Clerical/Technical

Our people are as diverse as the many occupations they represent. Learning, enrichment, opportunity, and work/life balance are just some of the rewards of working at Harvard. Most of all, it is the people who make working at Harvard richly satisfying. See what our employees have to say.

Alvin, Program Coordinator, Hiphop Archive

Build. Respect. Represent. The motto of the Hiphop Archive of Harvard's W.E.B. Du Bois Institute is written on the wall outside Alvin Carter's office on Mt. Auburn St. "When I walk to work and I see those words on the wall, I'm instantly focused," he says. [more]

Dorothy, Conservation Assistant

In the brightly lit room where she works to preserve the oldest and the rarest books in the Law School’s Langdell Library, Dorothy Africa shows a visitor her latest repair project— a 16th century edition of Roman law, written in Latin and printed and bound in Venice. [more]

Beth, Digital Imaging Coordinator, Harvard Medical School

The screensaver on Beth's computer is an instant icebreaker for visitors to her tiny office at Harvard Medical School. “That’s an X-ray of Czar Nicholas’ wife's hand,” says Beighlie, about the image of a skeletal hand floating around on her desktop. “The X-ray machine was popular as a parlor game for the rich when it was first invented.” [more]

Jacques, Financial Assistant, Harvard University Dining Services

Jacques Louis-Jean has gone from washing dishes to running the payroll for a crew of 100 people, while playing a big role in the everyday duties involved in running a food production operation worth $1.5 million a year. He started as a young Haitian immigrant struggling to get a foothold in a new culture. Now he is a community leader, a college graduate and father of three. [more]

Julie, Community Relations Assistant, Harvard Public Affairs and Communications

“Daffodils are the first flowers to bloom in spring, so they are the flower of hope,” says Julie Moscatel, a community relations assistant in Harvard Public Affairs and Communications, who has been managing the University’s Daffodil Days fundraiser to benefit the American Cancer Society for the last six years. [more]

Edgar, Staff Assistant, Facilities Management Office at HLS

Edgar Filho has come a long way since his first Harvard job, on the landscaping and grounds crew, where he mowed lawns, raked leaves and shoveled snow. [more]