Job Title: Corps Director-CUNY Career Launch Program
PVN ID: LA-2204-004709
Category: Instruction and Social Service
Location: LAGUARDIA C. C.

Job Description

General Description

 

This summer, thousands of CUNY students will prepare for their careers by interning in a job related to their major and that requires a college degree.

A new initiative will recruit students from throughout CUNY who haven’t had substantial paid professional experience but who are ambitious, bright, and ready to practice what they are learning in the classroom in the work world.

Interns will have the opportunity to build skills, extend their professional networks, add to their resumes, and contribute to employers throughout NYC in several key industries, such as education and healthcare. Employers will benefit from CUNY students’ many talents and knowledge.

This new initiative will be coordinated in CUNY’s Central Office of Academic Affairs and implemented at 4 CUNY colleges. 

The Director is the face and leader of the initiative. They will be responsible for designing, implementing, and coordinating multiple aspects of the program and managing numerous, high-profile relationships.  LaGuardia will serve as the healthcare hub for the CUNY Career Launch Program.

This is a temporary position with an expected duration through the end of December 2022 with the possibility of an extension.

 

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Leadership & System Development

  • Provide vision and direction through effective leadership and engagement for university-wide internship programs.
  • Routinely create new innovative problem-solving strategies throughout the program.
  • Ensure that the program is both student-centered and employer-responsive.
  • Negotiate and coordinate with government officials as well as with CUNY leaders in order to meet multiple stakeholders’ priorities.
  • Work closely with stakeholders to establish a funding stream and execute program vision.

 Project Management

  • Manage initiative from start-to-finish; define and execute a program preparation and implementation strategy.
  • Manage budgets and project spending. Perform related fiscal monitoring and reporting
  • Monitor program performance and modify strategies as needed to ensure its success.
  • Work collaboratively with colleges and CUNY’s central office to collect and analyze data.
  • Prepare reports on the status of experiential learning opportunities.
  • Refine program design, program management strategies, and milestones for a complex program to ensure CUNY meets key goals.
  • Oversee research and evaluation of the initiative.

Team Supervision

  • Recruit, hire, train, and supervise the program’s team at LaGuardia
  • Ensure smooth collaboration and communication amongst the program’s Central Office staff and CUNY Campus staff.
  • Advise program managers on effective management tools when necessary.

 

Other Duties

  • Attend required staff meetings and training.
  • Perform related special projects and other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

 

  • Bachelor’s Degree with five (5) to ten (10) years of relevant experience, or equivalent combination of education and experience in workforce development, business development, education or a related non-profit field.
  • A demonstrated knowledge and expertise of issues related to workforce development, college and career success, business development, and education policy, particularly for low-income and historically marginalized people.
  • Experience working on high profile projects. A short-term project funded by local or state government is preferred, but not necessary.
  • Incredibly strong program design and management skills, including ability to set milestones, and lead teams to achieve goals.
  • Incredibly strong budget management ability.
  • Ability to think strategically, problem-solve, and develop programs and plans to achieve organizational goals.
  • Significant administrative and supervisory experience, including directly supervising manager(s) and multi-level team(s).
  • Knowledge, professional stature, and demonstrated ability to work effectively with multiple stakeholders.
  • Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced, demanding, and complex work environment, with the ability to carry out complex assignments and adapt to changing situations and priorities.
  • Proficiency with quantitative analysis and data management.
  • Excellent writing, interpersonal, communication and strategic thinking skills.
  • Demonstrated computer skills and experience with standard desktop tools (e.g., MS Office, Zoom, Slack, databases, program management software).
  • Flexibility to work some evening hours and occasional weekends.

 

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
Center for Career & Professional Develop
Status
Full Time
Annual Salary Range
$90,000.00 - $90,000.00
Closing Date
Jun 11, 2022 (Or Until Filled)
Bargaining Unit
No

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