Job Description
General Description
Queens College, CUNY was established in 1937 to offer a strong liberal arts education to the working classes, QC provides students access to a high-quality, accessible, and affordable education, on a campus where our diverse student body is well supported by a collegial and inclusive faculty and staff, and where we regularly exercise our commitment to the cultural, economic, and educational vitality of NYC. We are an institution with a vigorous enrollment of 16,600 undergraduate students and 3,200 graduate students.
The Center for Career Engagement and Internships offers a wide range of career guidance, road maps, and information for students on career education. Our career educators assist students with their exploration, internships /job search preparation and strategies. The Center offers World of Work credit-bearing classes; sponsors networking events for students, alumni and employers, career panel, employer information sessions and traditional career workshops on internships, resume/cover letter writing, and interviewing.
Other Duties
Strategically cultivate and engage employers, students, alumni, and faculty to maximize students’ career outcomes.
Responsibilities:
- Facilitate employers’ relationships with Queens College students, faculty, staff, alumni association, foundation, etc.
- Collaborate with designated college liaisons and faculty/staff to increase students and alumni career opportunities and access
- Identify and track alumni working in various industries to engage in partnerships with the Career Center as mentors, guest speakers, presenters, panelists, employers, etc.
- Communicate and collaborate with Institutional Advancement and Alumni Affairs about increasing alumni engagement
- Discuss strategies and collect data to assist companies in measuring the effectiveness of recruitment partnership
- Track and conduct ongoing assessment of alumni and employer engagement efforts
- Strategically identify and build relationships with state, regional, national, and international employers for recruitment of students and alumni
- Increase university's visibility with top NY employers, professional associations and community partners
- Expand quality and quantity of employers engagement regarding internships, jobs, diversity and leadership programs to identify qualified candidates
- Coordinate networking opportunities for students, alumni, employers and professional associations
- Provide career coaching to students and alumni transitioning after college opportunities including employment and graduate/professional schools
- Utilize LinkedIn as an effective tool to engage employers and alumni
- Recruit and solicit employers’ participation in programs and events with career center, academic departments and student clubs
- Work with Communications and Marketing team to develop consistent branding on and off-campus
- Collaborate with the Dean of Social Sciences on the Business forums
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree required
- Experience in human resource management, business, or a related discipline
- Experience in a corporate or university career services environment
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
Center for Career Engagement and Interns
Full Time
$70,000.00 - $75,000.00
Oct 01, 2018 (Or Until Filled)