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Dining Hall Supervisor (Blue Wall Cafe) UMass Amherst
Supervises unit control by placement and supervision of personnel assigned to food service unit or units under the prescribed operational schedules and guidelines of said unit(s).
Culinary Worker II (Blue Wall Cafe) UMass Amherst
Performs routine manual and domestic job duties in a food service operation including cooking, cleaning, and serving food. The basic purpose of this work is to perform cooking tasks and assist with cleaning and food serving work as needed.
Farm Energy & Agriculture Engineering Specialist UMass Amherst
The Farm Energy and Agricultural Engineering Specialist will serve as an integral part of UMass Extension’s clean energy and agricultural teams in providing consulting expertise and technical support across the diversity of Massachusetts agriculture, including effective outreach to and engagement with farmers.
Systems Analyst (Hybrid Opportunity) UMass Amherst
The IT Systems Analyst consults with end users and stakeholders (Project Managers, Utilities & Maintenance Managers, Office of Information Technology, vendors, etc.) and conducts technical analysis of systems and network communications to design, build, configure, implement, test and maintain systems. Investigates problems with existing systems and delivers solutions while maintaining system compatibility and enabling integration.
Post Doc - HPP CHE UMass Amherst
Dr. Kathryn Derose and Dr. Daniel López-Cevallos of the UMass Amherst Department of Health Promotion and Policy are seeking a Postdoctoral Research Associate to begin Summer or Fall of 2025. This is a full time, 12-month, annually renewable position with a maximum duration of 2 years. The Postdoctoral Fellow will contribute to research on community-partnered interventions aimed at addressing health disparities both in the U.S. and/or in Latin America; and secondary data analysis of cardiovascular health among military populations in the U.S. Current topics and populations of focus include faith-based organizations and health promotion; food security and nutrition interventions to improve treatment adherence among people with HIV in the Dominican Republic; and stress and cardiovascular health among military populations. Responsibilities include writing scientific papers, quantitative and qualitative data collection and/or analysis, literature reviews, community and study partners’ engagement, and grant writing. Overall goals and specific activities will be determined collaboratively between the post-doc and Drs. Derose and López-Cevallos but can include: first-authored and co-authored journal articles; development of project leadership skills; NIH and DoD grant submissions; quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods training; community-based participatory research, and formalized mentorship.
Associate Director of Mount Ida Campus Career Center Mt. Ida - Newton
Under the direct supervision of the Associate Provost for Academic Programs on the Mount Ida Campus (MIC), the Associate Director of Mount Ida Campus Career Center leads and manages all career services, initiatives, programs, and activities at the Mount Ida Campus designed to support the career development and professional success of UMass Amherst graduate and undergraduate students.
Maintenance Equipment Operator I (Construction Services) UMass Amherst
Operates heavy or specialized equipment used in roadway, walkway or landscape construction and maintenance. Performs manual tasks requiring various specialized skills.
Executive Assistant I UMass Amherst
This position operates under direction and reports to the Vice Chancellor with functional supervision from the Chief of Staff. Serves as the executive assistant to the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs and Campus life.  Administers the day-to day clerical operations of the Vice Chancellor’s office and provides administrative support to the Vice Chancellor, Associate Vice Chancellor, and Chief of Staff. First point of contact for scheduling/communicating with executive level offices at the Amherst campus. Assists in a wide range of activities and confidential matters; requires judgment skills and operates with considerable independence.
Real Prop Facilities Analyst - Nationwide Search (Remote Opportunity) UMass Amherst
The University of Massachusetts Donahue Institute (UMDI) Real Properties Facilities Analyst (RPFA) works with Office of Head Start (OHS) Regional Office federal staff in the creation of processes that will enhance their capacity to manage facility actions and enhance systems across the twelve OHS regions. The RPFA is responsible for coordinating regional facilities, technical assistance activities and supporting the development of training processes, materials and resources.
Program Coordinator - CMASS UMass Amherst
The Program Coordinator provides direction and leadership, including educational and social programming for the four campus-based cultural centers, community-building opportunities for students of all backgrounds, wellbeing initiatives for distinct student populations, basic program and learning assessments, supervision of student staff and efficient management of cultural center budgets and resources. The cultural centers are: Josephine White Eagle Cultural Center (JWECC), Latinx American Cultural Center (LACC), Malcolm X Cultural Center (MXCC), and Yuri Kochiyama Cultural Center (YKCC).
Director of Scenic Art UMass Amherst
The Director of Scenic Art provides leadership and support in all aspects of scenic making including planning, technical design, creation and maintenance, as well as storage of scenic elements and stage properties for the Department of Theater’s main stage production season and related events. Specific responsibilities will focus on all prop-making and the finishes of all scenery and properties. The Director of Scenic Art will also serve as a trainer and mentor to undergraduate and graduate scenic students, designers, and technicians.
Archives and Manuscript Librarian (Temporary Position) (Hybrid Opportunity) UMass Amherst
The Archives and Manuscript Librarian (Archivist) will work with colleagues in the Robert S. Cox Special Collections and University Archives Research Center (SCUA) to provide comprehensive support in the department’s ongoing efforts to curate and preserve its collections and to provide outstanding access to its holdings. The Archivist will assist patrons in learning and research; supervise use of the collections in SCUA’s reading room, train and supervise student assistants, work with classes to promote integration of primary sources into university curriculum, and implement professional standards in care, arrangement, and description of collections.
Head, Data and Open Scholarship (Hybrid Opportunity) UMass Amherst
The Head of Data & Open Scholarship leads a dynamic and evolving team to develop and deliver forward-thinking and campus-aligned programming, resources, and services to support researchers across the research and data lifecycles; scaffold scalable education and outreach programming and support for students, postdoctoral scholars, and faculty; and coordinate project support for innovative work in the realms of digital scholarship, research data, and scholarly publishing. The incumbent will achieve these goals through collaboration with the Associate Dean for Data, Digital Strategies and other units in the division. They will assist University of Massachusetts Amherst researchers in meeting the requirements of funding agencies and publishers and will prioritize the development of strong, collaborative relationships with library subject specialists across multiple disciplines and with relevant units across campus. The incumbent will manage a small team of specialists focused on data management, digital scholarship and digital humanities projects, copyright and information policy, open educational resources, open scholarship/scholarly publishing, research impact, and spatial data and GIS. The position is responsible for leading, managing, innovating, goal setting, outreach, and assessing all functions of the department in partnership with other departments within the division of Data, Digital Strategies, and Scholarly Communication and across the Libraries. The Head of Data & Open Scholarship serves a critical role in ensuring the Libraries are poised to meet the research and student success goals outlined in the University's strategic plan.
Clerk IV - Program Administrator UMass Amherst
The Clerk IV (SI Program Administrator) manages key operational aspects of the Supplemental Instruction (SI) program, including recruitment, hiring, training, and supervising the SI peer team. The Program Administrator also contributes to program and departmental data collection, LMS management, scheduling, room booking, payroll, budget reporting, and the development of strategies to improve access to academic resources.
Residence Director UMass Amherst
The Residence Director is responsible for leading the overall student experience within residence halls including student learning using a curricular approach, student support and wellbeing, staff supervision and development and response to a range of complex student and staff concerns. The Residence Director participates in a range of department initiatives and projects.
Social & Racial Justice Curator (Hybrid Opportunity) UMass Amherst
The Social and Racial Justice Curator will engage the Robert S. Cox Special Collections and University Archives Research Center (SCUA)’s significant holdings of racial justice-related historical collections. This includes the W. E. B. Du Bois Papers, Horace Mann Bond Papers, Gloria Clark Papers, the Black Feminist Archive, Frankie Ziths Papers (Black Panther Party and Black Liberation Army materials), papers and many more. The Curator will be responsible for developing programming around these collections, engaging the UMass community and SCUA’s national audience with the collections and their content, and building on SCUA’s strong foundation of donors, contributors, and community connections.
Professor of Practice (Non-Tenure Track) UMass Amherst
This position offers an exciting opportunity for an individual with professional expertise in public health practice or advocacy to build and extend relationships between the dynamic UMass SPHHS community and public health organizations at the local, state, and national levels. The Professor of Practice will play a pivotal role in advancing the SPHHS' mission of promoting health equity and improving population health outcomes through education, scholarship, and community engagement.
Metadata Coordinator (Hybrid Opportunity) UMass Amherst
The Metadata Coordinator provides leadership and vision for cataloging and metadata services at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. The Coordinator will oversee, develop, implement, and assess proposals, plans and projects to ensure robust and timely access to UMass’s rich scholarly resources and distinctive collections. The incumbent will set priorities for metadata operational needs, recommend and plan metadata initiatives, and facilitate improvements to existing systems and services. The Coordinator will advise on long term metadata strategies relating to discovery, access, retrieval, and management of objects in the Library Services Platform and discovery systems.
Extension Assistant Professor - Food Science UMass Amherst
The Department of Food Science seeks a dynamic candidate to establish and lead an integrated extension and research program addressing critical food system challenges. This position offers a pathway to advance into a leadership role managing extension efforts with cutting-edge facilities (e.g., GMP pilot plant and innovation kitchen). Under exceptional circumstances, highly qualified candidates at other ranks may receive consideration.
Maintainer I (Berkshire Dining Commons) 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.

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