Job Title: CTE Academic Advisor
PVN ID: BM-2403-006204
Category: Managerial and Professional
Location: BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN C. C.

Job Description

General Description

Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC) is now the largest college in the City University of New York system, with more than 20,000 students, and is the first community college in Manhattan.  BMCC’s mission:  BMCC is a diverse teaching and learning community committed to advancing equity and the intellectual and personal growth of students. Working to strengthen a culture of care inside and outside the classroom, we share a passion for learning with students from around the world. We strive to increase degree completion, successful transfer, career achievement and service and leadership within our community, New York City, and beyond.

Reporting to the Director of the Academic Advisement & Transfer Center or a designee, the successful candidate will provide academic advising and other related services to Career and Technical Education (CTE) students.  In addition, the successful candidate will work with student services areas, including but not limited to the Office of Accessibility, Student Affairs, Center for Career Development, Registrar’s Office, Testing Office and selected academic departments to deliver academic and transfer advising to BMCC’s diverse, urban, community college population.  The Office of Academic Advisement & Transfer Center is recruiting to fill a CTE Academic Advisor position as part of the college’s Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act (formally known as the Perkins Grant).

Other Duties

Qualifications

Responsibilities will include, but are not limited to, the following:

  • Provide CTE students with academic, career and transfer advising;
  • Assist students with interpreting their DegreeWorks audit information;
  • Initiate meetings with students and refer them to appropriate support services, if necessary;
  • Assist students with interpreting their proficiency indices and the remedial course sequence;
  • Assist with the delivery of transfer information sessions;
  • Provide academic audits for students preparing to apply for graduation;
  • Monitor CTE student retention;
  • Provide academic and transfer advisement, using various media (including e-advisement);
  • Conduct seminars and workshops on topics such as Career Advisement, Time Management, Preparing for Transfer, etc.;
  • Participate in trainings and professional development activities;
  • Track CTE students and assist in completing Perkins Grant reports;
  • Schedule may include evenings and/or weekends;
  • Ability to effectively work remotely as well as in-person;
  • Perform other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree required
  • Two years of higher education experience
  • The ideal candidate must possess excellent computer, interpersonal, organizational, communications and analytical skills.  Also, be a dynamic individual who can work independently and under general supervision to provide courteous and accurate customer service to all students, faculty, staff, and visitors of diverse backgrounds

RFCUNY Benefits

RFCUNY Employee Benefits and Accruals

About 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

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
Academic Advisement and Transfer Center
Status
Full Time
Annual Salary Range
$48,000.00 - $52,000.00
Closing Date
May 22, 2024 (Or Until Filled)
Bargaining Unit
No

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