The CUNY Inclusive Economy Initiative at Hunter College seeks an Integrated Advisor to create career pathways and expand employment opportunities for students in New York?s emerging industries.
You will work with Industry Specialists to support a cohort of undergraduate students, connecting them with relevant internship or full-time opportunities in selected industries.
The Integrated Advisor will report to the Chair of the Sociology Department. In addition to the CUNY Title Overview, the Integrated Advisor will be responsible for the following duties:
Build a Community:
? Provide both group and 1:1 activity designed to help students identify career goals, academic courses, and goal-oriented career opportunities
? Develop your cohort?s identity as a peer network
? Help students plan for internships and other opportunities to build their experience in and exposure to workplaces
? Assess students? professional abilities and development at several points throughout the cohort.
Establish a Peer Network:
? Participate in CUNY-wide professional development and mentoring
? Collaborate between academic/career advisors and academic departments on insights from employers that might influence curricula and individual student progress.
Create Pathways:
? Identify barriers to student success within areas of study related to career goals
? Share information on student needs and connect them to supportive services and campus resources
? Expand student exposure to careers and the courses needed to prepare for them
? Coordinate programs to enhance job-seeking skills.
Portfolio Management:
? Create plans for your cohort?s structure of programs, assessments, advising and referral activities
? Track progress, challenges and outcomes using state-of-the-art technology to measure success and make adjustments in real-time
Data Entry, Outcome Tracking, and Reporting:
? Enter data accurately and consistently into databases (i.e. Power BI, SharePoint, and Microsoft Dynamics)
? Use full Microsoft Office Suite, including Excel, to facilitate, manage, track, and report on program outcome metrics
? Conduct, manage, and evaluate events via Zoom (or a similar platform) including creating registration, engaging participants during the workshop, and analyzing post-session attendance and other data
QUALIFICATIONS
The minimum requirement for this position is a bachelor's degree; ideal candidate will have 2 years of experience.
We seek motivated, flexible and resourceful people who can gain the confidence of others in an advising environment and execute successful programs. Candidates will have:
? Experience in providing student academic advisement and career advisement
? Ability to facilitate job-related services, workshops and skills trainings
? Understanding of academic programs, majors, and methods to assure students? successful progress
? Understanding the needs and practices of employers in recruitment and selection
? Command of Microsoft Office Suite and Zoom
? Comfort with technology to track programs and projects.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
¿ Experience coaching college students on career readiness
¿ Experience developing and maintaining industry and employer partnerships with the goal of creating direct hiring pipelines for students
¿ Familiarity with industry hiring perspectives and recruiting/screening processes
¿ Experience managing student programming within a higher education setting
CUNY TITLE OVERVIEW
Provides academic counseling and planning services to a diverse student population.
Assists students with clarifying values and goals; counsels students regarding educational options, requirements, policies and procedures.
Offers academic and personal support to guide students through the course selection process
Provides students with effective and timely referral to other college and external support services
Monitors and evaluates students' educational progress by conducting academic progress audits
Establishes and maintains student files, databases and records; prepares activity reports and analyses
May specialize in providing advice on specific programs or to specific student groups
Performs related duties as assigned.
Job Title Name: Academic Advisor
CUNY TITLE
Assistant to HEO
FLSA
Exempt
COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS
$72,236 - $84,815
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 and generous paid time off. Our staff also benefits from the extensive academic, arts, and athletic programs on our campuses and the opportunity to participate in a lively, diverse academic community in one of the greatest cities in the world.
CUNY is in the process of implementing salary schedule increases. Once implemented, salaries of eligible employees will be adjusted by 3.5% effective 9/1/26, in accordance with the terms of the PSC-CUNY collective bargaining agreement.
HOW TO APPLY
Applications must be submitted online by accessing the CUNY Portal on City University of New York job website www.cuny.edu/employment or https://cuny.jobs/ and following the CUNYfirst Job System Instructions. To search for this vacancy, click on Search Job Listings, select More Options To Search For CUNY Jobs and enter the Job Opening ID number.
Click on the "Apply Now" button and follow the application instructions. Current users of the site should access their established accounts; new users should follow the instructions to set up an account.
Please have your documents available to attach into the application before you begin. Please note that the required material must be uploaded as ONE document under CV/ Resume (do not upload individual files for a cover letter, references, etc.). The document must be in .doc, .docx, .pdf, .rtf, or text format- and name of file should not exceed ten (10) characters - also DO NOT USE SYMBOLS (such as accents (é, è, (â, î or ô), ñ, ü, ï, -, \_ or ç)).
Incomplete applications will not be considered.
Please include:
? Cover Letter or Statement of scholarly interests
? Curriculum Vitae/ Resume
? Names and contact information of 3 references
Upload all documents as ONE single file-- PDF format preferred.
CLOSING DATE
The committee will begin reviewing complete applications on June 1, 2026. The search will remain open, and screening and review of applications will be ongoing-- until the position is filled. Applications submitted after the deadline will only be considered if the position(s) remain open after initial round.
JOB SEARCH CATEGORY
CUNY Job Posting: Managerial/Professional
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.
Hunter College, located in the heart of Manhattan, is the largest college in the City University of New York (CUNY) system, one of the oldest public colleges in America, and a national leader in urban public education. More than 23,000 students currently attend Hunter, pursuing undergraduate and graduate degrees in more than 170 programs of study. Graduates of Hunter's nationally-renowned professional schools (the School of Education, the Silberman School of Social Work, and the Hunter-Bellevue School of Nursing) become the teachers, social workers, nurses and health care professionals who dedicate their lives to serving New York City and the nation. They are the embodiment of the Hunter College motto: Mihi Cura Futuri – "the Care of the Future is Mine". With the myriad opportunities found in New York City, and world-renowned faculty to guide them, Hunter's students embark upon their bright and illustrious futures and begin to achieve their version of the American Dream!