Program Associate/Research Scholar

New York University; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 60,000 - 81,000; Full time

Job summary

New York University’s Grunin Center for Law and Social Entrepreneurship is seeking a full-time, detail-oriented Program Associate to manage operations and expand its innovative programming.

Based in New York, this hybrid role requires coordinating events, communications, and administrative tasks, with an emphasis on supporting live programs, conferences, and university partners.

Qualifications

• 1-3 years of relevant experience in a professional setting managing multiple priorities, planning and implementing administrative activities.
• Higher education or academic experience preferred.
• Strong project management skills to manage the range of deliverables in any given week.
• Experience supporting live events.
• Excellent interpersonal, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
• Proficiency or ability to learn Monday.com, AirTable, Google Workspace, Outlook, Mailchimp, LinkedIn, Canva, video editing skills, and the ability to learn new software applications.

Responsibilities

• Manage operations and administration for our flagship annual conference including booking facilities and catering, marketing, responding to inbound inquiries, sending invitations, managing RSVPs, coordinating with speakers and organizers, writing program materials, ordering supplies, and liaising with NYU departments such as IT and Finance.
• Note: Our annual conference takes up much of the time of the full team from February to June.
• Manage operations and administration for other events such as workshops, symposia and webinars.
• Edit video content from events and post on the Center’s website and YouTube channel.
• Ensure smooth execution of in person events and webinars.
• Conduct monthly tasks including reconciling expenses, processing invoices, processing reimbursements, reconciling time sheets and payments to Faculty Director, researchers and fellows, and updating the Executive Director.
• Conduct annual tasks including year-end budget review and managing reimbursements for the annual student trip.

Job description

New York University: NYU - NY: School of Law

Location

New York

Open Date

Aug 24, 2026

Description

NYU School of Law’s Grunin Center for Law and Social Entrepreneurship seeks a full-time, detail-oriented Program Associate to manage operations and expand its innovative programming, advancing the Center’s mission of using law to drive positive social impact.

This is an exciting opportunity to help NYU Law advance a movement that creates new ways for law and lawyers to drive positive change in the world.

ABOUT THE GRUNIN CENTER

The Grunin Center for Law and Social Entrepreneurship is the first center of its kind at a law school.

The mission of the Grunin Center is to enhance the community of lawyers and legal institutions purposefully engaged in social entrepreneurship, impact investing, and sustainable development, and to accelerate their effective participation in these fields. The Grunin Center is uniquely positioned to bridge the gaps between legal practitioners, scholars, educators, and law students.

The Center:

• Educates students and lawyers about legal issues in the fields of social entrepreneurship, impact investing, and sustainable development;
• Leads path-breaking conversations (in person, in social media, and on the page)and provides thought leadership about how legal innovations and new approaches to law, policy, and legal education can advance the fields of social entrepreneurship, impact investing, and sustainable development;
• Invests in the success of students who are interested in applying their legal skills to the fields of social entrepreneurship, impact investing, and sustainable development by, among other things, supporting extra-curricular activities, providing research and fellowship opportunities, and awarding scholarships and internships related to these fields; and
• Celebrates the contributions of legal practitioners, scholars, and students to the fields of social entrepreneurship, impact investing, and sustainable developmentby drawing attention to their contributions and distilling and sharing learnings from those contributions with others working in these fields.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Reporting directly to the Grunin Center’s Executive Director, the Program Associate will work with the Grunin Center’s Executive Director, Faculty Director, staff and fellows in the following key areas:

Events:

• Manage operations and administration for our flagship annual conference including booking facilities and catering, marketing, responding to inbound inquiries, sending invitations, managing RSVPs, coordinating with speakers and organizers, writing program materials, ordering supplies, and liaising with NYU departments such as IT and Finance. Also setup and manage Whova, the conference app that the Center uses for this conference.
• Note: Our annual conference takes up much of the time of the full team from February to June.
• Manage operations and administration for other events such as workshops, symposia and webinars.
• Edit video content from events and post on the Center’s website and YouTube channel.
• Ensure smooth execution of in person events and webinars.

Finance:

• Conduct monthly tasks including reconciling expenses, processing invoices, processing reimbursement requests, reconciling time sheets and payments to Faculty Director, researchers and fellows, and updating the Executive Director.
• Conduct annual tasks including year-end budget review and managing reimbursements for the annual student trip.

Communications:

• Communicate with Grunin Center stakeholders including NYU Law faculty, staff, students, student groups, alumni, legal practitioners, and other educators (within NYU generally and from other law schools).
• Create and manage email campaigns via MailChimp and professional communications on LinkedIn.
• Manage and update database of Grunin Center contacts and relationships (currently using AirTable), including titles, organizations, and tags.
• Update and manage the website, LinkedIn page and YouTube channel; review analytics and update Executive Director on trends.
• Respond to inbound email inquiries about the Grunin Center.
• Create Grunin Center surveys in Qualtrics, promote surveys, track responses and identify key takeaways to share with the team.
• Project manage the production and publication of resources that are shared on our website through engagement with designers and copy editors.
• Support launch of an online resource library of case studies and related teaching tools, including participating in a process to select the platform, conforming case studies and related documents to NYU Law’s online communication protocols, promoting use of case studies, tracking analytics, and other related tasks.

Administrative:

• Manage, organize and update the Monday.com board that contains all activities of the Center.
• Perform a wide range of administrative tasks including but not limited to making travel arrangements, supporting in-person and virtual board meetings, and posting and managing student opportunities on internal NYU Law platforms.
• Serve as a liaison with a variety of administrative offices at NYU Law and other University departments.
• Serve as a liaison with student groups at NYU Law.
• Other tasks as needed.

This is a hybrid role requiring in-office presence at least one day per week during the Fall and Spring semesters, as well as during preparation and hosting of in-person events, including the annual conference in June.

Note that peak season is April 1 through the second week in June, and PTO is minimal for all team members during that time.

COMPENSATION

In compliance with NYC's Pay Transparency Act, the annual base salary for this position is $70,000. New York University considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education/training, key skills, internal peer equity, as well as market and organizational considerations when extending an offer. You will be an employee of New York University, with access to an excellent, comprehensive benefits package including generous paid time off and retirement contributions.

Qualifications

Required Education:

Required Experience, Skills, and Abilities:

• 1-3 years of relevant experience in a professional setting managing multiple priorities, planning and implementing administrative activities.
  • Higher education or academic experience preferred.
• Strong project management skills to manage the range of deliverables in any given week.
• Experience supporting live events.
• Excellent interpersonal, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
• Exceptionally responsive and adaptable, able to work independently and collaboratively with faculty, staff, fellows, and external stakeholders, many of whom are at senior levels.
• Interest and curiosity in the work of the Grunin Center.
• Proficiency or ability to learn Monday.com, AirTable, Google Workspace, Outlook, Mailchimp, LinkedIn, Canva, video editing skills, and the ability to learn new software applications such as the internal NYU Law finance platform and website editing.
• Creativity with AI tools and proficiency with integrating AI into existing processes.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, graphic presentation skills.

NYU is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to a policy of equal treatment and opportunity in every aspect of its recruitment and hiring process without regard to age, alienage, caregiver status, childbirth, citizenship status, color, creed, disability, domestic violence victim status, ethnicity, familial status, gender and/or gender identity or expression, marital status, military status, national origin, parental status, partnership status, predisposing genetic characteristics, pregnancy, race, religion, reproductive health decision making, sex, sexual orientation, unemployment status, veteran status, or any other legally protected basis. All interested persons are encouraged to apply for vacant positions at all levels.

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