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RFCUNY

Pre- and post-award research funding administration

Early Childhood Assistant Teacher

Part-Time
$17/hr
Entry
Bachelor's
Flushing, Queens, NY, USA
In Person
EducationEarly Childhood Education

About the job

Requirements
  • A high school diploma or GED is required.
  • A Bachelor's degree is preferred.
Responsibilities
  • Assist the group teacher in planning and implementing daily lesson plans.
  • Assist with classroom routines and responsibilities, including record keeping, housekeeping, arrival and departure procedures, and maintaining a safe, clean, and stimulating classroom environment.
  • Assist the group teacher in establishing good communication with parents.
  • Discuss children's physical condition, current behavioral patterns, and positive development of skills with parents.
  • Work with the group teacher to assess each child's cognitive, physical, social, and emotional skills and development and design activities to enhance those skills.
  • Help the group teacher build a cooperative and supportive teaching team and assume supervision of the classroom when the group teacher is absent.
  • Attend staff meetings scheduled by the director and group teacher and recommended workshops and conferences.
  • Participate in Center fundraising and public relations events.
  • Maintain a professional attitude and use Center policies as guidelines when relating to parents and the public.
  • Assume an equal share of the staff's joint housekeeping responsibilities.
  • Establish and maintain positive communication and appropriate interactions with other staff members.
  • Perform other duties as assigned.

About the company

RFCUNY is a not-for-profit educational corporation chartered by the State of New York that supports the City University of New York by helping faculty and staff obtain external funding and by administering funded programs. It provides pre-award services to identify government and private sponsors and to assist with proposal development, and it handles post-award administration to ensure compliance and proper use of resources. It differentiates itself by serving as the official foundation for both pre- and post-award activities across the entire CUNY system, focusing on the needs of researchers across campuses. Its goal is to help CUNY researchers secure external support and effectively manage funded projects to advance education and public service.

Company Size

1,001-5,000

Company Stage

Grant

Total Funding

$6M

Headquarters

New York City, New York

Founded

1963

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What believers are saying

  • May 2026 OneRF dashboards added real-time grants, HR, payroll, and procurement reporting.
  • September 2026 award reports replaced legacy college reports, improving sponsor and budget visibility.
  • RFCUNY kept adding grant opportunities in 2026 from Sloan, Spencer, Russell Sage, and Horizon Europe.

What critics are saying

  • September 2026 website and server outage exposed operational fragility across core systems.
  • OneRF migration forced legacy report replacements, creating training and adoption risk into 2027.
  • Funding dependence on federal and foundation awards ties revenue to sponsor budgets and award cycles.

What makes RFCUNY unique

  • RFCUNY powers CUNY research administration, grants, procurement, and payroll at system scale.
  • OneRF launched May 2026, unifying HR, procurement, and grant reporting in Workday.
  • RFCUNY’s grant support pipeline includes curated searches and strategic faculty funding tools.

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  • Hybrid Work Options

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