University Senior Director, Careers and Internships

POSITION DETAILS

The City University of New York (CUNY) is the nation’s largest urban public university and serves 275,000 degree- seeking students and 200,000 non-degree students across 25 campuses. 77% are students of color. CUNY's core mandate is to provide a high-quality, affordable education to all New Yorkers. CUNY is a springboard of economic mobility. 42% of students hail from households earning less than $20,000. In recent decades, CUNY has lifted more individuals from the lowest economic quintile to the highest economic quintile than the Ivy League, Stanford, Carnegie Mellon, and MIT combined. Furthermore, 1 out of every 72 undergraduate/graduate students in America is a CUNY student, making our students’ success a driver of national outcomes.

The Office of Career and Internship Programs (OCIP) is responsible for mobilizing the university’s unparalleled scale, assets and diverse talent to fuel inclusive economic prosperity. OCIP is working to ensure that 1) CUNY graduates can launch or advance in sustaining careers of their choosing at salaries equivalent to their peers, 2) businesses can turn to CUNY to find the talent, services, and expertise they need to thrive, 3) faculty and staff come and stay at CUNY because the impact they can have on students’ career trajectory is unparalleled and recognized, and 4) sustainable funding streams support proven interventions for bolstering student career success today and for years to come.

In order to achieve this mission, it is imperative that CUNY students have access to high quality work-based learning experiences that allow them to gain and demonstrate skills, experience real-world applications, and directly launch their careers.

CUNY OCIP seeks a solutions-oriented, entrepreneurial, and collaborative professional to serve as the University Senior Director for Careers and Internships. A hybrid “Chief Program Officer” and systems-change enthusiast, the Senior Director will play a critical role in developing and leading the University’s strategy to ensure every student has access to internships and other professional development opportunities that will prepare them for post-graduation career success. The role will primarily oversee the updating, expansion, and operation of CUNY’s successful internship programs and pre-graduation professional experiences including CUNY Internship Programs (public sector), CUNY Internship to Employment (small business), CUNY Cultural Corps, CUNY Career Launch, CUNY Service Corps and the CUNY Edward T. Rogowsky Internship Program in Government and Public Affairs. Additionally, the role will be responsible for identifying and shepherding infrastructural and policy changes necessary to support the scaling of internships across CUNY’s 25 campuses.

Reporting to the University Associate Provost, Careers and Industry Partnerships, the Senior Director is a member of the leadership team of OCIP, an office that reports directly to the Executive Vice Chancellor & Provost as well as the Chancellor. They will serve as a critical advisor on policy, investments, and partnerships needed to reach CUNY’s strategic goals with respect to ensure students have the tools and access needed to thrive in careers of their choosing and wages at or above market rate.

In addition to the CUNY Title Overview, key duties include, but are not limited to the following:

•Informing, developing, and executing CUNY’s strategy for ensuring students can launch and advance in sustainable careers at market wages, businesses can turn to CUNY for support needed to grow, faculty and staff are supported and recognized for their work with industry, and sustainable funding streams are available to support successful interventions for promoting career success.

•Together with leadership, staff, and stakeholders, meet the university's bold goal of ensuring 30% of students participate in a paid internship to ensure every student has access to a paid internship opportunity.

•Leads the creation, implementation, and evaluation of internship and high-quality work-based learning programs for OCIP.

•Oversees the strategic program creation and expansion in line with partner requests, budget allocation, and unit-wide strategy.

•Lead working groups across OCIP and CUNY that advance the goal of expanding paid internships to CUNY students.

•Advance, expand, and launch new partnerships with public and private employers to promote preparation, recruitment, hiring, and advancement of CUNY students and alumni.

•Contributes to funding concept development as it relates to new and current programs.

•Ensure that all programs function within the approved budget and grant contracts.

•Grow the scale and depth of CUNY internship and fellowship programs through direct outreach, representing CUNY through critical industry platforms, providing customer service and support.

•Manages a team of skilled professionals; set clear goals and hold staff accountable for meeting them; encourages the professional development and growth of team members; and collaborates closely with Chief of Staff on supporting unit-wide staffing initiatives.

•Acts as a critical part of the OCIP leadership team, informing unit-wide priorities and developing structures to coordinate and bolster industry partnerships across the unit.

•Provides guidance, direction and information on industry engagement and university policies and procedures to promote the growth of an inclusive economy to the University community, including campus staff and leadership.

•Creates an environment of professionalism, respect, and service to serve all employees and stakeholders.

•Supports the launch of new workstreams committed to working with employers to identify, expand, and create revenue-generating fee-for-service programs and services that are not only limited to delivering talent to employers, but more generally help businesses to grow and thrive leveraging all of the University’s assets, expertise, and services.

•Perform additional duties as required.

NOTE : Until further notice, this is a hybrid position, eligible to work remotely and on-site in the office.

QUALIFICATIONS

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree and eight years’ related experience required.

Preferred Qualifications

•At least five years' experience in a leadership capacity.

•Demonstrated track record of developing and executing strategies to design, implement, and evaluate programs that support youth, student, talent, or economic development.

•Commitment in practice to workplace diversity and inclusion, accountability, and transparency.

•Strong negotiation, mediation, consultation, presentation, and group facilitation skills with experience presenting to a wide variety of audiences.

•Experience in developing and executing MOUs and contracts with external public and private agencies.

•Strong organizational skills with the ability to independently establish plans and successfully execute multiple assignments with conflicting priorities and concurrent deadlines in a dynamic environment.

•Proven critical thinking and financial analysis skills with experience analyzing data and budgets to drive decision-making.

•Exemplary judgment and ethical standards, analytical acumen, superior problem-solving skills, decisiveness and ability to deliver timely advice.

•Demonstrated ability to influence people and establish positive working relationships across the University or other organizations consisting of decentralized groups and diverse stakeholders.

•Knowledge of and/or previous experience with the CUNY system.

•Demonstrated leadership and managerial skills, with ability to lead and manage teams, and use strategic and tactical judgment to make decisions and successfully navigate various complex scenarios.

•Excellent oral, written, and interpersonal communication skills.

CUNY TITLE OVERVIEW

Develops and oversees a comprehensive internship program that provides career development and work experience opportunities for students.

• Administers all aspects of internship program based upon discipline or field of study; develops and implements academic components of internship offerings

• Plans and executes strategic goals and objectives; assesses and reports outcomes

• Cultivates and sustains partnerships with external organizations to secure internship placements

• Provides oversight of internship assignments to ensure successful completion; may evaluate intern performance

• Partners with faculty, administrators, alumni and students to enhance program options

• Collaborates with other offices on program recruiting and marketing efforts

• Supervises daily operations including personnel management

• Manages department budget; may prepare grant proposals and research alternative funding sources

• Performs related duties as assigned

Job Title Name: Academic Internship Director

CUNY TITLE

Higher Education Officer

FLSA

Exempt

COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS

Salary range is $132,987 - $141,858, commensurate with qualifications, education, and experience.

CUNY's benefits contribute significantly to total compensation, supporting health and wellness, financial well-being, and professional development. We offer a range of health plans, competitive retirement/pension benefits and savings plans, tuition waivers for CUNY graduate study and generous paid time off. Our staff also benefits from the extensive academic, arts, and athletic programs on our campuses and the opportunity to participate in a lively, diverse academic community in one of the greatest cities in the world.

HOW TO APPLY

For full consideration, submit a cover letter and resume online via CUNY's web-based job system, addressing how your experience and credentials fulfill the responsibilities and qualifications outlined.

The direct link to the job opening from external sources is:

https://hrsa.cunyfirst.cuny.edu/psp/erecruit/EMPLOYEE/HRMSCG/c/HRS_HRAM_FL.HRS_CG_SEARCH_FL.GBL?Page=HRS_APP_JBPST_FL&Action=U&FOCUS=Applicant&SiteId=1&JobOpeningId=28420&PostingSeq=1

Current CUNY employees must apply through CUNYfirst Employee Self Service using your login credentials. After you login to CUNYfirst, navigate to job openings by following the path from the Main Menu: Employee Self Service –>Careers

CLOSING DATE

May 27, 2024.

JOB SEARCH CATEGORY

CUNY Job Posting: Managerial/Professional

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

CUNY encourages people with disabilities, minorities, veterans and women to apply. At CUNY, Italian Americans are also included among our protected groups. Applicants and employees will not be discriminated against on the basis of any legally protected category, including sexual orientation or gender identity. EEO/AA/Vet/Disability Employer.

Job ID

28420

Location

Central Office