Careers Job Description
General Description
CUNY EDGE provides students with a range of services, benefits, and supports so that they succeed in college and in their careers. CUNY EDGE balances academic advising and personal supports with workforce preparation, leadership development, and community engagement.
The mission of CUNY EDGE is to help CUNY students who are receiving public assistance achieve academic excellence, graduate on time, and find employment.
This position will work closely with all team members to place students in jobs at Brooklyn College and in the community. They will also work with the all students to achieve CUNY EDGE career goals and to find jobs post-graduation. The position is part time. 20 hours a week from 1-5 p.m. Monday – Friday.
Other Duties
- Develop work and career readiness curriculum
- Facilitate personal and professional development workshop series
- Identify on-campus placement slots for HRA Fellowship Program participants which includes creating and maintaining collaborations with other college offices including the Career Center
- Administer career self-assessments
- career-readiness, and networking skills, using an “intrusive” and developmental advisement model; adhere to a career pathways model to ensure students are being prepared for “careers” versus “jobs”
- Research real-time labor market information to stay abreast of employment trends
- Help students apply for internships, scholarships, and opportunity programs
- Help students incorporate technology into their job search
- Assist in student recruitment
- Complete data entry quickly and accurately
- Collect and input time sheets into the relevant data bases as necessary
- Cover the front desk as necessary
- Provide exceptional customer service
- Participate fully in professional development opportunities
- Performs related duties as assigned.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree and at least three years' relevant job developer and placement experience required, preferably in an educational or social service program serving low-income students;
- Ability to help students meet their educational and work goals;
- Experience developing and managing partnerships and relationships;
- Must be on time, reliable, computer savvy and have excellent customer service and time management skills
- Detail-oriented with strong organizational skills
- Excellent communication skills (written, oral and interpersonal) and editing skills required
- Proficiency using standard office computer programs, systems, survey tools, and databases
- Experience collecting, reporting, and using data to make strategic decisions
- Proactive and flexible, with ability to establish plans and manage a varied workload, deadlines and conflicting priorities
- Ability to work in a team while also handling individual day-to-day responsibilities independently
- Ability to speak a language in addition to English a plus
RFCUNY Benefits
RFCUNY Employee Benefits and AccrualsAbout the Research Foundation
The Research Foundation of The City University of New York (RFCUNY) is a nonprofit educational corporation founded in 1963 to provide post-award fiscal and administrative support for CUNY’s research and sponsored programs. RFCUNY’s services allow CUNY researchers, faculty, and staff to focus on their intellectual curiosity and scientific discoveries, on projects and programs that serve our local and global communities, proposing concrete solutions to society’s most pressing challenges.
RFCUNY serves as a fiscal agent and works closely with all the CUNY campus Grants Offices to perform the core functions of post-award financial management for CUNY research projects and sponsored programs. These functions include legal assessment and signing of agreements where RFCUNY is named as a fiscal agent; setting up award accounts; preparing sub-awards and assisting PIs in monitoring the work of the recipients of sub-awards; supporting project directors with hiring and managing research project and sponsored program staff; supporting the purchasing and paying for goods and services with grant and program funds; managing financial aspects of projects including accounts receivable, financial reporting, invoicing, budget monitoring, and cost compliance with uniform guidance; ensuring that sponsor financial requirements are met; monitoring compliance with applicable project and financial management rules and laws; supporting the management of independent and external audits and financial reviews; and providing data, information, management expertise, and other supports to CUNY’s research and sponsored programs.
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
Key Features
CUNY EDGE BROOKLYN
Part Time
Depends on Qualifications
20.00
Jun 08, 2019 (Or Until Filled)