Job Title: Project Manager for contracts delivering training
PVN ID: VA-2109-004231
Category: Instruction and Social Service
Location: OFFICE OF SR. UNIV DEAN FOR ACADEMIC AFFAIRS

Job Description

General Description

The mission of the CUNY Building Performance Lab (BPL) is to advance high-performance building operations and practices in existing buildings with a focus on NYC buildings. BPL is part of CUNY’s interdisciplinary Institute for Urban Systems. BPL’s Training Department provides continuing education programs in building energy efficient operations for facility managers, building operators and energy professionals. New York City has ambitious goals to reduce Greenhouse Gas emissions that result from operating building systems, and it has been shown that improving the performance of the energy systems can reduce energy use by 5-20% at no or little cost.

 

The Project Manager will be in charge of one or more contracts which use curricula developed by BPL as well as the curricula developed by the Northeast Energy Efficiency Council (NEEC) known as Building Operator Certification. The job involves managing outreach and recruiting to enroll participants in BOC courses. The position is expected to be part time at around 19 hours per week.

 

Other Duties

  • Serve as primary point of contact for the clients and for the training participants
  • Create and implement the outreach strategy with support from other BPL project managers
  • Create and implement the plan for training delivery, whether online or in person
    • Schedule the course sessions
    • Select instructors
    • Assign course support tasks to colleagues and supervise, as appropriate
    • Administer course evaluation forms and provide certificates of completion
    • Arrange for all “classroom” support equipment, processes, and training material to be available/accessible
    • Provide quality control for course content and delivery

Qualifications

  • Project Management experience demonstrating successful planning and implementation
  • Excellent verbal and written communications skills
  • Strong client relationship building skills
  • Strong software skills including video conferencing platforms
  • Bachelor’s Degree in marketing and/or business, facilities management, or sustainability
  • Experience in the training field a big plus, either administration or as a trainer
  • Experience in the building operations field a big plus

 

NYC residency may be required for continued employment 

Immigration sponsorship is not available

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
CUNY Building Performance Lab
Status
Part Time
Pay Range
$33.00-$39.00
Hour(s) a week
19.00-35.00
Closing Date
Nov 09, 2021 (Or Until Filled)
Bargaining Unit
No

Actions