Job Title: Assistant Director
PVN ID: LA-1811-002795
Category: Managerial and Professional
Location: LAGUARDIA C. C.

Job Description

General Description

Overview of Position:

Under the supervision of the Senior Director of Career Programs, the Assistant Director supports a mixture of tuition, grant and contract based non-credit training programs for over 2,000 students annually.  Business and Construction Programs is a fast growing department, which includes but is not limited to the MS Office, Bookkeeping, Tax Preparer, Construction Management, Building Management and Construction Software training programs. The program seeks to grow in various areas in business and construction sub-sectors of NYC. 

As Assistant Director, you will assist the Senior Director with new program development, within the various sub-sectors, which includes curriculum creation, marketing, and networking with industry stakeholders, grant funders and employer partners.  

The Assistant Director is primarily responsible for program quality, which includes hiring, training and managing a team of more than 20 part-time instructors and one full-time program support staff. He or she is responsible for implementing quality industry informed curriculum including development, implementation and monitoring. The Assistant Director will evaluate program data including training outcomes, enrollment, assessments and evaluations to enhance and improve programing.

To be an excellent assistant director, you must be organized, detail-oriented, and comfortable working with diverse teams and have superior communication skills.

Essential Functions:

  • Manage day to day operations of the program to ensure trainings meet performance outcomes
  • Identify and execute business and construction program growth
  • Manage and grow program staff including 25 instructors and 1 support staff
  • Ensure implementation of policies and best practices
  • Help build positive relations within the team and external parties
  • Ensure technology is used correctly for all operations
  • Create systems to meet all records and reports requirements
  • Perform other duties as assigned to support growth and program development

Other Duties

Qualifications

  • Entrepreneurial mindset
  • BS/BA in business administration and/or 5-year work experience in relevant field and position, master’s degree preferred
  • At least 4 years’ instructor management experience in and adult learning setting.
  • Experience building curriculum and assessments for adult populations.
  • Tech savvy, proficient in MS Office, and Adobe Creative Suite for marketing materials, curriculum development, and version control
  • Superior MS Excel and MS Access skills; able to design, implement, and maintain a data warehouse across multiple data systems
  • Grant writing experience is a plus
  • Ability to work with diversity and multi-disciplinary teams
  • Excellent time-management and organizational skills
  • Outstanding verbal and written communication skills
  • Detail-oriented and efficient
  • Ability to work evening and weekends as needed

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
ACE/Business and Construction
Status
Full Time
Annual Salary Range
$65,000.00 - $70,000.00
Closing Date
Mar 29, 2019 (Or Until Filled)
Bargaining Unit
No

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