Transfer Advisor - Research Foundation CUNY : Job Details

Job Title: Transfer Advisor

PVN ID: CC-2408-006391

Category: Instruction and Social Service

Location: The CITY COLLEGE of NEW YORK

Job Description

General Description

The Transfer Advisor will report to the Vice President of Student Affairs and Enrollment Management and will assist students in navigating the Transfer process to facilitate a seamless transfer from Community College to the City College of New York (CCNY). This position is responsible for advising, coaching, and providing academic interventions with college transfer students through the 1847 Academy. The transfer advisor will collaborate with Community College Transfer Advisors, perform activities that will assist transfer students in their transition from application at Community Colleges to transfer to CCNY, and assist them in changing majors, if needed. The Transfer Advisor will engage in proactive advising and academic coaching of first-year transfer students at CCNY, and will assist with informational programming for all transfer students. The advisor will be expected to engage with Community College Transfer applicants both virtually and in-person. This will require travel to community colleges to attend advising and coaching sessions.

The day-to-day functions of the Transfer Advisor will be inclusive of, but not limited to the following:

+ Conducting academic counseling of transfer students in the pre-enrollment phase

+ Advising and coaching transfer students during their first semester of attendance at CCNY

+ In collaboration with the Career and Professional Development Institute (CPDI), assisting transfer students with career/major exploration

+ Leading individual and group advising sessions with transfer students, as needed

+ Interpreting students needs and providing individualized assistance, while maintaining confidentiality

+ Applying creativity and imagination in the application of duties and responsibilities

+ Identifying and implementing new and improved methodologies, policies and procedures to enhance the success of transfer students

+ Works with other academic affairs staff as well as enrollment and student affairs to assist students to declare majors and select appropriate courses

+ Monitors students' performances and takes appropriate action if necessary; resolves students' problems regarding curricular requirements

Other Duties

+ Provides information to students regarding student support services, college policies and program procedures and guidelines

+ Facilitates workshops; assists with other department activities

+ Establishes and maintains student advisement files; prepares activity reports and analyses

+ May supervise junior advising and/or clerical staff

+ Performing other related duties as assigned

Qualifications

+ Bachelor's degree or higher with at least three years of experience in a higher education environment.

+ Must be able to work individually, and as part of a team.

+ Understanding of the community college learner.

+ Availability to travel to Community Colleges to engage transfer students in-person

RFCUNY Benefits RFCUNY Employee Benefits and Accruals

About the Research Foundation

The Research Foundation of The City University of New York (RFCUNY) was established as a not-for-profit educational corporation chartered by the State of New York in 1963. RFCUNY supports CUNY faculty and staff in identifying and obtaining external support (pre-award) from government and private sponsors and is responsible for the administration of all such funded programs (post-award).

RFCUNY stands between CUNY's principal investigators (PIs) and the sponsors who support them and strives to fulfill its essential responsibilities to both groups. Working closely with individual PIs and Grants Officers on the campuses, RFCUNY oversees employment, accounting, audit, reporting, purchasing, and special responsibilities that include management of a planned giving program; liaison with governmental agencies and foundations; negotiation of agreements; facility construction and renovation; protection and commercialization of intellectual property; and compliance with applicable standards in research involving human subjects, animal care, environmental and radiological safety, and conflicts of interest.

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 Admissions

Status Full Time

Annual Salary Range $51,242.00 - $63,382.00

Closing Date Oct 08, 2024 (Or Until Filled)

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