Job Summary

• 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

Position Description

• Develop, execute, and assess internship and career-related programs, including the schedule of events, outreach, tracking, collection, and evaluation of feedback
• Review the current process and make enhancements; Manage the application, selection, and orientation processes for the Internships and Career Services (ICS) programs (1,000+ annually)
• Work with the Executive Director to identity potential speaker and partner opportunities, manage event logistics for weekly events during the academic year
• Work with the Director of Finance & Administration to manage finances and maintain funding records for internship opportunities and summer stipend program
• Collaborate with counterparts in other Harvard centers and relevant University offices on joint funding of student financial awards and represent the Institute?s interests at meetings of these groups
• Serve as subject matter expert and principal point of contact and liaison for program constituents, principal source of information on established program policies, advise students on the on-campus public service recruiting process
• Participate in committees around the development of career services across the University
• Maintain all program records (e.g., financial, administrative, applications, student)
• Design and Recommend to the Executive Director to devise and implement strategies for targeting student audiences, promote programming to the Harvard undergraduate community
• Maintain database of employer partnership contacts and profiles, research and suggest new employer partnership pipeline opportunities
• Develop focused research profiles, prospect lists, identifies networks and analysis of philanthropic interests for fundraising staff University-wide.
• Provide and direct high level, creative prospect identification and pipeline building strategies.
• Keep abreast of current events, philanthropic trends, due diligence methodologies, and Harvard?s fundraising objectives.
• Takes initiative to identify strategies for providing actionable insights that help turn prospects into donors.
• Collaborates with development colleagues in HKS?s Alumni Relations & Resource Development.
• In collaboration with others, plans and executes select events related to the cultivation, solicitation and/or stewardship of leadership and major gift prospects and donors.
• Serves as an ambassador for the Institute and possesses ability to articulate IOP?s mission, priorities, and program updates in compelling ways to prospects, donors and other key stakeholders.
• Work in collaboration with IOP colleagues on Institute-wide projects and other special programs as needed

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree
• 7+ years of related professional work experience is required (e.g., career services, student affairs, political campaigns, event management).

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 in politics, 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
• Strong organizational and time 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

Benefits

• Paid Time Off: 3-4 weeks of accrued vacation time per year (3 weeks for support staff and 4 weeks for administrative/professional staff), 12 accrued sick days per year, 12.5 holidays plus a Winter Recess in December/January, 3 personal days per year (prorated based on date of hire), and up to 12 weeks of paid leave for new parents who are primary care givers.
• Health and Welfare: Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision benefits, disability and life insurance programs, along with voluntary benefits. Most coverage begins as of your start date.
• Work/Life and Wellness: Child and elder/adult care resources including on campus childcare centers, Employee Assistance Program, and wellness programs related to stress management, nutrition, meditation, and more.
• Retirement: University-funded retirement plan with contributions from 5% to 15% of eligible compensation, based on age and earnings with full vesting after 3 years of service.
• Tuition Assistance Program: Competitive program including $40 per class at the Harvard Extension School and reduced tuition through other participating Harvard graduate schools.
• Tuition Reimbursement: Program that provides 75% to 90% reimbursement up to $5,250 per calendar year for eligible courses taken at other accredited institutions.
• Professional Development: Programs and classes at little or no cost, including through the Harvard Center for Workplace Development and LinkedIn Learning.
• Commuting and Transportation: Various commuter options handled through the Parking Office, including discounted parking, half-priced public transportation passes and pre-tax transit passes, biking benefits, and more.
• Harvard Facilities Access, Discounts and Perks: Access to Harvard athletic and fitness facilities, libraries, campus events, credit union, and more, as well as discounts to various types of services (legal, financial, etc.) and cultural and leisure activities throughout metro-Boston.

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About Harvard University Kennedy School

Harvard University is devoted to excellence in teaching, learning, and research, and to developing leaders in many disciplines who make a difference globally. The University, which is based in Cambridge and Boston, Massachusetts, has an enrollment of over 20,000 degree candidates, including undergraduate, graduate, and professional students. Harvard has more than 360,000 alumni around the world. The University has twelve degree-granting Schools in addition to the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, offering a truly global education. Established in 1636, Harvard is the oldest institution of higher education in the United States.

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