Job Title: Program Assistant
PVN ID: QC-2212-005269
Category: Clerical/Office Services
Location: QUEENS COLLEGE

Job Description

General Description

Background

 CUNY EDGE provides students with a range of services, benefits, and support to succeed in college and their careers. CUNY EDGE balances academic advising and personal support with workforce preparation, leadership development, and community engagement.

The mission of CUNY EDGE is to help CUNY students receiving public assistance achieve academic excellence, graduate on time, and find employment. In its first year, CUNY EDGE served 4,900 students across 19 campuses. Queens College CUNY EDGE provides support for 60-90 students a semester.

General Description

We are currently searching for a highly motivated individual who can provide overall technical assistance and administrative support, both virtually and on campus, to the program and perform related duties as assigned. The program assistant will answer directly to the Director of CUNY EDGE at Queens College.

Other Duties

  • Supports the program's efforts to meet specific numeric goals around student participation, persistence, graduation, and employment.
  • Monitors and reports attendance in classes, HRA Fellowship Program, Federal Work Study, and internships, utilizing the required data systems (Training Provider Timekeeping System (TPTS), Daily Timekeeping System (DTS), and Research Foundation payroll);
  • Provides superb customer service to students, staff, and other college departments.
  • Participates fully in professional development opportunities.
  • Utilizes both standard data management programs and virtual meeting software.
  • Closely collaborate with other college departments, including financial aid, the bursar, the registrar, the counseling center, the career center, etc., to refer students, obtain student information, and receive referrals.

Qualifications

  • Two years of related work experience offering client support, OR
  • An Associate’s degree from an accredited college and one year of related work experience offering client support OR
  • A bachelor's degree from an accredited college, AND
  • Excellent communication skills (written, oral and interpersonal).
  • Detail-oriented with strong organizational and technological skills.
  • Familiarity with career development tools.
  • Proficiency in using standard office computer programs, such as MS Office, survey tools, and databases.
  • Familiarity with a variety of virtual meeting software (Zoom, Google Meet, MS Teams, and Blackboard);
  • Ability to handle day-to-day responsibilities independently.
  • Please submit your resume with an updated cover letter

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
CUNY EDGE
Status
Part Time
Pay Range
$21.00-$21.00
Hour(s) a week
21.00
Closing Date
Feb 07, 2023 (Or Until Filled)
Bargaining Unit
No

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