Harvard Graduate School of Design
65117BR
Job Summary
The Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD) invites nominations and applications for the position of Curator of the Loeb Fellowship. The School seeks an exceptional individual to build upon the legacy of Loeb Curators William Doebele, James Stockard LF ’78 and John C. Peterson LF ’06. The successful candidate will provide leadership to the Loeb Fellowship and contribute to the GSD community.
The Loeb Fellowship is a year-long residential fellowship for mid-career professionals who are accomplished practitioners, influential in shaping the built and natural environment, whose work is advancing positive social outcomes in the US and around the world. Loeb Fellows spend an academic year at Harvard’s GSD where they have access to the intellectual and critical life of the University. The Fellows—approximately 10 each year—are selected based on their potential to use the resources of the GSD, the University, and the current and past Fellows to become even more effective leaders and to have a greater impact as a result of their Fellowship year.
The Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD) educates leaders in design, research, and scholarship to make a resilient, just, and beautiful world. The GSD offers degree programs across a range of design disciplines—architecture, landscape architecture, urban planning, urban design, design engineering, and real estate—as well as advanced research programs that cut across all of these disciplines, and a robust public program of lectures, exhibitions, and publications. Taken together, the immense variety of people, programs, and ideas represented at the School sustains a vibrant and rich environment for learning, inquiry, and collaboration unlike that of any other design school.
Now in its sixth decade, the Loeb Fellowship was founded with a gift from John L. and Frances Loeb. Over the past fifty-three years the Fellowship has offered the resources of Harvard to a diverse group of over 500 Loeb Fellows from 40 U.S. states and 34 countries. For more information see: and .
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Interested candidates should upload a cover letter and resume in the Harvard Employment website at and search on requisition #65117BR.
Candidates are encouraged to apply by April 26, 2024. However, applications will be reviewed on a continuing basis and the search will remain open until the position is filled.
Position Description
CORE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Reporting to the Dean of the GSD, the Curator provides vision and overall direction to the Loeb Fellowship program for mid-career professionals in design-related disciplines. As principal spokesperson for the program, the Curator directs the outreach within Harvard and beyond. In addition to providing leadership to and management of the Loeb Fellowship in the four areas described below—Fellows, Alumni, Curation, Administration—the Curator will also be expected to contribute to the School through service to the GSD.
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES
Supervises the Program Director and Coordinator of Loeb Fellowship Program as well as independent contractors.
Basic Qualifications
Additional Qualifications and Skills
Additional Information
The Loeb Fellowship Curator will be appointed for an initial term of five years, and the position is renewable, contingent upon review and reappointment by the Dean. The Loeb Curator position is normally a full-time obligation and full-time residence in, or relocation to, the Boston metropolitan area is a requirement of the position.
As appropriate to the Curator’s disciplinary and professional background, and at the discretion of the Department Chairs, a teaching appointment may be considered, reviewed annually and contingent on continuation of the staff appointment.
Work Format Details
This is a hybrid position that is based in Massachusetts. Additional details will be discussed during the interview process. All remote work must be performed within one of the Harvard Registered Payroll States, which currently includes Massachusetts, Connecticut, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont, Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Virginia, Washington, and California (CA for exempt positions only). Certain visa types and funding sources may limit work location. Individuals must meet work location sponsorship requirements prior to employment.
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EEO Statement
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