Job Title: Project Director
PVN ID: BX-1711-002182
Category: Managerial and Professional
Location: BRONX C. C.

Job Description

General Description

The Project Director is responsible for overseeing grant-funded workforce training programs that are developed and managed by the Bronx Community College (BCC) Division of Workforce Development and Continuing Education.  Reporting to the Dean of the division, the Project Director provides the day-to-day oversight, supervision, guidance and support to ensure the success of the workforce training programs in his/her portfolio.  The Project Director also serves as a liaison with BCC faculty, program funders and with the CUNY Research Foundation, which is the fiscal conduit for these grant-funded initiatives.

Recently, BCC was awarded two significant grants in support of workforce training programs to prepare students for entry-level positions in community and behavioral health.  Therefore, in 2018 the focus of the Project Director position will largely be on the management of these two new healthcare-related workforce training programs.

Primary Responsibilities

  • Supervision and coordination of program personnel
  • Manage relationships with program funders, employer partners, BCC faculty, CBOs and other program affiliates
  • Budget management; financial oversight and reporting
  • Program reporting to funders per grant terms
  • Manage process of curriculum refinement/adaptation
  • Program marketing and student recruitment
  • Applicant screening and enrollment
  • Oversee student support; ensure student success and completion
  • Student placement in internships, work experience, paid employment
  • Data collection, program analysis and evaluation
  • Oversight of logistics, facilities, supplies
  • Other duties as assigned

 

Other Duties

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree and relevant project management experience
  • Solid organizational, supervisory and information management skills
  • Strong interpersonal and written/verbal communication skills

Preferred Qualifications

  • Track record of success in managing high-profile initiatives with multiple stake-holders
  • Relevant experience in heathcare; community health; behavioral health; addiction and recovery
  • Experience in job training, workforce development, continuing education
  • Experience in higher education
  • Solid business/program analytic and reporting skills
  • Social media, website/app management and relevant tech and computer skills
  • Budget management and financial reporting experience

 

 

 

 

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
Division of Workforce Development
Status
Full Time
Annual Salary Range
$55,000.00 - $80,000.00
Closing Date
Jan 18, 2018 (Or Until Filled)
Bargaining Unit
No

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