Careers Job Description
General Description
A key member of the staff of BCC’s new Certified Recovery Peer Advocate (CRPA) Training Program, the Program Instructor is responsible for teaching the 35-hour CRPA course.
“CRPAs” are individuals who have been certified to provide coaching, support, information, guidance and motivation to those seeking or sustaining recovery from a substance abuse diagnosis. The BCC program will train 20 students over a period of approximately nine weeks.
Reporting to the Project Director, the Program Instructor must be a Certified Recovery Peer Advocate with expertise in the field of substance abuse and recovery and teaching experience.
Other Duties
Duties Include:
- Deliver the 35-hour CRPA course.
- Assist the Academic Course Instructor (BCC Adjunct) with the CRPA “contextualization” of materials for the academic-credit course.
- Work closely with the Project Director, Program Manager and Academic Course Instructor to ensure the success of the CRPA training program.
- Collaborate with the Program Manager to support student persistence and program completion.
- Collaborate with the Program Manager on student assessment and needs.
- Support students in preparation for certification examination.
Qualifications
Background and Qualifications:
- The Program Instructor must be a Certified Recovery Peer Advocate.
- Bachelor’s degree in a related discipline with at least one year of related experience, or HS diploma/equivalency and at least three years’ related experience.
- Experience in behavioral health, specifically in substance abuse and recovery.
- Teaching experience.
- Excellent verbal/written communication skills.
- Availability for evening hours and travel between service sites as necessary.
- Computer skills, particularly word processing (MS Word) and spreadsheets (MS Excel).
RFCUNY Benefits
RFCUNY Employee Benefits and AccrualsAbout 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
Key Features
Workforce Development
Part Time
$35.00-$35.00
2.00-10.00
Apr 23, 2018 (Or Until Filled)