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Director IT Support Services (Hybrid Opportunity) UMass Amherst
The Director of IT Support Services leads and oversees the organization ‘s IT support functions. This role ensures the efficient operation of IT help desks, technical support teams, and IT service management processes to deliver exceptional support and services to internal and external stakeholders. The Director manages a team of IT professionals, develops strategic plans, and collaborates with other departments to ensure IT systems and services are effectively aligned with organizational goals and objectives.
Associate Director of Career Development (Hybrid Opportunity) UMass Amherst
The Associate Director of Career Development, under the guidance of the Executive Director of Employer Relations and Operations, oversees a team of Assistant Directors of Career Development. This role involves delivering intricate and comprehensive career guidance to Isenberg students across seven majors, double majors, and dual degrees, ensuring top-tier services for a diverse student body.
Departmental Assistant/Project Manager Translation Center UMass Amherst
Report to the Director of the UMass Translation Center. Supervise ad-hoc interpreters, translators, and other language professionals, and any assigned student employees. Collaborate with other project managers and Center staff.
Network Security Administrator (Hybrid Opportunity) UMass Amherst
The Network Security Administrator is responsible for managing the University's firewalls and VPN infrastructure, ensuring the security and integrity of campus and data center networks. This role serves as a subject matter expert on next-generation firewall solutions, working closely with project management, network engineers, decentralized firewall tenants, and clients to meet the University's evolving security and business needs.
WEB Dubois Diversity Fellow UMass Amherst
The mission of the CCPH W.E.B. Du Bois Diversity Fellowship is to continue the multicultural training and clinical experience of the early career clinician who has successfully completed the Master’s in Social Work  (MSW) or Doctoral Degree in Counseling or Clinical Psychology. This Fellowship offers continued supervised clinical experience to deepen and broaden the fellow's clinical skills which will allow them to leave the fellowship on route to the independent level of clinical practice and prepared to take on leadership roles. Fellows are expected, in addition to general clinical responsibilities, to provide training and support to underrepresented campus communities.
Assistant Director of Global Launch UMass Amherst
The Assistant Director of Global Launch provides leadership and oversight for the UMass Amherst Global Launch programs. The Assistant Director leads recruitment, enrollment and program development and management in consultation with the Executive Director of Global Education, and student support and success initiatives with the Director of Student Success Academic Programs.
Employment Eligibility & I-9 Specialist UMass Amherst
The Employment Eligibility and I-9 Specialist is responsible for ensuring University compliance with federal I-9 employment eligibility regulations including, but not limited to, timely identification and resolution of employment eligibility issues to ensure compliance and mitigate liability. The Specialist designs and delivers training to HR professionals across the University. They monitor, reconcile, and correct data discrepancies between the University’s I-9 system (Tracker I-9), international tax system (Sprintax), E-verify, and HR Direct (PeopleSoft) systems. The Specialist develops and implements employment eligibility verification and hiring/onboarding processes and actively supports HR professionals in I-9 and e-Verify processes.
Departmental Assistant / UBSI Assistant Residential Supervisor UMass Amherst
The Upward Bound Summer Institute (UBSI) is a 6-week residential experience hosted at UMass Amherst for 40 – 60 high school students. The UBSI Assistant Residential Supervisor supervises volunteers and students, oversees implementation and evaluation of programming, and coordinates with staff during this intensive six-week program. This is a grant-funded position supervised by the Upward Bound Program Director.  This is a temporary, unbenefited position.
Departmental Assistant / UBSI Residential Supervisor UMass Amherst
The Upward Bound Summer Institute (UBSI) is a 6-week residential experience hosted at UMass Amherst for 40 – 60 high school students. The UBSI Residential Supervisor supervises staff and students, oversees the implementation and evaluation of programming, and coordinates with Upward Bound Program staff during the intensive six-week program.  This is a grant-funded position supervised by the Upward Bound Program Director.  This is a temporary, unbenefited position.
Departmental Assistant / UBSI Instructor (Multiple Positions Available) UMass Amherst
The Upward Bound Summer Institute (UBSI) is a 6-week residential experience hosted at UMass Amherst for 40 – 60 high school students. The UBSI Instructor teaches classes in at least one of several content areas to student participants, conducts sessions, supervises tutor/mentors within and outside of the classroom, and participates in various aspects of this intensive six-week program. This is a grant-funded position supervised by the Upward Bound Program Director.  This is a temporary, unbenefited position.
Research Lab/Operation Manager - Biomedical Engineering UMass Amherst
The Lab/Operations Manager provides facilities and equipment maintenance, technical services, and support to department laboratories, skilled and semi-skilled machine shop services, as well as mechanical and electrical construction services in Biomedical Engineering (BME). The Lab/Operations Manager leads the daily technical operation and training of student users for all research lab equipment. This position establishes operating protocols and collaborating with faculty, staff, students, and outside users to maximize high-impact research output.
Access Coordinator UMass Amherst
The Access Coordinator supports a caseload of students with a wide range of disabilities and temporary impairments by facilitating an interactive process of determining eligibility for appropriate accommodations and ensuring individuals with disabilities receive appropriate accommodations, adjustments, and modifications as mandated by federal, state, and local laws.
Business Communications Lecturer UMass Amherst
The Business Communications Program seeks a full-time, non-tenure track lecturer for a Fall 2025 start.
Technical Assistant II (Pilot Plant Specialist) UMass Amherst
The Food Science Pilot Plant facility in the Department of Food Science furthers the department’s teaching, research, and outreach mission and houses equipment for the Institute for Applied Life Sciences Nutraceutical Formulation Core Facility. The Pilot Plant Specialist works with enthusiastic students and assists with food science courses, is responsible for maintaining and the operation of pilot plant equipment, management of consumable supplies, ensuring compliance with Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs), and managing waste and equipment disposal.
Electrician I (Alterations) UMass Amherst
Installs, maintains, operates, repairs and/or initiates repairs on building systems such as; electric, electronic, electro-mechanical controls, card access/security, fire alarm, communication equipment and their related devices and performs other related work as required, including but not limited to, repairs and/or initiates repairs on building systems such as; control systems, heating and ventilation (HVAC) systems, cooling towers, pumps and related equipment. Employing the use and need of specialized testing and monitoring, diagnostic equipment; works synchronously with Control Technicians/trade personnel maintaining the building systems integrity, exercises functional supervision of other employees of lower grade performing related repair and maintenance activities.
Culinary Worker II (Berkshire Dining Commons) 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.
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.
University Surveyor and GIS Administrator (Hybrid Opportunity) UMass Amherst
Under the general direction of the Assistant Director of Space and Asset Management, Surveyor and GIS Administrator is responsible for maintaining the integrity of all site, utility, and topographical data for the University of Massachusetts Amherst campus and associated outlying facilities and properties.  In addition to system integrity, the position will manage and update all existing drawings, maps, and plans, integrating this data into the University’s tools for graphical information. This role will also require regular evaluation of emerging GIS technologies and their potential to enhance campus operations.
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.
4-H Extension Educator II - Mt. Ida (Hybrid Opportunity) Mt. Ida - Newton, UMass Amherst
The 4-H Extension Educator for the Norfolk and Suffolk Counties, located at the Mount Ida Campus, will provide programmatic leadership and management for the Massachusetts 4-H Youth Development Programs. Develop and implement educational programs and resources for youth ages 5-18 while providing support and oversight for collaborating adult volunteers and partner organizations.

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