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Position Description

Within the Division of Continuing Education (DCE), the Crimson Summer Academy (CSA) works with talented, low-income students from approximately 40 area high schools to help them achieve admission into highly rated colleges and universities and succeed there. The Assistant Director of the CSA manages the student admission process, which includes outreach to the high schools, follow-up and tracking applications, reminders, and preparing files for the Admissions Committee. The Assistant Director collaborates with the CSA technology team throughout this process.

Other duties and responsibilities include:

• Recruiting, Training, and Managing Mentors: Collaboratively works with Director and Associate Director to make decisions to recruit, hire, manage and approve time of 25 undergraduate and recent college graduates who work all year long as mentors and RAs. Trains and manages mentors for the summer and academic year. Acts as a liaison between mentors and Crimson Scholars to foster productive relationships between faculty, mentors, and students.
• Policy Management: Collaboratively works with Director and Associate Director to develop, create, and implement policies and practices related to the mentors' and RAs' interactions with faculty and high school students that comply with all University policies.
• Career Exploration Fieldwork Instruction: Creates course materials and content and teaches in the summer session that helps students explore potential careers to pursue after graduation. As a faculty member, attends faculty meetings, and votes on academic policies and decisions that impact summer academic program.
• Supervision of College Visits: Supervises and attends preselected college visits in the spring and fall term with high school students, including annual week-long April vacation break trip.
• Conflict Resolution: Reinforces polices and ensures issues are handled and resolved appropriately with input of the Director. This process can include a variety of interventions, including conflict resolution, corrective, action, up to and through termination.
• Communication Management: Organizes and manages mentor-student communication and follows up during the academic year.
• Social Media Management: Collaborates with CSA staff to develop social media communications with programs' alumni. Collaborates with Director and Associate Director on special events involving alumni and/or current students.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience required
• Minimum of 5 years' relevant work experience

Additional Qualifications and Skills

• Supervisory experience
• Excellent organizational, logistical, and time management capabilities
• Demonstrated experience with recognizing and responding flexibly to unexpected situations with sound judgement and clear sense of boundaries
• Proficiency with databases and other forms of technology

Physical Requirements

Light pushing and pulling required

Working Conditions

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.

This position will be based in Cambridge, MA. Hybrid workplace models in place at DCE with a minimum of 2 days per week on campus. DCE may adjust these as necessary or appropriate.

Additional Information

We will not provide visa sponsorship for this position.

A cover letter is highly encouraged for consideration.

The Division of Continuing Education (DCE) comprises several entities serving about 30,000 students annually. The Harvard Extension School, the Harvard Summer School, the Harvard Professional Development Programs and the Harvard Institute for Learning in Retirement allow Harvard to serve the learning needs of students across their life. For more than a century, Harvard Extension School has made Harvard faculty and teaching accessible to a diverse community of local, national, and international students. Harvard Extension School enrolls approximately 17,000 students per year in approximately 46 graduate and undergraduate liberal arts and professional fields. More than 1,500 open enrollment courses are offered year-round with over 600 available online are offered at affordable prices to our communities across the world. Harvard Summer School offers approximately 450 courses on the Harvard Campus to 11,000 secondary school, college and adult learners and more than 30 international study abroad programs for up to 600 students each summer. The Division also includes the Harvard Institute for Learning in Retirement with approximately 550 active members and Harvard Professional Development Programs offering nearly 130 short noncredit programs to more than 3,000 participants annually.

All formal offers will be made by FAS Human Resources.

Benefits

We invite you to visit Harvard's Total Rewards website to learn more about our outstanding benefits package, which may include:

• 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.

Work Format

Hybrid (partially on-site, partially remote)


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