Job Title: Project Assistant
PVN ID: HC-1803-002415
Category: Administrative Services
Location: HUNTER COLLEGE

Job Description

General Description

The Brookdale Center for Healthy Aging at Hunter College strives to improves the lives of older adults through research, policy, and professional development.  We provide workforce education and professional development services, including designing, conducting and evaluating training on issues related to aging and the life course.

We are seeking a smart, enthusiastic, flexible, and entrepreneurial individual with strong communication and interpersonal skills. The Project Assistant  will perform operational, administrative support and promote the work of the Learning and Development team and the Center, including outreach to Brookdale’s community-based partners at organizations, institutions, and public agencies.

Other Duties

Primary responsibilities of the Project Coordinator include:

  • Working with Brookdale staff to facilitate planning, development, execution, and evaluation of educational trainings and events across New York State.
  • Assisting with communication and collaboration with key project stakeholders to assure daily operations of programs, including faculty, staff, and students at Brookdale, Hunter College, and CUNY; partners at New York City and State offices and divisions; trainers and other consultants; and community-based organizations and coalitions
  • Assisting with Brookdale project activities across all departments, including grant development, planning, implementation, and evaluation of training and research projects.
  • Maintaining calendars, scheduling meetings, tracking correspondence, and assuring external communications and outreach 
  • Assisting in the preparation and development of data, reports, presentations, and grant proposals

Qualifications

Qualifications:

The successful candidate will be a bachelor’s degree prepared (preferred) individual with outstanding written, oral, and interpersonal communication skills, and a record of developing and managing complex, interdisciplinary projects involving multiple constituents. Must have a strong work ethic and the ability to collaborate effectively with internal and external partners. We seek someone who is highly organized, detail-oriented, professional, and able to work independently and under pressure on multiple deadline-driven projects. Strong client service skills, strategic thinking, and the ability to work with diverse individuals and communities are required. Knowledge in one of the following areas is a plus: aging, aging services, adult abuse and elder justice

The candidate must have:

  • Strong organizational, and problem-solving skills
  • Strong communication skills.

Must be able to assist with the coordination of the operational aspects of training events throughout New York State. Candidates should have knowledge of and proficiency with Microsoft applications including: Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint and Word and the ability to use Adobe Creative Suite. Bilingual candidates with fluency in Spanish are preferred. Flexible schedule: some travel is necessary.

 

 

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
Brookdale Center for Healthy Aging
Status
Full Time
Annual Salary Range
$45,000.00 - $52,000.00
Closing Date
May 09, 2018 (Or Until Filled)
Bargaining Unit
No

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