Job Title: Deputy Executive Director
PVN ID: GS-2108-004138
Category: Managerial and Professional
Location: The GRADUATE CENTER

Job Description

General Description

Overview: Répertoire International de Littérature Musicale (RILM) documents and disseminates music research worldwide. RILM is committed to representing the world’s knowledge about all musical traditions and to making this knowledge accessible to research and performance communities via digital collections and advanced research and discovery tools. RILM’s collections aim to include the music scholarship of all countries, in all languages, and across all disciplinary and cultural boundaries, thereby fostering research in the arts, humanities, sciences, and social sciences.

RILM is an innovative, entrepreneurial-spirited organization that is well-funded and poised to expand its  leadership in support of the world of comprehensive and inclusive music research.

Background: This is a newly created position reporting directly to the Executive Director. There is an expectation that, as mutually understood benchmarks and measures are met, the Deputy will assume increasing responsibility, ultimately becoming qualified for promotion to Executive Director.  RILM expects this transitional period to extend for one to two years.

Responsibilities: The Deputy Executive Director will assist in the following areas. Depending on the experience the successful candidate brings to the job, related areas of responsibility will be handed over in the first weeks; the rest will develop over time.

  • Setting strategic and operational direction and priorities for the organization
  • Staffing and retention
  • Developing and maintaining strong professional network
  • Keeping abreast of trends in music research, digital humanities, and scholarly communications, and the evolving needs of the research and performance communities

Competitive salary, commensurate with experience and qualifications, and generous benefits.

Hours and location: Full-time (minimum 35 hours/week) position. The RILM Office is at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. Remote work is possible. The RILM Deputy Executive Director must reside in and be eligible to work in the USA, and preferably in the New York City region.

Other Duties

  • Preparing and presenting/publishing reports for music research communities worldwide, including professional societies and RILM’s boards.
  • Overseeing finances and legal and contractual matters.
  • Supervising approximately six direct reports (senior staff and Office Manager).
  • Maintaining strong relationships with RILM’s distributors and the CUNY Graduate Center administration.

Qualifications

Ph.D. in musicology, ethnomusicology, or a closely related music research field, with a record of publication and conference presentations. Significant experience supervising staff and managing projects/publications and budgets. Outstanding communication skills, written and verbal. The successful candidate will have substantial experience in RILM’s domain area (music research, libraries, academic/professional publishing, digital humanities) and have a proven track record of success within this domain.  A commitment to the importance of all music and music-related traditions is essential.

Application deadline: 30 September 2021 (or until filled)

 

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
Répertoire Internat de Litt. Musicale
Status
Full Time
Salary
Depends on Qualifications
Closing Date
Dec 10, 2021 (Or Until Filled)
Bargaining Unit
No

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