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Last updated:06/11/13
Laboratory Assistant (Part-Time)—Department of Natural Sciences, Posted:6/11/2013
Financial Aid Counselor for Federal Work Study Program—Financial Aid, Posted:3/11/2013
Director of Marketing and Communications—Institutional Advancement, Posted:1/4/2013
Position:
Laboratory Assistant (Part-Time) | Department:
Department of Natural Sciences | Date Posted:
6/11/2013 |
Description:
The department of Natural Sciences is looking for a part time Laboratory assistant that can help the lab supervisor in the tasks below.
Assist in:
- Placing orders, receiving orders and maintaining records of all orders
- Communicating with outside vendors
- Maintaining proper storage and inventory of all chemicals, supplies, and equipment in all laboratories
- Preparing lab facilities for lab classes
- Preparing and safely maintaining chemical solutions, cultures, growth media, and test specimens for laboratory experiments
- Cleaning of the lab facilities after labs
- Maintaining laboratory equipment and supplies used in the labs
- Maintaining logs and service records for equipment and facilities
- Aiding faculty and students within the teaching labs
- Maintaining Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS)
- Maintaining Satellite Accumulation Areas and Hazardous Waste Management Areas
- Maintaining biological and regulated medical waste
- Maintaining records in order to ensure compliance with all federal, state and local standards
- Certificate of Fitness: C-1
Qualifications:- Bachelor's Degree in Biology, Chemistry or other related fields
- Experience in multiple, college level laboratory settings is imperative, including the ability to prepare solutions and reagents
- Ability to work independently, excellent time management skills and excellent oral and written communication is required
- Proficiency in Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel required
- Excellent mathematical skills required
- Preference will be given to applicants with a knowledge of biological and chemical hazards
Please send resume and cover letter to:
Human Resources
Marymount Manhattan College
221 East 71 Street
New York, New York 10021
hr@mmm.edu
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Position:
Financial Aid Counselor for Federal Work Study Program | Department:
Financial Aid | Date Posted:
3/11/2013 |
Description:
To assist with all aspects of financial aid administration for new and continuing students, including the development and maintenance of the Federal College Work Study Program.
Counseling students on FWS requirements, monitoring payroll and working with HR and departmental supervisors.Characteristic Duties and Responsibilities:
Advise students and parents as to the availability of student aid, types of student aid, processing procedures and other consumer information as it relates to student aid.
Package students using federal and institutional and state guidelines and ensuring that award letters are generated, reviewed and processed.
Responsible for verification of federal and institutionally selected students. Includes collecting, reviewing and correcting financial information and forms submitted by parents/students.
Resolution of federal C-flags that result from mismatches for: selective service, citizenship, alien status, etc.
Correspond with parents/students via phone, mail and/or email in order to resolve discrepancies in submitted financial aid information.
To work with other student service departments i.e.: registrar, bursar and academic affairs to authorize aid and update the system in order to credit student accounts. To monitor changes in academic progress as it affects federal/state aid eligibility.
Coordinate Student employment through the Federal Work-Study program.
Oversee the FWS program by coordinating positions between various departments and students, monitoring payroll, and managing federal employment documents.
Coordinate off-campus community service placements.
Responsible for the year-end reconciliation of the FWS program for submission on annual FISAP.
Exercises independent judgment in the hiring, placement, and termination of FWS students.
To maintain and improve knowledge of federal and state aid programs by attendance at workshops and conferences.
To use professional judgment in the review of reconsideration requests and to adjust awards and aid based on this judgment.
Represents the Director at all FWS meetings, handles student complaints, resolves grievances in order to maintain student satisfaction and program integrity.
To represent the Office of Financial Aid at various College functions such as: Assessment Days, and Open House Days.
Other duties as assigned by the Director of Financial Aid.
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Position:
Director of Marketing and Communications | Department:
Institutional Advancement | Date Posted:
1/4/2013 |
Description:
Reporting to the Vice President for Institutional Advancement, the Director of Marketing and Communications is responsible for the development and oversight of the Marymount Manhattan College brand. The Director provides counsel and expertise to faculty, staff and volunteers about the College's brand strategy, architecture, and identity guidelines.
The Director also leads the College's media relations strategy to elevate public awareness of Marymount Manhattan College by earning news and opinion coverage of the College in the print, conventional broadcast and digital media, including social networking and website, with a special emphasis on web communications.
The Director maintains a close collaboration with faculty, senior officers and volunteer leaders of the College, as well as partners in external media.Characteristic Duties and Responsibilities:
- In collaboration with the Vice President for Institutional Advancement, senior officers, faculty, staff and volunteer leaders of the College, the Director will research, develop and present compelling narrative story ideas to the nation's leading print, conventional broadcast and digital media, including social networking, and the Marymount Manhattan College website.
- At the direction of the Vice President for Institutional Advancement, the Director will facilitate wide-spread internal understanding of the College's brand strategy, architecture, and identity guidelines to ensure all message and visual representations of the College, wherever produced, are consistent with articulated strategy and related identity and message standards.
- Write, edit, and produce all media relations materials including but not limited to press releases, story treatments and outlines, fact sheets and press kits to inform the reporters, editors, on-air or web-based personalities and bloggers about the achievements of the College's faculty, students, alumni and other key stakeholders. Create relationships with external partners in all areas of the media. Oversee content of website and provide copywriting for all written materials
- With guidance from the Vice President for Institutional Advancement, facilitate the collaborative work of various College areas to integrate and strategically align or realign messages, and promote identity for the following areas: website and microsites; social media; print publications; magazine and President's Report; admissions; academic affairs; student affairs, and, licenses apparel, merchandise and other branded or co-branded services.
- Oversee and manage consulting and vendor resources to maximize efficacy of investments made throughout the College to secure marketing and communications expertise, including but not limited to: design, copywriting, and advertising related to marketing or promotional materials, methods or vehicles.
- Organize and lead the College's emerging interests in the utilization of digital media communications vehicles, including email, websites and micro-sites, public and private social networks, text and other digital messaging capabilities.
- Support the Vice President for Institutional Advancement, the President and members of the College's Executive Council in planning, policy formulation, and strategy development before, during, and after crisis or incident management to protect the reputation of the College.
- Create and deliver media training for faculty and staff to ensure effective representation in print, broadcast and digital media.
- Collaborate within the Office of Institutional Advancement and with other College departments on projects related to improving the information technology platform and functionality.
- Assist in the planning and implementation of special projects and events as a member of a project-or event-specific team as organized by the Vice President for Institutional Advancement.
- Articulate and manage the annual programmatic budgets for marketing, communications and media relations.
Qualifications:- Bachelor's Degree required, advanced degree in English, communications, marketing or journalism strongly preferred
- Six or more years of demonstrated experience in marketing and communications ideally on behalf of a college, university, not-for-profit or non-governmental organization.
- Demonstrated successful experience in securing national print, broadcast and digital media placements.
- Demonstrated successful experience in brand development and management ideally on behalf of a college, university, not-for-profit or non-governmental organization.
- Excellent interpersonal, oral and written communication skills.
- Excellent time management and organizational skills; comfortable with rapidly changing priorities; ability to multi-task and prioritize without additional and/or consistent direction.
- Ability to work under pressure of inflexible deadlines, to be constructively proactive, to meet deadlines and produce quality work with attention to facts, detail and context.
- Experience with Microsoft Office Programs (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook) and rapidly evolving software environment.
- Highly developed project management skills: ability to manage group decision-making processes and related procedure, budget and project timelines.
Please send resume and cover letter to:
Human Resources
Marymount Manhattan College
221 East 71 Street
New York, New York 10021
hr@mmm.edu
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