LaGuardia Community College’s Center for Immigrant Education and Training (CIET) seeks an Educational Case Manager (ECM). Housed in LaGuardia’s Division of Adult & Continuing Education, CIET provides no-cost educational and training programs designed to assist low-income immigrant English language learners to advance on their educational and career pathways and to achieve their civic and parent engagement goals.

The primary responsibilities of this position include:

• Advising and motivating immigrant clients in developing and persisting in their educational and career pathways, both through in-class workshops and one-on-one follow-up sessions.
• Tracking student progress, attendance and satisfaction, while completing all data entry tasks as required by funders and the university, and observing established confidentiality measures.
• Identifying and establishing joint referral relationships with relevant community-based organizations, social service agencies, and local immigrant organizations to meet client needs.
• Providing crisis intervention, support, and referrals to social services for students.
• Participating in funder update and reporting activities, including writing of monthly student outcomes using compiled data and student feedback.

• Bachelor’s degree in a social work, counseling or a related field;
• Relevant experience in counseling individuals and/or leading workshops
• Strong awareness of the barriers facing immigrants looking to integrate into the US workforce and academic environment
• Some weekday evening hours required (approximately 5-8 pm)
• Seeking a professional individual familiar with strengths-based, culturally competent approaches

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.