Job Title: Senior Education Specialist
PVN ID: LA-2101-003811
Category: Instruction and Social Service
Location: LAGUARDIA C. C.

Job Description

General Description

LaGuardia Community College is seeking a Senior Education Specialist for the Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP), which runs year-round with special emphasis on activity for the young adults during the summer. The SYEP is a dynamic and highly engaging virtual program and offers opportunities to learn new skills, explore potential careers, and earn money in the summer months.

Reporting directly to the Project Manager, the Senior Education Specialist will manage and provide support to the team of Education Specialists and Service Learning Facilitators to deliver a virtual career and work readiness curriculum to SYEP participants. 

The Senior Education Specialist’s responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

  • Supervise, support and evaluate the Education Specialists
  • Attend DYCD trainings and meetings as required
  • Co-create and implement a virtual work readiness instructional plan and schedule for all participant cohorts
  • Inform and educate staff of updates and possible changes to curriculum to ensure they are prepared with workshop materials required for the facilitators to deliver instructional components
  • Establish and maintain collaborative administrative course delivery functions that may include tracking attendance, receiving participant assignments, resolving issues with virtual platforms, etc.
  • Collaborate with the Engagement Coordinator or engagement activities and track engagement of all participants.
  • Provide continuous, constructive and individualized feedback to staff to ensure the successful participant outcomes
  • Provide guidance to staff to help resolve issues with students when necessary
  • Monitor and review incident reports
  • Communicate with families of participants to address any concerns or issues.
  • Complete all funder required paperwork and reporting, which may include collecting and managing student data



Other Duties

Other duties as mandated by DYCD

Qualifications

  • Master's Degree required
  • Minimum of three -five years of experience in education, social work, and/or counseling environment working with youth adults between 14 & 24 years of age.
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills
  • Excellent interpersonal and organizational skills
  • Ability to initiate, plan, organize, prioritize, and implement multiple projects and assignments
  • Ability to work independently and as part of a team
  • Ability to meet deadlines
  • Must be proficient in a number of software programs including the Microsoft Office suite
  • Familiarity with NYC Social Services a plus
  • Flexible schedule and some evening hours required

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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
Workforce Education Center
Status
Full Time
Annual Salary Range
$60,000.00 - $70,000.00
Closing Date
Mar 08, 2021 (Or Until Filled)
Bargaining Unit
No

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