Careers Job Description
General Description
MISSION
Children need to spend their most critical years with dedicated, educated, trained, and well-compensated individuals in order to thrive. The New York Early Childhood Professional Development Institute leads the work to establish and implement an early childhood workforce system to ensure funding, standards and competencies, career development resources, qualifications and credentials, professional development (training and strengths-based coaching), and program quality assurance and improvement for individuals who work with young children throughout New York. Housed at the City University of New York, the Institute is a fast-paced, dynamic public/private partnership that is committed to the early childhood workforce across New York State.
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
The Informal Family Child Care Project (IFCC) – a project of the Institute – works to elevate the quality of care for children in home-based child care settings in New York City. IFCC assesses, supports and advocates for home-based child care providers, and builds their skills and capacity to provide safe, high quality care through a comprehensive array of professional development opportunities and services.
IFCC will hire a bilingual part-time Family Child Care Professional Learning Facilitator (Facilitator). The Facilitator will prepare and facilitate series-based professional learning experiences for home-based childcare providers in New York City. The Facilitator reports to the Director of IFCC and works closely with all facilitation staff.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Professional Learning Facilitation
The Facilitator will:
- Prepare and deliver series-based professional learning experiences to home-based child care providers
- Assist in the collection of feedback and data about IFCC professional learning programs
- Work collaboratively with the IFCC team to develop and implement new professional learning content and strategies
Other Duties
Other Duties
- Participate in planning meetings and staff gatherings as required.
- Perform special projects and other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
CORE COMPETENCIES/QUALIFICATIONS
Minimum Qualifications
- Extensive knowledge of and experience in child development/early childhood education
- Experience designing and facilitating group learning for adults
- Fluent in spoken and written Spanish
- Experience working with diverse populations
- Excellent communication skills and ability to motivate people
- BA in Early Childhood Education, Special Education, Psychology or Social Work
- Minimum of 5 years of direct experience in early childhood education or child care
- Available evenings and weekends
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with home-based child care or family engagement
- A complete and current profile in the Aspire, New York’s early childhood workforce registry
- Possess a Training and Technical Assistance Professional Credential, or the ability to obtain the credential within a mutually agreed upon timeframe (http://nysaeyc.org/credentials-offered-by-nysaeyc/
Physical Requirements
- This position operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as conference/webinar software, personal computers, laptops, photocopiers, filing cabinets and presentation materials
- While performing these duties, the employee is required to perform physical activities such as, but not limited to, lifting items (up to 40 pounds), bending, reaching, sitting for prolonged periods of time, and repetitive motion (keyboarding).
- Ability to travel to various locations in the five boroughs of New York City.
How to Apply
Provide a resume and cover letter specifying your qualifications, experience, and interest relevant to this position.
EEO Info
We are committed to enhancing our diverse academic community by actively encouraging people of all race, color, religion, gender, gender identities or expressions, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disabilities, age, or protected veteran status to apply. We take pride in our pluralistic community and continue to seek excellence through diversity and inclusion. CUNY is an EEO/AA Employer.
RFCUNY Benefits
RFCUNY Employee Benefits and AccrualsAbout 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
Key Features
Office of Academic Affairs - NY Early Ch
Part Time
$50.00-$50.00
5.00-15.00
Mar 16, 2020 (Or Until Filled)