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Tufts University

Research university in Medford, MA

Program Administrator - Arts & Humanities

Full-TimeDeadline 10/5/27
$61.2k - $91.8k/yr
Mid
Bachelor's, Master's
Medford, MA, USA
In Person
EducationSchool Leadership & Administration

About the job

Requirements
  • A bachelor's degree is required.
  • At least 3 years of experience in academic administration, program coordination, or a faculty-facing role in a higher education setting is required.
  • Experience managing projects with multiple stakeholders and competing priorities is required.
  • Demonstrated understanding of academic program structures, curricular processes, and university operations is required.
  • Strong organizational and project management skills, including the ability to manage multiple concurrent responsibilities across units, are required.
  • Ability to analyze and interpret enrollment, curricular, and scheduling data to support planning and decision-making is required.
  • Ability to work effectively with faculty, staff, and administrators through strong communication and relationship-building skills is required.
  • Experience with assessment, data tracking, and reporting in an academic context is required.
  • Ability to develop and maintain working knowledge of faculty expertise and course offerings across multiple departments is required.
Responsibilities
  • Participate in developing goals and strategies for the Arts & Humanities hub in collaboration with the Dean of Academic Affairs.
  • Apply specialized subject-matter knowledge to develop, implement, review, and evaluate centers and programs.
  • Implement timely and effective communications to promote the program.
  • Develop and implement cross-departmental curriculum coordination, academic planning, and divisional collaboration with department chairs, program directors, and administrators.
  • Manage the operations, logistics, and administration that enable cross-departmental coordination across the division.
  • Work with faculty to design and implement divisional initiatives, supporting cross-unit connections and building scheduling, data, communication, and coordination structures.
  • Develop familiarity with faculty expertise, course content, and departmental structures to make informed recommendations about curricular clustering, scheduling, and collaborative opportunities.
  • Build and maintain a coordinated course schedule across Arts & Humanities departments, identifying conflicts, overlaps, and scheduling gaps.
  • Consolidate and maintain multi-year curricular planning data across departments, developing a divisional view of course offerings to support academic planning, advising, enrollment management, and faculty hiring discussions.
  • Track and analyze enrollment and course-demand patterns, and prepare reports and recommendations for department chairs and academic leaders.
  • Coordinate operational aspects of cross-listed courses, shared curricular initiatives, and interdisciplinary academic pathways in partnership with departments, the Registrar, and GSAS as appropriate.
  • Facilitate communication among departments during curriculum-planning cycles to support coordinated decision-making before schedules are finalized.
  • Help design and implement interdisciplinary undergraduate pathways, concentrations, certificates, and other approved curricular structures.
  • Manage or oversee operational and administrative logistics for cross-listing and co-teaching arrangements across departments.
  • Identify and recommend potential opportunities for co-teaching partnerships, collaborative curricular proposals, and shared academic initiatives based on knowledge of faculty expertise and course content.
  • Partner with department chairs and program directors to formalize new curricular pathways and related governance processes.
  • Maintain multi-year curricular planning tools, records, and reporting mechanisms that support curriculum review and long-term academic planning.
  • Oversee assessment activities related to the divisional coordination pilot, including surveys, data collection, and evaluation of pilot outcomes.
  • Prepare planning reports, data summaries, and recommendations to support departmental and divisional decision-making.
  • Coordinate faculty meetings, working groups, and planning activities that advance divisional curriculum-coordination goals.
  • Oversee logistics for cross-departmental meetings, including scheduling, agenda preparation, and follow-up.
  • Serve as a liaison with the Registrar, GSAS, advising offices, and other academic partners on curriculum-planning and implementation matters.
  • Work with departments across A&S, CHAT, and the Dean of Academic Affairs to design, plan, and coordinate multidisciplinary events that support faculty collaboration, curriculum development, and research and scholarship goals.
  • Maintain awareness of individual department events across the division to cross-promote events and avoid scheduling conflicts.
  • Seek research funding opportunities and facilitate awareness and connections among faculty with aligned scholarly interests, in coordination with CHAT and the Dean of Research.
Desired Qualifications
  • A master's degree is preferred.
  • Experience supporting interdisciplinary curriculum development, cross-listing processes, or academic scheduling is preferred.
  • Familiarity with the Arts & Sciences academic landscape at Tufts University, or comparable experience working across multiple academic units at a research university, is preferred.

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Tufts University is a private research university headquartered in Medford, Massachusetts. It offers undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs through schools in the Boston area and beyond.

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