Academic/Career Advisor, CUNY Inclusive Economy Initiative in New York City, New York

Job Title: Academic/Career Advisor, CUNY Inclusive Economy Initiative

PVN ID: LE-2412-006613

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 Academic Career Advisor to create career pathways and expand employment opportunities for students in New York’s emerging industries.

The candidate will work with Industry Specialists to support a cohort of undergraduate students, connecting them with relevant internship or full-time opportunities in a selected industry.

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.

Other Duties

Build a Community:

• Provide both group and 1:1 activities designed to help students identify career goals, academic courses, and goal-oriented career opportunities

• Develop cohort’s identity as a peer network

• Help students plan for internships and other opportunities to build their experience in and exposure to workplaces

• Assess students’ professional abilities and development at several points throughout the cohort.

Establish a Peer Network:

• Participate in CUNY-wide professional development and mentoring

• Collaborate between academic/career advisors and academic departments on insights from employers that might influence curricula and individual student progress

Create Pathways:

• Identify barriers to student success within areas of study related to career goals

• Share information on student needs and connect them to supportive services and campus resources

• Expand student exposure to careers and the courses needed to prepare for them

• Coordinate programs to enhance job-seeking skills

Portfolio Management:

• Create plans for cohort’s structure of programs, assessments, advising and referral activities

• Track progress, challenges and outcomes using state-of-the-art technology to measure success and make adjustments in real-time

  Qualifications

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

A baccalaureate degree is required.

We seek motivated, flexible and resourceful people who can gain the confidence of others in an advising environment and execute successful programs. Candidate may have skills or experience including:

• Coursework or training related to adult development, including career development

• Academic or career advising and/or coaching

• Providing job-related services and adult basic skills training

• Understanding of academic programs, majors, and methods to assure students’ successful progress

• Understanding the needs and practices of employers in recruitment and selection

• Comfort with technology to track programs and projects

  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 $81,712.00 – $86,188.00

Closing Date Feb 10, 2025 (Or Until Filled)

Bargaining Unit No

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