Administrative and Professional Jobs at Princeton

The Capital Project Scheduler (CPS) will provide technical expertise and substantial construction industry experience in all matters related to the practical, accurate construct of large capital project construction CPM schedules.  The capital project scheduler will also be responsible for the development and implementation of best-in-class technical analysis processes that provide department managers critical insight and reporting that highlights schedule logic, work progress, variances, stacking of trade work, and clear identification of potential risks and subsequent risk mitigation planning. Reporting to the Associate Director, Project Controls within the Office of Capital Projects (OCP), the capital project scheduler will oversee a Project Associate who maintains the OCP Oracle...

The Library Collections Specialist (LCS) is an integral member of the Collections Services Team (CST) and will contribute to a wide range of detail-oriented tasks supporting Special Collections in Firestone Library.  This position will report to the Collection Services Supervisor while working closely with colleagues throughout Special Collections and the Library. The LCS position focuses on providing intellectual and physical collection support and will work on a variety of tasks such as, but not limited to, processing new acquisitions and donations, cataloging support, initiating and executing collection-based projects, organizing data creation and cleanup, and working on other special projects promoting access to the collections. In addition, the position will help support...

The Technical Support Specialist provides IT software and hardware support to faculty, researchers, administrative staff, departmental visitors and guests, and students affiliated with the High Meadows Environmental Institute (HMEI) at Princeton University including support for IT applications used in offices, Environmental Studies (ENV) classrooms, teaching labs, computing labs and collaboration spaces. The Technical Support Specialist must be a versatile technician, familiar with a variety of technologies and able to troubleshoot and resolve issues with Windows PCs and servers, Mac computers, tablets, and smartphones. The Technical Support Specialist may also be called on occasionally to facilitate and support HMEI meetings, events and gatherings. The successful candidate for this...

The Center for Career Development at Princeton University is seeking a Senior Analyst to lead the development and implementation of a comprehensive data reporting and assessment environment designed to measure attainment of learning outcomes through our programming, resources and advising; and to increase the scale and reach of our career-related post-graduation and summer experience outcomes. This role oversees all departmental data collection and analysis to measure and report trends on key performance indicators, program assessment and student outcomes. This position also manages the department’s overall data usage, storage and integration. This role also contributes to various financial-related functions including: budgeting, forecasting, account reconciliations, processing...

The Research Data Workflow Developer will support the implementation of the TigerData service, a comprehensive set of data storage and management tools and services that provide storage capacity, reliability, functionality, and performance to campus. In this role, the Research Data Workflow Developer will work with researchers across Princeton to understand and document active data processes and implement automated workflows for the acquisition/creation, storage, and movement of data to enable research. They will be leveraging understanding of research data trends at Princeton to provide direction and guidance to the evolution of the TigerData service and will be responsible for scripting and development required to automate workflows using MediaFlux as TigerData grows. This role is also...

The Office of the Dean of the Graduate School is seeking two temporary candidates to assist the Associate Deans for Academic Affairs with the seasonal review of academic materials related to graduate admission. One candidate will be assigned to materials related to the humanities and social sciences divisions, and one candidate will be assigned to materials related to the natural sciences and engineering divisions. Most work is expected to be conducted remotely but candidates must be available for occasional onsite commitments and meetings. Extensive mandatory (paid) training is required for approximately 40 hours during the month of December 2024. The projected time commitment from early January through early March is 30 hours per week. Applicants must submit a cover letter...

Princeton University’s Office of the Dean for Research (ODFR) is seeking a Senior Associate Director of Communications to lead communications operations, support the evolving needs of our world-class research community, and enhance ODFR’s impact on campus. The ODFR prides itself on being a service-driven organization with a culture of constant improvement. In keeping with that culture, the Senior Associate Director’s mission is to provide service-oriented, plain-language information that makes it easier for researchers and administrative staff to find information and do their work and for external audiences to understand and appreciate the impact of Princeton’s research enterprise. This individual will work closely with senior leadership, the Office of Innovation Communications team,...

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) at Princeton University advances understanding of the Earth as a complex system influenced by human activities, and informs solutions to local and global challenges by conducting groundbreaking research across disciplines and by preparing future leaders in diverse fields to impact a world increasingly shaped by climate change. The Integrated GroundWater Modeling Center (IGWMC) is housed within CEE at Princeton and is a hub for national-scale hydrologic research, and facilitates engagement between more than 5,000 professionals, academic researchers, government research laboratories and agencies who use numerical models to simulate the hydrologic cycle for a wide range of applications. The IGMWC puts on the long-running, MODFLOW...

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...

The Office of Audit and Compliance (OAC) serves as a proactive partner and trusted advisor to University management and departments to assess and support the mitigation of risks that may have a significant impact on the achievement of the University’s objectives. The goal of the OAC is to promote a culture of risk and compliance awareness at the institution through the services it provides. OAC seeks an experienced candidate with high professional and ethical standards who will provide quality Information Security and IT Operations assurance and advisory services to the University. Candidates with information security audit and/or operations experience are well-suited for this position.  Reporting to the Director, IT Audit (Director), the IT Audit Manager – Information Security (Audit...

The Violence and Inequality Project (VIP), part of the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs, is seeking a full-time Programmer/Data Scientist. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in programming in R and Python, particularly in the context of simulation and modeling. Any experience programming with Julia would be a bonus, although it is not necessary. Candidates should be interested in applying computational techniques to the study of interventions designed to confront violence. The Programmer is expected to work full-time, and will work closely with Principal Investigator, Patrick Sharkey. This is a one-year term limited position, with possibility of extension conditional on funding. This position will be fully onsite in Princeton, NJ.

The Events Administrator oversees the effective operations of all events for the Seeger Center of Hellenic Studies and the Committee for the Study of Late Antiquittry (CSLA). There are approximately 50 events each academic year, which includes, but is not limited to workshops, lecturers, conferences, special visitors, and Monday lunches. The events administrator is responsible for all finances and budgets and works closely with various university departments on sponsored events. In this crucial role, the incumbent requires strong communication skills, problem solving skills, and the ability to complete complex assignments in a timely manner, independently, and proactively. The responsibilities encompass superior organizational skills, compassion, and attention to details. They will need...

The Director, Campus Plant within Facilities Operations Engineering and Campus Energy is a leader and strategic partner in the Facilities organization. The Director of Campus Plant is responsible for the safe, reliable, and cost-efficient operation of two (2) Thermally Integrated Geo-Exchange Resources plants with chilled water and hot water storage tanks, one (1) Cogeneration Plant with integrated steam-driven and electric chilled water generation and storage, one (1) data center plant, and 19MW of solar production. These plants are integrated and operated to provide energy services to campus while minimizing cost and carbon footprint. Responsibilities include safe operation of the plant, supervision of the plant staff, stewardship over the operating and energy budgets, as well as...

Reporting to the Executive Director, High Meadows Environmental Institute (HMEI) seeks a highly qualified individual for the role of Senior Grants and Finance Manager. The Senior Grants and Finance Manager oversees and manages HMEI’s financial resources on a day-to-day basis and works collaboratively with HMEI’s leadership to plan and implement financial strategies that optimize the deployment of resources to benefit and advance HMEI’s strategic and operational priorities. The incumbent will provide leadership in the administration of sponsored research projects including pre- and post-award activities for 25-30 PIs including faculty from 16 academic departments. At present, this includes handling 45 active awards, 120+ projects, and 60-70 pre-award actions annually.The role also...

The Research Collections & Preservation Consortium (ReCAP) seeks a dependable and energetic individual to help process and maintain library materials in its high-density shelving facility. Library items sent to the ReCAP facility are sorted, shelved, scanned, retrieved and refiled for each of its member institutions. The individual will be part of a team that rotates responsibilities on a daily basis. ReCAP is a partnership of Princeton University, Columbia University, Harvard University, and The New York Public Library. The ReCAP facility encompasses eight shelving modules, a cold storage film vault, and a 25,000 square foot processing center. The facility resides on the Forrestal Campus of Princeton University in Plainsboro, NJ, and its current holdings of over 18 million items...

Princeton University Library is seeking a Library Collections Specialist at the Architecture Library, located in the School of Architecture. Reporting to the Library Operations Supervisor, this library assistant position supports collections services, public services, course reserves, and outreach in the Architecture Library. The Architecture Library serves Princeton’s renowned School of Architecture, as well as the interdisciplinary design history and theory community, which includes the program in Urban Studies and the Princeton Mellon Initiative in Architecture, Urbanism & the Humanities.  We invite qualified candidates to consider becoming a fully engaged member of the Princeton University Library team, which advances world-class research, provides dynamic services and access to...

Princeton University seeks a highly motivated, well-qualified individual to serve as a Grant and Contract Administrator (GCA) in the Office of Research and Project Administration (ORPA). The GCA will be responsible for a portfolio of academic departments supported by grants, contracts and other research-related agreements. Primary duties include the review and submission of research proposals, along with the negotiation and acceptance of grants and contracts. In addition, the GCA will work in close collaboration with multiple stakeholders on and off campus to help ensure the overall effective coordination of research administration services, systems, policies, and processes. The GCA will provide timely, high-quality and coordinated research administrative services to Princeton...

Reporting directly to and in close collaboration with Executive Director, the Director of Construction is responsible and accountable for the strategic planning, coordination, and overall execution of project delivery for all projects in the portfolio assigned. The Director will oversee a staff (1-6 people) of direct Construction Manager reports, each of whom have varying career expertise and each of whom are assigned to a variety of concurrent projects.    Preconstruction: The Director actively engages with OCP (Office of Capital Projects) project team members to establish consistent preconstruction processes, facilitate, and finalize project(s) budgets and schedule(s), the identification and assignment of all necessary enabling work and to ensure that project documents meet all...

The Department of Computer Science seeks a competent and efficient Administrative Coordinator. Within the department, this position is referred to as the Business Office Coordinator. Computer Science is home to over 60 faculty, 250 graduate students, and over 500 undergraduate majors. Under the direction of the Manager of Finance & Administration, the Business Office Coordinator will manage a range of administrative operations in a fast-paced, constantly changing setting, working in partnership with the other Business Office Coordinator. This position will manage a high volume of purchasing for the entire department. The individual will also manage a complex room reservation process and serve as the primary contact for a range of administrative support including building services, event...

Princeton University Library (PUL) seeks a part-time (75% duty time) Senior Bibliographic Specialist for Japanese language acquisitions. Reporting directly to the Japanese Cataloging Librarian within PUL’s Cataloging and Metadata Services department, this position supports the East Asian Library collection and the Marquand Library Japanese art collections by creating Japanese monographic firm orders and standing orders, using a combination of various vendor-supplied machine-readable records and existing OCLC bibliographic records to generate new orders. The incumbent follows all the local acquisition procedures and critically evaluates all the different types of Japanese publications on order, monitoring existing orders and resolving issues retrospectively, when necessary. Additionally,...