Careers Job Description
General Description
The Center for Integrated Language Communities (CILC), a National Language Resource Center housed at the Graduate Center that focuses on second and heritage language education at minority serving institutions is looking for a National Forum on Literacy Coordinator to oversee all activities related to the Forum in consultation with other CILC staff members. The Forum will provide a space for a national dialogue on the opportunities that a focus on literacy development affords to students and programs alike. The Forum Coordinator, in consultation with CILC’s staff, will oversee a series of small-group conversations about the role of literacy in second language education at the college level as well as a culminating meeting opened to a larger audience of college instructors.
Start: 12/15/2024 End: Position available until 08/15/2025, with the possibility of extension Location: Remote
Other Duties
- Recruit faculty for small-group conversations, including preparing materials, advertising, responding to emails, contacting prospective recruits, etc.
- Organize 6 to 10 small-group sessions, including selecting and preparing readings, preparing guiding questions, scheduling, leading meetings, compiling notes, etc.
- Organize a national Forum to disseminate the work conducted by the small groups, including preparing materials, advertising, organizing sessions, co-leading the Forum, preparing Forum outcomes for publishing on the CILC site, etc.
- Other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
Competitive candidates will have:
- MA in second language acquisition, language education, literacy, or similar, or current enrollment in a doctoral program in one of these fields
- Strong writing and editing skills
- Excellent attention to detail
- Ability to work independently and with a team
- Experience working with faculty
- Experience teaching second languages at the post-secondary level, a plus if at an minority serving institution or community college
Additionally, background knowledge of instructed second language acquisition, including pedagogical approaches to teaching second languages and or background knowledge in the field of literacy development is 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
ILETC
Part Time
$45.00-$50.00
7.00-9.00
Jan 13, 2025 (Or Until Filled)