Operations & Community Engagement Coordinator, Project Workforce

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By working at Harvard University, you join a vibrant community that advances Harvard's world-changing mission in meaningful ways, inspires innovation and collaboration, and builds skills and expertise. We are dedicated to creating a diverse and welcoming environment where everyone can thrive.

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F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University is one of 12 graduate and professional schools at the university. 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.

When you work at Harvard Kennedy School, you make a difference.

The Project on Workforce seeks a highly organized, collaborative, and proactive Operations & Community Coordinator to support the Project’s day-to-day operations and foster engagement across its network of researchers, students, practitioners, alumni, and advisors. The Coordinator will manage core administrative and event logistics; coordinate selected research projects; and support student, alumni, and partner engagement. This position offers an opportunity to work closely with leaders addressing some of the nation’s most pressing education and workforce challenges.

• Support financial administration, including expense tracking, reimbursements, purchasing, and preparation of financial reports.
• Coordinate vendor relationships, purchasing, and contracts, in collaboration with Project leadership and Harvard administrative offices.
• Maintain organizational systems and processes that support the Project's research and engagement activities.
• Coordinate convenings, meetings, and events that bring together Project on Workforce partners and stakeholders.
• Support scheduling and other administrative activities for Project leadership, as needed.

• Coordinate one to two research projects, including managing timelines, scheduling meetings, coordinating research assistants, and tracking project deliverables.

• Coordinate recruitment, onboarding, and engagement of research assistants and student fellows.
• Support the Project's Cross-Harvard Study Group and other student programming that connects students with researchers and practitioners.
• Support outreach to Project alumni and strengthen the network of former research assistants, fellows, and study group members.
• Assist with community communications, outreach, and other engagement initiatives.

Based at the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government at the Harvard Kennedy School, the Project on Workforce is an interdisciplinary initiative spanning the Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard Business School's Managing the Future of Work project, and the Harvard Graduate School of Education. The Project produces rigorous research and actionable insights at the intersection of education, labor markets, and economic mobility, with the goal of creating stronger pathways between learning and work.

Through research, policy engagement, strategic partnerships, and convenings, the Project brings together leaders across and beyond Harvard to address the nation's…