Careers Job Description
General Description
General Description:
The Office of Facilities Planning, Construction and Management of the City University of New York seeks a professional to work in the Real Estate Transactions group. The professional will report to and assist the Director of Real Estate Transactions in all functions.
The preferred candidate will have experience in all aspects of real estate, including but not limited to: property development, financial analysis, leasing, budgeting and planning. Additionally, the professional will be responsible for overseeing and coordinating the University's efforts in the administration of various economic development programs.
Salary: Commensurate with Experience and Qualifications
Posting Closing Date: September 21, 2018
Other Duties
Duties:
- Identify viable public/private project opportunities on CUNY campuses.
- Work with consultants and Colleges on site selection and planning.
- Assist in selection of consultant team including drafting scope of work, issuing RFP's, conducting interviews, analyzing proposals, and negotiating agreements and fees.
- Oversee consultant team's work which may include conducting planning studies, feasibility analysis, zoning analysis, traffic studies, financial analysis, and negotiation with private developers.
- Assist in the development and execution of a student housing expansion program.
- Coordinate with government officials and agencies on economic development programs.
- Administrate the financial accounting for existing leases.
- Assist in lease negotiations.
- Track annual leasing expenditures.
- Assist in identifying potential lease spaces for individual colleges and institutes.
- Develop budgets and operating pro formas for real estate transactions.
Qualifications
Core Competencies/Qualifications:
- Bachelors degree in business administration, urban/city/regional planning, real estate, economics or related field and a minimum of 2 years related experience; a Master’s degree in any of the aforementioned areas of knowledge is preferred.
- Experience analyzing and/or managing complex real estate and/or financial transactions in addition to government sponsored economic development programs.
- An understanding of public land use processes and real estate development are also preferred, but not mandatory.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to work with multiple constituencies and manage complex, interdisciplinary projects.
- Experience working in New York City government, or at other levels of government; or experience working with Higher Education is strongly preferred.
RFCUNY Benefits
RFCUNY Employee Benefits and AccrualsAbout 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
Key Features
FPCM Real Estate
Full Time
Depends on Qualifications
Sep 21, 2018 (Or Until Filled)