Job Title: Associate Director for Arts & Culture
PVN ID: HC-2106-004059
Category: Instruction and Social Service
Location: HUNTER COLLEGE

Job Description

General Description

The Centro de Estudios Puertorriqueños/Center for Puerto Rican Studies is a university-based research institute, housed at Hunter College, whose mission consists of two components. One is to collect, preserve and provide access to archival and library resources documenting the history and culture of Puerto Ricans. The other is to produce, facilitate, and disseminate interdisciplinary research about the diasporic experience of Puerto Ricans and to link this scholarly inquiry to social action and policy debates. The Associate Director for Arts and Culture reports to the Center Director.

The Associate Director for Arts and Culture will play a key role in developing and fundraising for Arts & Culture Programming and launching the new Center for Cultural Research. Through its programmatic initiatives, the Center for Cultural Research seeks to historicize, contextualize, incentivize, and showcase the socio-cultural contributions of Puerto Rico and its diaspora, foster the research use of CENTRO’s arts and culture collections, and strengthen connections with the Puerto Rican artistic community.

Other Duties

the Associate Director performs the following:

  • Working with Centro’s Director to develop programming initiatives and fellowship opportunities in the realms of arts and culture.
  • Working with Centro’s Director to develop and implement innovative strategies for fundraising with individuals, corporations, and foundations to support arts and culture programming and literary initiatives.
  • Revisioning and Relaunching CENTRO’s public and digital humanities platforms, including the CENTRO voices blog, e-journal, and newsletter.
  • Working with CENTRO staff in the library and archives to develop programming and publication initiatives based on CENTRO holdings.
  • Working with the cultural programming and outreach team to create synergy among arts and culture programming and initiatives, including exhibits, literary fairs, and virtual events.
  • Coordinating the development of new publications initiatives.
  • Coordinating marketing and outreach efforts for our arts, culture, and literary initiatives.
  • Working with the CENTRO Operations team to update and maintain the CENTRO online store.

 

Qualifications

  • Experience in the implementation of the responsibilities described above.
  • Advance degree in Arts and Culture Management or related field.
  • Five to ten years of managerial experience in Arts Administration or relevant field.
  • First-hand experience with editorial and publishing processes.
  • Direct experience in seeking and managing grant funding.
  • English and Spanish fluency are required.

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
Center for Puerto Rican Studies
Status
Full Time
Annual Salary Range
$48,635.00 - $97,270.00
Closing Date
Aug 03, 2021 (Or Until Filled)
Bargaining Unit
No

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