The Harvard University Administrative Fellows Program is seeking applicants for the Class of 2013.  Please forward to any graduate students and/or administrators who may be interested in the program.  Eligible applicants must have a bachelor's degree and at least 5 years of professional work experience (any industry).  Below is a brief description of the program and attached is the application. 
 

*Note: For those individuals with less than 5 years of experience, check out Harvard's employment page at http://www.employment.harvard.edu/.


HARVARD UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATIVE FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM
http://www.oap.harvard.edu/afp/


The Administrative Fellowship Program offers a twelve-month management experience complemented by a professional development program.  In particular, the Program provides participants with specific opportunities to broaden their experience as mid-level administrators by working in Harvard's dynamic academic environment.  In the end, the Program seeks to enrich and diversify the field of higher education and the growing Harvard community by increasing the pool of trained administrators with more individuals drawn from underrepresented ethnic minority groups as well as individuals who are committed to addressing the underrepresentation of ethnic minorities as academic administrators.

Each participant receives a stipend with all costs for the required educational seminar series covered by the University.  However, participants must secure and cover the cost of their housing.  Fellows will participate in a seminar series in addition to a full-time work assignment.  Seminars, lectures, and case studies have been designed to enhance management and administrative skills and to assist in self-assessment and development.  The overall goal of the education program is to encourage Fellows to assess their own career development and to generate strategies for advancement. 

Applicants must have a bachelors degree and at least five years of professional work experience.  The evaluation of applications will be based on professional and academic achievement, a written statement of purpose, and three letters of recommendation.  The final selection of Fellows will be based on interviews with the sponsoring Harvard schools and departments and suitability for the Program.  The application deadline is March 9, 2012.