Jobs at Brown University

Leads strategic research initiatives and scholarly programming for Brown University's Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America. Partners with the Faculty Director to develop the intellectual agenda, conduct needs assessments, draft research proposals, establish interdisciplinary working groups and fellowship programs, and ensure program coherence. Also supports fundraising, constituency development, partnerships, and institutional representation.

Provides operational, administrative, and program support for alumni affinity groups, shared-interest communities, and belonging initiatives. Maintains BrownConnect+, coordinates virtual and in-person events, prepares communications, administers budgets and reimbursements, tracks volunteer and registration data, conducts surveys, and supports annual reporting. Collaborates across Alumni Relations, Advancement, and University departments while providing customer service to alumni, students, families, and colleagues.

Supports university research on wearable health-monitoring sensors through design, fabrication, optical experiments, electronics development, signal processing, and data analysis. Assists with clinical studies and development of an equitable pulse oximeter, collaborates with lab members, presents findings at meetings, and may support field research. The role is full-time, onsite, and fixed-term for one year, with possible extension based on funding.

Partners with university researchers, faculty, staff, and administrators to improve data storage, organization, protection, and lifecycle management. Advises on storage placement, data hygiene, archiving, compression, deletion, and tiering. Curates central cloud and enterprise storage platforms, promotes file organization and lifecycle workflows, and translates storage challenges into efficient processes. Supports planned after-hours maintenance and major incidents while maintaining awareness of grant mandates, privacy, and compliance requirements.

Administers and supports enterprise and departmental applications across university divisions, including configuration, vendor coordination, security reviews, upgrades, patching, testing, documentation, and end-user training. Troubleshoots critical 24x7 application environments, collaborates with infrastructure and security teams, manages application-related planning and budgeting, and supports databases, SQL, networking, access groups, and change management. The lead level primarily supports Athletics and Public Safety applications.

Coordinates fundraising campaigns, donor cultivation, solicitation, stewardship, major-gift pipelines, proposals, events, reports, and advisory council activities for assigned academic units. Serves as a liaison between Advancement and academic leadership, supports donor engagement through briefings and correspondence, and provides advanced administrative, logistical, travel, technology, and scheduling support to the Assistant Vice President for Development.

Coordinates public safety programming, advocacy initiatives, student and community partnerships, meetings, events, and working groups. Supports communications through newsletters, social media, website updates, graphic materials, and public information efforts. Manages event registration, attendance metrics, inventories, digital analytics, community feedback, and annual reporting. Supervises student assistants, responds to community inquiries, and resolves routine participant, vendor, and venue concerns.

Manages division-wide, cross-departmental projects involving business-process changes, software selection, system implementations, and major initiatives. Serves as the central stakeholder contact, leads business and technical teams, facilitates collaboration, manages risks, improves processes, and ensures alignment with organizational goals. The role requires strong communication, analytical, problem-solving, facilitation, and project management skills, with occasional work outside normal business hours.

Recruits prospective students for graduate programs by managing the full funnel from initial inquiry through application completion. Responsibilities include prospect outreach, application coaching, enrollment-target conversion, CRM data tracking and analysis, and recruitment event support. The role requires strong communication, organization, customer service, cultural adaptability, and the ability to work independently in a high-volume environment. It is fully remote but limited to approved states, with some travel required.

Leads corporate relationship development and management for Brown University's top prospects and partners. Plans cultivation, solicitation, stewardship activities, executive meetings, and site visits; analyzes industry and partnership data; develops reports and engagement strategies; manages pipeline workflows; and collaborates with university leaders, faculty, staff, and corporate executives to advance funding proposals and strategic partnerships.

Provides advanced administrative and technical support to major gift fundraisers, including scheduling, travel arrangements, gift and pledge recording, correspondence, briefings, proposal pipeline maintenance, research, event support, CRM tasks, and information management. Coordinates regional engagement activities, manages confidential information, supports presentations and meetings, and collaborates with advancement staff. Requires occasional evening and weekend work and is based in Providence or California in a hybrid arrangement.

Manage a portfolio of life-science technologies to advance commercialization: source technologies, advise faculty, oversee IP filing/prosecution, prioritize opportunities, and cultivate industry and investor partnerships to negotiate licenses and deals.

Provide fundraising and high-level administrative support to the Associate Vice President of Development. Manage a portfolio of 50-60 principal gift prospects ($5M+ capacity), coordinate communications and stewardship, handle day-to-day operations, represent the AVP across Advancement, and collaborate with campus stakeholders. Maintain confidentiality, prioritize shifting tasks, and support events including occasional evenings and weekends.

Support and integrate learning technologies for online courses, build and QA course sites/templates, consult with faculty on LMS tools and LTIs, ensure accessibility (WCAG/Section 508), troubleshoot enterprise learning systems, and research emerging instructional technologies.

Provide advanced administrative and IT support to multiple major gift fundraisers: manage meetings/travel, gift/pledge records, correspondence, proposal pipeline, research, event and A/V support, and cross-team coordination. Maintain CRM and information systems, handle confidential information, and work occasional nights/weekends.

Provide fundraising and administrative support for multiple academic initiatives: manage major gift pipelines, track prospects and stewardship, support proposals and events, produce reports and analyses, manage volunteer committees, and provide technical and logistical support to two Directors of Development.

Provide high-level administrative and editorial support to the SVP for Communications: manage calendar, travel, budgets, vendor contracts, hiring tasks, meeting logistics, content edits across web and digital platforms, moderate campus communications platforms, conduct research, and maintain confidential stakeholder relations.

The Senior Research Analyst partners with fundraising teams to research, evaluate donors, and deliver analytical insights, ensuring confidentiality and high standards of governance.

Manage pre- and post-award grant portfolios across campus, including budget planning, financial analysis, payroll reconciliation, purchasing oversight, account management, effort certification, salary reallocations, and training/advising grants and finance staff. Provide research administration support for federal and non-federal sponsors and ensure compliance with policies and procedures.

Conduct independent research and produce public-facing and scholarly digital publications based on the library’s early American collections. Research will focus initially on Brown family business records, enslavement, maritime trade, and economic history. Responsibilities include writing, designing, digital publishing, creating documentary editions, and making manuscripts intellectually and computationally accessible. The role also requires manuscript analysis, paleography, archival material handling, project management, and collaboration with library leadership.