Jobs at Markkula Center for Applied Ethics

Develops and executes integrated brand and marketing strategies for university units across print, web, video, social media, and email. Conducts market research, analyzes performance metrics, oversees content and design quality, supports campaign planning, manages stakeholder relationships, and administers Asana project management workflows. Ensures adherence to university brand, editorial, and visual identity standards while coordinating projects, events, reports, and marketing initiatives.

Oversees administration and student services for the Executive MBA program, including academic advising, records management, registration, policy implementation, student engagement, events, course materials, budgets, and program logistics. Serves as liaison among students, faculty, university offices, vendors, alumni, and community organizations. Supervises student assistants and coordinates orientations, residencies, company visits, and immersion experiences, including occasional evening, weekend, and travel commitments.

Leads Santa Clara Athletics video strategy, production, editing, distribution, and creative direction across social, digital, broadcast, in-venue, recruiting, marketing, and fundraising channels. Supervises staff, freelancers, and contractors; manages event coverage, digital archives, equipment, licensing, brand standards, and external media coordination. Ensures content quality, accessibility, compliance, and timely delivery while collaborating with university stakeholders, conference partners, coaches, and athletes.

Manages cemetery office administration, accounting, collections, accounts receivable, ACH payments, billing, reconciliations, petty cash, reporting, payables, deposits, and fixed assets. Provides customer service, maintains the website and phone system, orders supplies, supports scheduling, and assists the Cemetery Superintendent. In the Superintendent’s absence, assigns work, creates service schedules, and makes routine operational decisions.

Conduct computational and experimental research in fluid mechanics, heat transfer, and soft matter transport. Apply colloid and interface science, thermodynamics, electrokinetics, rheology, mathematical modeling, direct numerical simulations, artificial intelligence, and machine learning. Work independently and collaboratively, publish high-quality research, meet deadlines, and develop predictive computational tools addressing engineering grand challenges.

Leads international undergraduate recruitment and enrollment initiatives, including outreach, relationship development, admissions evaluation, CRM administration, communications, events, territory management, and student engagement. Evaluates international credentials, coordinates with immigration services, develops data-informed recruitment strategies, represents the university domestically and internationally, and mentors admission staff and student ambassadors. The role requires extensive travel, cross-cultural communication, event management, and collaboration with campus partners.

Manages investment accounting, gift accounting, tax reporting, endowment reporting, financial statement preparation, audits, fund allocations, and finance representative activities. Supervises accounting staff, coordinates tax filings and external auditors, oversees endowment software and income modeling, trains campus users on Workday Financials, and supports process improvements and financial compliance.

Leads graduate online program recruiting, enrollment strategy, outreach, marketing analysis, and admissions operations. Manages recruitment forecasts, CRM processes, campaigns, events, prospect communications, and student engagement while partnering with graduate schools and financial aid teams. Supervises two assistant recruiting directors, develops team training, monitors funnel performance, and drives application, admission, yield, and enrollment targets.

Leads undergraduate recruitment and outreach for Southern California and other assigned regions. Manages high school, counselor, community college, and organizational partnerships; plans recruitment events; evaluates first-year and transfer applications; supports prospective students through enrollment; develops communications, reports, and data-informed strategies; and contributes to admissions policy, operations, training, and leadership. The role requires extensive domestic and occasional international travel and may include future supervisory responsibilities.

Leads architecture, security, integrations, reporting, configuration, and development across Workday Finance and legacy PeopleSoft ERP systems. Provides technical and project leadership, gathers requirements, designs and deploys system enhancements, troubleshoots issues, supports data conversions, and mentors enterprise applications staff. Maintains system standards, evaluates new functionality, supports release testing, and collaborates with stakeholders and the Workday community to improve enterprise applications.

Tenure-track Assistant Professor of Classics responsible for teaching undergraduate Greek, Latin, Roman culture, and core courses; developing an active research program; mentoring students; and providing department, university, professional, and community service. The role requires inclusive teaching, scholarship, and service in an in-person university setting, with a typical teaching load of six courses annually.

Manages the Equity Forward Anchor Network’s programs, projects, stakeholder relationships, events, reporting, communications, budgets, and special initiatives. The role coordinates member institutions, develops timelines and resources, facilitates working groups, supports funder relationships, tracks engagement and equity goals, manages vendors, and produces reports and strategic materials. Success requires strong relationship-building, communication, problem-solving, project management, collaboration, judgment, and comfort navigating complex institutional and community environments.

Provides academic technology, audiovisual, digital media, and instructional technology support for faculty, staff, students, classes, meetings, and events. Manages equipment intake, inventory, loaner pools, scheduling, troubleshooting, maintenance, and billing coordination. Supervises and trains 50–60 student staff, assigns daily work, and handles escalated issues. Supports Zoom, Panopto, classroom capture, streaming, media production, and campus learning spaces while collaborating on technology planning, service improvements, and project delivery.

Teach undergraduate and graduate information systems and analytics courses, including course preparation, student assessment, grading, advising, and office hours. Participate in departmental, university, professional, and community service, contribute to student learning assessment, and maintain professional activity through scholarship, conferences, pedagogy, or industry practice.

Tenure-track Assistant Professor conducting scholarly research in strategy and organization theory while teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in strategy, organizational change, innovation, and entrepreneurship. Responsibilities include publishing peer-reviewed research, designing electives, mentoring diverse students, evaluating learning, and providing departmental, university, professional, and community service. The position is in person and begins in Fall 2027.

Conduct a sustained program of peer-reviewed scholarly research, teach undergraduate and graduate Information Systems courses, mentor diverse students, and provide service to the department, university, profession, and community. The faculty member may teach subjects including Generative AI, business analytics, NLP, databases, big data, cloud computing, and cybersecurity. Responsibilities also include pursuing tenure and promotion standards, participating in professional engagement, and contributing to an inclusive academic environment.

Tenure-track faculty member responsible for conducting peer-reviewed research, teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in leadership and organizational behavior, developing electives, mentoring diverse students, and contributing service to the department, business school, university, profession, and community. The role is in person and typically involves teaching six courses annually while maintaining an active scholarly research program supporting tenure and promotion.

Teach undergraduate courses in Christian spirituality, mysticism, and related religious studies; advise and mentor diverse students; contribute to professional activity and departmental, college, university, and professional service. The role requires inclusive, evidence-based teaching, participation in faculty development, and alignment with Santa Clara University's Jesuit, Catholic mission. The position is primarily in person, with a typical load of seven courses across three academic quarters and possible graduate-level teaching.

Provides executive-level administrative and operational support to the Vice Provost for Student Life. Responsibilities include calendar and correspondence management, confidential communications, office operations, financial transaction processing, travel coordination, meeting and event planning, records management, committee support, process improvement, and supervision of student assistants. The role is fully in person and requires strong organization, communication, discretion, and proficiency with office, event, and enterprise systems.

Supports transfer student recruitment, outreach, application evaluation, academic advising, and enrollment initiatives. Builds partnerships with community colleges, coordinates events and presentations, maintains transfer articulation resources and recruitment databases, and provides individualized and group guidance. Helps develop student engagement and retention programs, connects students with campus resources, and supports transfer success. The role requires collaboration, occasional travel, evening or weekend availability, and participation in enrollment management activities.