157 jobs found in Cambridge

Duties and Responsibilities 1. Program Leadership and Regulatory Role: Lead the Radiation Safety Services (RSS) program across all Harvard campuses and affiliated institutions.  Serve as the Radiation Safety Officer (RSO) on Harvard’s Broad Scope Radioactive Material License.  Oversee program assessment and continuous improvement, operational and strategic planning, and the identification and mitigation of radiation hazards.  Coordinate RSS service delivery with key contacts in FAS, HMS, HSDM, SPH, SEAS, other laboratory‑based departments, and affiliated institutions. 2. Radiation Risk Management and Compliance: Develop and maintain tools, systems, and processes to help laboratory clients assess and manage radiation risks.  Ensure the RSS team systematically recognizes hazards and compliance obligations, and applies layered controls (engineering and administrative) to achieve compliance and risk reduction.  Support University risk‑related initiatives, fact‑finding, and...

Job Summary: Manage team within one or more banking operations (e.g. retail, lending) and/or including branch management. Provide high quality service, develop efficient operations and promote sales of products and services. Manage banking operations, customer relations, sales and services, and as necessary vendor relations. Provide leadership to staff. Direct staff and operational functions of the credit union. Job-Specific Responsibilities: The Education Lending Manager provides strategic and tactical leadership for the activities of the credit union’s education lending origination and servicing operations, supporting portfolio growth and ensuring efficient, compliant operations, effective risk management and a positive member experience. The manager will lead the development and ongoing management of business relationships with key stakeholders across Harvard University and third-party partners. The Education Lending Manager reports to the Senior Vice President,...

Job Summary: Facilities Maintenance Operations (FMO) offers building & landscape maintenance, and custodial services to Harvard faculties and departments on a fee-for-service basis. All services are provided in strict accordance with customer-determined standards. As such, FMO operates as an in-house alternative to contractor services and therefore must manage itself under the same principles that guide any successful maintenance service business.  The Fire Safety Services group includes a large hourly workforce (+ 38 technicians) that maintain, repair, inspect and test building fire protection and life safety systems throughout the University on a fee-for-service basis. The maintained equipment inventory includes fire alarm systems, fire pumps, fire suppression systems, emergency lighting systems, and emergency generators used to power life-safety circuits and critical systems. The group supports a central fire alarm reporting system that receives building alarm signals...

The Security Control Center Operator is responsible for monitoring and responding to a number of electronic systems. The SCC Operator is at the center of emergency operations for the Harvard Art Museums and a key element in the safety of persons, Art Museums collections, and other assets. The SCC operator must be alert at all times and responsive to requests for assistance from any location.  Job-Specific Responsibilities: Monitor the Video Surveillance System and report any technical issues to the manager.  Monitors video surveillance of the visiting public in order to avoid damage, either intentional or accidental, to the objects within the collection and on display. Monitor the Electronic Access Control System and  Controls and monitors access and egress points of the building. Monitor the Intrusion Detection System and respond as directed to verify alarms and direct proper response. Answer the SCC telephone and log calls as directed. Monitor the Panic/Duress Alarm...

The Bloomberg Center for Cities at Harvard University seeks an exceptional Executive Director to lead the Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative, which strengthens the capabilities of mayors and senior city leaders to build more effective city governments, solve pressing problems, and improve outcomes for residents. This is an opportunity for a strategic and collaborative leader to help advance the next era of the Initiative’s programming and impact.  Reporting to the Center’s Executive Director and working closely with the Center’s Faculty Director, this role will guide the team responsible for delivering executive education, applied learning, alumni programming, curriculum development, and in-city engagement. They will work with colleagues across the center to support faculty co-chairs in their academic leadership by facilitating high-quality pedagogy and curriculum design, delivering a world-class participant experience, ensuring coherence across and within programs,...

Job Summary: Independently plan and implement academic affairs operations including faculty support, curriculum management and training. Job-Specific Responsibilities: The Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology (OEB) has an opening for a Curriculum and Pedagogy Manager (CPM) that independently plans and implements academic operations including faculty support, curriculum management and training. The CPM plays an essential role supporting introductory and foundational courses offered by OEB, including OEB 10 and 50-level courses. This position works closely with faculty course heads to develop and deliver innovative curricula and course materials, to organize and manage teaching fellows, and to coordinate domestic and international field trips. The CPM will report to OEB’s Chairs and will work collegially with OEB faculty members, head TFs, TAs, and graders and OEB Administration. Curriculum Development:  Works with the Course Head Instructor(s) to revise...

The Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) seeks a forward-looking and collaborative financial strategist to serve as its Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Stewarding a $1.8B+ operating budget at the academic core of Harvard, the CFO will play a defining role in shaping the overall FAS financial strategy at a time of significant change and transformation across higher education. Working closely with the FAS Dean and the Dean of Administration & Finance as a trusted advisor, the CFO will lead the development of a more integrated, data-driven financial model that uses finance not only to control costs, but to enable ambitious teaching and groundbreaking research. This is an opportunity to bring sophisticated financial insight, creativity, and rigor to a globally significant faculty, providing stability and clarity during leadership transitions and institutional renewal. For a seasoned financial leader who wants their expertise to directly advance knowledge, discovery, and student...

Harvard Kennedy School’s mission is to improve public policy and leadership so people can live in societies that are more safe, free, just, and sustainably prosperous. By combining cutting-edge research, the teaching of outstanding students, and direct interaction with practitioners, we have an impact on solving public problems that no other institution can match.  Our faculty, students, staff, about 23,000 degree program alumni, and more than 66,000 Professional and Lifelong Learning (PLL) participants tackle a diverse range of public challenges in the United States and around the world.  The Senior Associate Dean is responsible for overseeing all functions of the department to deliver on Professional and Lifelong Learning’s (PLL) mission. Reporting to the Executive Dean with a dotted line to the Academic Dean for Teaching and Curriculum, the Senior Associate Dean is responsible for ensuring that PLL achieves its academic and financial objectives, creates strong bonds with...

Job Summary: Reporting to the Executive Dean, the Associate Dean for Finance and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) is a key member of the Radcliffe Institute’s senior leadership team. The CFO provides vision and direction for the Institute’s overall financial strategy, safeguards its long-term financial sustainability, and advances efficient, effective financial operations in support of Radcliffe’s mission and strategic goals. The Associate Dean for Finance/CFO serves as a principal advisor on strategic planning, long-range financial planning, fundraising, and risk management, and represents the Institute on University-wide committees and working groups. The CFO is accountable for delivering high-quality financial services; producing accurate, timely financial reporting; and ensuring compliance with University policies, internal controls, and applicable laws and regulations, while upholding the highest standards of accuracy, responsiveness, efficiency, and professionalism. As a...

Job Summary: Facilities Maintenance Operations (FMO) offers building & landscape maintenance, and custodial services to Harvard faculties and departments on a fee-for-service basis. All services are provided in strict accordance with customer-determined standards. As such, FMO operates as an in-house alternative to contractor services and therefore must manage itself under the same principles that guide any successful maintenance service business. Job-Specific Responsibilities: 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...

This role oversees production coordination throughout the project lifecycle for the Events and Media Production team in FAS’s HUIT’s Education Support Services. Key responsibilities include management of the team's two E&MP Event and Media Production Coordinators who triage requests, collect preproduction information from clients, and communicate production details to the E&MP team This role is owner of the unit’s scheduling and project management environment ServiceNow, FileMaker, Farmerswife/Cirkus, oversees interface with EMS RoomBook and ServiceNow integration. The manager is responsible for collecting and reporting service data metrics, and handles invoicing and receivables for the unit. Additionally, they will work closely with the Director of Events and Media Production, Manager of E&MP Studios, Manager of Field Events, Production Managers and other managers and coordinators within ESS to staff and plan a wide range of complex events and allocate resources....

Job Summary: Facilities Maintenance Operations (FMO) offers building & landscape maintenance, and custodial services to Harvard faculties and departments on a fee-for-service basis. All services are provided in strict accordance with customer-determined standards. As such, FMO operates as an in-house alternative to contractor services and therefore must manage itself under the same principles that guide any successful maintenance service business. Job-Specific Responsibilities: 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...

Job Summary: Explore an Animal Care Career at Harvard University Cambridge where our animal care program’s commitment to excellence in research is unparalleled. You would be working in a state-of-the-art award-winning rodent animal facility. The benefit package at Harvard is exceptional including a degree through the extension school. Job-Specific Responsibilities: Perform animal husbandry duties in a complex research environment. Responsible for daily care of various species of laboratory animals including feeding, watering, health observations, and changing and washing cages as assigned. Specific duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to: Feed, water, and care for animals categorized as Biosafety Level 1 or 2 and/or have been administered hazardous chemicals Maintain animal rooms and facility in a clean and organized manner Administer special diets and water for research or veterinary purposes Perform treatments and assist research and veterinary...

Job Summary: Facilities Maintenance Operations (FMO) offers building & landscape maintenance, and custodial services to Harvard faculties and departments on a fee-for-service basis. All services are provided in strict accordance with customer-determined standards. As such, FMO operates as an in-house alternative to contractor services and therefore must manage itself under the same principles that guide any successful maintenance service business. Job-Specific Responsibilities: 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...

Job Summary: Facilities Maintenance Operations (FMO) offers building & landscape maintenance, and custodial services to Harvard faculty and departments on a fee-for-service basis. All services are provided in strict accordance with customer-determined standards. As such, FMO operates as an in-house alternative to contractor services and therefore must manage itself under the same principles that guide any successful maintenance service business. Job-Specific Responsibilities: 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...

Reporting to the Service Owner, CRM Consulting Services, the Salesforce CRP Tech Lead will be responsible for the development and functional expansion of the Catalog, Registration, and Payment (CRP) module of Harvard’s Learning Experience Platform (LXP). The LXP has been created to allow groups across Harvard to deliver best-of-breed online education programs. The Salesforce-based CRP module is intended to be a central service, integrated with the LXP, to allow Harvard groups that do not have their own registration and payment system to offer their LXP courses for sale, direct to individual customers or through business-to-business contracts.  The CRP recently launched with a baseline set of functionality to allow individual purchases of a core set of online courses. Even in that MVP form, the CRP ecosystem includes Salesforce Service Cloud for customer support, Experience Cloud for customer-facing functions such as registration, Certinia (FinancialForce) for financial management,...

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...

Facilities Maintenance Operations (FMO) offers building & landscape maintenance, and custodial services to Harvard faculties and departments on a fee-for-service basis. All services are provided in strict accordance with customer-determined standards. As such, FMO operates as an in-house alternative to contractor services and therefore must manage itself under the same principles that guide any successful maintenance service business. Campus Services Mission Statement: To advance Harvard University’s mission of teaching and research, we partner to provide stewardship, strategies, and services that create exceptional community experiences . The Custodial Supervisor is guided at all times by the mission, vision, and principles of Campus Services and instills a commitment to these values among all team members. The Custodial Supervisor fosters a welcoming, supportive, and diverse workforce and environment. Job-Specific Responsibilities: As part of the Facilities...

Independently perform financial analysis to support department’s role in assisting management with financial planning efforts, budget analysis and monthly reporting. Job-Specific Responsibilities: The Financial Analyst plays a vital role in enabling the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE) to reach thousands of educators annually with the highest-quality professional programs in education (PPE). Reporting to the Director of Finance, the Financial Analyst has primary responsibility for developing, projecting, and reporting on budgets and financial plans, for both the department and its individual programs, representing $15 million revenue. As a key player in PPE, the Financial Analyst partners closely with leaders throughout the organization to analyze financial performance and identify opportunities to enhance PPE’s services. The Financial Analyst is a key advisor to financial and organizational strategy, acting with independent initiative and on the Director of...

Job Summary: The Wagers laboratory studies the biology and function of adult tissue-specific stem cells, particularly those stem cells that form the skeletal muscle and blood.  Current topics under investigation include regulation of stem cell function in normal tissues and under abnormal conditions such as aging and cancer, and methods for editing stem cell genomes using CRISPR/Cas9 for experimental and therapeutic purposes.  The lab is seeking highly motivated candidates to assist in ongoing experiments that include the development and application of novel CRISPR/Cas9 and adeno-associated virus (AAV) gene transfer technologies, mouse work (colony maintenance, husbandry, genotyping, physiological assessment, tissue harvest, etc.), cell culture, flow cytometry, immunostaining, and bioassays of skeletal muscle and hematopoietic cell function. The assistant will also perform a variety of basic and general lab support and clerical tasks, including ordering and stocking of...

The Harvard International Office (HIO) was established in 1944 to respond to the needs of a growing number of international students.   The HIO serves over 10,000 international students and scholars, many of whom are accompanied by family members.  The HIO provides assistance with the settling-in process and advice in complying with U.S. Government regulations. Under general supervision, this position provides immigration advising with special emphasis on the impact of a wide variety of federal, non-immigrant regulations affecting international students and scholars. This position supports and assists the HIO advising team in a variety of tasks related to both international students and scholars. The individual will be appointed both Designated School Official (DSO) and Alternate Responsible Officer (ARO). Job-Specific Responsibilities: Acts as Advisor on Call for both international students and scholar; answers immigration related questions Provides immigration advising...

Job Summary: The Nock Laboratory, in the Department of Psychology, at Harvard University is seeking a Research Assistant (RA) to coordinate and assist with studies aimed at understanding and preventing suicidal behavior among adolescents and adults presenting to the emergency room or the psychiatric inpatient unit. Job-Specific Responsibilities: The RA’s responsibilities include participation in all phases of the research process, including: conducting literature reviews; IRB preparation; recruiting and running clinical participants; data collection, entry, and management; and administrative assistance. The RA may be responsible for recruitment and follow-up of research participants in several studies, as well as supervision of undergraduate and volunteer RAs.   Qualifications Basic Qualifications (required): One year of related experience required. Additional Qualifications and Skills (preferred): A Bachelor's degree in psychology (or related field) and...

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 (GPL), 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 Executive Coordinator will provide high-level administrative support to Professor Liebman who directs the Taubman Center for State and Local Government, the Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston, Harvard Impact Labs, and the Government Performance Lab (GPL).    The ideal candidate for this role will find inspiration in our missions...

Job Summary: The Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs is the hub of Harvard Kennedy School's research, teaching, and training in international security and diplomacy, environmental and resource issues, and science and technology policy. The Belfer Center was named a “Center of Excellence” by the University of Pennsylvania’s Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program in 2021 – the last year of its ranking program – in recognition of the Center’s six consecutive years as the world’s #1 university-affiliated think tank. The Center has a dual mission: (1) to provide leadership in advancing policy-relevant knowledge about the most important challenges of international security and other critical issues where science, technology, environmental policy, and international affairs intersect; and (2) to prepare future generations of leaders for these arenas.    The Fellowships and Operations Manager plays a key role in supporting the Belfer Center’s fellowship portfolio at...