Assistant Dean of Harvard Summer School

Company Description

By working at Harvard University, you join a vibrant community that advances Harvard's world-changing mission in meaningful ways, inspires innovation and collaboration, and builds skills and expertise. We are dedicated to creating a diverse and welcoming environment where everyone can thrive.

Why join the Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences?

The Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) is the historic heart of Harvard University. It is the home of Harvard’s undergraduate program (Harvard College, founded in 1636) as well as all of Harvard’s Ph.D. programs (the Harvard Kenneth

C. Griffin Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, founded in 1872), Harvard Athletics and the Division of Continuing Education. The 40 academic departments and 30+ centers of the FAS support a community unparalleled in its academic excellence across the broadest range of liberal arts and sciences disciplines. Together, the FAS seeks to foster an environment of ambition, curiosity and shared commitment to knowledge and truth that elicits excellence from all members of our community and prepares the next generation of leaders through a transformative educational experience.

Job Summary:

Oversee academic affairs operation including faculty support, curriculum management and training.

Job-Specific Responsibilities:

Under the Dean of the Harvard Summer School, the Assistant Dean oversees the liberal arts curriculum of over 450 courses, ensuring academic quality, curricular breadth and depth, and compliance within institutional standards. The role collaborates closely with partners across the Harvard Summer School (HSS) and the Division of Continuing Education (DCE), the Executive Director for High School Programs, the DCE Global office, program directors from the Harvard Extension School (HES), Harvard College department chairs, Directors of Undergraduate Studies (DUS), faculty, and staff to develop and enhance summer course offerings.

• In partnership with the Dean of HSS, oversees the design, delivery, and ongoing evaluation of the HSS liberal arts curriculum (credit and non-credit offerings), to ensure appropriate curricular breadth, depth, and alignment with institutional academic goals.
• Partners with Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) departments to develop and refine curricular offerings that reflect Harvard College academic standards, policies, and pedagogical expectations.
• Works with faculty on the development, revision, and implementation of credit and non-credit courses, advising on course structure, learning outcomes, and student engagement.
• Collaborates with the DCE Global to design and coordinate courses tailored for international student cohorts.
• Consults with HES program directors on shared courses between HSS and other programs, ensuring coherent curriculum planning, appropriate faculty coverage, and aligned expectations across programs.

• Reviews and approves syllabi, course content, and instructional materials to ensure academic rigor, alignment with learning outcomes, and compliance with institutional and accreditation standards.
• Analyzes course evaluation data to monitor instructional quality, identify trends, support levels of faculty performance and student satisfaction.
• Oversees strategic course planning and scheduling, ensuring balanced distribution of offerings across parts of term, modalities, and subject areas to support optimal enrollment patterns and student progression.
• Ensures accurate and timely entry of course details into the catalog and scheduling system (e.g., part of term, modality/schedule type, credit hours, enrollment caps, and course attributes), aligning with institutional guidelines.
• Serves as the primary faculty liaison during the summer session, providing policy guidance, addressing instructional or student concerns, and convening faculty meetings to discuss pedagogy, curriculum, and emerging student needs.
• Collaborates with the Teaching and Learning team to design, coordinate, and lead HSS Faculty Orientation.
• Oversees Summer Tutoring Program

• Supervises two staff: the Associate Director of Academic & Student…