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Find opportunities that match your goals at any point in a career.

Careers at Penn

America's Best Large Employers

For three years in a row, Forbes has named Penn as one of America's Best Large Employers.

Penn is now posting staff jobs as hybrid eligible, remote eligible, and remote required. If a position is eligible, one of the terms below will appear in the Additional Job Description field.

  • Hybrid Eligible – These positions are eligible for a hybrid work schedule with a work week divided between working onsite and working remotely.
  • Remote Eligible - These positions are eligible for a fully remote schedule with all work performed remotely.
  • Remote Required - These positions are fully remote with all work performed remotely.

A Great Place to Work

Penn's innovative schools, centers, and divisions offer a vast array of positions in a broad range of fields. Penn is the largest private employer in Philadelphia. Here you can find new opportunities as your career develops—from your first job out of school to your first leadership role, and all points in between. You can discover new work settings as your goals evolve, and even change professions.

We’re famous for research and education, but did you know Penn also offers positions in areas such as financial management, hospitality, transportation, real estate development, investments, public safety, fundraising, marketing, communications, and information technology (IT)?

Penn is a leading employer in key fields. We are regularly ranked as one of the best places to work in IT, and our Office of Development and Alumni Relations is one of the premier organizations in the industry.

If you have a passion for excellence in education, research, or service to the community, Penn is the right choice for any point in your professional journey.

Penn Career Paths

Prospective Faculty

Learn more about Penn faculty appointments and resources at faculty.upenn.edu.

A Top Employer

  • #1

    largest private employer in Philadelphia

  • $938 million

    in research awards

  • 12

    graduate and professional schools

  • 142

    Research Centers and Institutes

Learn More: Penn & Philly; Penn Research; Schools at Penn; Centers & Institutes

An Award-Winning Workplace

Penn has received dozens of awards on all facets of its work environment, including:

America’s Best Large Employers of 2023

Forbes and Statista selected the America’s Best Large Employers 2023 through an independent survey applied to a sample of more than 60,000 American employees working for companies with more than 1,000 employees in the United States.

2016 and 2017 WorldatWork Seal of Distinction Awards

Penn Human Resource Department

Inaugural Recipient of the Urban League of Philadelphia Vision Award

Workforce Diversity and Inclusion

One University, Many Fields

Committed to Diversity

Six Staff Members Posing on Locust Walk in Front of a Golf Cart and Ben Franklin Statue on a Summer Day

Read the University's Statement About Diversity