Job Title: Program Coordinator
PVN ID: KB-1709-002081
Category: Research
Location: KINGSBOROUGH C. C.

Job Description

General Description

The Program Coordinator of Kingsborough’s SPARK (Strategy Partnerships for Achievement and Retention at Kingsborough) program will assist with all aspects of planning and support for SPARK initiative.  The Coordinator will undertake a variety of administrative and program management tasks while carrying out essential operational duties and required grant reporting.  Reporting to the Director of Academic Affairs, the Program Coordinator will work with dedicated continuing KCC students.  The coordinator will collaborate with multiple offices and departments to develop an integrated approach to student success and retention.  Additionally, this position will require significant amount of problem solving and a broad understanding of current higher education trends.  Timely communication to academic departments and student support areas will be essential.

Other Duties

  • Maintain budget and track expenditures/ transactions.
  • Ensure accuracy of course scheduling on CUNY First.
  • Help build positive relations within the team and with external parties (including faculty, staff, and administration, and outside vendors).
  • Schedule and organize meetings, activities, and events.
  • Promote collaboration among KCC offices and cohesive service for students.
  • Keep updated hardcopy and electronic records.
  • Create applications, reports, and proposals in accordance with program goals and guidelines.
  • Support program development and growth.
  • Modify program to suit institutional changes.
  • Maintain accurate records regarding student participants

 

Qualifications

Skills

  • Excellent time management and organizational skills
  • Outstanding verbal and written communication skills
  • Self-starter
  • Knowledge of budgeting and reporting
  • Proficient in MS Office
  • Well-organized

 

 

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree and minimum of two years' related experience required.
  • Experience in academic affairs or higher education student support services is highly desirable.

 

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
Academic Affairs
Status
Full Time
Annual Salary Range
$50,000.00 - $55,000.00
Closing Date
Jan 30, 2018 (Or Until Filled)
Bargaining Unit
No

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