Job Title: HUB Employment Specialist
PVN ID: LA-2207-004932
Category: Instruction and Social Service
Location: LAGUARDIA C. C.

Job Description

General Description

The Division of Adult & Continuing Education at LaGuardia Community College of the City University of New York (CUNY) seeks an Employment Specialist to join the Center for Future of Work: NYC Accelerated Workforce Recovery Hub teams. The Employment Specialist will develop and manage relationships with potential employers that will create job openings that are complementary to the participants’ skills and career advancement goals in sectors related in the Center for Future of Work: NYC Accelerated Workforce Recovery HUB grant which currently include: Central Service Technician, Electrical 1, Pharmacy Technician, Quickbooks, and Certified Clinical Medical Assistant. The Employment Specialist will also coach program participants in job readiness skills and will match them with jobs in the appropriate sectors through building relationships with employers and tracking employment prospects throughout the New York City area. This position will report to the Associate Director of the Career and Technical Education Center.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following:

Employer Partnership Development:

  • Actively research, engage, and cultivate relationships with new employers
  • Create and manage database of employer contacts
  • Assist with coordination and scheduling of industry related events including job fairs, host on-site employer visits, and conduct in-the-field employer recruitment
  • Identify services to better meet employer needs
  • Review and evaluate efficacy of marketing materials

Job Placement/Readiness:

  • Liaise with potential employers to match participants with available job/ internship openings
  • Arrange interviews with potential employers for participants
  • Assist students by conducting resume/cover letter critiques and job/ internship search strategies as well as providing guidance regarding application procedures.
  • Engage with and follow up with participants during their job search and after job placement to ensure success
  • Engage with and follow up with employer partners during students’ job search and job placement process to get feedback on candidates resumes and interview performance
  • Manage and maintain student/ employer database to track participants’ employment and internship status
  • Provide critical feedback to students from employer partners and help match students to specific roles in the organization
  • Meet with program stakeholders, including LAGCC program teams and grant partners, to provide updates on job placement and participant challenges and successes.

Employment Research:

  • Utilize various resources (newspapers, internet, agencies, chambers of commerce, etc.) for job leads related to training
  • Research the labor market in NYC using real-time Labor Market Information (LMI) tools and other resources, and identify opportunities for program and curriculum development based on that research
  • Consistently utilize real-time labor market information tools to locate employment opportunities for participants

Program Support:

  • Lead in the screening of applicants recruited for the program
  • Serve as a liaison between the program stakeholders and collaborate with other employment specialists’ colleagues within the Division
  • Complete all funder required paperwork and reporting
  • Work collaboratively to ensure grant milestones are met

Other Duties

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s Degree required
  • 5-10 years of directly related experience, or equivalent combination of education and experience in workforce development, business development, education, or a related non-profit field.
  • Successful track record of placing workforce training graduates into training-related employment
  • Incredibly strong program design and management skills, including ability to set milestones, and achieve goals.
  • Existing relationships with businesses in the healthcare, construction, and small business sectors
  • Documented experience tracking employer and participant activities and outcomes
  • Demonstrated computer skills and experience with standard desktop tools (e.g.: MS Office, Zoom, Slack, database, program management software)
  • Passion for helping others and enthusiasm for employment and labor market issues
  • Ability to multi-task in a fast-paced, target oriented environment
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills
  • Ability to communicate effectively with people of diverse cultures and backgrounds
  • Experience presenting to business/industry

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
Career and Technical Assistance Center
Status
Full Time
Annual Salary Range
$75,000.00
Closing Date
Sep 11, 2022 (Or Until Filled)
Bargaining Unit
No

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