Job Title: Program Assistant
PVN ID: QC-1812-002850
Category: Administrative Services
Location: QUEENS COLLEGE

Job Description

General Description

The CUNY EDGE 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. Collectively each year, the programs serve 4,800 students across 19 campuses.

CUNY EDGE is currently in the midst of a strategic planning process to revamp 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.

General Duties

  • Supports the program’s efforts to meet specific numeric goals around student participation, persistence, graduation, and employment;
  • Monitors and reports 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;
  • Completes and collects HRA, college, and Research Foundation paperwork;
  • Facilitates personal and professional development seminar series;
  • Participates fully in professional development opportunities.

Other Duties

  • Provide exceptional customer service;
  • Provide overall administrative support to program; Perform related duties as assigned.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree, with at least one year of experience preferably in an educational or social service program serving low-income students;
  • Excellent communication skills (written, oral and interpersonal);
  • Proficiency using standard office computer programs, systems, survey tools, and databases;
  • Ability to work in a team while also handling individual day-to-day responsibilities independently.

RFCUNY Benefits

RFCUNY Employee Benefits and Accruals

About 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

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
Student Affairs
Status
Part Time
Pay Range
$18.00-$18.00
Hour(s) a week
14.00
Closing Date
Feb 13, 2019 (Or Until Filled)
Bargaining Unit
No

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