Careers Job Description
General Description
Project Coordinator, Kingsborough Community College
In January 2017, Kingsborough Community College’s Center for Economic and Workforce Development was awarded a four-year US Department of Labor grant titled the CUNY TechWorks initiative which will be managed as a partnership between CUNY Central CEWP and two other CUNY Colleges, the Borough of Manhattan Community College and Queensborough Community College. The primary goal of this initiative is to ensure that CUNY’s community college tech students gain the right mix of academic knowledge, practical technical training, and professional skills needed to successfully transition into career opportunities within New York City’s thriving tech and innovation sector.
General Description of Duties and Responsibilities:
Reporting to the Executive Director of the Center for Economic and Workforce Development and exercising considerable independent judgment; plans, operates, and directs the goals and objectives of the CUNYTech Works (CTW) Program. The Project Coordinator is responsible for administering and supervising the day-to-day operations of the CTW program, including program organization, administration, supervision of staff, and fiscal management.
Other Duties
Specific Areas of Responsibility Include:
- Oversee the launch and implementation of the CUNY TechWorks Initiative at the KCC campus.
- Act as point person on behalf of KBCC for the CUNY TechWorks industry advisory board comprised of employer, industry, nonprofit, and city government representatives.
- Monitor and analyze program and performance data in areas such as recruitment, enrollment, completion, job placement, participant demographics, and progress toward initiative-wide and KBCC program outcomes.
- Must manage and maintain industry relations as per the proposed guidelines of the grant proposal.
- Support the Employee Specialist/Industry Liaison as needed.
- Support the Curriculum and Articulation coordinator as needed.
- Monitor the budget, make budgetary decisions in consultation with the Director of Operations of CEWD.
- Interface with the KBCC Academic Departments and Faculty involved to meet program goals.
- Prepare quarterly and final report for DOL- both programmatic and fiscally.
- Assist in the data collection using the database program provided.
- Outreach and assess potential student participants’ applications and eligibility.
- Produce public information materials (newsletter, brochures, etc.).
- Attend meetings, conferences, and workshops appropriate to the goals of the program.
- Interface as needed with support staff from various college offices as well as members of the other consortium colleges.
Qualifications
Eligibility:
- Bachelor's degree required, Master's degree preferred.
- 3+ years’ experience in career readiness, workforce development, tech recruitment or related areas. At least two (2) years program management/project management experience.
- Experience with projects involving multiple partners and the use of data to manage program performance a must.
Core Competencies
- Experience with USDOL grants a plus years of related work experience, preferably in program administration & management experience.
- Experience working in a secondary, post-secondary, or education- related institution;
- Evidence of prior successful experience in program development, fiscal management and administration, and supervision;
- Excellent writing and research skills. Capable of developing polished written text for funder progress reports, as well as website and marketing text and materials.
- Technology savvy—Comfortable and familiar with technology including social media, web-based applications, and databases. Intermediate to advanced MSWord, Excel, and PowerPoint; comfortable designing graphs and charts and incorporating graphics into reports, presentations, and other materials.
- Excellent planning, organizational, and project management skills. Through prior work experience, must demonstrate an ability to successfully manage timelines/deadlines and to achieve key targets and milestones.
- General knowledge and awareness of the New York City’s tech sector, particularly in regards to diversity and workforce needs.
- Strong communicator; must be comfortable speaking in front of groups of 10-25+ people.
- Good interpersonal skills; Can effectively and easily work across teams/departments and collaborating with groups inside and outside of CUNY including faculty, administrators, employers, and industry partners.
- Ability to attend evening and weekend events 2-3 times per month.
- Knowledge and/or experience working at CUNY a plus.
RFCUNY Benefits
RFCUNY Employee Benefits and AccrualsAbout 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
Key Features
Center for Economic and Workforce Develo
Full Time
$68,000.00 - $74,000.00
Apr 12, 2017 (Or Until Filled)