Careers Job Description
General Description
CUNY 2x Tech is a $20M Mayoral initiative to double the number of tech bachelors awarded by public colleges by 2022. It entails a comprehensive investment in the instruction, advising, and experience that are essential to prepare New Yorkers for 21st-century tech jobs in NYC. All CUNY 2x Tech faculty and staff members will play a critical role in ensuring that the college’s tech education is aligned with industry demand. The role will involve significant work directly with NYC-based industry partners and the NYC Tech Talent Pipeline to review curricula, provide feedback on students’ job-readiness, present in the classroom and ensure that the overall tech education at the college is preparing students with the academic and career readiness skills they need to succeed.
Reporting to the Director of Career and Professional Development, Computer Science Co-op Manager will ensure the success of the CS Co-op Program and become a career and workforce development expert in the field of Information Technology. The individual will use their expertise to assist students in developing themselves professionally to enable them to achieve their career goals in Information Technology.
Other Duties
- Create and implement strategies for promoting participation in the Computer Science Co-op Program
- Review student transcripts and applications to verify they are eligible to participate in the co-op program.
- Regularly meet with students to professionally prepare them for their professional goals in the IT industry.
- Ensure students have completed required IT and professional training for CS Co-op Program
- Attend and/or complete required trainings by the university and additional training as determined by the Director
- Develop new and build on existing business and industry relationships to find and develop co-op/internship opportunities to ensure co-op participants have a co-op placement.
- Coordinate with administrators, faculty, college personnel and industry partners to provide feedback in regards to technology industry trends.
- Serve as direct contact for industry partners involving all aspects of co-op/internship placements.
- Maintains student records, monitors student progress and attendance, and performs record-keeping activities as appropriate.
- Provides reports to the college administration and city officials regarding the success of the Computer Science Co-op Programs and the trends of the IT industry.
- Supports the development, analysis, and assessment of Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) to ensure the measurement and improvement of program effectiveness in collaboration with the supervisor or site manager, and faculty mentor. Implements program modifications as necessary.
- Abide by all applicable executive orders, federal, state, and local laws, rules and regulations, as well as university policies and procedures relating to adjunct faculty and general campus employment
- Ability to handle multiple priorities, manage large amounts of data and organize effectively.
- Organizes special events for the CS Co-op Program
Qualifications
Bachelor's degree and 4 years' related experience required
Experience working with a diverse student population
Experience developing relationships
Strong technology skills
Knowledge of the IT industry preferred
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
CCNY Career and Professional Development
Full Time
$60,000.00
Sep 05, 2018 (Or Until Filled)