Job Title: Program Assistant
PVN ID: KB-2208-005014
Category: Instruction and Social Service
Location: KINGSBOROUGH C. C.

Job Description

General Description

Job Description

This full-time position performs daily front office operations in Access-Ability Services (AAS); provides administrative and program support to AAS programs. Persons in this position are accountable for rendering quality services in a respectful, courteous, and professional manner, consistent with Kingsborough Community College’s mission and goals (Mission Statement (cuny.edu)

 

Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Perform general front desk tasks
  • Assist in interpreting AAS, LEADS, TCS, and KCC procedural and policy information to career and technical education (CTE) students and other interested parties
  • Maintain student data, create and communicate with student groups, monitor student academic progress, and encourage student social integration into campus life
  • Establish and maintain targeted outreach to notify students of available academic, career, and extracurricular resources and opportunities in collaboration with other areas of the college
  • Provide referrals to appropriate campus resources
  • Provide student mentoring and supportive services as needed
  • Attend staff meetings and trainings as required.
  • Carry out special projects and other duties as assigned

Other Duties

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

  • Associate Degree
  • Proficiency in English (oral and written)
  • Strong communication and people skills
  • Strong organizational and multi-tasking abilities
  • Strong problem-solving skills
  • Customer service orientation
  • Significant experience operating across various tech platforms with strong computer skills.  Excellent knowledge of Zoom and Microsoft Office programs including MS Teams
  • Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a dynamic work environment
  • Ability to adapt to changing situations/priorities and develop new skills

 

Preferred Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s Degree

 

Physical Requirements

  • This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as phones, personal computers, photocopiers, and filing cabinets
  • While performing these duties, the employee is required to perform physical activities such as, but not limited to, lifting items (up to 40 pounds), bending, reaching, sitting for prolonged periods of time. Reasonable accommodations will be provided for employees with disabilities per RFCUNY policies.

 

This is onsite position at Kingsborough Community College and not a remote work position.

Mandatory Vaccine Mandate: As of May 27, 2022, all candidates will be required to provide proof of being fully vaccinated against COVID-19 upon commencing employment. Exemption (medical or religious) requests to this requirement will be considered in accordance with applicable law and criteria. Being fully vaccinated is defined for this purpose as two weeks after a final dose in primary series of an authorized COVID-19 vaccine (example: two weeks after the second dose of a two-dose vaccine such as Moderna or Pfizer, or two weeks after a single dose vaccine such as Johnson and Johnson). Final candidates must be fully vaccinated as of their first day of employment. Newly hired employees will be sent an email with instructions on how to upload their vaccine information on the Research Foundation portal.

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
Access-Ability Services-Academic Affairs
Status
Full Time
Annual Salary Range
$43,000.00 - $43,000.00
Closing Date
Oct 24, 2022 (Or Until Filled)
Bargaining Unit
No

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