Job Title: Job Placement Specialist
PVN ID: QB-2111-004412
Category: Instruction and Social Service
Location: QUEENSBOROUGH C. C.

Job Description

General Description

Queensborough Community College’s Office of Continuing Education & Workforce Development was awarded a new grant by the NYC Department of Youth & Community Development (DYCD) to offer a Certified Hemodialysis Training (CHT) Program to out-of-school youth between the ages of 18-24. This Train & Earn Program seeks to hire a Job Placement Specialist as a dedicated resource supporting a newly launched workforce development program. This part-time position requires a person with energy, creativity and dedication to supporting participants in gaining training/employment. The position presents an opportunity to play an important role in the shaping/directing the strategy of this new program.

Other Duties

The Job Placement Specialist will have experience serving young adults and 18+ person(s), preferably in higher education and/or community center settings. A minimum of 3 years of workforce development experience, relationship building, strong collaboration/organization skills, or 5 years of successful workforce development experience are required as are strong organizational and oral and written communication skills.

Qualifications

Duties/Responsibilities

  • Develop outreach initiatives to recruit program employer partners in the allied health care field through educational materials, presentations, one-on-one contact, cold calls and letters.
  • Identify and build knowledge of relationships with NYC private and public sector organizations (including employers, training/education partners and other workforce development programs) to establish opportunities for employment, internships, job and skills.
  • Assist in preparing, revising or creating a resume and cover letter for client.
  • Assist in completing job applications, as needed.
  • Participate in internal/external networking events, job fairs, community outreach, etc.
  • Communicate job leads by phone, text and/or email.
  • Consistently look for appropriate jobs for assigned clients.
  • Advocate for our clients by selling their strengths to employers.
  • Assist on job interview preparation and attend interviews.
  • Communicate with employers, on your client's behalf, as needed.
  • Assist in expanding or narrowing the job search criteria, as needed.
  • Prompt return of phone calls, texts and/or emails we receive from you (within 12-24 hours).
  • Cold calling at various employers to determine if they are hiring and to confirm hiring processes.
  • Keep Program Director up-to-date (verbally and in writing) of client and/or program related issues, problems, concerns.
  • Perform other program-related duties as assigned.

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
Office of Continuing Education & Workfor
Status
Part Time
Salary
Depends on Qualifications
Hour(s) a week
5.00
Closing Date
Mar 31, 2022 (Or Until Filled)
Bargaining Unit
No

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