Assistant Vice President – Careers and Industry Partnerships
The Assistant Vice President – Careers and Industry Partnerships (Chief Careers and Industry Partnership Officer – CUNY Beyond Program) will report to the Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and College Provost and serve as the institution’s chief careers and industry partnership officer. The role will drive a campus‑wide student career success strategy that improves transfer to bachelor’s degrees, increases paid internship participation, strengthens post‑graduate employment outcomes, and integrates career‑connected learning across academic programs.
Key Responsibilities
- Career and Transfer Outcomes Leadership: Lead the development and execution of campus‑wide strategies that significantly increase paid internships, post‑graduate employment rates, and outcomes related to transfer to the bachelor’s degree, including overseeing the rollout of CUNY Beyond at the campus level.
- Academic Innovation: Advance career‑connected learning across all undergraduate pathways by collaborating with academic units and faculty to embed career‑connected learning and work‑based learning opportunities into curricula and pedagogy.
- Employer & Industry Partnerships: Develop and sustain high‑impact partnerships with employers and industry leaders that create consistent, equitable pipelines for internships, apprenticeships, and full‑time employment.
- Staff, Resource Development & Budget Management: Provide strategic oversight for career‑readiness programs, supervise staff teams, administer budgets, allocate resources, and participate in grant writing and fundraising activities.
- Data Collection & Evaluation: Direct data collection and evaluation efforts related to internships, career readiness milestones, and post‑graduate outcomes, ensuring alignment and harmonization with the CUNY Central Office.
- Event Planning & Coordination: Oversee signature events—faculty workshops, student career‑readiness sessions, career fairs, and employer panels—to strengthen career awareness and engagement across campus.
- Strategic Planning & Execution: Guide multi‑year planning aligned with institutional goals for academic innovation, student success, and workforce preparation, ensuring cross‑campus coordination and accountability.
- Stakeholder Engagement: Collaborate closely with multiple departments (Office of the President, Academic Advising, Advancement, Continuing Education and Workforce Development) and external partners to shape program design, implementation, partnerships, and evaluation efforts.
- Other Duties: Perform other duties related to academic innovation, employer engagement, and student success as assigned by the President or Provost.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in higher education administration, public administration, business, workforce development, or a related field.
- Seven to ten years of progressively responsible leadership experience in higher education, workforce development, industry partnerships, university relations, strategic partnerships, career services, academic affairs, or a related area.
- Demonstrated success in designing and implementing large‑scale employer engagement, student success, career readiness, workforce development, or academic innovation initiatives.
- Proven experience fostering university‑employer partnerships that result in internships, apprenticeships, or employment pipelines for students.
- Track record of managing professional staff, overseeing budgets, and leading cross‑functional teams.
- Experience with grant writing, fundraising, or securing external funding to support programmatic growth.
- Strong data literacy, including experience with outcomes reporting, program evaluation, and data‑informed decision‑making, using common tools such as Excel.
- Excellent communication, collaboration, and relationship‑building skills with faculty, staff, students, and external stakeholders.
- Demonstrated ability to operate effectively in complex, multi‑unit institutional environments and manage multiple high‑priority initiatives simultaneously.
Preferred Qualifications
- Master’s degree in higher education administration, public administration, business, or a related field.
- Experience in change management, organizational transformation, or launching new cross‑departmental initiatives.
- Established relationships with New York City‑area employers, industry sectors, workforce agencies, or economic development organizations.
- Familiarity with career success technologies, career platforms, and data systems (e.g., CRM tools, internship tracking platforms, institutional research dashboards).
- Experience working with or within the CUNY system, a large public university, or a similarly complex higher education setting.
- Familiarity with curriculum innovation, experiential learning design, or integrating career connections and experiences into academic programs.
- Demonstrated success leading initiatives that advance equity, access, and economic mobility for diverse populations.
Compensation and Benefits
$183,504 – $194,670
Salary commensurate with education and experience.
CUNY’s benefits contribute significantly to total compensation, supporting health and wellness, financial well‑being, and professional development. We offer a range of health plans, competitive retirement/pension benefits and savings plans, tuition waivers for CUNY graduate study, generous paid time off, extensive academic, arts, and athletic programs, and the opportunity to participate in a vibrant academic community in one of the greatest cities in the world.
Equal Employment Opportunity
CUNY encourages people with disabilities, minorities, veterans, and women to apply. At CUNY, Italian Americans are also included among our protected groups. Applicants and employees will not be discriminated against on the basis of any legally protected category, including sexual orientation or gender identity. EEO/AA/Vet/Disability Employer.
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