Job Title: Curriculum Specialist
PVN ID: JJ-2205-004763
Category: Instruction and Social Service
Location: JOHN JAY COLLEGE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE

Job Description

General Description

The Curriculum Specialist supports development of transfer student focused curricular and co-curricular content to align learning experiences in humanities majors to the college’s mission to educate for justice.

The Specialist is a member of the project team for the Humanities and Justice Transfer Project (HJTP), which will expand dual admissions degree programs and transfer student supports as a part of the CUNY Justice Academy. This project will enable John Jay College to increase the number of associate degree holders who transfer and earn bachelor’s degrees in the humanities at John Jay. Project goals include: a) expansion of dual admissions humanities degree programs to four additional CUNY community college and b) continued development of transfer support incorporating culturally responsive practices to improve engagement with Black and Latinx transfer students’ motivations, goals, and identities and c) curricular and co-curricular resource development sustain a robust and resilient transfer pathway to John Jay College’s humanities baccalaureate programs from CUNY’s community colleges.

Reporting to the Director of General Education and Educational Partnerships, the specialist will: support faculty in curriculum development and course alignment activities; review transfer focused co-curricular and transition support materials to ensure they are aligned with culturally responsive practices; contribute to documentation and dissemination related to transfer student learning and development; and contribute to upkeep of web-based resources connected to HJTP learning and project dissemination.  The specialist may also teach one section of HUM 277, Humanities in Action, each semester.

Other Duties

  • Design and facilitate development activities to enhance humanities faculty members’ capacity to incorporate experiential learning and “applied humanities” strategies into the curriculum
  • Develop an applied humanities multimodal instructional resource that addresses key justice issues of interest to students in collaboration with faculty
  • Create teaching guides for an applied humanities course in collaboration with faculty
  • Participate in development of training and activities to enhance culturally responsive approaches to transfer student transitions and academic success
  • Participate in assessment activities to design and apply a Culturally Responsive Practices checklist
  • Create content for humanities websites in collaboration with staff and faculty

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in the humanities or a related field

Preferred Qualifications:

1-2 years experience in curriculum development, faculty facing professional development, and/or teaching experience in a postsecondary environment and:

  • Master's degree in a humanities discipline, teaching, higher education or related field
  • Formal training or experience with applying constructivist, experiential, and student-centered approaches for teaching and learning to curriculum development
  • Understanding of the challenges faced by a diverse college student population in an urban setting
  • The ability to work independently and carry out complex assignments with great attention to detail.
  • The ability to work collaboratively and coordinate with faculty and staff across multiple divisions.
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills

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
Undergraduate Studies
Status
Full Time
Annual Salary Range
$55,000.00 - $65,000.00
Closing Date
Jul 04, 2022 (Or Until Filled)
Bargaining Unit
No

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