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Join the PKG team!

Thank you for your interest in joining the PKG Center! The PKG Center’s mission is to tap and expand MIT students’ unique skills and interests to prepare them to explore and address complex social and environmental challenges. We educate students to collaborate ethically and effectively with community partners to engage in meaningful public service, today and in their lives beyond MIT. Learn more about our history, mission, and values.

We have a small, tight-knit, lively, and welcoming office. New hires will join our team of 8 full-time staff members and a cohort of 10-12 Graduate Assistants from local universities. (Meet the team!)

Current openings include:
  • 0 full-time positions
  • 6 graduate assistant positions
Full-time staff positions:

We do not currently have any openings for full-time positions.

Graduate Assistant positions:

Graduate assistants (“GAs”) are graduate students enrolled in full-time master’s or PhD programs who work part-time at the PKG Center and play a vital role in maintaining the Center’s operations and outreach. We currently have six openings for graduate assistant positions during the 2024-2025 academic year. 

Salary for each position is $18/hour, along with a free MBTA CharlieCard and earned sick time in compliance with Massachusetts law. Graduate assistants are expected to work 15-19 hours per week with an in-person component at our office in Cambridge. Full position descriptions are available at the links below.

Civic Engagement Graduate Assistant

Community-Based Programs Graduate Assistant

Communications and Development Graduate Assistant

  • To apply: email a resume and cover letter to Melissa Myers at mlmyers@mit.edu with the subject “PKG Graduate Assistant Application”.
  • Description: Under the direction of the Development Officer, this position will support all aspects of the Center’s communications and development needs. From writing grant proposals and newsletter blurbs to planning alumni networking nights, you’ll become an integral part of the PKG team and support the Center’s mission. 
  • Communications and development GA job description PDF

Graduate Student Assistant for Social Impact Fellowships

  • To apply: email a resume and cover letter to Alison Hynd at hynd@mit.edu with the subject “PKG Graduate Assistant Application”.
  • Description: The graduate assistant will support all aspects of the PKG Fellowships program, which provides resources for MIT students to develop and implement intensive social impact work with community-focused organizations. Each year, about 60 students are awarded fellowship funding to consult with non-profits, pilot their own social enterprise, or explore social impact careers through internships.
  • Fellowships GA job description PDF

Graduate Student Assistant for Social Impact Internships and Employment

  • To apply: email a resume and cover letter to Julie Uva at juva@mit.edu with the subject “PKG Graduate Assistant Application”.
  • Description: The Social Impact Internships and Employment program helps connect students with funded internships and jobs at community partners for rigorous, progressively challenging, and academically aligned opportunities that yield significant community impact, build students’ skills, and support career exploration. Under the direction of the Program Administrator, the Graduate Assistant (GA) will support all aspects of the program and gain professional development in social impact and higher education.
  • Social Impact Internships job description PDF

Graduate Student Assistant for Social Innovation

  • To apply: email a resume and cover letter to Lauren Tyger at tygerl@mit.edu with the subject “PKG Graduate Assistant Application”.
  • Description: The IDEAS Social Innovation Challenge is the PKG Center’s annual innovation, service, and social entrepreneurship program. Under the direction of the Assistant Dean for Social Innovation, the graduate assistant will facilitate student networking around social impact projects, promote students’ development of ethical frameworks and practical skills, serve as a bridge between MIT students and outside professionals and alumni using business and innovation for social good, and strengthen the PKG Center’s visibility on-campus.
  • Social innovation GA job description PDF

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is committed to the principle of equal opportunity in education and employment. More information on MIT’s nondiscrimination policy can be found at Policies & Procedures Section 9.2. See also Section 9.7 for the Institute’s policy against retaliation.

While MIT will not sponsor a visa, applicants who have “nonimmigrant status” (such as F-1 students on approved OPT with written permission from their sponsoring institution/program with an approved I-765 Work Authorization) may be considered.

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