Job Title: Professional Development Counselor – Cabrini/Hunter Fellows
PVN ID: HC-2109-004215
Category: Instruction and Social Service
Location: HUNTER COLLEGE

Job Description

General Description

The Silberman School of Social Work (SSSW) and the Hunter College School of Nursing in collaboration with the Mother Cabrini Health Foundation invite qualified candidates to apply for the Professional Development Counselor (full-time) position in the Cabrini/Hunter Fellows Program. The Professional Development Counselor serves as the academic and intern advisor for students matriculated in Silberman’s MSW Program or Hunter’s graduate Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner program.  Candidates must be New York State Licensed social workers or nurses.

The Professional Development Counselor will conduct academic and intern advisement as a part of MS students’ educational experience. They will provide consistent, ongoing guidance and support to ensure a successful academic outcome for students who are balancing full-time school while participating in the Cabrini-Hunter Fellows Program at Hunter College.

Please provide a cover letter, names of three references, and curriculum vitae with your application.

Other Duties

Roles and duties include but are not limited to:

  1. Individual and group academic advisement; keeping abreast of students’ academic achievement through regular contact with classroom instructors; arranging for writing workshops, tutoring, and special projects; conduct agency/health care setting field visits;
  2. Bringing a high level of social media experience; identifying and posting relevant materials on virtual community of practice (VCoP); producing webinars pertinent to the Project areas of interests; familiarity with issues in mental health field community health; intersections between social work and nursing professions;
  3. Liaison and advocate with administrators at the School of Social Work and the School of Nursing and Cabrini-Hunter Fellowship Leadership.
  4. Consults and acts as direct liaison with students’ agencies of employment and develops and writes work study agreement for student internships;
  5. Reviews student process recordings and field evaluations; conducts graduation degree audits and compliance with mental health field of practice requirements;
  6. Involved with application process and selection of candidates;
  7. Submits quarterly reports regarding attendance and academic process (level of service reports);
  8. Provide post-graduation supports with job placement;
  9. Coordinate program presentations to undergraduate students at Job Fairs, information sessions, and community meetings. 

Qualifications

  • Master’s Degree in Social Work or Nursing
  • Minimum of two years post-M.S.W./MS practice experience in mental health or related experience
  • Social Workers with their Seminar in Field Instruction (SIFI) a plus; Nursing preceptors a plus
  • Basic research data collection and analysis skills for student assessment
  • Extensive experience with social media platforms
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including in online media
  • Flexible, high-energy worker, self-directed; highly organized
  • Familiarity with the mental health system
  • Able to work within a complex academic environment

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
Status
Full Time
Annual Salary Range
$60,000.00 - $70,000.00
Closing Date
Apr 30, 2024 (Or Until Filled)
Bargaining Unit
No

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