Job Title: Project Director
PVN ID: BX-1711-002182
Category: Managerial and Professional
Location: BRONX C. C.

Job Description

General Description

The Project Director is responsible for overseeing grant-funded workforce training programs that are developed and managed by the Bronx Community College (BCC) Division of Workforce Development and Continuing Education.  Reporting to the Dean of the division, the Project Director provides the day-to-day oversight, supervision, guidance and support to ensure the success of the workforce training programs in his/her portfolio.  The Project Director also serves as a liaison with BCC faculty, program funders and with the CUNY Research Foundation, which is the fiscal conduit for these grant-funded initiatives.

Recently, BCC was awarded two significant grants in support of workforce training programs to prepare students for entry-level positions in community and behavioral health.  Therefore, in 2018 the focus of the Project Director position will largely be on the management of these two new healthcare-related workforce training programs.

Primary Responsibilities

  • Supervision and coordination of program personnel
  • Manage relationships with program funders, employer partners, BCC faculty, CBOs and other program affiliates
  • Budget management; financial oversight and reporting
  • Program reporting to funders per grant terms
  • Manage process of curriculum refinement/adaptation
  • Program marketing and student recruitment
  • Applicant screening and enrollment
  • Oversee student support; ensure student success and completion
  • Student placement in internships, work experience, paid employment
  • Data collection, program analysis and evaluation
  • Oversight of logistics, facilities, supplies
  • Other duties as assigned

 

Other Duties

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree and relevant project management experience
  • Solid organizational, supervisory and information management skills
  • Strong interpersonal and written/verbal communication skills

Preferred Qualifications

  • Track record of success in managing high-profile initiatives with multiple stake-holders
  • Relevant experience in heathcare; community health; behavioral health; addiction and recovery
  • Experience in job training, workforce development, continuing education
  • Experience in higher education
  • Solid business/program analytic and reporting skills
  • Social media, website/app management and relevant tech and computer skills
  • Budget management and financial reporting experience

 

 

 

 

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
Division of Workforce Development
Status
Full Time
Annual Salary Range
$55,000.00 - $80,000.00
Closing Date
Jan 18, 2018 (Or Until Filled)
Bargaining Unit
No

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