging and longevity. The ideal candidate will have broad
knowledge and interest in current policy trends as well as vision
and influence for implementing novel policy and practice. The
successful candidate should have a distinguished record in health
in aging and in some of the following areas (1) development,
implementation, and dissemination of translational research, (2)
policy analysis, reform and innovation, (3) program development,
and (4) strategic communications on policy priorities. The
candidate will be responsible for delivering on the policy vision
of the ILC-USA and manage institutional relationships relating to
this role. Must be adept at securing financial support for
programmatic priorities, and some experience with and understanding
of philanthropic funding and of the global development community.
Must have a capacity to foster collaborative and productive
relationships among allied organizations, advisers, and faculty and
staff of the Mailman School of Public Health and across Columbia
University.It is desirable that the individual has familiarity and
linkages with New York City-focussedaging networks and have
experience in federal and/or global policy of aging.
The position will report to the Director of the
Robert N. Butler Columbia Aging Center and be appointed as a
faculty member in the Butler CAC
If appropriate, the successful candidate may also be
eligible to hold a faculty position at associate or full professor
in a department of the Mailman School of Public Health best suited
to his/her professional background. The level of faculty
appointment will be commensurate with the academic standing of the
candidate.
Minimum Qualifications
Doctoral or professional terminal degree.
Preference will be given to candidates with the
following qualifications:
• internationally recognized thought leader in the
field of aging, ideally with health-related experience and with a
contribution to research in this field
• experience working with start-up organizations
• 15 years or more of progressive management
experience
Performance will be assessed annually by the Director
of the Butler CAC and will undergo a formal 3-year review of
accomplishments and goals.
Compensation will be both competitive and
commensurate with the successful candidate’s experience. The
Director will hold an endowed chair for the ILC-USADirector; this
will fund a component of salary. Columbia University offers
competitive salaries and excellent healthcare and retirement
benefits.
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