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Maintainer II (SW/N Facilities Operations) UMass Amherst
Supervises and participates in the performance of general custodial duties including the cleaning of a building or a group of buildings.
Career Advisor/Assistant Director - Career & Professional Development (Hybrid Opportunity) UMass Amherst
The Career Advisor/Assistant Director of Career & Professional Development Center will work under the general direction of the Director of Career & Professional Development Center in the College of Natural Sciences (CNS), to plan and organize career development and experiential learning activities for CNS undergraduates and recent alumni in cooperation with department heads and faculty.
Assistant Director - Graduate Students Career Center (Hybrid Opportunity) UMass Amherst
The Assistant Director, Graduate Students in the Career & Professional Development Center will work under the general direction of the Director of Career & Professional Development Center in the College of Natural Sciences (CNS), to plan and organize career development and experiential learning activities for CNS graduate students and recent alumni in cooperation with department heads and faculty.
Research Fellow - Park Lab UMass Amherst
The Park Lab is seeking a highly motivated Research fellow to support ongoing research projects and contribute to the overall research efforts of the lab. The Park lab focuses on understanding the mechanisms of cognitive aging, with a particular emphasis on body-to-brain communication.
Post Doctoral Research Associate - Caicedo lab UMass Amherst
The Caicedo lab in the Department of Biology at UMass Amherst is looking for a postdoctoral research associate. The position will support a collaborative NSF-funded project with colleagues at Penn State University and Rutgers University, studying the landscape and population genomics of the parasitic weed, dodder (Cuscuta gronovii and C. campestris) in agricultural and non-agricultural environments.
Associate/Full Professor – Islamic/Middle Eastern Studies UMass Amherst
The Department of Judaic and Near Eastern Studies at the University of Massachusetts Amherst invites applications for a full-time nine-month faculty position at the rank of Associate Professor or above (tenured) in Islamic cultures and civilizations of the Middle East and/or broader Islamic world, to begin September 1, 2025.
Assistant Professor of Art Education UMass Amherst
The Department of Art at the University of Massachusetts Amherst invites applications for a full-time tenure-track Assistant Professor of Art Education to begin September 1, 2025.
Technical Assistant I (Pharmacy Technician) UMass Amherst
The Pharmacy Technician - Technical Assistant I assists in preparing and dispensing medications, sells over-the-counter items to students and 3rd Party Plan members, and assists the pharmacists in providing direct pharmaceutical services to out-patient and Observation Unit areas.
Stakeholder Relationship Coordinator (Hybrid Opportunity) UMass Amherst
The Stakeholder Relationship Coordinator creates and strengthens the connections of UMass Extension’s Commercial Horticulture Group to stakeholders by providing specialized educational and program support. Organizes and facilitates development, implementation, marketing, distribution, and evaluation of in-person, online, and printed educational programs and projects, along with logistical and financial management for these efforts.
Senior Data and Visualization Analyst UMass Amherst
Reporting to the Executive Director of Analytics and Institutional Research, the Senior Data and Visualization Analyst gathers, analyzes, interprets, and visualizes data to support campus decision makers and School/ College analysts, program planning, rankings, and external reporting activities.
Assistant Dean for Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging (Hybrid Opportunity) UMass Amherst
This position will report to the Dean, and will have primary responsibility for supporting the recruitment, retention, and success of underrepresented students (e.g., students of color, women in certain STEM fields, low income and first-generation, and LGBTQ+ students). This position will partner with multiple constituencies within SPHHS, the University, and beyond to foster an environment of inclusion and support the success of historically underrepresented individuals within SPHHS and the University.
Maintainer I (Facilities Services) UMass Amherst
Performs general custodial duties in connection with the cleaning and maintenance of a building or of an assigned area within a building in the Auxiliary Services Department.  Works as a member of a team cleaning custodial program which includes housekeeping, cleaning, moving furniture and trash removal in assigned Auxiliary Services buildings.
Department Administrator (Hybrid Opportunity) UMass Amherst
The Department Administrator is the Department Chair’s principal aid and advisor and an integral member of the senior administrative team in the Department of History, College of Humanities and Fine Arts. This position is responsible for playing a critical planning and decision-making role in all areas of administrative functions as delegated by the chair to achieve Department, College, and University goals.
Pen Tishkach Chair & IHGMS Director UMass Amherst
The University seeks a distinguished senior scholar in the field of Holocaust, Genocide, and Memory Studies to serve as Director of the IHGMS. The Director will be the Pen Tishkach Chair of Holocaust Studies; the Pen Tishkach endowment provides research support as well as funding for Institute programming.  Leadership of the Institute requires a dynamic and inclusive leader with demonstrated ability to engage diverse constituents and academic disciplines both domestically and internationally.  The successful candidate will also have experience in fundraising and a vision for institutional development at a public research university.  The successful candidate will also teach undergraduate and graduate courses. The University offers a wide range of opportunities for interdisciplinary collaboration, including strong programs in Public History, literary and cultural studies, and a vibrant Department of Judaic and Near Eastern Studies. The proximity of the Yiddish Book Center and resources in the Five College Consortium further enrich the intellectual community.    Specific disciplinary focus for the Director is open; the tenure home is anticipated to be in the College of Humanities and Fine Arts (http://www.umass.edu/hfa/), in the department best aligned with the successful candidate's expertise.
Lecturer in Portuguese and Brazilian Studies UMass Amherst
The Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures at the University of Massachusetts Amherst invites applications for a non-tenure track, Lecturer position in Portuguese and Brazilian Studies, with a focus on Lusophone Cultures and Literature.
Administrative and Event Coordinator - Mechanical & Industrial Engineering - Hybrid Opportunity UMass Amherst
Administrative and Event Manager will support the Energy Transition Institute’s work to enable a sustainable and equitable energy future, with a focus on operation of Massachusetts Energy Efficiency Partnership (MAEEP), a continuing education program for Massachusetts energy professionals.
Research Fellow - Health Promotion & Policy UMass Amherst
The research fellow will conduct interviews with research participants, facilitate focus groups for research purposes, oversee collection of qualitative data and intervention process evaluation data by collaborators, analyze qualitative and quantitative data, coordinate training events, ensure that research projects meet regulatory requirements, coordinate the work of students and staff, oversee COVID-19 mitigation efforts as needed, prepare budget reports, assist with project management, co-author reports and papers for dissemination, and perform other research-related tasks. Research populations may include people with opioid and other substance use disorders, criminal justice involved individuals (including incarcerated), individuals with mental health conditions, and people with HIV and food insecurity.
Interim Student Bridges Program Director UMass Amherst
Under general direction, from the Assistant Vice Chancellor for Advocacy, Inclusion & Support Programs (AISP), this position provides program and operational leadership and oversight for the Student Bridges Program. Serves as a key leader in the AISP collaborative, and as the primary liaison to Student Bridges Faculty Advisor, community partners/agencies and campus partners.  This is an interim one (1) year position.
Research Fellow - Research Software & Research Computing Facilitation UMass Amherst
Research Computing & Data (RCD) in collaboration with the Center for Data Science (CDS) at the University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass) is hiring a Research Fellow in research software and research computing facilitation. UMass is a fast growing research computing leader in New England and this unique role provides ample opportunity to impact research computing both regionally and nationally. UMass Amherst’s primary research computing resource is the Unity Research Computing Platform, a collaborative cluster led by UMass Amherst in cooperation with UMass Dartmouth, UMass Lowell, UMass Boston, and the University of Rhode Island. Unity is housed at the Massachusetts Green High Performance Computing Center (MGHPCC), a joint datacenter which hosts stand alone and other collaborative research computing systems from UMass, MIT, Harvard, Northeastern, Boston University, and Yale, as well as a variety of other universities and colleges in partnership with one of the main datacenter sponsors.
Postdoctoral Research Associate - Research Software & Research Computing Facilitation UMass Amherst
Research Computing & Data (RCD) in collaboration with the Center for Data Science (CDS) at University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass) is hiring a Postdoctoral Research Associate in research software and research computing facilitation. UMass is a fast growing research computing leader in New England and this unique role provides ample opportunity to impact research computing both regionally and nationally. UMass Amherst’s primary research computing resource is the Unity Research Computing Platform, a collaborative cluster led by UMass Amherst in cooperation with UMass Dartmouth, UMass Lowell, UMass Boston, and the University of Rhode Island. Unity is housed at the Massachusetts Green High Performance Computing Center (MGHPCC), a joint datacenter which hosts stand alone and other collaborative research computing systems from UMass, MIT, Harvard, Northeastern, Boston University, and Yale, as well as a variety of other universities and colleges in partnership with one of the main datacenter sponsors.

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