Job Title: Administrative Assistant
PVN ID: ME-1912-003446
Category: Clerical/Office Services
Location: MEDGAR EVERS COLLEGE

Job Description

General Description

In 1986, the Center for Law and Social Justice (CLSJ) was founded as a community service unit of Medgar Evers College, CUNY in Brooklyn, to serve as an institutional response to continuing racial injustices. CLSJ’s mission is to conduct quality legal advocacy, research, and training in a personal manner on major racial and social justice issues affecting New York City’s communities of African descent and the disenfranchised. CLSJ focuses on issues like: racial violence in policing, voting rights, educational equity, and cultural rights. CLSJ’s values are the same as those that drove the Civil Rights and continuing liberation movements: we confront racial inequities with creative and innovative community-based collaborations, grounded in an integrity-driven approach to justice. We are dedicated to empowering New Yorkers of African descent and the disenfranchised to secure freedom and recognition for our collective humanity. 

CLSJ seeks an experienced Administrative Assistant to support its office operations.  Specifically, the Administrative Assistant will:

 

  • Manage day to day office operations;
  • Answer and screen incoming calls, monitor organizational emails and respond to inquiries via phone, email and in person; provide information regarding CLSJ events and engagements;
  • Maintain office and online CLSJ calendars;
  • Coordinate logistics of staff and project meetings;
  • Track and maintain CLSJ office supply levels and prepare orders when needed; 
  • Prepare and facilitate timely submission of procurement requests and travel authorizations; and
  • Lead and coordinate ad-hoc office projects as requested.

Other Duties

Qualifications

 

  • Bachelor’s Degree preferred; Associate Degree or equivalent required;
  • One to three years’ administrative experience preferably in a nonprofit, public policy or advocacy-oriented setting;
  • Active involvement in community organizations that demonstrate a commitment to racial and social justice movements;
  • Superb project management, communication and interpersonal skills;
  • Well-organized and attentive to details; and
  • Able to work independently and also collaboratively with others, maintaining a positive, professional attitude.

 

 

 

TO APPLY:

Please include cover letter, resume and two references.

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
Status
Full Time
Pay Range
$21.00-$23.00
Closing Date
Feb 27, 2020 (Or Until Filled)
Bargaining Unit
No

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