Job Title: Graduate Career Coach
PVN ID: BA-2302-005406
Category: Instruction and Social Service
Location: BARUCH COLLEGE

Job Description

General Description

Career Launch/Spring Forward Internship Programs seek two supportive, flexible, and detail-oriented individuals to serve as Graduate Career Coaches. The Coaches will report to the Spring Forward/ Career Launch Program Manager(s). 

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 a “hub” and will create opportunities related to the field 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.  

This is a part-time (9-10 hours per week), temporary, remote position, beginning in February 2023 and running for 14 weeks.  

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:   

Reporting to the Hub Program Manager(s), the Coaches are responsible for assisting the program managers with recruitment and onboarding for CUNY Career Launch interns. The coach will provide one-on-one career coaching and mock interviews to students. Additionally, the coach will provide additional support as needed.  

 

Hub Program Support  

  • Observe group interviews and provide feedback on student applicants; 
  • Support the training of student interns on processes, tools, policies and work readiness;  
  • Provide one-on-one career coaching, resume support and mock interviews  to marketing hub students; 
  • Facilitate ongoing professional development workshops for students; 
  • Conduct one-on-one and group check ins and coaching to support student persistence; 
  • Conduct employer partner outreach to ensure that all deadlines are being met; 
  • Assist with navigating employer inquires and concerns; 
  • Support with reviewing and editing employer opportunity posts submitted on online database. 

 

Other Duties

Qualifications

QUALIFICATIONS  

The successful candidate will have the following knowledge, skills and abilities:  

  • A Bachelor’s Degree required; matriculation in an advanced degree in social work, higher education administration, or social science discipline preferred 
  • At least one(1) years' experience in career services 
  • Strong administrative skills and ability to anticipate problems and find solutions 
  • Outstanding verbal and interpersonal communication skills to work and interact effectively, collaboratively, and cooperatively with a diverse community of students and staff  
  • Strong computer proficiency using standard office software programs in particular Microsoft Office and Excel or Google Sheets. 
  • Experience working collaboratively in a team-oriented and outcomes-focused environment;  
  • Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic, and ever-changing work environment.
  • CUNY undergraduate alumnus, current graduate student

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS  

  • Experience in workforce development, career services, student services education or a related non-profit field.  
  • Ability to take initiative and be solution oriented.
  • Public speaking or group facilitation experience. 

RFCUNY Benefits

RFCUNY Employee Benefits and Accruals

About 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

The Research Foundation of the City University of New York is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Americans with Disabilities Act/E-Verify Employer. It is the policy of the Research Foundation of CUNY to provide equal employment opportunities free of discrimination based on race, color, age, religion, sex, pregnancy, childbirth, national origin, disability, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, domestic violence victim status, arrest record, criminal conviction history, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.

Key Features

Department
STARR
Status
Part Time
Pay Range
$23.00-$23.00
Closing Date
Apr 02, 2023 (Or Until Filled)
Bargaining Unit
No

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