Sr. Project Assistant

Description:

QUALITYstarsNY is a voluntary quality rating and improvement system that is designed to increase quality in early childhood centers, schools, and family homes throughout New York State. The implementation of QUALITYstarsNY is coordinated by the New York Early Childhood Professional Development Institute at the City University of New York. The Institute is a fast-paced, dynamic public/private partnership that exists to drive the excellence of services designed for young children through research, policy, and practice. The ideal candidate will be a productive member of our team and will possess a genuine interest in furthering the work of the organization.

 Position Description: QUALITYstarsNY is looking to hire 1 full-time Senior Project Assistant to work at the Institute’s central office location in Brooklyn, NY.

Reporting to QUALITYstarsNY’s Project Director and Assistant Director, the Project Assistant will be responsible for performing the following administrative, budgetary and communications-related tasks:

Responsibilities:

• Manage purchasing, expense tracking, and reimbursements across multiple funding streams
• Route, track, respond to or delegate incoming service requests to the web and phone hotline
• Assist in coordinating outreach, advocacy and other outgoing communications, including contributing to reports for internal and external stakeholders
• Assist in developing and maintaining content for the QUALITYstarsNY website and other social media platforms
• Assist in coordinating logistics for meetings, events and conferences 
• Manage QUALITYstarsNY inventory for office supplies, equipment and promotional items
• Collaborate with other central office staff to coordinate and streamline office processes.
• Oversee document translation from English to other languages.
• Complete additional assignments at the discretion of the Institute’s Executive, Deputy or Project Directors.

Qualifications: