Careers Job Description
General Description
Lehman College is seeking a Career Advisor for a recently awarded 5-year grant: Pathways to Student STEM Success (PTS3): Using High Impact Practices to Improve STEM Enrollment, Retention, Transfer and Graduation. The Career Advisor would assist our STEM students in a variety of areas including resume and cover letter preparation, career exploration and social media profile building (Linkedin profile). The successful candidate would also conduct workshops on career-related topics and work closely with the Office of Career Services.
About the Pathways to Student STEM Success Program (PTS3)
Pathways to Student STEM Success (PTS3) is a coherent and collaborative program that will engage senior and community college students in activities designed to build their social and cultural capital through: intensive advisement; master of academic content and skills; and participation in STEM activities that are central to STEM interest, efficacy, and success. PTS3 will also address administrative barriers that plague transfer students through joint planning and collaborative implementation with Bronx Community College (BCC) and Hostos Community College (HCC).
Other Duties
Responsibilities include the following:
- Work closely with the PTS3 Campuses Director and Academic Advisor
- Provide cohorts with career advisement (including internships and REU's)
- Meet individually and in small groups to help students meet their career goals
- Track and maintain data on interaction with all students for monthly, biannually and annual reporting
- Counsel applicants and students on eligibility for financial aid programs and assist them in the application process
- Schedule and host events on a regular basis at academic partner institutions and at Lehman to promote transfer
- Assist PTS3 team with special events
- May require evening and weekend hours occasionally
- Other duties as assigned
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in an appropriate area of specialization required, Master’s degree preferred
- Minimum of two years of career advsing
- Excellent written and communication skills
- Computer skills including MS Office (required) and CUNYfirst (preferred)
- Strong knowledge of assessment
- Experience in Strong Interest Inventory (SII) and/or Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)
- Develop and facilitate career development workshops
- Collaborate heavily with other offices
- Social media experience a plus
- Must keep up with industry and employment trends
- ONET
- Occupational Outlook handbook
- VAULT
- Knowledge of Career Management Systems such as Simplicity
RFCUNY Benefits
RFCUNY Employee Benefits and AccrualsAbout 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
Key Features
Pathways to Student STEM Success Program
Part Time
$35.00
15.00-19.00
Dec 01, 2018 (Or Until Filled)