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Posted: 09-Jun-22
Location: USA - MA - Cambridge
Type: Full-time
Salary: Open
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About the Harvard Library and our Commitment to Antiracism
Harvard University aims to be the world's recognized leader in sustainable inclusive excellence by fostering a campus culture where everyone can thrive. Working in close collaboration with offices across the university, the Harvard Library is becoming one of the campus leaders in advancing equity, diversity, inclusion, belonging and antiracism. We believe that an inclusive environment that cultivates and promotes understanding, respect, and collaboration across our diverse workforce enables our success. As well, we believe that our work with faculty, students and researchers to explore answers to intellectual questions, enduring and new, and to seek solutions to the world's most consequential problems, requires that we not only reflect, but also advance our diverse society.
Harvard Library's core values are the foundation upon which our antiracism agenda is being developed. Our values emphasize that we lead with curiosity, seek collaboration, champion access, aim for the extraordinary, and cultivate and celebrate diversity in our collections and our community to construct a more inclusive and just world. Our focus on antiracism is a commitment to live our values. It is about building not only a better organization, but a better research library – an exemplary antiracist research library. We aspire to be global leaders in expanding world knowledge and intellectual exploration, and that starts on our campus, where we are a center for knowledge supporting our faculty and students in pursuing antiracism through their research, teaching and learning.
Our commitment to antiracism is a commitment to addressing other forms of discrimination as well, such as those based on gender, sexuality, religion or ability. Our antiracism work will continue a strong record of diversity initiatives, ranging from targeted collection development and the design of inclusive spaces to a learning journey for staff and a focus on employee recruitment and retention. We are deeply committed to increasing diversity in the profession, through activities such as our longstanding membership in the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Diversity Alliance.
Harvard Library is the world's largest academic library. Established in 1638, we are the oldest library system in the United States. We invite individuals with diverse backgrounds, experiences and abilities to be a part of our community of over 700 staff members across 28 libraries. Our collections number over six million digitized items, 20 million volumes, 400 million manuscripts, one million maps, and tens of millions of digital images, and our rare and special collections are amongst the most remarkable in the world. We collect collaboratively with peer institutions and facilitate international open access, multiplying our users' access to materials and advancing equitable models of scholarly communication.
Learn more about our contributions to the academic enterprise by visiting us at
http://library.harvard.edu and about the Harvard University community at
http://hr.harvard.edu/why-harvard.
Apply by date: Monday, June 30
For interest, referrals or questions, please contact:
marybeth_godwin@harvard.edu Salary Grade: 058
Union: 00 - Non Union, Exempt or Temporary
- 8+ years of professional experience in a multi-discipline Human Resources environment (such as employee/union relations, performance management, training and development, organizational design and effectiveness, compensation, and recruitment) preferred.
- Demonstrated knowledge of employment laws and experience managing employee relations issues preferred.
- Master's degree preferred.
- Demonstrated commitment to equity, diversity, inclusion, belonging, and antiracism (EDIBA).
- Demonstrated commitment to building and sustaining productive relationships and the ability to work effectively at all levels of the organization.
- Strong track record of providing timely and responsive consultation aligning HR services and programs with organizational initiatives and goals.
- Exceptional communication skills (writing, oral, and listening) and customer service skills.
- Practices evidence-based decision-making supported by data and analytics to provide strategic and effective HR services and programs.
- Builds trust and credibility at all levels internally and externally.
- Holds sensitive information in confidence, makes sound recommendations, and exercises professional judgment and discretion.
- Works independently with initiative and effectively and collaboratively as part of a team.
- Strong organizational skills, problem-solving skills, attention to detail, and ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, complex environment.
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER: We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
