Opportunities

The Edmond & Lily Safra Center for Ethics shares an assortment of opportunities through our fellowships and initiatives. If you have an opportunity that you would like to share with the Center's community via our website or in our newsletter, please contact us at ethics@harvard.edu.

 

Open Staff positions:

Assistant Director of Pedagogy for Intellectual Vitality Initiatives!

The Assistant Director of Pedagogy, Intellectual Vitality Initiatives will support the College's efforts to foster Intellectual Vitality on camps- the spirit of open, free, and rigorous inquiry in the pursuit of truth. This work will help the College to foster and teach civil dialogue, the authentic and vigorous exchange of viewpoints, and that its students are able to consider diverse perspectives, no matter the topic. The position will partner closely with senior leadership at the Office of Undergraduate Education (OUE), the Edmond & Lily Safra Center for Ethics (ELSCE), and the College to oversee vision alignment, strategy and faculty engagement and training around this concept of intellectual vitality in the classroom. Learn more and apply here.

Fellowship Program Coordinator

Reporting to and working closely with the Assistant Director for Fellowships and Programming, the Fellowship Program Coordinator performs a wide range of complex administrative and programmatic duties within the Edmond & Lily Safra Center for Ethics. This position works regularly with faculty, staff, fellows and other constituents within and outside of Harvard. Learn more and apply here.

Open graduate and post-graduate Research Assistant positions:

 

Student-Research Opportunity: 2023-2024 Academic Year 

Center associate Jeffrey Saviano is seeking a student-researcher for the 2023-2024 academic year and is very flexible with the background and experiences of the researcher. It would be helpful if the student had some exposure to the philosophical underpinnings of ethics theory, along with some experience in the business world. Conducting research and publishing whitepapers may serve as the anchor initiative and align well with current Safra Center programs. For more information, email Jeffrey Saviano at jeffreysaviano@fas.harvard.edu.

 

EdEthics Curriculum Fellow Opportunity

EdEthics is looking to hire a Curriculum Fellow to support the development of professional learning for educators seeking to address hard histories and current controversies in their classrooms and to hold complex conversations across lines of difference. The position is for 10-14 hours/week through May and pays $28-$35/hour. They're looking for someone with at least three years’ K-12 classroom experience in social studies, humanities, history, ELA, civics, social justice, ethnic studies, IB Theory of Knowledge, or a related discipline; a deep understanding of U.S. education practices and policies, including the current political climate; and effective curriculum design experience.

 

Design Studio for Ethics and Civics Pedagogy Research & Evaluation Fellow

The Design Studio for Ethics and Civics Pedagogy at the Edmond & Lily Safra Center for Ethics (ELSCE) at Harvard University seeks to fill an 18 month post-graduate fellowship to research educators’ ethics and civics learning. This is a new, grant-funded position that will be situated within the ELSCE.