Job Title: Persistence Specialist
PVN ID: KB-2002-003531
Category: Instruction and Social Service
Location: KINGSBOROUGH C. C.

Job Description

General Description

TRiO @Kingsborough Community College has a part time/temporary position for a persistence specialist. The job will run through mid-summer. The pay is $15.00 per hour for 13 or more hours per week. TRiO is a federally funded grant program that promotes retention and graduation for students with disabilities, low income, and first generation. The persistence specialist will perform functions to meet these objectives as a member of the TRiO professional team.

Among other functions, the persistence specialist will

  • link students to academic and technology initiatives
  • address obstacles to resource utilization
  • outreach to students for scholarship and other opportunities
  • conduct educational workshops

Other Duties

Qualifications

A degree in human services is required, a baccalaureate degree in human services is preferred, but consideration will be given to candidates with an associate degree. High consideration will be granted to candidates with experience in post-secondary or high school settings and/or working with people with disabilities.

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

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Key Features

Department
Student Affairs / TRiO
Status
Part Time
Pay Range
$15.00-$15.00
Hour(s) a week
13.00-15.00
Closing Date
Mar 04, 2020 (Or Until Filled)
Bargaining Unit
No

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