Careers Job Description
General Description
CUNY 2x Tech is a $20M Mayoral initiative to double the number of tech bachelors awarded by public colleges by 2022. It entails a comprehensive investment in the instruction, advising, and experience that are essential to prepare New Yorkers for 21st-century tech jobs in NYC. All CUNY 2x Tech faculty and staff members will play a critical role in ensuring that the college’s tech education is aligned with industry demand. The role will involve significant work directly with NYC-based industry partners and the NYC Tech Talent Pipeline to review curricula, provide feedback on students’ job-readiness, present in the classroom and ensure that the overall tech education at the college is preparing students with the academic and career readiness skills they need to succeed.
Reporting to the Director of Career and Professional Development, Computer Science Co-op Manager will ensure the success of the CS Co-op Program and become a career and workforce development expert in the field of Information Technology. The individual will use their expertise to assist students in developing themselves professionally to enable them to achieve their career goals in Information Technology.
Other Duties
- Create and implement strategies for promoting participation in the Computer Science Co-op Program
- Review student transcripts and applications to verify they are eligible to participate in the co-op program.
- Regularly meet with students to professionally prepare them for their professional goals in the IT industry.
- Ensure students have completed required IT and professional training for CS Co-op Program
- Attend and/or complete required trainings by the university and additional training as determined by the Director
- Develop new and build on existing business and industry relationships to find and develop co-op/internship opportunities to ensure co-op participants have a co-op placement.
- Coordinate with administrators, faculty, college personnel and industry partners to provide feedback in regards to technology industry trends.
- Serve as direct contact for industry partners involving all aspects of co-op/internship placements.
- Maintains student records, monitors student progress and attendance, and performs record-keeping activities as appropriate.
- Provides reports to the college administration and city officials regarding the success of the Computer Science Co-op Programs and the trends of the IT industry.
- Supports the development, analysis, and assessment of Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) to ensure the measurement and improvement of program effectiveness in collaboration with the supervisor or site manager, and faculty mentor. Implements program modifications as necessary.
- Abide by all applicable executive orders, federal, state, and local laws, rules and regulations, as well as university policies and procedures relating to adjunct faculty and general campus employment
- Ability to handle multiple priorities, manage large amounts of data and organize effectively.
- Organizes special events for the CS Co-op Program
Qualifications
Bachelor's degree and 4 years' related experience required
Experience working with a diverse student population
Experience developing relationships
Strong technology skills
Knowledge of the IT industry 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
CCNY Career and Professional Development
Full Time
$60,000.00
Sep 05, 2018 (Or Until Filled)