Job Description
General Description
Workforce Coordinator will serve as the single point of contact in providing students with a comprehensive array of services such as general class instruction, case management, monitoring attendance and responding promptly to program partners’ concerns, meeting with students to engage in collaborative problem-solving to address barriers to success, and serving as an advocate. The Workforce Coordinator will develop strong working relationships with training program participants from the beginning of the process, throughout the training, and after completion.
Other Duties
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
The Workforce Coordinator will be responsible for ensuring that program deliverables are met, by fulfilling the following duties:
- Support the students during their certification training experience through individual and/or group sessions where students can reflect on their experience
- Track attendance and performance during seminar and training and work with program staff to troubleshoot any problems that arise
- Troubleshoot any conflicts that arise between students and instructional staff during the certification training experiences
- Serve as the primary point of contact for program staff and program participants
- Ensure that students receive appropriate industry-related services and information
- Provide ongoing coaching and feedback to staff
- Develop and monitor team goals
- Work closely with program partners and college-based administration to develop training plans and processes
- Provide general case management to students in order to help them overcome barriers to success during the vestibule and training periods
- Work closely with the Division’s Senior Associate of Workforce Development (WFD) to complete related tasks and special projects satisfy job orders and create a pipeline of better prepared students for employment related opportunities
OTHER DUTIES:
- Assist in developing industry focused curriculums based on labor market information and industry trends
- Collaborate ongoing service coordination; collaborate with program partners to share relevant data on all aspects for the program including seminar, training and post-training outcomes.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s degree preferred
- 3 years of related workforce development experience
- Minimum two years of work experience in a job readiness program,
- Established employer contacts and database across all workforce sectors
- Minimum one year of work experience in academic advisement
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a demanding and complex work environment, to carry out complex assignments in a timely manner; and to adapt to changing situations and priorities;
- 2 years of curriculum development experience
- Demonstrated interest in working with diverse populations;
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
Continuing Education and Workforce Devel
Full Time
$45,000.00 - $52,000.00
Apr 01, 2020 (Or Until Filled)