Job Title: Project Assistant
PVN ID: HC-2206-004905
Category: Research
Location: HUNTER COLLEGE

Job Description

General Description

The Vision Programs at Hunter College are seeking a highly qualified candidate to assist in our vision rehabilitation programs and planning for its future. This is an ideal opportunity for someone who is considering doctoral level work and may include some opportunities to teach courses. This position would be hybrid with a majority of remote work, but will also need to do in-person work in New York City at and around Hunter's main campus.

Learn more about our programs here:

https://education.hunter.cuny.edu/admissions/graduate-programs/special-education/blind-and-visually-impaired/

Other Duties

- Assist program director with administrative work related to recruiting students and running the Vision Rehabilitiation Threapy (VRT) course sequence  

- Work as a team to develop strategies to increase applications and retain students in the VRT programs.

- Assist with implementing the VRT graduate programs (VRT only and Combined VRT/ O&M) that include on-line synchronous and asynchronous instructional strategies to prepare students to support clients with visual impairments to live fulfilling, independent lives.

- Form relationships with vision agencies to support students from initial fieldwork through internships both in New York City and nationally.

- Assist in running in-person summer labs that provide hands-on experience and form students identities as future VRTs.

- Implement ongoing curriculum changes that align with strategic vision

- Support research efforts

Qualifications

  • 2 years work experience as certified VRT or related vision rehabilitation field
  • Completed Master’s degree
  • Hold current ACVREP certification as a VRT, or in progress

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
Special Education
Status
Part Time
Pay Range
$40.00-$60.00
Hour(s) a week
10.00
Closing Date
Aug 22, 2022 (Or Until Filled)
Bargaining Unit
No

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