Job Title: Community Partnership Specialist
PVN ID: KB-1711-002185
Category: Instruction and Social Service
Location: KINGSBOROUGH C. C.

Job Description

General Description

The Perkins Grant Program at Kingsborough Community College (KCC) provides funding for the improvement of KCC career and technical education (CTE) programs. As part of the guidelines governing our funding, the college should develop and maintain career pathways for students transitioning from high school to undergraduate education to career. To meet this need, we are seeking an adjunct community partnerships specialist to build relationships targeting CTE pathways with local high schools and employers.

Working one or two days a week and reporting to Perkins Program Directors, the community partnerships specialist will:

  • Meet with KCC faculty and staff participating in Perkins initiatives, as well as with community partners (local travel required)
  • Serve as a liaison between KCC CTE programs and community partners to facilitate development of CTE pathways
  • Collect and/or prepare informative materials for dissemination to community partners
  • Prepare presentations highlighting KCC CTE programs and college services for high school students and educators
  • Promote KCC CTE programs at the high school level with an emphasis on non-traditional (by gender) participation
  • Promote KCC CTE programs to local employers for the development of internships and employment opportunities for KCC students
  • Coordinate with campus programs to develop student activities and services related to community relationship building
  • Document activities, site visits, and students served
  • Prepare progress reports for Perkins directors and participating faculty

Other Duties

  • Other related duties as assigned
  • Occasional night or weekend hours

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree and
  • A minimum of 2 years experience working on similar projects in a secondary or higher education setting
  • OR a combination of experience and education equivalent to the above
  • Strong oral and written communication skills
  • Computer literacy, particularly excel and word applications

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
Instructional Services
Status
Part Time
Pay Range
$45.00
Hour(s) a week
7.00-14.00
Closing Date
Jan 10, 2018 (Or Until Filled)
Bargaining Unit
No

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