Careers Job Description
General Description
The Academic Coordinator will be responsible for developing and implementing comprehensive academic enrichment components, including after-school tutorials, SAT/ACT preparation workshops and courses, college entrance examination preparation, and a summer enrichment program. The Academic Coordinator will have the responsibility of providing counseling services for the caseload of Talent Search students from non-target schools. Specific areas of responsibility are:
Duties and Responsibilities:
1. Coordinate and implement administrative functions and service delivery for the academic enrichment components (PSAT/SAT/ACT, NYS Regents Examinations, & financial literacy skills)
2. Research, develop, and teach academic workshops
3. Responsible for recruitment/vetting of volunteer tutors
4. Maintain ongoing assessment of academic enrichment components
5. Provide direct counseling services to the students and parents of non-target school participants
6. Intake and assess potential participants’ applications and income eligibility
7. Plan and participate in, trips, presentations, and other Talent Search activities
8. Contribute to development of program related publications
9. Maintain administrative project records as required by EGDAR
10. Prepare reports and correspondence
11. Assist Project Director, as needed
Report To: Talent Search Project Director
All applicants must submit a coverletter and resume in order to be considered for this position.
Other Duties
Qualifications
Qualifications:
• A Bachelor’s Degree in education, counseling, or a related field; Master’s Degree preferred
• Working knowledge of SAT and other standardised tests
• 2 years of experience working in a secondary, postsecondary or education-related institution
• Experience in coordinating tutoring programs preferred
• Teaching and curriculum planning experience
• Experience in individual and group counseling
• Experience working with members of traditionally underrepresented groups
• Knowledge of quantitative and qualitative data collection and analysis
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and interpersonal skills
• Proficient knowledge of PC and Windows Applications (e.g.: Word, Excel, Power Point)
• Records management skills
All applicants must submit a coverletter and resume in order to be considered for this position.
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
Educational Talent Search, TRIO
Full Time
$39,000.00 - $41,000.00
Feb 19, 2018 (Or Until Filled)