Job Title: Transfer Advisor
PVN ID: CC-2307-005746
Category: Instruction and Social Service
Location: The CITY COLLEGE of NEW YORK

Job Description

General Description

The Transfer Advisor will report to the Vice President of Student Affairs and Enrollment Management and will assist students in navigating the Transfer process to facilitate a seamless transfer from Community College to the City College of New York (CCNY).  This position is responsible for advising, coaching, and providing academic interventions with college transfer students through the 1847 Academy. The transfer advisor will collaborate with Community College Transfer Advisors, perform activities that will assist transfer students in their transition from application at Community Colleges to transfer to CCNY, and assist them in changing majors, if needed. The Transfer Advisor will engage in proactive advising and academic coaching of first-year transfer students at CCNY, and will assist with informational programming for all transfer students.  The advisor will be expected to engage with Community College Transfer applicants both virtually and in-person.  This will require travel to community colleges to attend advising and coaching sessions.

Other Duties

  • Conducting academic counseling of transfer students in the pre-enrollment phase
  • Advising and coaching transfer students during their first semester of attendance at CCNY
  • In collaboration with the Career and Professional Development Institute (CPDI), assisting transfer students with career/major exploration
  • Leading individual and group advising sessions with transfer students, as needed
  • Interpreting students needs and providing individualized assistance, while maintaining confidentiality
  • Applying creativity and imagination in the application of duties and responsibilities
  • Identifying and implementing new and improved methodologies, policies and procedures to enhance the success of transfer students
  • Works with other academic affairs staff as well as enrollment and student affairs to assist students to declare majors and select appropriate courses
  • Monitors students' performances and takes appropriate action if necessary; resolves students' problems regarding curricular requirements
  • Provides information to students regarding student support services, college policies and program procedures and guidelines
  • Facilitates workshops; assists with other department activities
  • Establishes and maintains student advisement files; prepares activity reports and analyses
  • May supervise junior advising and/or clerical staff

Performing other related duties as assigned

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree or higher with at least three years of experience in a higher education environment.
  • Must be able to work individually, and as part of a team.
  • Understanding of the community college learner.
  • Availability to travel to Community Colleges to engage transfer students in-person

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
Admissions
Status
Full Time
Annual Salary Range
$51,242.00 - $63,382.00
Closing Date
Sep 19, 2023 (Or Until Filled)
Bargaining Unit
No

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