Careers Job Description
General Description
ACE Part-Time Internship Coordinator
The internship developer will assist the Director of the Center for Career & Professional Development and ACE Career Counselor in developing and exploring field learning opportunities for students in the ACE program. This includes matching students to experiential learning opportunities, monitoring their progress with attaining positions, and collaborating with instructors, ACE advisors and agency representatives to provide field education experience.
Responsibilities:
- Initiate and build partnerships with employers to develop student opportunities for experiential endeavors.
- Facilitate student learning by assisting students to secure appropriate internships to enhance overall academic experience and learn skills essential to conducting a successful job search
- Conduct site visits to evaluate appropriateness and relevance of internships for students
- Identify, develop and monitor current internship sites
- Acts as liaison between the ACE program and employer partners
- Support the creation and facilitation of orientation sessions and workshops for students seeking internships.
- Coordinate applications, interviews, and placement as part of overall student outreach.
- Support faculty orientation and development related to internship programs
- Performs related duties as assigned.
Other Duties
Qualifications / Requirements:
- Must exhibit excellent oral and written communication skills.
- Must have superior interpersonal skills with a demonstrated commitment to cultural diversity.
- Ability to research and quickly develop knowledge of employer recruiting strategies, job market trends, occupational, career and personal growth.
- Proficiency with windows environment including word processing, knowledge or database programs.
- Must be a self-starter and possess strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Demonstrated ability to organize and work independently as a leader and as part of a team.
Education and/or Experience:
- Requires a bachelor’s degree in business, marketing, psychology, communication, public relations or other related major. Master’s degree preferred.
- Must possess experience in a collegiate environment to understand the academic culture and must have the ability to effectively interact with faculty, staff, students and employers.
- Familiarity with corporate and nonprofit human resource management a plus. Understanding of experiential education and career advising. Experience in presentation of workshops or public speaking.
Qualifications
RFCUNY Benefits
RFCUNY Employee Benefits and AccrualsAbout 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).
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Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
Key Features
Center for Career and Professional Devel
Part Time
$40.00-$40.00
7.00
Feb 14, 2019 (Or Until Filled)