Jobs at Bentley University

Provide proactive, developmental academic advising to undergraduate students: manage caseloads, guide academic planning and degree progress, conduct outreach/interventions, document interactions in student systems, collaborate with faculty and campus partners, support retention initiatives, and contribute to advising programs and assessments while upholding FERPA and inclusive practices.

Partner with university stakeholders to analyze business processes, gather requirements, design solutions, lead testing and implementations, support Workday and other enterprise SaaS applications, produce reports and documentation, provide Tier 2 support, and drive user adoption and continuous improvement across the full project lifecycle.

Supports university government relations, community engagement, and external partnerships. Monitors policy, coordinates legislative and community outreach, drafts communications and briefings, manages stakeholder databases, supports partnership outreach, and assists with issues management, events, and public affairs projects.

Lead program-level delivery of campus physical technology infrastructure projects (network, security endpoints, building-embedded systems). Manage scope, schedule, budget, vendors, governance, and technical coordination while minimizing disruption to campus operations. Provide reporting, stakeholder communication, and change management across multiple concurrent initiatives.

Senior fundraising professional responsible for identifying, qualifying, cultivating, soliciting, and stewarding high-capacity donors to secure transformational gifts ($500,000+ and seven-figure commitments). Manages a portfolio of 50–100 prospects, develops sophisticated solicitation strategies, leverages data/AI and CRM for portfolio management, mentors gift officers, collaborates across advancement teams, and represents the university at events requiring travel, evening, and weekend participation.

Lead development of operating and capital budgets, long-range financial plans, and quarterly forecasts for the university. Manage a small budgeting team, partner with stakeholders and IT to maintain Workday/Adaptive Planning systems, perform financial modeling and variance analysis, and present results to senior leadership and trustees.

Provide administrative and customer service support in the Registrar's Office. Assist students, faculty, and staff with registration, transcripts, academic records, enrollment verifications, status updates, degree audit clearance, commencement tasks, and general office operations while ensuring accurate, timely processing.