Job Title: Business Educator & Internship Specialist
PVN ID: QC-1808-002687
Category: Managerial and Professional
Location: QUEENS COLLEGE

Job Description

General Description

Queens College, CUNY was established in 1937 to offer a strong liberal arts education to the working classes, QC provides students access to a high-quality, accessible, and affordable education, on a campus where our diverse student body is well supported by a collegial and inclusive faculty and staff, and where we regularly exercise our commitment to the cultural, economic, and educational vitality of NYC. We are an institution with a vigorous enrollment of 16,600 undergraduate students and 3,200 graduate students.


The Center for Career Engagement and Internships offers a wide range of career guidance, road maps, and information for students on career education. Our career educators assist students with their exploration, internships /job search preparation and strategies. The Center offers World of Work credit-bearing classes; sponsors networking events for students, alumni and employers, career panel, employer information sessions and traditional career workshops on internships, resume/cover letter writing, and interviewing.

Other Duties

 

Summary:

Coach students to create a career education plan including components of career assessment, definition of career and internship goals, job-search, resume preparation, interviewing, networking and applying to graduate/professional schools
Serve as a consultant with knowledge and information about industry, trends and technologies in Accounting, Business, Economics and Finance

 

Responsibilities:

 

  • Guide students in the career/life planning process and create action plans for studentswith career interests in Business or enrolled in the majors of Accounting, Business,
  • Economics and Finance
  • Convey information in a clear, precise and empathic approach
  • Provide career coaching to students who are interested in industry sectors
  • Conduct virtual, group, and one-on-one sessions with students
  • Refer students to workshops, advisers, faculty, employers and organizations
  • Identify and prepare students for early engagement programs and job shadowing
  • Recruit employers for industry-focused career fairs, on-campus/virtual recruitment,
  • HireQC internship/job postings, team-based projects, classroom presentations and student competitions
  • Demonstrate keen ability to plan, organize, and implement programs and events
  • Work effectively to integrate career curriculum within the academic departments
  • Serve as team member for the Center’s Faculty Internship Committee
  • Communicate frequently with students, faculty and administrators in the respective departments by implementing successful communication strategies
  • Collaborate with Admissions during orientations and the Majors Fair

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree required
  • Master’s degree preferred in related discipline of Accounting, Business, Economics, Finance
  • Minimum of 3 years work experience in Accounting, Business, Economics, Finance,
  • Human Resources or Higher Education Career Counseling field
  • Experience in a corporate or university career services environment

RFCUNY Benefits

RFCUNY Employee Benefits and Accruals

About the Research Foundation

The Research Foundation of The City University of New York (RFCUNY) was established as a not-for-profit educational corporation chartered by the State of New York in 1963. RFCUNY supports CUNY faculty and staff in identifying and obtaining external support (pre-award) from government and private sponsors and is responsible for the administration of all such funded programs (post-award).

RFCUNY stands between CUNY’s principal investigators (PIs) and the sponsors who support them and strives to fulfill its essential responsibilities to both groups. Working closely with individual PIs and Grants Officers on the campuses, RFCUNY oversees employment, accounting, audit, reporting, purchasing, and special responsibilities that include management of a planned giving program; liaison with governmental agencies and foundations; negotiation of agreements; facility construction and renovation; protection and commercialization of intellectual property; and compliance with applicable standards in research involving human subjects, animal care, environmental and radiological safety, and conflicts of interest.

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
Center for Career Engagement and Interns
Status
Full Time
Annual Salary Range
$70,000.00 - $75,000.00
Closing Date
Jan 18, 2019 (Or Until Filled)
Bargaining Unit
No

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