Job Title: Assistant Director
PVN ID: LA-1906-003143
Category: Managerial and Professional
Location: LAGUARDIA C. C.

Job Description

General Description

LaGuardia Community College’s Division of Adult and Continuing Education empowers more than 30,000 New Yorker a year to advance their careers, education and businesses. Career and Professional Program prepares over 800 adults annually for the changing world of work through industry-driven and student-centered training. 

Career and Professional Program (CAPP) is seeking an Assistant Director to manage and grow its tuition-based career certificate programs. Reporting to the Associate Director, the Assistant Director is responsible for program development, assessment and marketing for a portfolio of 25 career certificate programs. Leading a staff of four full-time employees and more than 50 part-time faculty, the Assistant Director ensures the department meets its revenue, enrollment and quality outcomes. The Assistant Director uses his or her entrepreneurial mindset to address the day-to-day activities required to run successful trainings.  These include but are not limited to marketing and recruitment, human resource management and student satisfaction. 

General Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Manage staff to support high performance in alignment with the divisional strategic goals.
  • Overseeing the HR process for program personnel, which includes time and leave, new hires, appointments and related personnel actions.
  • Support staff training and evaluation on a regular basis.
  • Report and analyze quantitative and qualitative performance data of varying complexity.
  • Ensuring compliance with established policy and procedures.

Other Duties

  • Assist in the budgeting and monitoring of revenues and expenses on a monthly basis.
  • Lead marketing and recruitment efforts to drive enrollment.
  • Represent and support the associate director in external events and partnerships, strengthening the program profile.
  • Perform other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in Education or related disciplines required, Master’s degree preferred.
  • A minimum of 5 years’ experience in an adult learning setting.
  • Experience with curriculum development and program assessment for adult programs.
  • Ability to successfully manage a number of projects simultaneously and deliver projects according to tight deadlines.
  • Excellent effective oral, written communication, analytical and technical skills.
  • Strong organizational and planning skills.
  • Expert knowledge of MS Excel and Office Software.
  • Strong leadership and team-oriented skills.
  • Ability to work evenings and weekends as needed

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
Career and Professional Programs/ACE
Status
Full Time
Annual Salary Range
$70,000.00 - $75,000.00
Closing Date
Aug 21, 2019 (Or Until Filled)
Bargaining Unit
No

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