Current Job Openings

The Department of Higher Education (Department) seeks a highly motivated individual committed to public service to serve as the Department’s Senior Assistant General Counsel – Labor and Employment. The Board of Higher Education (BHE) is the employer of record as established in Chapter 150E of the Massachusetts General Laws for all the collective bargaining agreements affecting the 15 community colleges and nine state universities. The Department is the BHE’s state executive agency, and the Senior Assistant General Counsel directs all employee and labor relations activities on behalf of the BHE and the Department.

The Department of Higher Education (DHE) is the statutorily created agency in Massachusetts responsible for defining the mission of and coordinating the Commonwealth’s public system of higher education and its institutions. The Office of Student Financial Assistance (OSFA) is a division of the DHE primarily responsible for the management and oversight of all state-funded financial aid programs. OSFA’s mission is to promote and enhance access to higher education through the delivery of quality student financial aid resources, information, and services to residents of the Commonwealth, ensuring that they have an opportunity to enrich their lives and contribute to the economic development and social progress of the state.