Job Title: Temporary Office Assistant
PVN ID: HO-1708-001985
Category: Clerical/Office Services
Location: HOSTOS C. C.

Job Description

General Description

Position Ends: September 29, 2017

Hours: 20- 32 hours per week, various shifts between the hours of 9am-7pm Mon.-Thurs. and Sat. 9am-3pm

General Description of Duties and Responsibilities:

The US Department of Health and Human Services awarded a Health Profession Opportunity Grant (HPOG) to the Division of Continuing Education and Workforce Development at Hostos Community College to enroll and train low-income individuals and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) recipients. The Allied Health Career Pipeline Program is seeking three Office Assistants (Part-time) to work different shifts: mornings, late afternoons, and/or Saturdays (9am-3pm).  

Other Duties

Responsibilities include:

  • Maintain professional and courteous demeanor with students, all staff, and external organizations
  • Schedule appointments for interviews and enrollment
  • Receive and forward messages to appropriate staff
  • Perform clerical tasks as required including, but not limited to filing, copying, faxing and collating documents, recording messages, and verifying and monitoring student program status
  • Ensure student materials are updated and accurate
  • Participate in outreach/ recruitment activities as needed
  • Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

Core Competencies:

  • Excellent customer service
  • Strong understanding of the needs of low-income individuals
  • Good judgment and problem solving ability
  • Strong attention to detail
  • Able to multitask in a fast paced educational environment
  • Strong communication, time management and organizational skills
  • Work in a team as well as independently

 Qualifications:

  • Associate’s Degree preferred
  • One year of office/clerical experience
  • Basic Microsoft Word

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
Cont Ed- Allied Health Career Pipeline P
Status
Part Time
Salary
Depends on Qualifications
Hour(s) a week
20.00-32.00
Closing Date
Feb 28, 2018 (Or Until Filled)
Bargaining Unit
No

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