Careers Job Description
General Description
A project coordinator is sought for the program Global Scholars Achieving Career Success (GSACS) funded by the Stevens Initiative and implemented by LaGuardia Community College and its partner institutions between April 1, 2021 – June 30, 2023. GSACS is a collaborative multi-campus program that facilitates class-to-class virtual exchanges between students from five colleges in the City University of New York (CUNY) and four universities in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). The main program features include faculty development, collaborative student projects with experiential component and grounded in UN Sustainable Development Goals, alumni engagement, career success workshops, and scheduled communication and impact sharing.
Under the supervision of the grant director, GSACS Project Coordinator provides logistical support and coordinates all aspects of project development, implementation, and reporting. Facilitates data collection and management, financial reporting, communications and marketing, event organizing, and alumni deliverables. Liaises effectively among the grant director, LaGuardia and partner institution grant teams, the funder, and CUNY Research Foundation. Collects evaluation materials and invoices from partner institutions and prepares financial and other program reports for the funder. Creates and maintains multiple databases for project-related records. Provides communications and logistical support for faculty professional development activities, student conference, alumni webinars and related activities. Communicates effectively with staff and students from international institutions in Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, and Palestinian Territories. Collects and produces communication content, including impact stories and social media posts, following communication guidelines from the funder and LaGuardia Marketing and Communication staff. Monitors implementation of all communication deliverables, including production of professional photo deliverables according to the project timeline.
Other Duties
- Interfaces as needed with support staff from various college offices in resolving issues involving grant implementation
- Performs the duties of lower-level positions when necessary; performs other duties as assigned
Qualifications
- Working knowledge of project management and data collection technology platforms
- Ability to communicate effectively with and convey simple to complex concepts, processes, and practices to grant staff, faculty, students, sponsors, administrators
- Facility with WordPress, Excel, Google Suite
- Ability to listen and respond to the concerns/ideas of others
- Ability to work under and meet deadlines, with changing priorities
- A Bachelor’s Degree in a directly related field of study from an accredited institution, a graduate degree preferred
- At least three (3) years of progressively responsible experience of related work;
- Experience working with international institutions or individuals highly preferred
- Working knowledge of Arabic preferred
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
Collaborative Online International Learn
Part Time
$20.00
19.00
Jun 30, 2021 (Or Until Filled)