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Careers at HKS

Your talent. our opportunities. work that engages the world..

When you work at Harvard Kennedy School, what you do makes a difference. You are choosing a positive direction for your career while having a meaningful impact in the world. 

As one of the foremost graduate schools of public policy, Harvard Kennedy School offers a variety of career paths that relate directly to our goals of advancing the public interest, improving people’s lives, training exceptional leaders, and generating the best ideas to address global challenges.

Ask what you can do… for your career, and for the world.  

What kinds of work can you do at Harvard Kennedy School? 

• Information Technology (IT) and other tech jobs
• Finance/Research Administration
• Development & Fundraising
• Executive assistant/Staff assistant
• Faculty assistant
• Researchers (non-faculty)
• Editorial, publications
• Content production
• Campus Planning/Operations
• Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging
• Academic support
• Library and Knowledge Services

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Working in cambridge.

Working in Cambridge, Massachusetts, you will encounter the blending of traditional New England character with an exciting, forward-looking city: a fusion of eclectic energy, intellectual pursuits, innovation, and diverse cultures.

Harvard Kennedy School is in the middle of it all.

On the Charles River in the heart of Harvard Square , our modern campus is an easy walk from the historic red brick of Harvard Yard and its acclaimed museums , preeminent libraries and theaters , as well as neighborhood cafés, international restaurants, boutiques, bookstores, and music venues.

With the greatest concentration of universities and colleges in the country, the quality of life beyond campus is one of the Boston/Cambridge area’s major draws:

• Abundant urban green space
• The Memorial Drive running trails and the Emerald Necklace of public parks
• Renowned art museums, including the Museum of Fine Arts and the Institute of Contemporary Art
• Performance spaces such as the Symphony Hall and Berklee Performance Center
• The legendary Red Sox , Patriots , Celtics , Bruins , and other sports teams.

All of these outstanding aspects of greater Boston enrich the experience of working at Harvard Kennedy School.  

“HKS stands out from other workplaces because of its strong collective dedication to the public good. No matter what position you hold, everyone is genuinely working to make the world a better place... there is also a strong community culture of maintaining a healthy work/life balance.”

-Harrison Nekoroski, program manager for Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging

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An exciting, diverse workplace.

At Harvard Kennedy School, you join a vibrant group of people from a broad range of backgrounds and experiences. One thing we all share is a dedication to doing excellent work that makes the world a better place.

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Harvard Kennedy School and Harvard University are committed to ensuring an accessible, welcoming learning and working environment for everyone.

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The Culture Ambassadors program is a staff-focused initiative that aims to create sustainable impact and growth around inclusion and belonging at HKS.

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When you join the Harvard community, you benefit from everything a world-class research University has to offer.

Total rewards at Harvard

Competitive compensation, generous paid time off, employee discounts, and so much more.

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Tuition assistance, professional development, and training opportunities.

Your wellbeing

HKS provides resources for your wellbeing at work.

Work/life balance

Resources supporting self-care, dependent care, and connecting to our communities are part of a healthy work/life balance at HKS.

Joining HKS

Learn all about becoming a new employee at HKS.

“Aside from incredibly talented colleagues, my favorite part of working [here] is supporting the research community. …Watching these brilliant minds support and engage with each other is truly captivating; hurdles and questions evolve into discussions generating new perspectives, ideas, and collaborations.”

-Julia Martin, associate director, Middle East Initiative, Harvard Kennedy School

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Join us for a vibrant celebration of El Salvador's culture and natural history at the Harvard Museums of Science & Culture! This family-friendly event features Mario Quiroz's photographic video essay, "Pupusas, Tamales, and a New Salvadoran American Identity," and folk dances by Grupo Torogoz.  

Paint a traditional copinol seed pendant, learn about ancient Salvadoran pottery with an archaeologist, and go on a Latin America scavenger hunt. Kids can...

Mindful Movement: Yoga for the Office

As every office worker knows, sitting for long periods can result in stiffness and discomfort. The gentle stretches and postures taught in this program are designed to increase flexibility at the joints—thereby improving one’s range of motion – and also aid in relaxing the hips and lower portions of the body to increase one’s ability to sit with ease. Because this practice blends movement in the body with the breath, it is an ideal extension of mindfulness practice. No previous knowledge of yoga is necessary. This class does not require special clothing or equipment.

Mindfulness and Anxiety

Occasional anxiety is a natural human experience, but for many people, anxiety can become a source of ongoing distress, capable of interfering with everyday life. Efforts to avoid anxiety may involve distraction or avoidance, but these efforts provide only temporary relief. Mindfulness, on the other hand, offers a pathway to meet the experience of anxiety, and in doing so, restore valued activity, rather than allowing ourselves to be dominated by fear and avoidance. This free workshop will introduce the use of mindfulness as a way to understand and respond to the experience of anxiety...

Mindfully Resolving Conflicts in the Workplace

There’s no way to avoid every conflict in the workplace—personality clashes and differences of opinion are inevitable, even if we’re working towards a common goal. But how do we stop disagreements from spiraling into larger disputes—the kind that produce rifts, instability, and even disruptions in the ability to get work done? Mindfulness teaches us to note the thoughts, feelings, and impulses which influence every interaction—thereby offering an essential tool to build more effective channels of communication; identify the true source of problems; and engage in problem-solving without...

Description: There’s no way to avoid every conflict in the workplace—personality clashes and differences of opinion are inevitable, even if we’re working towards a common goal. But how do we stop disagreements from spiraling into larger disputes—the kind that produce rifts, instability, and even disruptions in the ability to get work done? Mindfulness teaches us to note the thoughts, feelings, and impulses which influence every interaction—thereby offering an essential tool to build more effective channels of communication; identify the true source of problems; and engage in problem-...

Post-Election Drop-in Mindfulness Session with Paul Fulton

While mindfulness practice cannot solve all the world’s problems, it does provide us with tools to meet the challenges around us—allowing us to do so from a place of inner strength, resolve, and, perhaps most importantly, compassion. Following election night 2024, Paul Fulton will offer space for interested individuals to practice together, extend guidance as needed, and give encouragement as to how the practices of mindfulness can help us navigate the moment in which we are living.

Managing Difficult Emotions at Work

Resisting or suppressing difficult emotions does not make them go away—instead, it can lead to increased stress, decreased focus, and the unmistakable feeling of overwhelm. Mindfulness, on the other hand, offers us the ability to recognize and understand our own moods and tendencies. In doing so, we recognize complex emotional states and challenging thoughts when they arise, which helps us to engage with them before they gather too much momentum. This specialized quality of awareness prepares one to move through the world feeling empowered to make wise choices in every situation.

Mindfulness Practices for Burnout Relief

The literal definition of “burnout” is this: “The reduction of a fuel or substance to nothing, through use or combustion.” However, as every individual knows, burnout is not just a scientific phenomenon—it’s what happens when inner resources become depleted, and no spark is left to start them up again. It’s no surprise this should sometimes be the case when daily work life and family life collide in what feels like a persistent energy burn, and the path towards refilling one’s supply of resilience is not always clear. In this training, we will explore how the essential foundations of...

Mindful Eating

How often do we plan to eat healthfully but don’t? Snack to meet an emotional need? Completely miss the taste of a meal because distracting thoughts carried us away? These all-too common experiences happen when we feel distanced from our bodies, thoughts, and emotions. Mindfulness helps us close those gaps, and manage the unconscious, unhelpful habits that build up around food. We become more aware of when we are truly hungry, when we are not, and when we’ve eaten enough. We learn to appreciate all aspects of our relationship with food, especially its ability to nourish our connection...

Child Care & Parenting: Children and Stress

Stress impacts children as young as seven years old. This webinar outlines the causes and signs of stress. We will discuss the techniques that will help children on an everyday basis.

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PRESENTER: Miranda Dennis

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Emotional Wellness - Prioritizing Self Care

Participants will learn how to care for themselves while dealing with everyday challenges and issues, including learning about the pillars of health that will help with self-care.

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Emotional Wellness - Gratitude

Learn the science behind gratitude and how it can help to increase the meaningful relationships in all areas of your life. The newest research empowers individuals to incorporate gratitude both at work and home. This class will offer tips to help you do that. By registering for this webinar, you will receive a follow up communication with the playback link of the live session.

Emotional Wellness - Forgiveness

We all carry around grudges – some large, some small. The consequences of living with these grudges can negatively impact personal relationships, our weight, levels of jealousy towards others and even difficulty achieving success at work.

This seminar follows the art of forgiveness, showing us the lasting effects of harboring grudges, and the power that returns to us when we allow ourselves to “let go” and move on.

Disability & Neurodiversity: The Importance of Self-Care for Parents

This session covers basic wellness, time management, getting support from professionals and finding childcare resources to give you needed time for rejuvenation.

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Disability & Neurodiversity: Set Your Goals: Positioning for the Future

When we know what we want and identify strategies to accomplish what is important to us, we are much more likely to succeed. Learning to set our sights on the achievement of realistic and relevant short-term and long-term goals generates positive momentum we could all benefit from.

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