Job Title: Student Support and Enrollment Specalist
PVN ID: BM-2401-006054
Category: Instruction and Social Service
Location: BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN C. C.

Job Description

General Description

The Borough of Manhattan Community College Center for Continuing Education and Workforce Development (BMCC) is seeking a creative and capable Student Support and Enrollment Specialist (SSES) for its grant funded Adult Basic Education Program. The SSES is responsible for all facets of student support and enrollment including intake, assessment, retention, referral for social services, follow up and data collection while working closely with instructional and administrative staff.

As part of the City University of New York (CUNY), the BMCC Adult Basic Education Program successfully serves the pressing language and literacy needs of the city’s academically underprepared and underserved adult learners in a seamless transition to post-secondary education and enhanced employment opportunities. High School Equivalency preparation and ESOL classes foster a positive climate of socially engaged collaborative learning in a college-going culture supported by comprehensive academic advisement and case management. Rigorous curriculum, implemented by experienced and professional staff, is teacher-developed, content-driven, and theme-based. Although a relatively small program, BMCC amplifies its effects with connections to a variety of community agencies and partners throughout lower Manhattan. Located primarily at BMCC’s Continuing Education site in the heart of New York City’s financial district, the Program also directs three community-centered Literacy Zones funded by New York State.

Please submit a cover letter detailing your related experience along with your resume.

Other Duties

  • Maintain database of participant progress and program activities.
  • Outreach and recruitment of students.
  • Referral to social services as needed.
  • Follow up with HSE graduates.
  • Monitor attendance to support learner persistence.
  • Schedule and monitor required student assessments.
  • Conduct orientation meetings with participants and help develop next step plans for participants.
  • Coordinate College and Career Pathway events.
  • Advise students on HSE test preparation resources, career planning, financial aid, and college enrollment processes.
  • Build positive relationships and referrals with NYC Adult Education providers.
  • Participate in professional development activities including NYSED RAEN training.
  • Work collaboratively with Continuing Education colleagues and College staff to ensure participant success.
  • Ensure confidentiality of participant records.
  • Other responsibilities as required for success of the program and its participants.

Qualifications

Core Competencies:

  • Ability to manage the required data system.
  • Knowledge of office computer and spreadsheet software.
  • Ability to manage multiple and changing demands and tasks with clarity and efficiency.
  • Strong organizational skills.
  • Ability to work effectively with internal and external partners.
  • Knowledge of College Application Process.
  • Familiarity with Zoom and Google Classroom.

Qualifications:

  • Cover letter must be submitted.
  • AA degree with two years related experience; or
  • Bachelor’s degree and one year related experience required.
  • Willingness to work flexible hours as needed for recruitment and orientation.
  • Some evening hours required.

RFCUNY Benefits

RFCUNY Employee Benefits and Accruals

About 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

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
Continuing Education
Status
Full Time
Annual Salary Range
$36,400.00 - $45,000.00
Closing Date
Feb 01, 2024 (Or Until Filled)
Bargaining Unit
No

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