Industry Specialist

RFCUNY Research Foundation of the City University of New York; United States; Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 109,000; Full time

Job summary

RFCUNY's Office of Careers & Industry Partnerships seeks Industry and Employer Engagement Specialists to identify career opportunities for CUNY students and graduates. Specialists will work to grow hiring pipelines, define workforce needs, and establish partnerships with employers across healthcare and related sectors.

The position is based at Hunter College with on-site work four days a week and one day remote.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and four years of professional work experience.
• Experience in career services or economic or workforce development.
• Experience with community and business outreach, ideally in implementing talent acquisition, outreach strategies, and business development.
• Understanding of business and recruitment and hiring practices in key sectors of the NYC economy, especially healthcare.

Responsibilities

• Secure partnerships with employers offering paid internships and full-time jobs to students with target majors.
• Continuously cultivate and grow employer relationships.
• Share employment opportunities and, where appropriate, refer qualified students to employers for specific roles.
• Coordinate with other industry specialists, campus career offices and CUNY leadership to maximize partnerships.
• Share knowledge with faculty and advisors to encourage alignment with in-demand skills.
• Participate in CUNY-wide training and events and utilize common tools deployed across the initiative.

Skills

Career services

Workforce development

Employer outreach

Partnership development

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Thank you for considering a career with the Research Foundation of The City University of New York (RFCUNY). The team at RFCUNY is made up of dedicated, talented professionals committed to providing the services that allow CUNY researchers, faculty, and staff to focus on their intellectual curiosity and scientific discoveries. We are pleased that you are interested in exploring opportunities to join RFCUNY.

Primary Location: HUNTER COLLEGE

Bargaining Unit: No Industry Employment Specialist, CUNY Inclusive Economy Initiative

The Office of Careers & Industry Partnerships (OCIP) at the City University of New York seeks Industry and Employer Engagement Specialists to identify career opportunities and grow hiring pipelines for CUNY students and graduates. Specialists will engage with employers in defining workforce needs, identifying hiring challenges and opportunities, specifying skills and proficiencies needed to fill available roles, and exploring partnerships to help grow New York’s emerging industries.

Build a Community

• Secure partnerships with employers offering paid internship, clinical placement, and full-time job opportunities to students with target majors
• Continuously cultivate and grow employer relationships
• Share employment opportunities and, where appropriate, refer qualified students to employers for specific roles

Establish a Peer Network

• Coordinate with other industry specialists, campus career offices and CUNY leadership
• Maximize industry partnerships benefiting the campus and to learn about student and employer needs

Create Pathways

• Secure paid internships and full-time job offers within target majors for our newest graduates

Communicate and Improve

• Share knowledge with faculty, advisors, and the broader campus to encourage alignment with in-demand skills
• Participate in CUNY-wide training and events and utilize common tools deployed across the initiative

Other duties as assigned.

This position is grant-funded and is currently funded through June 30, 2027. Subject to satisfactory performance, continued programmatic need, departmental priorities, and available funding, the appointment may be extended into the following fiscal year.

Reporting to the Program Director, the Industry Specialist will be part of the Human Biology Program at Hunter College.

The Human Biology Program is a fast-growing interdisciplinary undergraduate major with >2,000 students that are interested in employment in the healthcare sector.

The work location is the 68th Street Campus at Hunter College, and the expectation is to be on-site four days per week and remote one day per week.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree and four years of professional work experience.
• Experience in career services or economic or workforce development.
• Experience with community and business outreach, ideally in implementing talent acquisition, outreach strategies, and business development.
• Understanding of business and recruitment and hiring practices in key sectors of the NYC economy, especially healthcare.

Pay Range: Minimum - Maximum: $99,539

RFCUNY Benefits

RFCUNY Employee Benefits and Accruals

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

The Research Foundation of the City University of New York (RFCUNY) 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.

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.