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The mission of the Taubman Center for State and Local Government at the Harvard Kennedy School is to support current and future public sector leaders in improving the governance of states, counties, and cities. The Taubman Center and its affiliates, including the Government Performance Lab, Harvard Impact Labs, and the Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston, are generating solutions to pressing state and local government challenges through teaching, academic research, hands-on projects with governments, and convenings that bring together policy makers and thought leaders to engage with faculty, staff, fellows, and students.  Job Summary: The Research Assistant will work directly with Professor Liebman on a variety of projects related to social policy, economic policy, and government performance. Specific topics may include early education, alternative 911 response, homelessness, social security reform, health care, budget policy, and government innovation.   The ideal...

The Senior Security Engineer will have responsibility for supporting and advancing Harvard Medical School's application security, Secure SDLC, and penetration testing programs. This role will partner closely with others across HMS IT and Security to enable the HMS mission by implementing Secure SDLC practices, operating application security testing platforms, identifying security weaknesses through penetration testing, and collaborating with development teams to improve security throughout the software lifecycle. On a daily basis, this role will perform penetration testing of applications, systems, and emerging technologies; support the administration of application security platforms; conduct threat research; identify security risks and remediation opportunities; and help mature the organization's application security capabilities. This role will partner with SecOps when required during security incidents and investigations. The Senior Security Engineer, as part of the IT Security...

As a Platform Administrator, you will support the implementation, operation, and lifecycle management of core infrastructure platforms that enable secure, reliable, and efficient technology services across HMS. You will contribute to the provisioning, configuration, and support of server operating systems, configuration enforcement, monitoring, compliance, and infrastructure automation. Working independently and as part of the Platform Infrastructure team, you will ensure systems are well-managed, standards-compliant, and integrated into the broader HMS technology environment. This role involves active participation in projects and day-to-day support, with a strong focus on operational reliability and collaboration across teams. Core Duties: Participate fully in the provisioning, patching, and decommissioning, administration and support of Server operating systems across the infrastructure platform lifecycle. Maintain configuration management tools and enforcing system...

The Program Manager will provide key planning, implementation, and decision-making support for the annual New England Science Symposium (NESS) and Community Engagement and Education efforts to engage students, faculty and staff at Harvard Medical School. The role will be based at Harvard Medical School in the Office for Culture and Community Engagement (OCCE).  Key Responsibilities Relationship Management and Decision-Making Support:  Work with senior management, department chairs, and faculty including, but not limited to Harvard Medical School and Harvard University basic science and clinical departments to develop and implement symposium curriculum, agenda, and speakers.  Manage and document planning committee meetings.  Collect and analyze information and evaluation results from activities and events to inform mentoring strategy and program development.  Program Management:  Implement local and national recruitment strategies to identify and recruit faculty and...

Job Summary: The Associate Data Scientist will work closely with Opportunity Insights’ Founding Director, Executive Director, faculty, and senior researchers and staff to transform large administrative and program datasets into reproducible analyses, statistical models, and decision-support tools. The position helps translate complex research findings into accessible metrics, visualizations, and reports for internal leadership and external partners, including policymakers and practitioners. This position will report to Raj Chetty, Opportunity Insights’s Founding Director. Job-Specific Responsibilities: Analyze large, complex administrative and program datasets in support of specific research projects, and contribute to the design, development, and enhancement of OI’s broader data infrastructure. Construct robust statistical models to produce statistics, such as those in the Opportunity Atlas, from confidential microdata, ensuring the application of appropriate privacy...

We are actively hiring for multiple Faculty Administrative Assistant roles under this posting. Apply today!  Why Join Us? Impact-driven role, supporting faculty who are educating leaders who make a difference in the world Hybrid, 3 days per week onsite role on our Boston based campus $31.86 - $34.61 per hour (commensurate with experience), 35 hours per week, overtime eligible role Rich benefits options including, medical, dental, and vision insurance as well as tuition reimbursement Robust paid time off: 3 weeks of vacation,12 sick days per year, 3 personal days, plus 12.5 paid holidays 5% annual employer contribution to 403b retirement account Save on commuting: Harvard covers 60% of the cost for MBTA monthly bus, subway, commuter rail, and commuter boat passes  What You Will Do: As the professors’ administrative assistant, this role provides valuable tactical and administrative help to our faculty in support of Harvard Business School's (HBS) mission to...

Job Summary:   This is a ONE -YEAR TERM job.   Operates fully accessible shuttle van as a supplement to the fixed route shuttle bus service.  Receives online ride requests via Harvard’s evening van mobile application and responds to requests throughout Cambridge / Allston campuses.  Assists passengers with mobility impairments as needed. Job-Specific Responsibilities: Operates shuttle van to meet scheduled and on-demand passenger pick-up requests. Communicates on two-way radio with dispatcher to receive instructions and confirm changes, additions, or deletions from route schedule. Assists passengers with mobility impairments both entering and exiting.  Performs daily safety inspection of vehicle and equipment.  Completes vehicle condition report that includes requests for maintenance and repair. Performs daily cleaning of vehicle interior including: emptying the trash receptacles, sweeping the floor, and dusting the seating surfaces.  Performs...

Job Summary: Operates fully accessible shuttle van as a supplement to the fixed route shuttle bus service.  Receives online ride requests via Harvard’s evening van mobile application and responds to requests throughout Cambridge / Allston campuses.  Assists passengers with mobility impairments as needed. Job-Specific Responsibilities: Operates shuttle van to meet scheduled and on-demand passenger pick-up requests. Communicates on two-way radio with dispatcher to receive instructions and confirm changes, additions, or deletions from route schedule. Assists passengers with mobility impairments both entering and exiting.  Performs daily safety inspection of vehicle and equipment.  Completes vehicle condition report that includes requests for maintenance and repair. Performs daily cleaning of vehicle interior including: emptying the trash receptacles, sweeping the floor, and dusting the seating surfaces.  Performs refueling of vehicle as needed....

As described in the customer service level agreement, responsibilities may include, but are not limited to: Performs routine and specialized cleaning of academic and non-academic spaces, including but not limited to offices, dormitories, laboratories, libraries, athletic facilities, classroom and assembly spaces, restrooms, common areas, and entryways, as assigned. Maintains all assigned areas in a clean, orderly, and sanitary manner. Sanitizes bathroom surfaces, fixtures, and food handling/preparation areas. Restocks the restroom and kitchen area consumable supplies daily. Broom sweeps, dry/damp/wet mops hard surface floors and stairs as assigned. Dusts and/or washes furniture, walls, and horizontal surfaces. Vacuums carpeted floor surfaces using light and/or heavy-duty vacuums. Empties and cleans trash and recycling receptacles and moves trash and recyclables to designated pick-up points. Strips, waxes, and burnishes floors using power floor machines. Operates...

As described in the customer service level agreement, responsibilities may include but are not limited to: Performs routine and specialized cleaning of academic and non-academic spaces, including but not limited to: offices, dormitories, laboratories, libraries, athletic facilities, classroom and assembly spaces, restrooms, common areas and entryways, as assigned. Maintains all assigned areas in a clean, orderly, and sanitary manner. Sanitizes bathroom surfaces, fixtures, and food handling/preparation areas. Restocks restroom and kitchen area consumable supplies daily. Broom sweeps, dry/damp/wet mops hard surface floors and stairs as assigned. Dusts and/or washes furniture, walls, and horizontal surfaces. Vacuums carpeted floor surfaces using light and/or heavy-duty vacuums. Empties and cleans trash and recycling receptacles and moves trash and recyclables to designated pick-up points. Strips, waxes and burnishes floors using power floor machines. Operates heavy-duty wet pick-up...

As described in the customer service level agreement, responsibilities may include, but are not limited to: Performs routine and specialized cleaning of academic and non-academic spaces, including but not limited to offices, dormitories, laboratories, libraries, athletic facilities, classroom and assembly spaces, restrooms, common areas, and entryways, as assigned. Maintains all assigned areas in a clean, orderly, and sanitary manner. Sanitizes bathroom surfaces, fixtures, and food handling/preparation areas. Restocks the restroom and kitchen area consumable supplies daily. Broom sweeps, dry/damp/wet mops hard surface floors and stairs as assigned. Dusts and/or washes furniture, walls, and horizontal surfaces. Vacuums carpeted floor surfaces using light and/or heavy-duty vacuums. Empties and cleans trash and recycling receptacles and moves trash and recyclables to designated pick-up points. Strips, waxes, and burnishes floors using power floor machines. Operates...

Reporting to the Director of Finance and Administration, the Associate Director of Research Administration and Finance is a senior leader within the finance team. This role provides strategic oversight of research administration and financial operations, leads a team of grants managers, and partners closely with faculty, departmental leadership, and central offices to support the full life cycle of sponsored and non-sponsored funding. The successful candidate will serve as a trusted advisor on sponsored research administration, financial management, internal controls, and sponsor compliance and is the primary backup for the Director of Finance and Administration, providing operational leadership and decision-making support during periods of absence or increased departmental demand. Research Administration: Lead, mentor, and develop a team of research administrators and finance professionals while fostering a collaborative, innovative, and service-oriented culture....

As described in the customer service level agreement, responsibilities may include, but are not limited to: Performs routine and specialized cleaning of academic and non-academic spaces, including but not limited to offices, dormitories, laboratories, libraries, athletic facilities, classroom and assembly spaces, restrooms, common areas, and entryways, as assigned. Maintains all assigned areas in a clean, orderly, and sanitary manner. Sanitizes bathroom surfaces, fixtures, and food handling/preparation areas. Restocks the restroom and kitchen area consumable supplies daily. Broom sweeps, dry/damp/wet mops hard surface floors and stairs as assigned. Dusts and/or washes furniture, walls, and horizontal surfaces. Vacuums carpeted floor surfaces using light and/or heavy-duty vacuums. Empties and cleans trash and recycling receptacles and moves trash and recyclables to designated pick-up points. Strips, waxes, and burnishes floors using power floor machines. Operates...

As described in the customer service level agreement, responsibilities may include, but are not limited to: Performs routine and specialized cleaning of academic and non-academic spaces, including but not limited to offices, dormitories, laboratories, libraries, athletic facilities, classroom and assembly spaces, restrooms, common areas, and entryways, as assigned. Maintains all assigned areas in a clean, orderly, and sanitary manner. Sanitizes bathroom surfaces, fixtures, and food handling/preparation areas. Restocks the restroom and kitchen area consumable supplies daily. Broom sweeps, dry/damp/wet mops hard surface floors and stairs as assigned. Dusts and/or washes furniture, walls, and horizontal surfaces. Vacuums carpeted floor surfaces using light and/or heavy-duty vacuums. Empties and cleans trash and recycling receptacles and moves trash and recyclables to designated pick-up points. Strips, waxes, and burnishes floors using power floor machines. Operates...

As described in the customer service level agreement, responsibilities may include, but are not limited to: Performs routine and specialized cleaning of academic and non-academic spaces, including but not limited to offices, dormitories, laboratories, libraries, athletic facilities, classroom and assembly spaces, restrooms, common areas, and entryways, as assigned. Maintains all assigned areas in a clean, orderly, and sanitary manner. Sanitizes bathroom surfaces, fixtures, and food handling/preparation areas. Restocks the restroom and kitchen area consumable supplies daily. Broom sweeps, dry/damp/wet mops hard surface floors and stairs as assigned. Dusts and/or washes furniture, walls, and horizontal surfaces. Vacuums carpeted floor surfaces using light and/or heavy-duty vacuums. Empties and cleans trash and recycling receptacles and moves trash and recyclables to designated pick-up points. Strips, waxes, and burnishes floors using power floor machines. Operates...

Job Summary:  The Behavioral Research Specialist supports the development and implementation of behavioral research studies across lab, online, and field settings. Reporting to the Director of Behavioral Research Services and collaborating with faculty, doctoral students, research assistants, and research staff, this role has a primary focus on building, testing, and deploying studies in Qualtrics while supporting high-quality research implementation and participant experience. This position is well suited for a detail-oriented individual with strong research and organizational skills, experience working with survey and research platforms, and interest in behavioral research methods and operations. The role requires the ability to execute research implementation tasks across multiple studies in a collaborative, service focused environment. Job-Specific Responsibilities: Survey & Experiment Development/Research Implementation  Build, test, and deploy surveys and...

As described in the customer service level agreement, responsibilities may include, but are not limited to: Performs routine and specialized cleaning of academic and non-academic spaces, including but not limited to offices, dormitories, laboratories, libraries, athletic facilities, classroom and assembly spaces, restrooms, common areas, and entryways, as assigned. Maintains all assigned areas in a clean, orderly, and sanitary manner. Sanitizes bathroom surfaces, fixtures, and food handling/preparation areas. Restocks the restroom and kitchen area consumable supplies daily. Broom sweeps, dry/damp/wet mops hard surface floors and stairs as assigned. Dusts and/or washes furniture, walls, and horizontal surfaces. Vacuums carpeted floor surfaces using light and/or heavy-duty vacuums. Empties and cleans trash and recycling receptacles and moves trash and recyclables to designated pick-up points. Strips, waxes, and burnishes floors using power floor machines. Operates...

Job Summary: Independently execute a range of complex scientific research activities in a core facility including planning and optimizing research, designing analysis algorithms, and providing training to researchers. Job-Specific Responsibilities: The Harvard Center for Biological Imaging (HCBI) seeks a full-time Imaging Scientist (light microscopy) to assist with operations in one of the world’s premier light microscopy facilities. The HCBI currently supports 29 microscopes and sample preparation instruments and extensive data storage and analysis infrastructure. This position supports equipment at multiple Harvard campus sites, including the HCBI Main Lab, Live Cell Imaging Core, and the Cryo-EM Center in Cambridge, and the Optical Imaging Core in Allston. Nearly 800 users from Harvard, local research hospitals, other academic institutions and industry use the facility and praise its "Evergreen" nature whereby most equipment is replaced every three years through...

SUMMARY: The Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD) educates design, research, and scholarship leaders to make a resilient, just, and beautiful world. The GSD offers degree programs across a range of design disciplines—architecture, landscape architecture, urban planning, urban design, design engineering, and real estate—as well as advanced research programs that cut across these disciplines and a robust public program of lectures, exhibitions, and publications. The immense variety of people, programs, and ideas at the School sustains a vibrant and rich environment for learning, inquiry, and collaboration, unlike any other design school. For more information about Harvard GSD see:  https://www.gsd.harvard.edu/ .  Reporting to the Controller, the Financial Associate II performs a diverse array of payroll, accounting, and financial support duties, and works closely with staff members throughout the GSD, serving as an information resource and key liaison for financial inquiries....

SUMMARY : Harvard University Graduate School of Design seeks an energetic, unflappable individual to take up the mantle of Public Programs Coordinator in the Department of Communications. The Communications Department handles public programming, publications (Harvard Design Press and Harvard Design Magazine), exhibitions, the GSD’s online presence, and public relations across the school. The Coordinator is a crucial member of the Public Programs team, which produces approximately 50 events per year.  Reporting to the Associate Director of Public Programs, the Public Programs Coordinator provides support in the planning, organization, and assessment of the GSD’s official public programs and acts as the primary on-site staff member for in-person events. Their key duties include event staffing; budget tracking; logistical coordination (incl. travel, catering, setups, audience and speaker inquiries); event-related outreach and social media communications; event webpage creation and...

The Brooks McCormick Jr. Animal Law and Policy Program (ALPP) is seeking a Staff Attorney to lead the production of both the Animal Law Digest: US Edition (Animal Law Digest), and phase one of a new aquaculture project. The Staff Attorney will conduct legal and policy research, oversee and directly contribute to the production of the Animal Law Digest, and design and adapt the new aquaculture publication to enhance its utility. They will also work on other projects to analyze and improve the treatment of animals through the legal system. The Staff Attorney will work in close collaboration with the Executive Director, Faculty Director, Fellows, and student Research Assistants and in consultation with stakeholders.    The responsibilities of the Staff Attorney include:    Overseeing the production of the Animal Law Digest and directly contributing to research and drafting the publication.  Contributing to new projects to track and analyze federal and state legislation,...

Leaves workstation clean and re-stocked Recycles products per policy and procedure. Accurately fills out sanitation and temperature logs and food service records as required. Informs person in charge when corrective action is needed Follows sanitation standards in compliance with all regulatory agencies including Harvard Environmental Health and Safety regulations Communicates effectively and works cooperatively and respectfully with a diverse set of staff, management team and guests Complies with State of Massachusetts and Dining Services’ “Food Employee Illness Policy”. Represents HUDS to students, faculty, staff and guests in a positive and professional manner. Works to meet the mission and core values of Harvard University Dining Services with enthusiasm and a spirit of cooperation. Performs other duties as assigned Kitchenperson/Chef’s Helper: Cleans and sanitizes physical space and equipment Moves product into and out from production as required following HACCP...

Leaves workstation clean and re-stocked Recycles products per policy and procedure. Accurately fills out sanitation and temperature logs and food service records as required. Informs person in charge when corrective action is needed Follows sanitation standards in compliance with all regulatory agencies including Harvard Environmental Health and Safety regulations Communicates effectively and works cooperatively and respectfully with a diverse set of staff, management team and guests Complies with State of Massachusetts and Dining Services’ “Food Employee Illness Policy”. Represents HUDS to students, faculty, staff and guests in a positive and professional manner. Works to meet the mission and core values of Harvard University Dining Services with enthusiasm and a spirit of cooperation. Performs other duties as assigned Kitchenperson/Chef’s Helper: Cleans and sanitizes physical space and equipment Moves product into and out from production as required following HACCP...

Kitchenperson/Chef’s Helper: Cleans and sanitizes physical space and equipment Moves product into and out from production as required following HACCP procedures Assists with food preparation duties Potwasher: Cleans and sanitizes potwashing/dish area, walls, floors and counters Fills, empties, operates and performs regular maintenance on pot washing machine or manually washes pots as required Monitors and records temperatures and sanitizer concentration in manual wash sink and machines to insure safe operation Returns all cleaned equipment and utensils to point of service Laundryperson: Launders, folds and distributes uniforms, towels, tablecloths and napkins Maintains clean and organized laundry area Operates washing machines and dryers according to instructions Keeps laundry equipment clean and in good order Leaves workstation clean and re-stocked Recycles products per policy and procedure. Accurately fills out sanitation and temperature logs and food service...