Job Title: Research and Project Assistant
PVN ID: GS-1507-000622
Category: Research
Location: The GRADUATE CENTER

Job Description

General Description

Entry-Level  Research and Project Support

This is an entry-level research and support position for an international study of youth community organizing and civic development. The study is now in the analysis and reporting phase, and we seek an applicant with strong communication and administrative skills that involve financial matters. This skill set is essential for communicating with the participating organizations through email and occasionally handling financial matters associated with supporting the organizations involved in the research. The research component of this study involves administrative and data collection tasks involved with a project that brings together teachers, and youth with an interest in community organizing.   

Other Duties

Activities associated with data analysis and or report preparation as time an aptitude permit.

Qualifications

Aptitude for and a good working knowledge of Microsoft Excel

Well-organized, attention to detail

Strong email and social communication skills

An interest in qualitative or quantitative social research. 

RFCUNY Benefits

RFCUNY Employee Benefits and Accruals

About 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

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
Psychology
Status
Part Time
Pay Range
$18.00-$20.00
Hour(s) a week
5.00
Closing Date
Sep 17, 2015 (Or Until Filled)
Bargaining Unit
No

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