Careers Job Description
General Description
The New York City Labor Market Information Service (NYCLMIS), housed at the Center for Urban Research at the CUNY Graduate Center, seeks a full-time research associate to work as part of a team that performs research on jobs and the economy, prepares career planning informational tools, and provides strategic consulting. The overall function of the NYCLMIS is to help education, workforce and economic development policy makers and practitioners to better align their programs and policies to the demands of the labor market. For more information about us, see our website at http://www/gc.cuny.edu/lmis.
With supervision and support from the director of the NYCLMIS and other senior staff, the data research associate will:
- Analyze economic, labor market, labor force, and other data;
- Conduct interviews and focus groups;
- Write reports and briefs;
- Create presentation materials;
- Work on multiple projects simultaneously; and
- Participate in other research and technical assistance activities as needed.
Other Duties
Qualifications
- Master's degree and at least 4 years professional experience in a related research/policy role (experience may be substituted for education) as follows:
- Facility with MS Word and other Office products;
- Experience collecting, analyzing and summarizing information using qualitative methods, such as document review (including as administrative records, or trade or scholarly literature) and semi-structured interviews;
- Comfort with and understanding of quantitative methods and ability to interpret numbers, charts, and tables;
- Excellent writing skills, with a track record of summarizing complex material for a variety of audience types;
- Familiarity with – or interest in –workforce development policies and programs; and
- Experience working within a client-centered, team- abd project-based environment.
PLEASE INCLUDE BOTH RESUME AND COVER LETTER. ONLY COMPLETE APPLICATIONS WILL BE REVIEWED.
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
Center for Urban Research (NYCLMIS)
Full Time
Depends on Qualifications
Nov 11, 2015 (Or Until Filled)