Employment
Five Colleges, Incorporated and its member institutions are Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employers.
Combined, the Five College campuses employ thousands of talented individuals, and are always seeking more. Use this page to explore employment opportunities at Five Colleges, Incorporated and to access each campus' employment website.
Open Positions at Five Colleges, Incorporated
We invite you to apply for open positions at Five Colleges, Incorporated. Join our team of 40+ in supporting collaboration, collegiality, and innovation among our member campuses.
FCI job openings are posted on the Smith College job portal. To apply, you must create a Workday account and submit application materials electronically.
Five College Civil Rights and Title IX Investigator
Five Colleges, Incorporated (FCI) seeks a Civil Rights and Title IX Investigator to help the member institutions of the Five College Consortium realize their commitment to fostering safe and respectful campus climates free of unlawful discrimination, harassment, and sex and gender-based misconduct.
Working with multiple on- and off-campus stakeholders, the Civil Rights and Title IX Investigator executes prompt, effective, and remedial investigative responses to reports or complaints of discrimination and harassment in accordance with each member institution’s policies and procedures. The Investigator also performs tasks under the umbrella of civil rights compliance, including: record-keeping, training and outreach, and other related duties.
This is a full-time, exempt, benefited position with Five Colleges, Incorporated. The primary work location for this in-person role is FCI’s main office in Amherst, Massachusetts, but requires frequent in-person interaction with individuals on multiple campuses in the consortium.
FCI is the higher education consortium that supports the excellence of our member campuses — Amherst, Hampshire, Mount Holyoke, and Smith Colleges, and the University of Massachusetts Amherst — through extensive academic and administrative collaborations.
THE IDEAL CANDIDATE
You could be a great fit for this position if you:
- Have experience conducting investigations and/or adjudicating matters
- Know the federal and state civil rights laws and regulations (Title IX, Title VI, Title VII, VAWA, the MA Campus Sexual Assault law, the Clery Act, ADA/504, EEO, and others)
- Can understand and apply differing sets of campus policies and procedures
- Write clear and thorough investigative reports
- Demonstrate impeccable and accurate record-keeping skills
- Interact with others with respect, care, and sensitivity, especially when navigating difficult matters
IMPORTANCE OF DIVERSITY TO OUR MISSION
Five Colleges, Incorporated and its five associated institutions are committed to supporting and sustaining a diversity of people, backgrounds, experiences, ideas, and points of view for the essential contribution this diversity makes to the missions of our organizations. In support of this commitment, Five Colleges requires all of its employees to work cooperatively and effectively with the diversity of people within the organization itself, at the colleges, and in our partner organizations.
APPLICATION INFORMATION
Apply through the Smith College job portal. Before applying, review the full Five College Civil Rights and Title IX Investigator position description. For priority consideration, apply by December 12, 2024. Applications will be accepted until the position is filled.
NOTE: When applying, you will not be prompted to submit a cover letter. Upload both a current resume AND a cover letter before clicking the Submit button. Inquiries about this position should be directed to fci-hr@fivecolleges.edu.
Associate Project Director, Museums10 Workforce Development
Five Colleges, Incorporated (FCI) has updated this job posting to seek an Associate Project Director for its three-year grant-funded Museums10 Workforce Development project. The associate project director researches, designs, implements, assesses, and refines a program of professional development opportunities for museum staff and for interns pursuing museum careers. By leveraging existing professional development opportunities; designing trainings; identifying subject matter experts for speaking and skill-building engagements; and implementing evaluation and assessment tools to optimize the program and prepare it for long-term use, the associate project director addresses identified needs and meets project goals.
This is a full-time, exempt, benefited position with Five Colleges, Incorporated. The primary work location for this in-person role is in Amherst, Massachusetts, but requires occasional in-person visits to the partnering museums.
FCI is the higher education consortium that supports the excellence of its member campuses — Amherst, Hampshire, Mount Holyoke, and Smith colleges, and the University of Massachusetts Amherst — through extensive academic and administrative collaborations.
Among its many initiatives, FCI convenes Museums10 (M10), a collaboration among the member campuses’ seven museums and three affiliated museums (Historic Deerfield, The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art, and the Yiddish Book Center). Building on a long record of cross-museum collaboration, the Museums10 Workforce Development project is a multi-year, grant-funded program to develop professional skills among the museums’ workforces.
The Ideal Candidate
You could be a great fit for this position if you:
- Find satisfaction in helping staff do their best work
- Are motivated to figure out what staff teams want and need to know, and can effectively draw on that information to determine appropriate professional development opportunities
- Are adept at identifying subject-matter experts to deliver trainings
- Welcome the opportunities and challenges of working across multiple organizations, and can appreciate the capabilities and needs of each
- Can communicate clearly and effectively
Importance of Diversity to our Mission
Five Colleges, Incorporated and its five associated institutions are committed to supporting and sustaining a diversity of people, backgrounds, experiences, ideas, and points of view for the essential contribution this diversity makes to the missions of our organizations. In support of this commitment, Five Colleges requires all of its employees to work cooperatively and effectively with the diversity of people within the organization itself, at the colleges, and in our partner organizations.
Application Information
Before applying, review the full (updated) Associate Project Director, Museums10 Workforce Development position description.
For priority consideration apply by October 1, 2024; Applications will be accepted until the position is filled. Applications for jobs at FCI should be submitted through the Smith College job portal. NOTE: When applying, you will not be prompted to submit a cover letter. Please be sure to upload both a current resume AND a cover letter before clicking the Submit button. Direct inquiries about this position to fci-hr@fivecolleges.edu.
Open Positions at Five College Campuses
Open faculty and administrative positions at the campuses can be found at the following links.