Careers Job Description
General Description
Through its partnership with the City of New York, CUNY’s Building Performance Laboratory is hiring qualified energy management professionals to serve as on-site consultants and fill critical staffing capacity needs at the Department of Citywide Administrative Services’ (“DCAS”) Division of Energy Management (“DEM”). For background, DEM serves as the hub for energy management for City government operations. DEM develops the City’s annual Heat, Light, and Power Budget; manages the City’s electricity, natural gas, and steam accounts; helps agency partners identify and pursue energy-saving opportunities; does energy efficiency and clean power generation projects across the City’s portfolio; and implements operations and maintenance best practices. Specifically, DEM is tasked with leading the City’s efforts to reduce emissions from City government operations 40 percent by 2025, 50 percent by 2030, and 80 percent by 2050 from baseline.
For this specific role, on behalf of DEM, CUNY BPL seeks to hire a Deputy Chief of Staff to help reduce emissions and energy consumption across the City by working closely with the Operations Unit under the direction of the Assistant Commissioner of Operations.
The person in this role will be responsible for serving as a key touchpoint within the unit for internal and external stakeholders, driving performance tracking and reporting efforts, and establishing and advancing critical priorities across the unit. This position is ideal for an extremely organized, strategic thinker who is committed to efficiency and positive cultural change.
Other Duties
Under this assignment, the person’s responsibilities may include the following:
- Manage responses to external requests on behalf of the Operations Unit as well as serve as the central point of contact in fielding requests from other units within DEM and external stakeholders as appropriate.
- Support program data consolidation, program performance analysis and findings to inform management and respond to reporting requests. Closely partner with the Business Systems Team to ensure effective data tracking and consistent reporting.
- Provide ongoing support for the Assistant Commissioner, including resolution of external requests, performance tracking, strategic development, and ensure consistent and clear unit communications regarding priorities, key events, and opportunities for rebalancing work.
- Manage priority and special projects for Assistant Commissioner as assigned.
Qualifications
The ideal candidate will bring the following skills and experience to this position:
- A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university and five years of satisfactory, full-time paid experience requiring general knowledge of construction and construction costs, electronic data processing equipment, telephone communications systems, building standards and leasing procedures, in the evaluation and layout of space in office buildings, garages and other structures used for commercial and industrial purposes, at least two years of which have been of a supervisory nature; or
- A four-year high school diploma or its education equivalent, which includes a U.S. Armed Forces G.E.D. certificate with a score of at least 35 on each of the five tests and an overall score of at least 225 in the examination for the diploma or certificate, and nine years of satisfactory, full-time paid experience as described above, at least two years of which have been of a supervisory nature, or
- A satisfactory combination of education and/or experience equivalent to either of the points above; however, all candidates must have a four-year high school diploma or its education equivalent and at least two years of supervisory experience.
- NYC residency may be required for continued employment.
- Immigration sponsorship is not available.
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
CUNY Building Performance Lab
Full Time
$84,468.00 - $97,138.00
Oct 25, 2022 (Or Until Filled)