Fwd: Job Opening: Assistant Director of Student Services, Blum Center
Sylvia Marie Gin
From: 'Chetan Chowdhry' via advis...@lists.berkeley.edu <advis...@lists.berkeley.edu>
Date: Thu, Dec 18, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Subject: Job Opening: Assistant Director of Student Services, Blum Center
To:
The Blum Center for Developing Economies has an exciting opening for an Assistant Director of Student Services, supporting the Development Engineering graduate programs and the undergraduate Global Poverty and Practice Minor. Please spread the word to colleagues who might be interested and feel free to reach out to me if you have any questions about the position.
Assistant Director of Student Services (5156) Job #83196 - Blum Center for Developing Economies
The First Review Date for this job is: 1/5/25, but all applicants who apply by 1/11/25 will be given priority consideration.
The Blum Center for Developing Economies is a multidisciplinary research and education unit. The Center leverages the talent, enthusiasm, and energy of the University of California, Berkeley community to address problems in low-resource areas. Our interdisciplinary problem-solving approach draws on students and faculty dedicated to facing this challenge through innovative initiatives, education, and research.
The Blum Center houses an undergraduate minor in Global Poverty & Practice; a graduate PhD designated emphasis in Development Engineering; the Big Ideas Contest, the University of California's premier social entrepreneurship catalyst serving thousands of students across 10 campuses; and a Master of Development Engineering, UC Berkeley's first professional degree committed to solving complex global challenges across the corporate, nonprofit, and government sectors.
This position involves a wide range of student services duties and responsibilities for educational programs at the Blum Center -- the undergraduate Global Poverty & Practice Minor, the Designated Emphasis in Development Engineering, and the Master of Development Engineering. It assists students and faculty in academic advising, recruitment, admissions, financial aid, visa/immigration matters, the evaluation and awarding of fellowships, student orientation and events, and related programs.
Director of Student Programs
Blum Center for Developing Economies
http://blumcenter.berkeley.edu/gppminor