Careers Job Description
General Description
- Facilitate new start orientation, assessment and provide appropriate fellowship assignments to students in accordance with HRA & Research Foundation (RF) of CUNY procedures; ensuring participants’ comprehension of the duties they will be expected to perform, along with work habits and attitudes that demonstrate professionalism.
- Maintain daily attendance of fellowship students and submit timekeeping information at the end of each week:
- Disseminate, collect, review, approve and submit participants’ weekly timesheets;
- Submit weekly timekeeping information to HRA via the Daily Timekeeping System (DTS);
- Input bi-weekly work hours via RF CUNY timekeeping system;
- Develop and ensure the continuous availability of fellowship opportunities in order to cultivate and sustain relationships with worksite supervisors and ensure a quality work experience for students.
- Comply with all record-keeping responsibilities, which include but are not limited to the following:
- Creation and maintenance of participants’ personnel files (which contain basic identifying information, resume, absence documentation, employment contracts, and evaluations.
- Maintaining all time-keeping records supporting time posted for each participant.
- Maintain up-to-date participant records, case notes, other supportive services information and prepare necessary reports in a timely and accurate manner.
Other Duties
- Provide regular feedback to participants about their performance through the completion of student and site evaluations.
- Promptly investigate any participant complain(s) and ensure him/her of a timely written response.
- Submit regular statistical and narrative reports as requested by immediate Supervisor and/or CUNY Central Office.
- Periodically attend meetings/trainings as convened by the HRA Fellowship Project Coordinator.
- Provide direct student services to support students to graduation.
- Conduct individual, group and e-advising sessions for the fellowship cohort using a developmental advisement model.
- Complete HRA paperwork and liaise with HRA to address issues with students’ public assistance case (attendance, child care, closed case, etc..).
- Work with students to address any issues impacting participation in program activities.
- Performs related duties as assigned.
Qualifications
- A minimum of a Bachelor's degree, Master’s degree preferred, and at least three years' relevant experience required, preferably in an educational or social service program serving a marginalized cohort.
- Ability to academically and personally advise students and support them to meet their educational and career goals;
- Experience developing and managing partnerships and relationships;
- Detail-oriented with strong organizational skills;
- Very strong communication skills (written, oral and interpersonal) required;
- Proficiency using standard office computer programs, systems, survey tools, and databases;
- Experience collecting, reporting, and using data to make strategic decisions;
- Proactive and flexible, with ability to establish plans and manage a varied workload, deadlines and conflicting priorities;
- Ability to work in a team while also handling individual day-to-day responsibilities independently;
- Ability to work some evenings and weekends as necessary.
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
School of Professional & Community Devel
Full Time
$42,000.00 - $45,000.00
Mar 15, 2020 (Or Until Filled)