Careers Job Description
General Description
The City University of New York (CUNY), the nation's largest urban public university, comprises 24 institutions throughout the five boroughs that enroll 270,000 degree-credit students and approximately 270,000 continuing education students a year. The CUNY Central Office Continuing Education and Workforce Programs (CEWP) Unit operates several programs with the goal of providing access to essential training, resources, and support that allows participants to successfully enter or reenter the workforce. Reporting to the Director of Workforce Programs, the Program Assistant will support these important initiatives.
CUNY Next Steps
Through a partnership with the New York City Department of Correction (DOC), CEWP operates the CUNY Next Steps program for detainees on Rikers Island. The purpose of this partnership is to deliver a set of services to reduce idle time and subsequently violence on the Island, and to provide inmates with educational opportunities, industry recognized credentials, life skills, and transition planning allowing them re-enter society and ultimately gain employment. After one year of successful operation Next Steps is expanding to two additional facilities and is seeking a Program Assistant to assist with operation of the program across all three sites at Rikers Island.
DYCD Advanced Training Partnership
Through a partnership with the Department of Youth and Community Development (DYCD) and their Out of School Youth (OSY) providers, CEWP operates the DYCD Advanced Training partnership. The goal of this partnership is to connect OSY youth to advanced training opportunities in high demand sectors at CUNY schools, support them in completing these programs, and connect the youth with employment opportunities.
Key Responsibilities
- Coordinate, record and track daily attendance for classes
- Maintain inventory of program supplies and monitor levels of need
- Together with Associate Project Director, identify and orientate new students
- Develop data tracking and monitoring systems
- Maintain daily, monthly, and quarterly reports
- Schedule meetings and phone conferences with providers
- Coordinate events (i.e. recognition ceremonies)
- Manage clearance requests for CUNY Next Steps
- Provide group facilitation coverage as needed
- Maintain proficiency in Excel, Word, and Power Point
- Effective communication with supervisors, partners, and DOC
Other Duties
- Be willing to be trained to serve as a substitute Instructor when Instructional staff are absent
- Be willing to be trained to serve as a tutor and/or support for Instructional staff with students who require it
Qualifications
- Passion and commitment for working with underserved populations and belief in the goals/mission of the Next Steps Program
- Human Services experience required, experience in workforce development and/or working with criminal justice populations preferred
- Proficiency in Microsoft-based programs: Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook.
- High School Diploma required, Associate Degree Preferred—will consider comparable specialized training in lieu of degree
- Ability to multi-task, meet tight deadlines
- Willingness to adhere to observance of strict boundaries when working with inmates as required in correctional settings
- Willingness to maintain confidentiality of indiviudals served
- Must be able to pass correctional background check and security clearance
- Candidates who have overcome previous criminal justice involvement are encouraged to apply
- Bilingual English/Spanish 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
Continuing Education and Workforce Devel
Full Time
$37,500.00 - $45,000.00
May 31, 2017 (Or Until Filled)