Job Description
General Description
Reporting to the Director of Upward Bound, the Upward Bound Project Assistant Director will:
- Identify and recruit participants as well as follow-up with the appropriate high school personnel;
- Assist in conducting, coordinating academic, personal counseling as well as career/college exploration for students;
- Manage parent workshops concerning topics such as financial aid;
- Maintain individual participant records;
- Assist with event planning, managing the summer program, report preparation and grant submissions;
- Travel with students on interstate and intrastate college tours and attend professional conferences
- Supervise students and workshop personnel as needed.
This is a ful-time positin which may require some work on weekends and evenings.
Other Duties
Perform other duties as assigned by the Direcor of Upward Bound.
Qualifications
Excellent verbal, written and organizational skills;
Ability to organize, prioritize and coordinate various projects and assignments;
Ability to work independently or as part of a team in a fast paced environment;
Ability to problem solve and refer issues appropriately to supervisor;
Proficiency in the use of software to support office operation; including but not limited to word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, publications, mailings the web and email;
Willingness to learn and improve professional and technical skills;
Experience in grant writing preferable;
Bachelor's degree required, plus two years of related work experience, preferably in a high school or youth organization.
Proficiency in communication and research skills.
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
Upward Bound
Full Time
$40,000.00 - $47,500.00
Oct 01, 2018 (Or Until Filled)