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) 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
CUNY EDGE BROOKLYN
Part Time
Depends on Qualifications
20.00
Jun 08, 2019 (Or Until Filled)