Job Title: Program Manager - Tech-in-Residence Corps
PVN ID: VA-2111-004409
Category: Managerial and Professional
Location: OFFICE OF SR. UNIV DEAN FOR ACADEMIC AFFAIRS

Job Description

General Description

MISSION

The CUNY Office of Continuing Education and Workforce Programs (CEWP) is dedicated to the mission of connecting academic pursuits with career competitiveness. CEWP works closely with industry to understand the skills required for the most in-demand jobs and trains CUNY students in those skills to prepare them for early and sustained career success. CEWP’s spectrum of programs are designed to give students an advantage in the job market and help students advance in their careers after securing a job.

GENERAL DESCRIPTION

CEWP is seeking an ambitious Program Manager to oversee the preparation, planning, launch, and scaling of the Tech-in-Residence program. Reporting to CEWP Assistant Director, the role will involve significant work building cross-sector industry relationships in New York City. Developing processes to identify campus course needs, industry instructor recruitment, and coordinating initiatives that positively influence career-readiness. Tech-in-Residence Corps brings industry professionals from the NYC tech ecosystem into college classrooms to transfer their skillsets and applied knowledge directly to students and to collaborate with Computer Science faculty. It consists of over 60 industry professionals representing 45 companies in NYC’s tech ecosystem. The program is currently working with 9 senior colleges and is delivering courses on industry-aligned topics such as Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, Cybersecurity, Web Development, Mobile Development, and more.

Other Duties

  • Manage and execute a program to bring tech industry professionals into the classroom working together with CUNY, and industry partners.
  • Directly manage relationships with industry members of the Tech-In-Residence Corps, by deploying a seamless process for recruiting, onboarding, training, assisting, monitoring, and gathering feedback from qualified industry professionals.
  • Identify campus/program course cadences and curriculum needs to inform creating a seamless pathway for industry professionals looking to serve in the classroom through engagement of college campuses.
  • Develop and deploy communications and marketing materials designed to facilitate industry recruitment, onboarding, and retention.
  • Support high-level events and reporting at the request of CUNY and other stakeholder agencies.
  • Develop and build data centric quarterly (and ad-hoc) reports
  • Hold partners accountable for delivering on established targets and track and report on metrics developed.
  • Gather feedback from stakeholders and develop recommendations for iterating on Tech-In-Residence Corps and establishing a sustainable process for bringing industry to campuses across the City.

 

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

  • 3-5 years of experience, with at least two years working/collaborating with external parties
  • Knowledge of technology industry and understanding of NYC’s educational landscape
  • Experience in planning, implementing, and managing initiatives, programs, or services from inception to completion
  • Ability to creatively apply qualitative and quantitative tools to both typical and atypical problems
  • Has either created or actively contributed to metrics and data informed strategies
  • Demonstrated experience successfully mobilizing a diverse group of stakeholders towards a common goal; proven ability to provide excellent customer service to a diversity of clients and partners
  • An applied understanding of planning and building systems for scale
  • Can demonstrate proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite and similar productivity platforms
  • Excellent organization skills and impeccable attention to detail
  • Clear communication and writing skills

Preferred Qualifications

  • Familiarity with academic culture and experience in stakeholder engagement
  • Foundational knowledge and/or experience in the field of Computer Science, entrepreneurship and tech adjacent fields
  • Proven ability to work well under pressure and adapt quickly to change
  • Ability to identify and pursue opportunities to systematize work
  • Integrity, credibility, and a commitment to the CEWP Mission

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 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
Continuing Education & Workforce Develop
Status
Full Time
Annual Salary Range
$75,000.00 - $80,000.00
Closing Date
Jan 26, 2022 (Or Until Filled)
Bargaining Unit
No

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