Job Description
General Description
Located in the South Bronx, Bronx Community College (BCC) is a designated Hispanic Serving Institution that recently awarded a Title V Developing Hispanic Serving Institutions Grant from the US Department of Education entitled ¡Avanzando! First Year Success.
¡Avanzando! seeks to increase retention, graduation, and transfer rates for first-time full-time students by improving their pass rates in gateway math classes, extending evidence-based advisement practices and support, increasing the number of students receiving, retaining and responsibly using financial aid, and creating high-impact work-based learning experiences for BCC students in in-demand fields.
Reporting to the Title V Project Manager, the Financial Navigator will lead the activities of the Fiscal Stability goal area for this project. Duties include:
Other Duties
- Work collaboratively with the offices of Financial Aid, Admissions and Bursar and the project team to create a communication plan and training schedule regarding financial aid and financial literacy topics to be included within academic advisement.
- Work with the selected financial literacy vendor to plan, coordinate and facilitate training for academic advisors and peer mentors.
- Coordinate and help to promote the financial literacy vendor’s literacy workshops for students across a broad range of financial topics each year.
- Work with the Access Resource Center to provide 10 hours per week of 1-on-1 and/or small group student financial education and coaching.
- Collaborate with the Office of Financial Aid to promote and support month-long March Madness and Octoberfest FAFSA Completion events.
- Liaise with Office of Financial Aid to gather data regarding FAFSA, TAP and Verification completion for distribution to advising units for intervention.
- Create Financial Aid FAQs.
Qualifications
- A bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, or Education preferred.
- A minimum of 2 years’ experience in financial services advising, and/or financial counseling experience.
- Proficiency with a spreadsheet and free online budget planning apps.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Demonstrated ability to work independently and as part of a team, within the department and with faculty and other administrators.
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
Office of Academic Affairs
Full Time
$55,000.00 - $60,000.00
Jul 20, 2021 (Or Until Filled)