What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Program Manager, GHG Accounting position at Research Foundation at City College of New York?
General Description
Through its partnership with the City of New York, CUNY's Building Performance Laboratory is hiring qualified energy management professionals to serve as on-site consultants and fill critical staffing capacity needs at the Department of Citywide Administrative Services' Division of Energy Management ("DEM"). For background, DEM serves as the hub for energy management for City government operations. DEM develops the City's annual utility energy budget; manages the City's electricity, natural gas, and steam accounts; helps agency partners identify and pursue energy-saving opportunities; oversees energy efficiency and clean power generation projects across the City's portfolio; and implements operations and maintenance best practices. Specifically, DEM is tasked with leading the City's efforts to reduce emissions from City government operations 40% by 2025, 50% by 2030, and 80% by 2050 from baseline.
For this specific role, on behalf of DEM, CUNY BPL seeks an enthusiastic, intuitive, and professional GHG Accounting Team Leader to lead the development of a comprehensive GHG reporting and performance tracking program at DEM.
The GHG Accounting Team Leader will work to develop and lead a comprehensive GHG reporting and performance tracking program for New York City government operations across all emissions sources, sectors, and City facilities, in compliance with Local Law 22 of 2008 and Executive Order 89 of 2013.
This is a hybrid position working on-site 3 days a week at 1 Centre St, New York, NY 10007. NYC residency may be required for continued employment. Immigration sponsorship is not available through this program.
Other Duties
Under this assignment, the person will develop and lead a comprehensive GHG reporting and performance tracking program at DEM, with responsibilities that may include the following :
- Distributing reports to key stakeholders and addressing feedback.
- Coordinating with City agencies to ensure alignment of reporting outputs.
- Developing systems and practices for both static and dynamic data publication.
- Supporting ad-hoc analysis of GHG data and trends.
- Managing GHG protocol updates and related outreach.
- Evaluating and supporting inventory boundary-setting updates and associated data collection needs.
- Serving as DEM's point of contact for GHG-related engagements with the Mayor's Office of Climate and Environmental Justice (MOCEJ).
- Leading DEM's internal division-wide GHG data coordination and working with other DEM units to ensure alignment and understanding of GHG data.
- Managing data workstreams related to the continued implementation of the City's Implementation Action Plan, including :
- Supporting the development of methodologies and tools to refine and recalibrate agency-level emissions pathways and targets.
- Assisting with strategic decision-making related to emissions reduction efforts and LL97 compliance.
- Coordinating closely with existing data teams at DEM, including the Business Systems Team (BST) and external consultants (CUNY BPL and others).
- Identifying additional staffing needs and participating in the hiring process.
- Supervising staff as hired and / or assigned to the program.
- Other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
The ideal candidate will bring the following education, skills, and experience to this position :
Preferred Skills and Experience :
RFCUNY Benefits
RFCUNY Employee Benefits and Accruals
About the Research Foundation
The Research Foundation of The City University of New York (RFCUNY) is a nonprofit educational corporation founded in 1963 to provide post-award fiscal and administrative support for CUNY's research and sponsored programs. RFCUNY's services allow CUNY researchers, faculty, and staff to focus on their intellectual curiosity and scientific discoveries, on projects and programs that serve our local and global communities, proposing concrete solutions to society's most pressing challenges.
RFCUNY serves as a fiscal agent and works closely with all the CUNY campus Grants Offices to perform the core functions of post-award financial management for CUNY research projects and sponsored programs. These functions include legal assessment and signing of agreements where RFCUNY is named as a fiscal agent; setting up award accounts; preparing sub-awards and assisting PIs in monitoring the work of the recipients of sub-awards; supporting project directors with hiring and managing research project and sponsored program staff; supporting the purchasing and paying for goods and services with grant and program funds; managing financial aspects of projects including accounts receivable, financial reporting, invoicing, budget monitoring, and cost compliance with uniform guidance; ensuring that sponsor financial requirements are met; monitoring compliance with applicable project and financial management rules and laws; supporting the management of independent and external audits and financial reviews; and providing data, information, management expertise, and other supports to CUNY's research and sponsored programs.
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
The Research Foundation of the City University of New York is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action / Americans with Disabilities Act / E-Verify Employer. It is the policy of the Research Foundation of CUNY to provide equal employment opportunities free of discrimination based on race, color, age, religion, sex, pregnancy, childbirth, national origin, disability, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, domestic violence victim status, arrest record, criminal conviction history, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.
