CPL Outreach & Engagement Specialist

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The Research Foundation of CUNY seeks a CPL Outreach & Engagement Specialist to support grant-funded initiatives within the Office of Credit for Prior Learning (CPL). This role focuses on outreach, recruitment, and transition support for adult learners entering LaGuardia through non-credit, workforce, and CPL pathways.

Key Responsibilities:

• Conduct outreach and recruitment targeting adult learners in workforce and non-credit programs

• Deliver workshops and information sessions on CPL, admissions, and student services

• Provide individualized transition support and referrals

• Support implementation of grant-funded student supports

• Track participation data and assist with reporting

• Collaborate with Academic Affairs, ACE, Enrollment Management, and Student Affairs
   

Additional Responsibilities:

• Assist the Director of Adult Learner Success and Credit for Prior Learning in the training, coordination, and day-to-day management of peer leaders associated with the grant-funded initiative.

• Support the delivery of structured peer leader trainings focused on CPL pathways, student navigation, and referral protocols.

• Help coordinate peer leader activities, schedules, and communications under the guidance of CPL leadership.

• Contribute to tracking peer leader participation and outcomes for grant reporting and evaluation purposes.

• Develop and deliver presentations and information sessions in classrooms, workshops, and community-based settings.

• Create and update marketing and outreach materials, including flyers, presentations, one-pagers, and digital content.

• Utilize outreach and communication tools such as Constant Contact, listservs, social media platforms, and targeted phone campaigns.

• Provide direct transition support to adult learners entering credit-bearing degree programs, including individualized guidance and referrals.

• Develop and facilitate college transition workshops covering admissions, CPL opportunities, financial aid, and student support services.

• Assist the Director of Credit for Prior Learning in training, coordinating, and managing peer leaders associated with the grant-funded initiative.

• Support implementation of grant-funded student supports, including scholarships, application fee assistance, peer mentorship, workshops, and events.

• Track outreach, participation, peer leader engagement, and student participation data to support grant reporting and evaluation.

• Collaborate with Academic Affairs, Adult and Continuing Education, Enrollment Management, Student Affairs, and community partners.

• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree

• Two years of experience in adult education, workforce development, or student support

• Strong communication and organizational skills

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office

• Availability for evenings/weekends
   

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in related field

• Familiarity with CUNY systems and CPL

• Advisement experience

• Bilingual preferred
   

Additional Information:

This position is contingent upon continued grant funding.

Department: Office of Credit for Prior Learning (CPL), Academic Affairs

Reports To: Director of Credit for Prior Learning

Pay Range:

$60,000 - $70,000

RFCUNY Benefits
RFCUNY Employee Benefits and Accruals (link to https://www.rfcuny.org/RFWebsite)

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
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