Internships and Career Services Manager
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Location: Cambridge, MA 02138
Description:
Job Summary
Reporting to the Director of Finance and Administration, the Manager is responsible for driving internship and career-related programming. This includes the administration of established programming such as career roundtables, and piloting new programming such as skill-based workshops. The Manager works closely with other public service directors at Harvard College and Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) to ensure collaborative, comprehensive, substantive, and formative career-focused programming for Harvard College undergraduates interested in pursuing summer internships and post-graduation opportunities in politics and public service.
The successful candidate will have prior professional work experience working with students, preferably undergraduate student populations, and have a strong desire to encourage their professional pursuits and involvement in both public service and the political process. The successful candidate will also possess:
The Institute oversees the John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum, one of the world's premier arenas for political speech, discussion and debate. The IOP Fellows program offers a unique opportunity for political practitioners to spend the semester at Harvard interacting with and learning from students.
The IOP also offers wide-ranging opportunities for students to practice, get inspired, and gain the skills for a future in public service. Sixteen programs available to students include the Harvard Public Opinion Project, a nationwide survey project of young adults' political views; and the Women's Initiative in Leadership, created to address the interest and importance of female students at Harvard in developing leadership skills. Students are also offered wide-ranging internship and career opportunities, including 100 paid public-service summer internships around the world.
In addition, the Institute offers conferences for new members of Congress and newly elected mayors, and, after each Presidential election, brings together campaign managers and strategists to analyze the race.
The IOP provides avenues for practical experience and encourages students to examine critically and think creatively about politics and public issues.
Basic Qualifications
5+ years of related professional work experience is required (e.g., career services, student affairs, political campaigns, event management). Related internships will count toward experience requirement.
Additional Qualifications and Skills
If you have some but not all of the following, we encourage you to apply; we value employees with a willingness to learn:
Additional Information
Learn more about our work culture and see yourself at Harvard Kennedy School.
We regret that the Harvard Kennedy School does not provide visa sponsorship.
Harvard University requires pre-employment reference and background checks.
Harvard University is committed to supporting a healthy, sustainable learning and working environment.
This is a hybrid position based on our campus in Cambridge, MA. As a campus-based institution, we place a high value on the in-person experience, cross-team collaboration, and strong community building in order to create a vibrant campus for our students, faculty, staff, and research fellows. The position is required to work in-person on campus a minimum of five days per week during the academic year. Specific days and schedule will be determined between you and your manager.
The health of our workforce is a priority for Harvard University. With that in mind, we strongly encourage all employees to be up-to-date on CDC-recommended vaccines.
Salary Range: $66,960 - $109,559
Note: Starting salaries typically fall in the lower half of the salary range; however, they are ultimately determined by the scope of the position, the candidate's relevant experience, and internal equity.
Reporting to the Director of Finance and Administration, the Manager is responsible for driving internship and career-related programming. This includes the administration of established programming such as career roundtables, and piloting new programming such as skill-based workshops. The Manager works closely with other public service directors at Harvard College and Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) to ensure collaborative, comprehensive, substantive, and formative career-focused programming for Harvard College undergraduates interested in pursuing summer internships and post-graduation opportunities in politics and public service.
The successful candidate will have prior professional work experience working with students, preferably undergraduate student populations, and have a strong desire to encourage their professional pursuits and involvement in both public service and the political process. The successful candidate will also possess:
- Experience and/or interest in politics, prior experience working with internship programs or career services
- Ability to steward professional relationships, partnerships, and networks
- Creative drive to ideate, develop and implement new programming and pipelines
- Ability and interest in working in a fast-paced campus environment and manage multiple competing priorities and timelines
- Ability to deftly change gears and contexts
- Skill in developing data collection and tracking systems
- Strong customer service orientation
The Institute oversees the John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum, one of the world's premier arenas for political speech, discussion and debate. The IOP Fellows program offers a unique opportunity for political practitioners to spend the semester at Harvard interacting with and learning from students.
The IOP also offers wide-ranging opportunities for students to practice, get inspired, and gain the skills for a future in public service. Sixteen programs available to students include the Harvard Public Opinion Project, a nationwide survey project of young adults' political views; and the Women's Initiative in Leadership, created to address the interest and importance of female students at Harvard in developing leadership skills. Students are also offered wide-ranging internship and career opportunities, including 100 paid public-service summer internships around the world.
In addition, the Institute offers conferences for new members of Congress and newly elected mayors, and, after each Presidential election, brings together campaign managers and strategists to analyze the race.
The IOP provides avenues for practical experience and encourages students to examine critically and think creatively about politics and public issues.
Basic Qualifications
5+ years of related professional work experience is required (e.g., career services, student affairs, political campaigns, event management). Related internships will count toward experience requirement.
Additional Qualifications and Skills
If you have some but not all of the following, we encourage you to apply; we value employees with a willingness to learn:
- Bachelor's degree strongly preferred, particularly in a related discipline or concentration (government, public policy, politics, political science, etc.)
- Experience working with undergraduate student populations
- Experience building and maintaining external partnerships or professional network pipelines
- Experience or interest inpolitics, career services or higher education experience is beneficial
- Candidate should have social media experience and knowledge
- Ability to work in a team
- Strong customer service orientation and diplomacy
- Strongorganizationalandtime management skills
- The ability to work well in a busy environment with frequent interruptions
- Proven ability to work independently and manage multiple projects
- Ability to interact professionally and comfortably with faculty, colleagues, students, guests, external vendors, and partners
- Good judgment, attention to detail, excellent writing skills and comfort in a fast-paced environment
- Prior experience working with database applications
Additional Information
Learn more about our work culture and see yourself at Harvard Kennedy School.
We regret that the Harvard Kennedy School does not provide visa sponsorship.
Harvard University requires pre-employment reference and background checks.
Harvard University is committed to supporting a healthy, sustainable learning and working environment.
This is a hybrid position based on our campus in Cambridge, MA. As a campus-based institution, we place a high value on the in-person experience, cross-team collaboration, and strong community building in order to create a vibrant campus for our students, faculty, staff, and research fellows. The position is required to work in-person on campus a minimum of five days per week during the academic year. Specific days and schedule will be determined between you and your manager.
The health of our workforce is a priority for Harvard University. With that in mind, we strongly encourage all employees to be up-to-date on CDC-recommended vaccines.
Salary Range: $66,960 - $109,559
Note: Starting salaries typically fall in the lower half of the salary range; however, they are ultimately determined by the scope of the position, the candidate's relevant experience, and internal equity.