Job Title: Project Manager for Special Services
PVN ID: VA-1508-000662
Category: Managerial and Professional
Location: OFFICE OF SR. UNIV DEAN FOR ACADEMIC AFFAIRS

Job Description

General Description

The New York City Human Resources Administration (HRA) provides temporary help to individuals and families with social service and economic needs to assist them in reaching self-sufficiency via essential and diverse programs/services, including: temporary cash assistance, public health insurance, food stamps, child care, adult protective services, domestic violence assistance, HIV/AIDS support services and child support enforcement. The Family Independence Administration (FIA) employees help provide unique individual services that offer sustainable employment plans and self-sufficiency support to overcome barriers to employment.

 

Through an HRA grant-funded position with the Research Foundation of the City University of New York, the Project Manager will work within the Family Independence Administration (FIA) Contracts, Budget, and Special Services.

Other Duties

Under the direction of the Assistant Deputy Commissioner of FIA Contracts, Budget, and Special Services, the Project Manager will assist in ongoing management of administrative processes, special services, and robust programmatic analyses for existing HRA employment and training programs which serve over 100,000 New Yorkers per year. The Project Manager will also develop and oversee innovative special projects to help increase the self-sufficiency of New Yorkers.

 

Specific programs/projects on which the Project Manager will work include (but may not be limited to): services such as the Work Progress Program (subsidized jobs for youth), Jobs-Plus (employment services for public housing residents), and new employment/education services for youth and young adult HRA clients.

 

Duties and Responsibilities:

 

  • Oversee process flow mapping and redesign of administrative structures and systems for new employment services, working with systems developers and program administrators
  • Query robust HRA administrative data and conduct analyses of results to make policy and process recommendations to senior-level program managers
  • Oversee existing special projects that involve relationships with other City agencies and service-providing organizations (e.g., employment services work groups, client financial counseling initiatives, State-funded career pathways programs)
  • Develop relationships and liaise with outside organizations to develop special projects for employment and training services that serve sub-groups of HRA clients and see these projects through the entire project life cycle
  • Provide support in procurement and budget for special projects
  • Other projects and tasks, as needed

 

 

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications/Requirements:

A bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university and two years of satisfactory full-time professional experience in a related field.

Preferred Skills: 

  • Highly organized with strong attention to detail and ability to work independently
  • Ability to see projects and tasks through to completion, on tight deadlines when necessary
  • Positive attitude and solutions-focused thinking
  • Eagerness to learn and take on new tasks
  • Proficiency in using Excel and in conducting quantitative data analyses

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
NYC Human Resources Administration/FIA C
Status
Full Time
Annual Salary Range
$65,000.00 - $65,000.00
Closing Date
Oct 06, 2015 (Or Until Filled)
Bargaining Unit
No

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