Job Title: Workforce Training Mentor
PVN ID: CC-2205-004781
Category: Instruction and Social Service
Location: The CITY COLLEGE of NEW YORK

Job Description

General Description

The Workforce Training Mentor will work with program trainees to assure the effectiveness of their learning experience and to provide feedback for instructional program enhancements.  The Mentor will review curriculum with instructors and will be available to participants to support their learning and accomplishment of course goals and will collaborate with instructors on participant evaluation.  A critical outcome of the program is job-readiness, in terms of both familiarity with technical content and soft-skills and the mentor will be expected to support students towards both objectives.  

The Mentor may also supervise and coordinate Assistant Mentors assigned to teams within a given class cohort.  

 

Other Duties

The Mentor may additionally play a role in developing relationships with industry/employers, around learning objectives, internships and placements and/or may play a role in interfacing with community organizations and agencies that will supply participants to the program.  

Qualifications

Teaching experience including on-line education and instructional design;

Counseling, tutoring, and/or mentoring experience with those who have not excelled in traditional education;

Technology skills in use of various software platforms commonly used in industry (word processing, spreadsheets, GIS);

some engineering education and/or experience preferred; 

minimum Bachelors degree with 3-5 years work experience; Masters degree preferred.  

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
CUNY Institute for Urban Systems
Status
Full Time
Salary
Depends on Qualifications
Closing Date
Jul 12, 2022 (Or Until Filled)
Bargaining Unit
No

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