Jobs at Penn State University

Plans and executes graduate school events including orientations, commencement, awards, career programs, research events, and engagement initiatives. Coordinates venues, catering, audiovisual services, transportation, registration, vendors, staffing, communications, budgets, and documentation. Serves as the primary contact for stakeholders, resolves issues during events, conducts post-event assessments, supervises support staff and student workers, and recommends program improvements.

Supports Biology 162 courses by helping faculty organize coursework, explaining biology concepts, and conducting office hours or review sessions. The position is supervised by teaching faculty and is available to full-time registered Penn State students during the 2026–2027 academic year.

Paid student internship supporting Penn State’s Undergraduate Mentor Leadership Training Program. Responsibilities include recruiting and engaging undergraduate mentors, coordinating workshops and Reflection Circles, conducting outreach, communicating with participants, and tracking attendance, feedback, participation, and progress. The intern will also support community building and sustainability-focused programming, work independently and collaboratively, and may assist with the annual symposium and retreat.

Develops and delivers research-based educational programs for Pennsylvania poultry producers, covering production management, nutrition, health, biosecurity, welfare, sustainability, and disease prevention. Collaborates with faculty, Extension colleagues, producers, agencies, and agribusiness partners; translates research into practical learning experiences; supports applied research, outreach, grant writing, impact evaluation, and external funding. Requires statewide travel, strong communication skills, digital content proficiency, and expertise in poultry production.

Processes HR and payroll transactions in Workday, including terminations, job changes, appointments, compensation changes, payments, reappointments, contingent workers, and background checks. Ensures timely processing by payroll deadlines, verifies personnel records and documentation for policy and regulatory compliance, handles confidential information, responds professionally to inquiries, and manages multiple priorities accurately in a fast-paced environment.

Facilitates the accounts receivable lifecycle by preparing invoices, processing payments, reconciling accounts, making deposits, resolving discrepancies, maintaining financial records, preparing reports, and supporting collection efforts. The role also responds to customer inquiries, ensures policy compliance, maintains business partner information, and identifies process improvement opportunities.

Reviews, modifies, and negotiates contracts for Central Procurement in accordance with university guidelines. Identifies contract complexity, resolves issues with stakeholders, escalates matters when appropriate, and manages numerous agreement types in a fast-paced environment. The role requires collaboration with compliance, information security, risk management, and legal offices, along with strong communication, organization, analytical skills, and proficiency with Microsoft Office and CRM tools.

Maintains and updates Excel-based nutrient management tools, develops program websites and web-based planning applications, and leads migration of existing tools to a web platform. Serves as liaison among Penn State, government agencies, external developers, and stakeholders. Leads technology-focused projects, represents the Nutrient Management Education Program in workgroups, and supports compliance with agricultural water quality regulations.

Advise university administrators, hiring authorities, and international faculty/staff on U.S. employment-based immigration compliance. Prepare and process visa petitions, ensure regulatory and university policy compliance, maintain case records, develop training and guidance, and support case management system policies. Serve as point-of-contact for assigned colleges and communicate regulatory updates.

Supervise, mentor, and guide recruiters and talent acquisition specialists while managing recruiting requisitions and advising hiring managers. Lead sourcing, pipeline development, candidate engagement, recruiting metrics, process improvements, employer branding, and strategies for hard-to-fill technical roles. Resolve escalated issues, improve team performance, and collaborate with HR and organizational leadership. The role requires travel for networking and events and eligibility to obtain a government security clearance.

Supports systems administration for computer systems, operating systems, servers, appliances, and specialized applications. Duties include installation, troubleshooting, maintenance, configuration changes, upgrades, vulnerability remediation, networking, end-user support, documentation, and technical writing. The role is intended for undergraduate students and requires U.S. citizenship, background checks, and eligibility to obtain a government security clearance.

Supports Haunted-U events by preparing spaces, assisting presenters and volunteers, interacting with participants, organizing supplies, maintaining cleanliness, communicating with organizers, and collecting feedback. Provides welcoming, inclusive, and enthusiastic customer service throughout event activities. This is a part-time position with responsibilities including event setup, cleanup, coordination, and other assigned duties.

Provides senior administrative support to the Department Head and academic department. Responsibilities include coordinating faculty promotion and tenure reviews, annual evaluations, meetings, recruiting activities, events, calendars, reports, endowments, budgets, financial forms, and departmental communications. The role also analyzes enrollment and funding trends, supports financial management, delegates work, resolves routine issues, and develops procedures. This is a hybrid position requiring strong organization, communication, multitasking, and independent judgment.

Develops and delivers statewide pesticide safety education for applicators and consumers. Creates presentations, study materials, exam questions, multimedia content, articles, and web or social media resources. Reviews pesticide laws and regulations, supports certification and recertification programs, and advances safe practices that improve water and food safety while reducing human exposure. Requires strong communication, writing, presentation, teamwork, and project-management skills, plus travel throughout the state.

Leads Penn State IT’s Unit Services portfolio, overseeing IT consulting, unit solutions, deskside support, and service delivery. Establishes governance, aligns technology services with institutional priorities, improves service quality and operational performance, and coordinates with Mission and Platform leaders. The role also develops geographically distributed teams, partners with senior stakeholders, drives continuous improvement, and balances local needs with enterprise standards, security, and sustainability requirements.

Designs, prototypes, tests, and integrates high-voltage battery modules and packs for electric propulsion underwater vehicles. Evaluates emerging battery chemistries, develops laboratory experiments, analyzes performance and failure data, troubleshoots hardware, and collaborates with multidisciplinary engineering teams. Responsibilities also include preparing technical reports, schematics, validation plans, design documentation, and operating procedures. Higher-level positions contribute to engineering system development, technical analysis, proposals, and presentations.

Leads end-to-end machine learning data-labeling projects, defining standards, workflows, taxonomies, quality controls, and delivery metrics. Performs annotation, mentors junior analysts and interns, coordinates resources, tracks project progress, and partners with data scientists, engineers, and research leads. Ensures compliance with cybersecurity and data-handling requirements in a classified defense research environment and supports research dissemination and process improvements.

Provides comprehensive academic advising to undergraduate nursing and RN-to-BSN students, including degree planning, registration, progression, transfer credit, and referrals to support services. Participates in admissions, recruitment, orientation, outreach, and onboarding. Maintains confidential student records, collaborates with faculty and campus partners, supports student success initiatives, and contributes to advising projects and continuous improvement. The hybrid role requires three days of on-site work weekly.

Leads Penn State’s Living Learning Community program and strategic initiatives within Residence Life. Oversees student and community development, faculty and staff partnerships, professional staff supervision, training, performance evaluation, budgets, policies, and program assessment. Participates in emergency on-call rotations, supports organizational change and campus-wide initiatives, and collaborates with academic and student affairs partners to strengthen residential environments.

Manages and develops Penn State’s Vertically Integrated Projects program by building infrastructure, coordinating faculty and student stakeholders, supporting compliance and training, leading outreach and communications, managing website content, collecting and analyzing program metrics, representing the university, improving processes, and potentially supervising temporary or student employees.