Position Title: Center for Smart Building Technology Workforce Associate

Unit: Non-Unit Professional (NUP)

Reports To: Assistant Director of Smart Building Technology

Date: September 2024

The RCC Center for Smart Building Technology (C4SBT) prepares a highly skilled workforce to implement sustainable, high-performance, and energy-efficient smart building practices. Our mission is to contribute to Boston's 2050 carbon-neutral goal with urgency and environmental equity. We aim to provide access and increased opportunities for successful careers in the energy efficiency industry, especially among marginalized communities, individuals with disabilities, protected veterans, and LGBTQ members aged 18-25, fostering an ecosystem of support and excellence.

The Smart Building Technology Workforce Associate, reporting to the Assistant Director of the Center for Smart Building Technology (C4SBT), is responsible for supporting the overall operations of C4SBT. This versatile role involves assisting students, team members, visitors, other RCC offices, and external organizations as needed, ensuring consistent, efficient, high-quality, and customer-focused day-to-day office operations. The Workforce Associate will provide C4SBT students with various services, including program information, application guidance, course registration assistance, appointment scheduling, and referrals to other RCC departments. Under the direction of the Assistant Director, the Workforce Associate will also play a crucial role in grant administration, special projects, event planning, information gathering for research and marketing, data collection, and report development.

This position is grant-funded for two years, with the potential for extension.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Ensure student success through direct assistance and referrals.
• Collect and input student outcome data.
• Maintain office efficiencies, including budget tracking and preparing documents for approval.
• Open and close the C4SBT office suite.
• Provide support to C4SBT colleagues.
• Contribute to the development of marketing materials.
• Manage web updates.
• Collaborate with other RCC offices to complete tasks and projects.
• Work on special projects as required.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

• Bachelor's degree
• Minimum three years of relevant experience in a professional office environment
• Proficiency in Word and Excel; skilled in other Microsoft applications
• Experience creating, maintaining, and updating budgets
• Experience with data collection, entry, and analysis
• Excellent customer service skills
• Comfortable in a dynamic work environment with a wide range of tasks and projects
• Ability to be both team-oriented and work independently with little direction
• Proactive, positive approach to problem-solving
• Excellent written, oral, and interpersonal skills
• Strong attention to detail

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's degree
• Experience working in an urban education or nonprofit environment
• Experience with grant-funded programs
• Conflict Resolution skills
• Bi-Lingual
• Valid Driver's License

Compensation (Salary Range): $60,000.00-$65,000.00 (Commensurate with experience and qualifications)

Employees of Roxbury Community College are considered employees of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and receive benefits that include:

• High quality and affordable health insurance through the Commonwealth's Group Insurance Commission (GIC)
• Reasonable Dental and Vision Plans
• Flexible Medical Spending Account and Dependent Care Assistance Account
• Low cost basic and optional life insurance
• Retirement Savings: State Employees' Pension or Optional Retirement Program (ORP) and Deferred Compensation 457(b) plan or 403(b).
• 12 paid holidays per year and competitive Sick, Vacation, and Personal Time
• Tuition Benefit for employees and dependents at state colleges and universities
• Short-Term Disability and Extended Illness program participation options
• Professional Development and Continuing Education opportunities
• Qualified Employer for Public Service Student Loan Forgiveness Program
• Cell Phone Bill Discounts with Verizon and T-Mobile Cell Phone Carriers
• Access to the Commonwealth's Mass4You, employee assistance program
• Free employee parking on the Roxbury Campus
• Public Transportation is available to the College via the MBTA Orange Line Roxbury Crossing Station & connecting bus stops, an eight-minute walk to the campus.

Location: Roxbury campus

Unit Status: Non-Unit Professional

Hours: 37.5 hours per week. The hours for this position may vary.

Expected Start Date: September 2024

The College does not sponsor applicants for work visas.

Roxbury Community College is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, disability, religion, age, veteran status, genetic information, gender identity or sexual orientation in its programs and activities as required by Title IX of the Educational Amendments of 1972, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and other applicable statutes and college policies. The College prohibits sexual harassment including sexual violence. Inquiries or complaints concerning discrimination, harassment, retaliation, or sexual violence shall be referred to the College's Affirmative Action Officer/Title IX Coordinator, the Equal Employment Opportunities Commission or the United States Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights.