Job Title: Manager/ Community Work Incentive Counselor (CWIC)
PVN ID: HO-2210-005187
Category: Managerial and Professional
Location: HOSTOS C. C.

Job Description

General Description

We invite you to join our team of professionals who are dedicated to student academic excellence.

Division Overview
The Division of Continuing Education & Workforce Development (CEWD) at Hostos Community College offers educational, career, and personal development opportunities designed to address the needs of the Bronx and neighboring communities such as Upper Manhattan. We offer non-credit courses and certificate programs.  Work Incentives Planning and Assistance (WIPA) is a national initiative funded by the Social Security Administration (SSA) which provides free in-depth, individualized counseling to SSA beneficiaries with disabilities.

Position Overview
Under the supervision of the Senior Director of Operations, the Manager will have two roles.  They will supervise the Community Work Incentive Counselors (CWIC) and also serve as a CWIC by providing counseling and information on Work Incentives Planning and Assistance (WIPA) to individuals with disabilities who are receiving benefits from SSA.  Currently, the program provides counselling to Bronx and Queens beneficiaries.

Other Duties

Primary Responsibilities

  • Manage the daily operations of the WIPA program
  • Supervise one CWICs, and one part-time Intake Specialist, including monitoring the teams’ progress and ensuring they are meeting the program’s outcome goals
  • Complete intakes, collect and analyze information from beneficiaries with disabilities
  • Develop beneficiary activity work plans that promote employment and utilize appropriate work incentives
  • Review data with data team and submit reports
  • Maintain a list of resources for other programs
  • Stay abreast of public benefit regulations
  • Organize annual conference and roundtable
  • Establish partnerships and conduct outreach presentations
  • Communicate effectively with beneficiaries, staff, and members of the Social Security Administration
  • Achieve SSA standard metrics and obtain program milestones
  • Participate in division-wide and program meetings
  • Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

Core Competencies

  • Work in a team, as well as independently
  • Strong attention to detail
  • Able to multitask in a fast-paced environment with deadlines and changing priorities
  • Time management and organizational skills
  • Use discretion and sound judgment with handling confidential materials
  • Strong interpersonal and communication skills

Qualifications

  • Bachelor degree from accredited college, required
  • At least one (1) year of supervisory experience
  • Prior experience as a CWIC
  • Possess strong writing skills
  • Ability to meet Federal Security Clearance guidelines for employment required
  • Attain CWIC certifications; first certification within three months of hire and remaining certifications within one year, required
  • Knowledge of WIPA related programs and services
  • Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office and basic knowledge of MS Teams, Google Drive, and Zoom

This is a grant-funded position and contingent upon availability of grant funds.  Continuation of employment depends on funding renewal.

RFCUNY Benefits

RFCUNY Employee Benefits and Accruals

About 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

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
Division of Continuing Education and Wor
Status
Full Time
Annual Salary Range
$63,000.00 - $65,000.00
Closing Date
Mar 31, 2023 (Or Until Filled)
Bargaining Unit
No

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