Careers Job Description
General Description
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Career Launch/Spring Forward Internship Programs seek a supportive, strategic, and detail-oriented leader to serve as the Program Director. The Program Director will report to the Assistant Director of Starr Career Programming at Baruch College.
Spring Forward and Career Launch are paid internship programs for undergraduate CUNY Students with little to no paid internship experience. Baruch College is one of four colleges selected as an industry “hub,” managing opportunities related to the fields of Marketing & Communications. Students will apply to specific hubs and once accepted to the program, apply to jobs within the industry. Each college hub will match students to their designated worksites and manage relationships between the student and employer. Interns will have the opportunity to build skills, extend their professional networks, add to their resumes, and contribute to employers throughout NYC in several key industries, such as education and healthcare. Employers will benefit from CUNY students’ many talents and knowledge.
The Director is the face and leader of the initiative. They will be responsible for designing, implementing, and coordinating multiple aspects of the program and managing numerous, high-profile relationships.
This is a temporary, mostly remote position with an expected duration through the end of August 2023 with the possibility of an extension.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Leadership & System Development
- Provide vision and direction through effective leadership and engagement for university-wide internship programs.
- Routinely create new innovative problem-solving strategies throughout the program.
- Ensure that the program is both student-centered and employer-responsive.
- Work closely with stakeholders to establish a funding stream and execute program vision.
Project Management
- Manage initiative from start-to-finish; define and execute a program preparation and implementation strategy.
- Manage budgets and project spending. Perform related fiscal monitoring and reporting
- Monitor program performance and modify strategies as needed to ensure its success.
- Work collaboratively with colleges and CUNY’s central office to collect and analyze data.
- Prepare reports on the status of experiential learning opportunities.
- Refine program design, program management strategies, and milestones for a complex program to ensure CUNY meets key goals.
Team Supervision
- Recruit, hire, train, and supervise program staff.
- Ensure smooth collaboration and communication amongst the program’s staff and Central Office.
Other Duties
- Attend required staff meetings and training.
- Perform related special projects and other duties as assigned.
Other Duties
Qualifications
CORE COMPETENCIES/QUALIFICATIONS
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree with five (5) to ten (10) years of relevant experience, or equivalent combination of education and experience in workforce development, business development, education or a related non-profit field.
- A demonstrated knowledge and expertise of issues related to workforce development, college and career success, business development, and education policy, particularly for low-income and historically marginalized people.
- Experience working on high profile projects. A short-term project funded by local or state government is preferred, but not necessary.
- Incredibly strong program design and management skills, including ability to set milestones, and lead teams to achieve goals.
- Incredibly strong budget management ability.
- Ability to think strategically, problem-solve, and develop programs and plans to achieve organizational goals.
- Significant administrative and supervisory experience, including directly supervising manager(s) and multi-level team(s).
- Knowledge, professional stature, and demonstrated ability to work effectively with multiple stakeholders.
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced, demanding, and complex work environment, with the ability to carry out complex assignments and adapt to changing situations and priorities.
- Proficiency with quantitative analysis and data management.
- Excellent writing, interpersonal, communication and strategic thinking skills.
- Demonstrated computer skills and experience with standard desktop tools (e.g., MS Office, Zoom, Slack, databases, program management software).
- Flexibility to work some evening hours and occasional weekends.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Knowlege of RFCUNY and CUNY systems
To apply, please submit your both your resume and cover letter.
RFCUNY Benefits
RFCUNY Employee Benefits and AccrualsAbout the Research Foundation
The Research Foundation of The City University of New York (RFCUNY) was established as a not-for-profit educational corporation chartered by the State of New York in 1963. RFCUNY supports CUNY faculty and staff in identifying and obtaining external support (pre-award) from government and private sponsors and is responsible for the administration of all such funded programs (post-award).
RFCUNY stands between CUNY’s principal investigators (PIs) and the sponsors who support them and strives to fulfill its essential responsibilities to both groups. Working closely with individual PIs and Grants Officers on the campuses, RFCUNY oversees employment, accounting, audit, reporting, purchasing, and special responsibilities that include management of a planned giving program; liaison with governmental agencies and foundations; negotiation of agreements; facility construction and renovation; protection and commercialization of intellectual property; and compliance with applicable standards in research involving human subjects, animal care, environmental and radiological safety, and conflicts of interest.
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
Key Features
STARR
Full Time
$91,000.00 - $91,000.00
Feb 24, 2023 (Or Until Filled)