CIO Office Asst | RH

FORDHAM University; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 19,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

Fordham University in New York invites applications for the CIO Office Assistant, a student-focused role supporting daily administration and technical support within the Office of the VP/CIO. The ideal candidate combines office skills with programming aptitude and a willingness to build small tools as needed.

Responsibilities include collaborating on design requirements, testing in staging/production, creating documentation, and assisting with technology initiatives from a student perspective.

Qualifications

• Must be a registered full-time student.
• Must be in good academic standing during the semester of appointment.
• Must uphold, enforce, and abide by all University policies.
• Highly motivated student with a passion for creating and supporting great products.

Responsibilities

• Collaborates with staff to implement application design requirements.
• Engages in cross-functional technology problem-solving.
• Supports Product Specialists on R&D research and feature requirement gathering.
• Provides testing support in staging and production environments.
• Creates software documentation to track progress and updates.
• Builds performant and usable interfaces for growing businesses with complex needs.
• Organizes workflow and collaborates on programming projects
• Helps the CIO with the technology needs for the University from a Student perspective

Skills

Analytical thinking

Debugging

Troubleshooting

Problem solving

Programming languages

Software development

Communication

Quick learning

Attention to detail

Team collaboration

Job description

Position Information

About Fordham

Founded in 1841, Fordham is the Jesuit University of New York, offering an exceptional education distinguished by the Jesuit tradition to more than 16,000 students in its nine colleges and schools. It has residential campuses in the Bronx and Manhattan, a campus in West Harrison, N.Y., the Louis Calder Center Biological Field Station in Armonk, N.Y., and the London Centre in the United Kingdom.
Successful candidates should have a knowledge of and commitment to the goals of Jesuit Education.

The CIO Office Assistant will be a vital member of our team, helping in the daily administration and technical support within the Office of the VP/ CIO. This role requires a highly motivated and ambitious student with Innovative and creative thinking, coupled with exceptional analytical, research, statistical, and programming skills.

The ideal candidate has developer skills in addition to Office applications. This individual will also be responsible for building small code or applications as needed.

Essential Functions

Collaborates with staff to execute application design requirements.

Engages in real-world cross-functional technology problem-solving.

Supports Product Specialists on R&D research and feature requirement gathering.

Provides testing support in staging and production environments.

Creates software documentation to track progress and updates.

Builds performant and usable interfaces for growing businesses with complex needs.

Organizes workflow and effectively collaborates on programming projects
Helps the CIO with the technology needs for the University from a Student perspective

Essential Functions Note

Essential Functions Note This list is not intended to be an exhaustive list.
The University may assign additional related duties as necessary.

Additional Functions

Required Qualifications: Education and Experience

Must be a registered full-time student

Must be in good academic standing during the semester of their appointment.

Must uphold, enforce, and abide by all University policies.

Highly motivated student with a passion for creating and supporting great products.

Required Qualifications: Knowledge and Skills

Strong analytical, debugging, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills.

Basic understanding of software development and programming languages.

Ability to learn new skills quickly and use them efficiently.

Strategic Thinking, Marketing, Leadership, Entrepreneurial skills

Problem-solving and critical thinking skills.

Strong communication skills (verbal, written, and attention to detail).

Positive attitude and eagerness to learn.

Desire to work in a fast-paced environment and continuously grow.

Candidate must be a critical thinker, accountable, trustworthy, resilient, and detail-oriented.

Identify entrepreneurial opportunities to leverage technology for Student engagement or experiences at Fordham

Identify student experience issues with technical systems

Preferred Qualifications

Build rapid prototypes to showcase needs for student technology applications

Rapid prototyping for student requests/concepts

Be able to conduct Landscape research and Longitudinal research as well as background research of various needs, and requests, and then create reports

Curious mind to play with emerging technologies like VR, AI, Quantum Computing, IoT and others.

Minimum Hourly Salary

Minimum Hourly Salary 17

Maximum Hourly Salary

Maximum Hourly Salary 17

Union Affiliation

Union Affiliation N/A

Posting Number

Posting Number PT006P

Number of Vacancies

Number of Vacancies 2

Start Date

Start Date ASAP

End Date

Posting Date

Posting Date 09/03/2026

EEO Statement

Fordham University is committed to excellence and welcomes candidates of all backgrounds.
Fordham University is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Physical Activity and Work Environment

Physical Activity

Please check the level of frequency that best describes the physical demands that are required for the position.

• Sitting Often
• Repetitive Hand Motion (such as typing)
• Repetitive Hand Motion (such as typing) Nearly Continuously
• Hearing, Listening, Talking Nearly Continuously
• Standing
• Standing Seldom
• Walking
• Walking Seldom
• Running
• Running Not Required
• Bending, Stooping, Kneeling, squatting, Crouching, Crawling
• Bending, Stooping, Kneeling, squatting, Crouching, Crawling Seldom
• Climbing stairs Seldom
• Climbing ladders
• Climbing ladders Not Required
• Reaching overhead
• Reaching overhead Seldom
• Pulling, pushing
• Pulling, pushing Seldom
• Shoveling
• Shoveling Not Required
• Lifting – up to 20 pounds
• Lifting – up to 20 pounds Seldom
• Lifting – up to 50 pounds
• Lifting – up to 50 pounds Seldom
• Lifting – over 50 pounds Not Required
• Work Environment Office Environment: Employees are protected from weather conditions or contaminants, but not necessarily occasional temperature changes.

Supplemental questions you will be required to answer on the application (No action is needed on this page)

Required fields are indicated with an asterisk (*).

• Yes
• No
• * Do you have a basic understanding of software development and programming languages?
  • Yes
  • No