Princeton University
Academic Program Administrator
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Princeton, NJ
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Part-Time
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$68K - $79K
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Administrator
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June 16th, 2026
Edtech.com's Summary
Princeton University is hiring an Academic Program Administrator to support the Center for Digital Humanities' academic and co-curricular programs for graduate and undergraduate students. The role involves managing graduate and undergraduate program administration, coordinating courses and fellowships, maintaining student records, promoting events, and supporting general administrative operations to ensure smooth execution and growth of CDH offerings.
Highlights
- Manage graduate program activities including student progress tracking, course coordination, fellowship and grant management, and event planning.
- Provide administrative support for undergraduate initiatives, including course promotion, program development, and engagement analysis.
- Support general administrative tasks and special projects such as scheduling and event management.
- Use software tools such as Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, G-suite, and Princeton-specific applications like PeopleSoft and Stellic.
- Requires a Bachelor’s degree and at least 3 years of relevant work experience.
- Strong communication skills to interact with faculty, staff, leadership, and students.
- Ability to handle sensitive information with discretion and good judgment.
- The position is part-time (50%), benefits eligible, and runs for a one-year term with an 18.13 hours per week schedule.
- Salary range is $68,000 to $79,000, prorated for part-time employment.
- Experience in academic program administration and managing fellowship or grant cycles is preferred.
Academic Program Administrator Full Description
Overview:
The Center for Digital Humanities (CDH) at Princeton seeks an Academic Program Administrator (APA) to support all aspects of CDH academic and co-curricular programs for graduate and undergraduate students. Working closely with CDH leadership, faculty, students, and administrative partners across campus, the APA ensures the smooth execution and growth of CDH’s curricular offerings, fellowships, events, and student engagement initiatives.
CDH currently serves approximately 40 graduate students and 100 undergraduates annually through courses, fellowships, independent research support, awards, and consultations. The APA helps administer the full lifecycle of the graduate program—including the Graduate Certificate in Digital Humanities, fellowships, and awards. They administer existing CDH undergraduate initiatives and support CDH’s expansion of undergraduate programs. The APA monitors and reports on student funding expenditures in coordination with the Center Manager. The APA maintains CDH’s outreach communications and outreach channels to students and student activities, and promotes student-facing events and opportunities.
This is a benefits eligible, part time (50% time, 10-month position (August-June) for a one-year term. This position reports to the Executive Director, with a dotted-line reporting relationship to the Digital Humanities Strategist.
Responsibilities:
Graduate Program Administration
- Tracking student progress and maintaining student records.
- Communicating program updates to stakeholders
- Coordinating CDH-led and cross-listed graduate courses.
- Managing graduate fellowships and grants.
- Planning and executing graduate events.
- Managing student outreach lists and student-related website content.
Undergraduate Program Administration
- Providing administrative support for all undergraduate opportunities
- Coordinating and promoting CDH cross-listed undergraduate courses.
- Supporting the development and evaluation of new undergraduate initiatives.
- Contributing to research, analysis, and reporting on undergraduate engagement and expansion strategies.
General CDH Administrative Support
- Supporting CDH's administrative operations and special projects as needed, such as planning, scheduling, managing and overseeing events, projects or activities.
Qualifications:
Essential Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree.
- 3+ years of work experience.
- Ability to exercise good judgement, maintain confidentiality, and handle sensitive information in a discreet manner.
- Highly effective organizational skills; excellent attention to detail.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills; able to make presentations to faculty, staff, leadership.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously and work independently.
- Advanced level of competency with Word, Excel, PowerPoint, G-suite.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience in an academic environment, familiarity with academic program administration, and experience managing fellowship or grant cycles.
- Working knowledge of Princeton University applications, especially PeopleSoft, Stellic, and other student management software.
Princeton University is an Equal Opportunity Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
The University considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's qualifications, work experience, education/training, key skills, market, collective bargaining agreements as applicable, and organizational considerations when extending an offer. The posted salary range represents the University's good faith and reasonable estimate for a full-time position; salaries for part-time positions are pro-rated accordingly.
If the salary range on the posted position shows an hourly rate, this is the baseline; the actual hourly rate may be higher, depending on the position and factors listed above.
The University also offers a comprehensive benefit program to eligible employees. Please see this link for more information.
Standard Weekly Hours: 18.13 Eligible for Overtime: No Benefits Eligible: Yes Probationary Period: 180 days Essential Services Personnel (see policy for detail): No Physical Capacity Exam Required: No Valid Driver’s License Required: No Experience Level: Entry Level : #LI-SB1 Salary Range: $68,000 to $79,000
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