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Requisition # 2025-21106
Date Posted 1 day ago(8/29/2025 11:43 AM)
BDI is seeking a part-time Next Generation Internship Coordinator to coordinate administrative duties and support our research assistant program. The person in this role will be responsible for coordinating  program recruitment and hiring of Research Assistants (RAs) as well as coordinating mentorship and support. The Research Assistant Internship is part of BDI’s efforts to support and train the next generation of conflict mitigation and peacebuilding practitioners in the United States. The internship is a 12-month program, where RAs receive hands-on experience in political violence research and mitigation efforts. Additionally, the internship program will include regular skill-building and professional development workshops.  This position is a part-time, 9-month term position....
Department
Schl of Public & Int'l Affairs
Job Type
Part-Time
Category
Administrative Support
Requisition # 2025-21079
Date Posted 2 days ago(8/28/2025 3:17 PM)
The mission of Princeton University Department of Athletics is to strive for excellence in academics and athletics, while embracing equity in opportunity, good sportsmanship, and ethical conduct. In keeping with this mission, the role of the Assistant Performance Coach is to support quality varsity programs that challenge and develop the physical, mental and personal abilities of student-athletes of Division I programs. Reporting to the Head Performance Coach, the assistant coach will assist with the development of varsity performance programs and will also assist with the maintenance and upgrade recommendations of the performance facilities.
Department
Athletics
Job Type
Temporary
Category
Athletics
Requisition # 2025-21104
Date Posted 2 days ago(8/28/2025 3:14 PM)
The Princeton University Art Museum welcomes applications for the position of Research Assistant. The position will report to the Curator of Provenance to assist with in-depth research regarding onboarding a large bequest of objects primarily from the Ancient Americas. This position is temporary. About the Museum:With a collecting history that extends back to 1755, the Princeton University Art Museum is one of the leading university art museums in the country, with collections that have grown to include more than 117,000 works of art ranging from ancient to contemporary art and spanning the globe. Committed to advancing Princeton’s teaching and research missions, the Art Museum also serves as a gateway to the University for visitors worldwide. As the Museum prepares for a...
Department
Art Museum
Job Type
Temporary
Category
Arts and Museum Administration
Requisition # 2025-21103
Date Posted 2 days ago(8/28/2025 3:10 PM)
The Princeton University Art Museum welcomes applications for the position of Creativity Lab Facilitator (CLF) to work at the new Art Museum building, scheduled to open in Fall 2025. This visitor-focused position offers the opportunity to welcome visitors to the Museum’s Creativity Labs, where they can engage in a variety of participatory art-making, writing, and reflection activities that foster inquiry, empathy, wellness, and imagination, and connect directly with the Museum’s expansive collections. As part of the Creativity Lab team within the Education Department, Facilitators are responsible for providing encouraging and engaging experiences for all Creativity Lab participants. About the Museum: With a collecting history that extends back to 1755, the Princeton University Art...
Department
Art Museum
Job Type
Temporary
Requisition # 2025-20660
Date Posted 2 days ago(8/28/2025 8:11 AM)
The Athletic Medicine Team Physician provides services as a UHS physician with special attention to the student athlete population. The physician serves as team physician for varsity athletes at the Director of Athletic Medicine (DAM)'s discretion. This includes sideline event coverage, directing the care of student athletes receiving care from a highly skilled staff of athletic trainers, physical therapists, a clinical registered nurse, and a sports dietitian, and serving as a partner to the DAM. The physician participates as a member of the UHS physician group, including overnight call rotations and regular clinical sessions at the Frist Health Center.This is a part-time (60% duty time), benefits-eligible position. Evening and weekend event coverage required; may include travel.
Department
Health Services
Job Type
Part-Time
Category
Health Services
Requisition # 2025-20682
Date Posted 4 days ago(8/26/2025 10:05 AM)
DEPARTMENT OVERVIEWThe Department of Public Safety (DPS) is the primary department charged with creating a safe and secure environment at Princeton University. DPS operates 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, and is comprised of 164 staff members.   The department consists of professional University police, security officers, dispatchers, and administrators dedicated to providing best-in-class service to the community.  DPS was originally recognized and awarded Law Enforcement Accreditation from the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA) in July 2015, and subsequently awarded reaccreditation status in July 2018 and July 25, 2022. CALEA serves as the “International Gold Standard for Public Safety Agencies” and oversees a rigorous accreditation process.  In...
Department
Public Safety
Job Type
Full-Time
Category
Public Safety, Security, and Emergency Services
Requisition # 2024-20229
Date Posted 5 days ago(8/25/2025 2:51 PM)
The Princeton Quantum Initiative (PQI), a newly established administrative support structure, seeks an Executive Director (ED) to advance its mission of facilitating quantum research initiatives at Princeton. PQI's mission is to bring together the vibrant community of faculty and students across engineering and the natural sciences who work on a wide range of topics in quantum information science. Future quantum technology requires physicists, chemists, engineers and computer scientists, working in systems from atoms to superconductors. PQI’s aim is to foster variety of collaboration across different departments as well as provide support through different programs to make such collaborations successful. More information about the initiative and the faculty involved can be found at...
Department
Princeton Quantum Initiative
Job Type
Full-Time
Category
Academic Administration
Requisition # 2025-21011
Date Posted 5 days ago(8/25/2025 9:47 AM)
Reporting to the Vice President of Advancement (VP), the Associate Vice President for Fundraising Initiatives and Donor Relations (AVP), is a member of the University Advancement senior leadership team and provides vision, strategy, and momentum for all capital/restricted fundraising and donor stewardship initiatives. The AVP will lead a staff of ~20 FTE’s, collectively responsible for supporting the “arc” of gifts to the University – from setting fundraising priorities for initiatives that require philanthropic support and partnering with frontline fundraisers to secure gifts, to documenting those gifts, to delivering a “best-in-class” donor stewardship experience, including timely acknowledgments, fund reporting, and recognition.    The successful candidate will have a track...
Department
Adv-Fundraising Initiatives
Job Type
Full-Time
Category
Alumni Relations and Development
Requisition # 2025-20953
Date Posted 1 week ago(8/22/2025 12:52 PM)
Manage the Space Physics Laboratory at Princeton University, which is used to develop Space Flight Instruments for NASA Missions while simultaneously educating the next generation of space physicists and engineers who will be able to lead these fields. Develop and maintain a state-of-the-art ion/neutral Calibration Facility and be responsible for this and all other systems and aspects of the Space Physics Laboratory. Space Physics at Princeton is led by a Professor of Astrophysical Sciences and Associated Faculty in Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, who is the Principal Investigator (PI) of numerous NASA Heliophysics missions and Space Flight Instruments, including a $750M mission that launches this year. The Laboratory Manager will report directly to the PI in parallel with the...
Department
Astrophysical Sciences
Job Type
Full-Time
Category
Research and Laboratory
Requisition # 2025-20893
Date Posted 1 week ago(8/22/2025 10:10 AM)
The Communications Coordinator works under the direction of the Program Manager to support and further the mission of the James Madison Program (JMP) through various media. The JMP hosts numerous events, conferences, and programs throughout the academic year necessitating development and distribution of promotional materials, events recordings, and communication to the JMP community of speakers, panelists, participants, and attendees. The Communications Coordinator will assist in all of these areas and also lead the effort to continue production of the JMP Podcast.
Department
Politics
Job Type
Full-Time
Category
Communications and Public Relations
Requisition # 2025-20776
Date Posted 1 week ago(8/22/2025 9:37 AM)
Princeton University’s Office of Finance and Treasury seeks an exceptional and accomplished procurement leader to manage a team of five procurement specialists and lead campus-wide efforts to enhance procurement processes and compliance.  As a leader within the central Procurement Services function, the Associate Director drives Source-to-Pay process optimization across the University, navigating the complexities of business strategy, regulatory compliance, and process efficiency. As such, this role requires an individual with exceptional skill, talent, and integrity. As a leader in research and education, Princeton University receives funding from a variety of sources including federal contracts and grants subject to Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) and Uniform Guidance (UG). ...
Department
Procurement Services
Job Type
Full-Time
Category
Financial Services and Procurement
Requisition # 2025-20774
Date Posted 1 week ago(8/22/2025 9:35 AM)
 Princeton University’s Office of Finance and Treasury seeks a seasoned accounts payable leader with proven skills in managing all daily accounts payable activities in support of the University’s teaching and research mission. The Manager of Accounts Payable Operations will be a hands-on leader to manage and develop a team of 2 senior expense processors and 4 expense processors to enable the effective processing of more than 40,000 expense reports, 70,000 invoices and over 17,000 payment requests annually. The Manager will lead the team in support of a wide range of campus needs and will drive for continuous improvement across all accounts payable processes to increase efficiency and reduce fraud exposure wherever possible. The role will be responsible for managing the...
Department
Procurement Services
Job Type
Full-Time
Category
Financial Services and Procurement
Requisition # 2025-20941
Date Posted 1 week ago(8/22/2025 8:45 AM)
The Office of the Dean of the Graduate School is seeking a Graduate Admission Coordinator. The position reports to the Assistant Director of Graduate Admission and Enrollment Services. This professional will join the Graduate Admission team in the office of the Dean of the Graduate School, which offers a challenging and supportive work environment. Engaged and dedicated staff members collaborate to enhance the educational experience of all graduate students at Princeton. The work is extraordinarily rewarding, multi-faceted, always evolving, and meaningful. This is a full-time position, with a preferred start date as soon as possible. Review of applications will begin immediately.
Department
Dean of the Graduate School
Job Type
Full-Time
Category
Admissions
Requisition # 2025-20938
Date Posted 1 week ago(8/22/2025 8:36 AM)
Do you want to help enable and advance groundbreaking research through facilitating proposal development and award management? Do you enjoy a position that is always changing and rarely stale? Are you looking to apply your problem-solving skills combined with a strong attention to detail to support faculty research on a historic campus? If so, Princeton University's Electrical and Computer Engineering department is recruiting a Grants Manager to join its team. The Grants Manager (one of four in a highly collaborative environment) will report to the Business Manager. You will serve as backup to the other three Grants Managers when they are out of the office, or will assist in times of high volume. As a grants manager, you will need to understand the basics of research administration...
Department
Electrical & Comp Engineering
Job Type
Full-Time
Category
Grants and Contracts
Requisition # 2025-20602
Date Posted 1 week ago(8/21/2025 4:34 PM)
The Sponsored Research Senior Analyst, Cash, Subaward and Compliance plays a pivotal role in supporting the University’s research mission by providing financial management and compliance oversight to sponsored research expenditures, which totaled approximately $369 million in FY20. This position is responsible for performing critical cash management duties that affect the University’s cash flow process that includes submitting letters of credit draw down requests to federal sponsors for reimbursements of expenditures that average approximately $15 million per month.  Equally important for this position is to lead, analyze and audit complex compliance activities as a proactive strategy to strengthen internal controls as mandated by federal regulations, improve oversight of high-risk...
Department
Sponsored Research Accounting
Job Type
Full-Time
Category
Financial Services and Procurement
Requisition # 2025-21084
Date Posted 1 week ago(8/21/2025 11:08 AM)
The Investigations Unit (IU) is responsible for conducting investigations into allegations of potential University policy violations by employees that are referred from other University departments, including the Dean of the Faculty (DOF), Human Resources (HR), Institutional Equity and Diversity (IED), and Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL), along with all alleged Title IX violations as referred by the Title IX Coordinator. The centralized function of the IU promotes investigative best practices and the foundational principles of consistency, neutrality, fairness, and efficiency. The University Investigator conducts investigations into allegations of violations of University policy and other relevant work for the IU on an as-needed basis as assigned by the Director of the...
Department
Executive Vice President
Job Type
Temporary
Category
Legal and Compliance
Requisition # 2025-21068
Date Posted 1 week ago(8/20/2025 5:15 PM)
The Electrical Engineering Technician/Electrician is a member of the Electrical Engineering (EE) Group, a key component of the University Facilities Engineering and Campus Energy Department, and reports to the Director, Electrical Engineering (EE) Group. The EE Group is responsible for the design, operation, and maintenance of the University medium voltage electrical distribution infrastructure to insure a reliable and efficient electrical power supply to campus facilities. The Electrical Engineer Technician/Electrician (technician) will be involved in all aspects of electrical systems on campus from high-voltage 69 kV substation equipment to low-voltage 24 Vdc plant control systems.  The technician will be responsible for wiring up various field devices such as meters or relays. The...
Department
Engineering & Campus Energy
Job Type
Full-Time
Category
Building Trades and Technicians
Requisition # 2025-20704
Date Posted 1 week ago(8/20/2025 10:20 AM)
Princeton University’s Office of Finance and Treasury seeks an accomplished procurement specialist for a position in the central Procurement Services function. This role requires an influential and capable individual who can exercise good judgment, collaborate effectively, and drive process improvements across the Source-to-Pay (S2P) lifecycle while balancing the demanding and challenging requirements of a dynamic, world class education and research institution. The procurement specialist employs a consultative approach, collaborating with campus partners to educate, guide, and influence best practices. The individual in this role is expected to exercise high levels of judgment, wisdom, and initiative to enhance value, minimize risk, and expand the use of diverse suppliers. In support...
Department
Procurement Services
Job Type
Full-Time
Category
Financial Services and Procurement
Requisition # 2025-20967
Date Posted 2 weeks ago(8/19/2025 4:54 PM)
The mission of Princeton University Department of Athletics is to strive for excellence in academics and athletics, while embracing equity in opportunity, good sportsmanship, and ethical conduct. In keeping with this mission, the role of the First Assistant Coach, Women's Ice Hockey is to provide a quality varsity program that will challenge and develop the physical, mental and personal abilities of student-athletes of a Division I program.
Department
Athletics-Coaches
Job Type
Full-Time
Category
Athletics
Requisition # 2025-20635
Date Posted 2 weeks ago(8/19/2025 4:20 PM)
The School of Engineering and Applied Science operates a Machine Shop to support the research needs of the faculty, staff, researchers, and students of the school. The Machinist will produce complex research prototype machined parts and components by programming, setting up, and operating computerized numerical control (CNC) Vertical Mills, Lathes, and traditional conventional metal and woodworking machines. The individual must be able to work with faculty, professional research staff, graduate students, and undergraduate students to ascertain and help define their specific needs and then propose ways to fabricate parts and components to satisfy those needs in a timely and economical manner. The Machinist must maintain high quality and safety standards, keep accurate records, and maintain...
Department
Engineering & Applied Science
Job Type
Full-Time
Category
Research and Laboratory

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