Careers Job Description
General Description
The COPE Program serves CUNY students collecting public welfare benefits. CUNY has a 20 year relationship with the City’s Human Resources Administration (HRA) to support public assistance recipients to attend CUNY, meet HRA work obligations, graduate in a timely manner, and find gainful employment. COPE has recently revamped core programming to better support students on public assistance enrolled at CUNY. The new program model balances academic advising and personal supports with workforce preparation, leadership development, and community engagement while maintaining students’ compliance with HRA regulations. This model blends elements of successful college completion programs with work opportunities, personal development, and academic excellence.
Medgar Evers College (MEC), a nationally recognized leader in urban-serving education, is one of twenty-four units within the dynamic City University New York (CUNY) System. Named for the late civil rights leader, Medgar Wiley Evers (1925-1963), the College's mission is to develop and maintain high quality, professional, career-oriented undergraduate degree programs in the context of liberal education.
Other Duties
- Support the program’s efforts to meet specific numeric goals around student participation, persistence, graduation, and employment;
- Monitor and report attendance in classes, HRA Work Study, Federal Work Study, and internships utilizing the required data systems (Smart Evals, Training Provider Timekeeping System (TPTS), Daily Timekeeping System (DTS), and Research Foundation payroll)
- Work directly with faculty and on-campus work study placement sites to address attendance issues
- Complete and/or collect HRA, college, and Research Foundation paperwork;
- Provide superb customer service to students, staff, and other college departments;
- Assist in student recruitment;
- Complete data entry quickly and accurately;
- Maintain statistical data on program activities and report to funder and Central Office;
- Closely collaborate with other college departments including financial aid, the bursar, the registrar, counseling center, etc. to refer students, obtain student information, and receive referrals;
- Support student-centered events by reserving space, communicating with students, managing vendors, maintaining RSVP lists, setting up and taking down event, and creating a welcoming, supportive environment for students;
- Provide overall administrative support to program;
- Maintain student files; and
- Collect documentation for absences and maintain student files.
- Perform related duties as assigned.
Qualifications
- Associate's degree and at least one year relevant experience required, preferably in an educational or social service program serving low-income students;
- Detail-oriented with strong organizational skills;
- Strong communication skills (written, oral and interpersonal) required;
- Demonstrated ability to provide excellent customer service at all times;
- Ability to work with multiple stakeholders in a fast-paced office;
- Proficiency using standard office computer programs, systems and databases;
- Proactive and flexible, with ability to manage a varied workload, deadlines and conflicting priorities;
- Ability to speak a language in addition to English a plus; and
- Ability to work some evenings and weekends.
Reporting Responsibilities:
Reports directly to the Program Director and/or their designee.
Salary commensurate with experience / credentials
RFCUNY Benefits
RFCUNY Employee Benefits and AccrualsAbout 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
Key Features
COPE Program
Part Time
Depends on Qualifications
19.00
Oct 19, 2016 (Or Until Filled)