Jobs at Smith College

Provides compensation consulting across job evaluation, salary offers, compensation adjustments, benchmarking, salary planning, and data analysis. Advises managers and HR partners on pay equity, legal compliance, market competitiveness, union salary modeling, and position classification. Serves as the subject matter expert for implementing and testing Workday’s Advanced Compensation module. This is a fixed-term, benefit-eligible role scheduled for 29.75 hours per week.

Leads Smith College’s visual communications and creative design services, ensuring brand consistency across print, digital, video, photography, social media, web, and events. Develops marketing campaigns, directs photo and video shoots, manages design projects, oversees creative quality, and collaborates with campus stakeholders. Supervises and develops graphic designers while managing priorities, budgets, deadlines, and production vendors. Supports enrollment, fundraising, and institutional communications through strategic storytelling and creative leadership.

Administers and optimizes Workday HCM across configuration, business processes, reporting, integrations, troubleshooting, data management, testing, and end-user training. Partners with HR, Payroll, Finance, Student Workday, ITS, consultants, and vendors to support releases, resolve tickets, improve processes, and maintain accurate HR data. Oversees regulatory reporting and represents HR on cross-campus Workday initiatives.

Provides cross-platform technical support for research, teaching, and administrative computing across a science center. Supports macOS, Windows, Linux, research software, laboratory instrumentation, HPC resources, data storage, AI/ML infrastructure, servers, backups, and network services. Responsibilities include system deployment, troubleshooting, endpoint security, lifecycle management, user training, documentation, infrastructure maintenance, and limited web and digital services support.

Supports the administration and implementation of academic, housing, dining, and disability-related accommodations for students. Manages assigned caseloads, confidential records, communications, note-taking accommodations, documentation requests, reporting, and compliance with FERPA, ADA, and Section 504. Coordinates office systems, trains users, supports intake and interactive accommodation processes, assists with reception coverage, and contributes to departmental procedures, committees, and special projects.

Develops speeches, remarks, correspondence, opinion pieces, talking points, and other executive communications for Smith College’s president. Translates complex institutional priorities into compelling narratives, advises senior leaders on messaging, prepares leadership for public engagements, and coordinates research, reviews, approvals, and communications strategy. The role also monitors higher education and policy developments, supports thought leadership, maintains messaging archives, and evaluates communication effectiveness while handling confidential information.

Leads editorial strategy, content development, and production for Smith College’s alumni magazine and major Admissions and Advancement publications. Conceives, assigns, writes, and edits features and other content; manages editorial boards, freelance contributors, staff writers, budgets, vendors, production schedules, and publication quality. Partners across divisions to support engagement, fundraising, enrollment, and institutional communications goals while maintaining consistent editorial voice and standards.

Coordinates editorial operations for the Meridians journal, including submissions, peer review, publication workflows, copyediting, proofreading, communications, website and newsletter content, events, calendars, student workers, and administrative support. Serves as a professional contact for authors, reviewers, publishers, faculty, and campus partners while supporting inclusive academic programming and journal integration with Smith College.

Develop and maintain Drupal modules, legacy PHP code, and secure integrations with Salesforce, Slate, and Workday. Manage hosting, CI/CD pipelines, configuration, testing, security updates, and troubleshooting for high-traffic institutional websites. Partner with marketing stakeholders on analytics, author-friendly interfaces, SEO performance, and Core Web Vitals. Document technical solutions, assess digital initiatives, and lead application maintenance and delivery projects.

Recruits and evaluates prospective students, manages an assigned geographic territory, conducts outreach and admissions events, reads applications, participates in selection decisions, and supports Slate CRM operations. The role develops communications, builds event forms and surveys, coordinates campus visit programs, interviews applicants, collaborates across college departments, and travels to schools and college fairs. Evening and weekend work, public speaking, strong organizational skills, and proficiency with CRM and office technology are required.