So, What Does a Provost Do?

What could be better than a title that sounds important, but is also somewhat mysterious?  Just-the-jobs style today.

1-2) 1105 Media

• Custom Editorial Manager
• Marketing Coordinator

3) Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing – Website Specialist

4) American Israel Public Affairs Committee – Speakers Bureau Associate

5-7) American Public Transportation Association

• Communications & Marketing Production Specialist – $41k-$60k
• International Program Specialist
• Executive Assistant

8) American Society for Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology – Web/Content Administrator – part-time – Frederick, MD – telecommuting arrangements possible

9) Best Value Technology Inc. – Technical Writer – Secret cleared/clearable

10) Booz Allen Hamilton – Strategic Communications Consultant (search communications / mktg / acct mgmt category or job # 01136299) – defense industry focus

11-12) Brookings Institution

• Special Assistant supporting the Hamilton Project
• Project Manager supporting the Project on U.S. Relations with the Islamic World – $50k-$60k – knowledge of Arabic preferred

13-16) Center for Public Integrity (scroll to find)

• Marketing & Communications Specialist
• Reporter, Federal Politics
• Individual Giving Coordinator
• Executive Editor

17) Children’s National Medical Center – Associate Director, Leadership Giving

18) EZGSA – Admin Guru/Office Manager

19-25) George Mason University

• Event Assistant supporting the Law & Economics Center – apply by July 30
• Associate Director of Development for the College of Health & Human Services – apply by Aug. 1
• PR & Marketing Specialist/Design Editor supporting the Association of Writers & Writing Programs – $35k-$40k – apply by Aug. 2
• PR & Marketing Specialist/Programs & Events Coordinator supporting the Center for the Protection of Intellectual Property – apply by Aug. 5
• Admin Coordinator supporting the Center for Transportation Public-Private Partnership Policy – part-time; temporary through Dec. 2013 – $20/hr – apply by Aug. 6
• Research Associate supporting the Center for Regional Analysis – apply by Aug. 16
• Communications Manager supporting the Virginia Initiative for Science Teaching and Achievement

26-29) Georgetown University

• Assistant Director, Sports Information
• Senior Director, Board Operations & Alumni Services
• Assistant Director of Development, Business School
• Scheduler/Admin Assistant, Office of the Provost* – $30k-$43k

30) International Campaign for Tibet – Internships – communications/advocacy & development

32-34) ISOM Global Strategies

• Conference Assistant – $40k
• Communications Specialist – $42k
• Conference Planner – $50k
• Communications Manager – $70k-$75k

35) Manatos & Manatos – Public Affairs/Government Relations Intern

36) Mystery healthcare-related organization – Office Associate – temp-to-perm – $17/hr to $35k – recent college grad w/ solid academic record particularly sought

37) National Building Museum – Foundation Relations Manager

38) National Trust for Historic Preservation – Associate Manager, Preservation Grants

39-40) Nature Conservancy (scroll for find or use advanced search & job #) – new since Tuesday’s Environmental Jobs behemoth:

• Project Coordinator, Major Systems Initiative (41324) – apply by Aug. 9
• Director of Operations, U.S. Government Relations (41322) – apply by Aug. 14

41-42) New America Foundation

• Media Relations Manager
• Media Relations Associate

43) Satellite Industry Association – Communications Manager (pdf) – $65k-$75k – apply by July 31

44-48) Smithsonian Institution

• Major Gift Officer, National Museum of American History (pdf) – apply by July 26
• Online Operations Officer, Museum of Natural History (pdf) – $62k-$70k – apply by Aug. 2
• Advancement Assistant, Air & Space Musuem (pdf) – apply by Aug. 12 [per the comments field, an anonymous source suggests this post is nearly filled; but, of course, there's no way of telling if this a helpful tip or an effort to dissuade additional competition]
• Public Affairs & Marketing Specialist, Freer/Sackler Galleries
• Internships

49) Third Way – Press Secretary/Communications Advisor

50) Zeno Group – Assistant Account Exec, Healthcare (scroll to find)

* So, the Wiki-answer is pretty simple: essentially, chief academic officer – but the Hoya-land Provost himself provides a little more poetry in his description of the job.  We like his blog, too.