Thank you for considering a career with the Research Foundation of The City University of New York (RFCUNY).
The team at RFCUNY is made up of dedicated, talented professionals committed to providing the services that allow CUNY researchers, faculty, and staff to focus on their intellectual curiosity and scientific discoveries.
We are pleased that you are interested in exploring opportunities to join RFCUNY.
Primary Location:
CUNY INSTITUTE FOR STATE & LOCAL GOVERNANCE
Bargaining Unit:
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The Institute for State and Local Governance at CUNY: About Us
The Institute for State & Local Governance at the City University of New York (CUNY) is a public sector consultancy at CUNY. We partner with governments and community organizations to build effective policies and practices, balance budgets, and develop leadership skills and institutional capacity. By improving these systems and services, we help make communities stronger. Our team holds expansive technical expertise in research and analysis, leadership education, and program design and implementation. We also have deep and broad subject-matter knowledge, including in municipal and state finance, criminal legal systems, education, public health, and social work. Through this, we provide our partners with the responsive and flexible support to reach sustainable and practical solutions for the communities they serve.
Our Goals for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
We strive to foster an office environment and an approach to work that welcomes and respects different perspectives, backgrounds, and life experiences. We are working towards our goal of recruiting and retaining staff who are diverse in terms of race, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, religion, veteran status, socioeconomic status, disability, and legal system involvement.
Position Details
The CUNY Institute for State and Local Governance (ISLG) is seeking a detail-oriented and service-driven Human Resources Associate to oversee day-to-day human resources operations and serve as the primary liaison to the Human Resources department of the Research Foundation of The City University of New York (RFCUNY), ISLG’s fiscal agent. Supporting approximately 60 full- and part-time employees, the Human Resources Associate will play a key role across the employee lifecycle, with responsibilities spanning recruitment and onboarding, payroll and benefits administration, employee relations, leave management, compliance, and personnel records. Reporting to the Chief Administrative Officer, the Human Resources Associate will ensure that HR processes are efficient, accurate, confidential, and responsive to the needs of employees and organizational leadership. The ideal candidate is an experienced HR professional with strong technical knowledge, excellent organizational skills, exceptional attention to detail, sound judgment, and a commitment to providing responsive, high-quality HR support.
Key responsibilities include:
Recruitment
Oversee the full recruitment and hiring lifecycle for all employee positions, from workforce planning through candidate selection and onboarding.
Partner with hiring managers to: Identify role requirements, key competencies, and organizational needs, and develop clear, accurate job descriptions aligned with ISLG’s culture and operational priorities.
Establish equitable, consistent, and effective hiring processes.
Provide compensation recommendations informed by role responsibilities, organizational resources, and internal equity.
Manage job postings, candidate screening, interviews, reference checks, and employment offers.
Design and manage a structured, thoughtful, onboarding and orientation process that establishes clear expectations, introduces organizational policies and culture
Employee Relations and Performance Management
Serve as the primary HR resource for employees, providing timely, accurate guidance on policies, procedures, and routine employment matters
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