Green Job Posting

Project Coordinator

NYCLMIS

Location: New York, New York
Industry: Non Profit
Job Level: Mid Level
Position Type: Part Time
Function/Occupation: Project Coordinator
Compensation: Commensurate with Experience
Date Posted: December 1, 2009
Company Website: http://www.urbanresearch.org/
Contact Information: Lesley Hirsch

Description: Center for Urban Research’s New York City Labor Market Information Service is seeking a part-time project coordinator. With supervision by the NYCLMIS director, and support from the director and other Center for Urban Research staff members, the project coordinator will coordinate and conduct project activities related to a federal grant funded study of “green jobs” in New York City. The exact mix of research, training, and technical assistance duties will be partly determined by the candidate’s own strengths and interests. Required qualifications include 2+ years of a combination of professional and graduate academic experience with:

• Conducting or coordinating applied research activities
• Communicating with private sector leaders, city and state agency officials
• Statistical analysis using large data sets (e.g., using SPSS, SAS, Stata, or R)
• Developing and conducting written and visual presentations of research findings for lay audiences and/or the general public; and
• Working cooperatively within a team environment.

Experience/interest in the following is helpful but not required:

• Workforce development, labor, or neighborhood/economic development policy and programming with an emphasis on new and emerging jobs in New York City’s cleantech industries
• GIS applications (e.g., ArcGIS)
• Desktop publishing (e.g., InDesign, MS Publisher)

For more information on the organization, please visit the website: www.urbanresearch.org.

Please send cover letter, resume, and a brief writing sample to: Lesley Hirsch, NYCLMIS director at nyclmis@gc.cuny.edu or CUNY Graduate Center, 365 Fifth Avenue, Room 6202, New York, NY 10016.

Application Deadline: n/a