Job Title: CTE Academic Success Specialist
PVN ID: BM-2307-005720
Category: Managerial and Professional
Location: BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN C. C.

Job Description

General Description

The Learning Resource Center (LRC) provides academic support services to meet student learning needs while strengthening their academic skills.  These services are designed to afford them the opportunity to complete their coursework successfully and increase the likelihood that they will be retained, persist and graduate.  To this end, the LRC provides a variety of learning assistance services designed to supplement the classroom experience including Peer Assisted Learning (PAL), Supplemental Instruction (SI), Tutoring, instructional computer lab services, academic coaching and digital/instructional materials to students in-person and online.

Under the supervision of the Director of the Learning Resource Center or designee, the Career and Technical Education (CTE) Academic Success Specialist will provide training, support and assistance to academic coaches, PAL/SI leaders and tutors, students, faculty and staff.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other Duties

Qualifications

Core Competencies:

  • Facilitate PAL Leader and tutor training sessions
  • Facilitate study skills and online success workshops for students
  • Develop instructional materials
  • Supervise CTE PAL Coaches, College Assistants and Federal Work Study students
  • Design coach training and assist with coaching early alert students (Connect2Success)
  • Provide career development, occupational, labor market, non-traditional career, and postsecondary information
  • Promote the integration of career research and work-based learning opportunities into CTE and academic courses
  • Represent the LRC at college-wide student and faculty orientations
  • Assist with Academic Warning Forms
  • Assist with supervision of PAL and SI program
  • Design framework for Academic Coaching
  • Responsible for growth and outreach of the LRC throughout campus
  • Monitor remote and online CTE student inquiries; maintain the LRC email account
  • Participate in trainings and professional development activities.
  • Track CTE students and assist in completing Perkins Grant reports.
  • Perform other duties as required

Qualifications:

  • A Bachelor’s degree in education or a related field and two (2) years of experience in a higher education academic support or related program required
  • Master’s degree in education or a related field preferred
  • The ideal candidate must possess excellent interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills with attention to detail. Also, be a dynamic individual who can work independently and under general supervision to provide courteous and accurate customer service to all students, faculty, staff, and visitors of diverse backgrounds.
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, managing social media, and designing promotional and informational materials is required.
  • Ability to effectively work remotely as well as in-person.
  • Some weekend and remote assistance required

This is a grant-funded position through the Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act (formally known as the Perkins Grant).

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
Learning Resource Center
Status
Full Time
Annual Salary Range
$45,000.00 - $56,447.00
Closing Date
Nov 19, 2023 (Or Until Filled)
Bargaining Unit
No

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