Trainer

Professionals come to Learning & Development Projects at the Silberman School of Social Work to keep pace
with complex and rapidly changing fields. Our professional development and training programs focus on
developing core skills. We blend traditional classroom instruction with distance learning technologies, and aim
to instill a sense of confidence in learners by giving them tools to meet the challenges of their professional
lives. With decades of experience in adult learning and professional development, we excel at working with
individuals and organizations to create customized programs and events.
For more than 25 years, we have partnered with government to provide opportunities for frontline service
providers, supervisors and managers to become more skilled, confident and effective on the job. The result:
work that is more rewarding and is more beneficial to the individuals being served. Social workers,
caseworkers, care managers, legal guardians, home health aides and others employed in helping professions
come to us to keep pace with complex and rapidly changing fields and to expand and sharpen their skills.

Our professional development offerings are designed to encourage and assist individuals and entire agencies,
both public and private, in achieving their specific performance goals and goals for their clients.
Learning & Development Projects is seeking highly motivated socially engaged part-time trainers. We are
looking for trainers who have demonstrated expertise in a variety of relational topics, supervision and
leadership to meet the needs of individuals who are new to their roles, job positions and responsibilities as well
as seasoned professionals. Courses and training modules vary in duration with the goal to transfer knowledge
and teach practical skills that people can use immediately in their daily work.

Qualified applicants must have a minimum of five years of experience providing training and professional
development to people who work in social services or human service. Must have demonstrated experience and
expertise in providing traditional classroom training, distance learning and blended learning.
Some travel may be necessary.

Please note that this position is part-time as needed.

The Research Foundation of The City University of New York (RFCUNY) was established as a not-for-profit educational corporation chartered by the State of New York in 1963. RFCUNY supports CUNY faculty and staff in identifying and obtaining external support (pre-award) from government and private sponsors and is responsible for the administration of all such funded programs (post-award).

RFCUNY stands between CUNY’s principal investigators (PIs) and the sponsors who support them and strives to fulfill its essential responsibilities to both groups. Working closely with individual PIs and Grants Officers on the campuses, RFCUNY oversees employment, accounting, audit, reporting, purchasing, and special responsibilities that include management of a planned giving program; liaison with governmental agencies and foundations; negotiation of agreements; facility construction and renovation; protection and commercialization of intellectual property; and compliance with applicable standards in research involving human subjects, animal care, environmental and radiological safety, and conflicts of interest.