Job Title: Project Director
PVN ID: LE-2411-006552
Category: Managerial and Professional
Location: LEHMAN COLLEGE

Job Description

General Description

Multilingual Teachers and Leaders for the Bronx supports effective teachers and leaders through nontraditional preparation and certification routes and professional enhancement activities. Over the course of its 5 years, LUTE-MULTI will design and implement a year-long clinically rich teacher residency and leader fellowship program that will serve high need schools in the Bronx, New York. LUTE-MULTI will recruit 60 teacher residents in the fields of Early Childhood Bilingual and Elementary Bilingual Education as well as dual certification in Special Education and a Secondary content area (e.g., Math, Science, Social Studies, and English). LUTE-MULTI will also recruit 60 educators who are currently working in high need schools into Lehman College’s School Building Leader program as leadership fellows. LUTE-MULTI residents and leadership fellows will be provided with a high-quality clinical education program, induction supports to promote job retention, and increase student achievement and socio-emotional well-being in high need schools. 

All program participants will receive three micro-credentials or badges as part of a Summer Institute and ongoing monthly professional development workshops. These micro-credentials include: The Multilingual Language Institute Micro-Credential; Student Engagement Micro-Credential, and the Social-Emotional Learning Micro-Credential.

The Project Director will:

  • Oversee day-to-day implementation of program components and ensures consistency and compatibility with project goals and objectives.
  • Direct/coordinate project and support staff.
  • Establish project/financial structure and maintain operating budget.
  • Prepare annual/quarterly project reports.
  • Establish/initiate onboarding processes.
  • Oversee preparation of recruitment materials and design recruitment processes; use and planning of project resources including technology and equipment; Application Review Committee
  • Support and screening of leadership and resident applicants.
  • Develop productive working relationships with school partners, School of Education departments, and consultants.
  • Support design of training materials or resources for Residency and Leadership Fellowship.
  • Work with Co-PIs on establishing and maintaining partnerships with other stakeholders to support sustainability.
  • Participate in advisement and recruitment activities in the School of Education.
  • Collaborate intentionally and effectively with other team members and programs in the Center for School/College Collaboratives at Lehman College.
  • Member of Operations Team and Advisory Board Committee.
  • Other duties as assigned.

Other Duties

  • Occasional weekend hours required
  • Annual travel required

Qualifications

  • Master's degree in relevant field
  • Experience directing and managing funded projects
  • Experience with managing teams
  • Knowledge of teacher education pathways
  • Excellent organizational, communication, writing, supervisory and leadership skills
  • Experience with managing budgets
  • Experience with gathering and managing student data

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 School/College Collaboratives
Status
Full Time
Annual Salary Range
$90,000.00 - $112,000.00
Closing Date
Jan 05, 2025 (Or Until Filled)
Bargaining Unit
No

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