Operations Coordinator

Independently process financial transactions including expenses, vouchers, and invoices, using Harvard's online systems (Concur, PCard, Corporate Card, Buy2Pay, Egencia, etc.). 

Serve as the main administrative point of contact for GPL fellows and staff. 

The mission of the Harvard Kennedy School Government Performance Lab (GPL) is to accelerate U.S. progress on difficult social problems by improving how state and local governments function. We hire and train full-time team members to collaborate closely with government innovators in developing and testing initiatives that lead to the creation of more just and effective service systems in areas including child and family wellbeing, criminal justice, homelessness and behavioral health, economic mobility in historically marginalized communities, and procurement. The Operations Coordinator will further this mission by working closely with other members of the GPL’s operations team to advance critical central functions supporting GPL staff, including finance, human capital, training, and events. 

We are committed to increasing diversity, improving equity, and fostering inclusion in our internal and external work – from the methods we use to hire and train our staff to the way we select and execute projects in the field. 

The Government Performance Lab at the Harvard Kennedy School conducts research on how governments can improve the results they achieve for their residents. An important part of this research model involves providing technical assistance to state and local governments. We improve how governments function and how services are delivered, speed up progress on difficult social problems, and ultimately make a meaningful difference in the lives of vulnerable people across the United States. To date, the GPL has engaged with 89 jurisdictions spread across 35 states and has conducted more than 200 projects shifting more than $6B in government spending towards results. For more information on the GPL, please visit http://govlab.hks.harvard.edu.