Job Title: Industry Employment Specialist
PVN ID: LE-2412-006614
Category: Instruction and Social Service
Location: LEHMAN COLLEGE

Job Description

General Description

The Office of Careers & Industry Partnerships (OCIP) at the City University of New York seeks an Industry and Employer Engagement Specialist to identify career opportunities and grow hiring pipelines for CUNY students and graduates.

The Specialist will engage with employers in defining workforce needs, identifying hiring challenges and opportunities, specifying skills and proficiencies needed to fill available roles, and exploring partnerships to help grow New York’s emerging industries.

The BBA program in the Department of Management and Business Innovation at CUNY Lehman College’s School of Business is dedicated to fostering innovation and leadership across key business areas, including Finance, Management, and Business Innovation. Our Finance concentration prepares students for careers in financial analysis, investment management, and financial consulting, offering courses that blend foundational theory with practical applications. We emphasize experiential learning across all concentrations, allowing students to engage in hands-on projects, internships, and networking opportunities that connect them to New York’s financial and business sectors. Our program equips students with the skills and industry connections necessary to excel in today’s competitive job market. Industry Employment Specialist will support the mission described above.

Other Duties

Build a Community:

  • Secure partnerships with employers offering paid internship, clinical placement, and full-time job opportunities to students with target majors
  • Continuously cultivate and grow employer relationships
  • Share employment opportunities and, where appropriate, refer qualified students to employers for specific roles

Establish a Peer Network:

  • Coordinate with other industry specialists, campus career offices and CUNY leadership to maximize industry partnerships benefiting the campus and to learn about student and employer needs

Create Pathways:

  • Secure paid internships and full-time job offers within target majors for our newest graduates

Communicate and Improve:

  • Share knowledge with faculty, advisors, and the broader campus to encourage alignment with in-demand skills
  • Participate in CUNY-wide training and events and utilize common tools deployed across the initiative

Qualifications

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Bachelor’s degree and four years of professional work experience

Ideally, candidate will have one or more of the following:

  • Experience in career services or economic or workforce development
  • Experience with community and business outreach, ideally in implementing talent acquisition, outreach strategies, and business development
  • Understanding of business and recruitment and hiring practices in key sectors of the NYC economy (e.g., tech, healthcare, green energy).

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
Management & Business Innovation
Status
Full Time
Annual Salary Range
$93,134.00 - $99,532.00
Closing Date
Feb 10, 2025 (Or Until Filled)
Bargaining Unit
No

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