Careers Job Description
General Description
Lehman’s Step-Up Program supports the transition of all incoming first-time, full-time students during their first year through advising, social and emotional support, and academic support. The Academic Support Coordinator for First Year Students supports the academic needs of students primarily outside of the classroom. This position reports to the grant PIs. The position is a one-year position with the possibility of an additional year extension.
Other Duties
Job Responsibilities
• Manage all aspects of academic support services for STEP UP students, as well as provide one-on-one academic support for first-year students across the disciplines.
• Facilitate general academic foundations workshops on topics including, but not limited to, study skills and time management; strategies for reading difficult texts; preparing for exams; citation and academic style; making an argument; and active listening and notetaking.
• Facilitate English conversation tables for English language learners
• Manage all aspects of academic support for STEP UP students
• Develop professional development that offers academic support staff strategies for effectively supporting STEP UP students
• Work collaboratively with other campus support services to arrange for academic support for STEP UP students
• Creates and maintains program data (utilization of academic support services, for example). Works with appropriate campus offices to assess the effectiveness and impact of program services.
• Leverage technology including EAB Navigate, early alerts and communication tools to monitor students’ success and semester-to-semester persistence; create interventions aimed at reducing stop outs and improving metrics for success and retention
• Develops marketing initiatives and strategies for advertising academic support services to STEP Up students
• Engages in professional development around academic support
• Manages program budget, tracks expenditures
• Facilitates collaboration with faculty to support students’ academic success
• Represent STEP UP at student orientations and other program and college events
• Performs other duties as assigned by the grant PIs
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in Education or related major with a minimum of one year of experience in academic support services such as tutoring, academic coaching, Supplemental Instruction (SI), Peer-Led Team Learning or related academic support activities.
• Possess excellent writing skills
• Strong presentation and problem-solving skills
• Ability to adapt to the changing needs of students
• Collaborative and inclusive
• Some evening and weekend hours
• MS Office Skills (Word, PPT and Excel)
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
Enrollment Management
Full Time
$66,300.00 - $66,300.00
Mar 04, 2023 (Or Until Filled)