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Job Title: Transfer Success Associate

PVN ID: QC-2502-006727

Category: Research

Job Description

General Description

The Transfer Success Associate will play a key role in supporting transfer students' academic and career pathways at Queens College by managing student success initiatives, coordinating programs, and engaging in recruitment efforts. This position is designed to enhance the transfer student experience by providing comprehensive support, fostering a sense of belonging, and connecting students to resources that promote retention and degree completion.

The posted salary range reflects a full-year appointment. However, this position is a six-month appointment, with the possibility of renewal every six months, contingent upon available funding. The salary for this appointment will be prorated accordingly.

Other Duties

+ Assist in developing and implementing programs that support transfer student persistence and graduation.

+ Provide direct support to transfer students by connecting them with academic resources, financial aid, career services, and other campus support systems.

+ Leverage CUNY Transfer Explorer (T-Rex) to guide transfer students in academic planning, ensuring they understand course equivalencies and credit transfer policies.

+ Design and maintain degree maps to provide clear, structured academic pathways for transfer students, aligning coursework with degree requirements.

+ Develop STEM-focused and transfer-specific career maps to help students explore career pathways, connect coursework to industry opportunities, and plan for post-graduate success.

+ Support the planning and execution of transfer-specific events, including orientation sessions, workshops, peer mentoring programs, and transfer student networking events.

+ Assist in managing transfer bridge programs, including creating content, tracking participation, and ensuring effective student engagement.

+ Collaborate with faculty, staff, and student organizations to integrate career exploration, academic development, and professional growth opportunities into programming.

+ Support recruitment efforts by engaging with prospective and admitted transfer students through informational sessions, virtual webinars, and community college partnerships.

+ Coordinate communication efforts, including emails, newsletters, and social media engagement, to keep transfer students informed about key deadlines, events, and available resources.

+ Represent the institution at community colleges through tabling and outreach efforts to support transfer student recruitment.

+ Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

+ Bachelor’s degree required.

+ Strong organizational and multitasking skills, with the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.

+ Excellent written and verbal communication skills to engage with students, faculty, and external partners effectively.

+ Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, Brightspace, EAB Navigate, Canva, and other student success platforms is a plus.

+ Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively in a team environment while effectively following direction from a supervisor and contributing to shared goals.

+ Experience working with transfer students, academic advising, or student success initiatives in a higher education setting is preferred.

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About the Research Foundation

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.

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 Office of the Associate Provost for Inno

Status Full Time

Annual Salary Range $42,000.00 - $54,000.00

Closing Date May 18, 2025 (Or Until Filled)

Bargaining Unit No

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