Work @ Mville
Careers at Manhattanville
The following career opportunities are currently available at Manhattanville.
Most-recently added positions are at the top of each list.
Adjunct & Part-Time Faculty
Administrative & Staff
Please direct all applications and inquiries to:
Human Resources
Manhattanville College
2900 Purchase Street
Purchase, NY 10577
Telephone: (914) 323-5270
FAX: (914) 323-5322
E-mail: humanresources@mville.edu
Manhattanville College is an equal opportunity employer actively encouraging applications from candidates with diverse backgrounds.
February 9, 2010
Position: SECRETARY (I) FOR ASSOCIATE DEAN OF UNDERGRADUATE ADMISSIONS/ADVISING AND ASSISTANT DEAN School of Education
Department: Education
Status: Full-Time
Responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following:
Works with the Associate Dean of Undergraduate Admissions and Advising (UAA) to do the
following:
- Receives and assists undergraduate students in office, via phone and email
- Generates all correspondence and notices including recommendation letters and acceptance and rejection letters which in turn are forwarded to the Registrar and the Office of Academic Advising
- Constructs Admissions files upon receipt of application materials and maintains all undergraduate student files – sectioned by graduates, student teaching candidates and semester abroad students, in coordination with the annual update of the Undergraduate Catalog
- Coordinates and schedules undergrad student appointments and meetings for advising and registration including pulling files and printing transcripts
- Sends letters to students who receive blue sheets (academically at-risk), sets appointments and follows up via emails and reminder letters
- Assists in creating the following lists: major list by certification area, lists of academically at-risk students, student teaching lists, graduation lists, certification lists
- Provides pertinent information to the Office of Academic Advising
- Coordinates certification packets to students regarding certification and graduation via follow-up calls, emails and reminder letters
- Completes other administrative tasks related to graduation and certification including sending congratulatory letters, conducting exit interviews (which includes generating letters, emails, performing interviews, summarizing and generating a report) for graduating students and creating summary sheet related thereto as well as oversees the End of Year award preparations
- Prints transcripts at the end of each semester for review. Generates a yearly report based on statistics. Sends letters to students who have been dropped from the education program, who have been placed on the Dean’s List, etc. Tallies education majors for faculty
- Reviews and charts New York State test scores and generates letters for students who have failed the exam(s)
- Keeps all forms and form letters up to date as well as updates bulletin board regularly
- Works on special projects and forwards pertinent information to undergrad students and appropriate departments
- Oversees planning and execution of special events, meetings and activities including preparing materials, requesting rooms and catering for undergrad events
- Serves as liaison between Registrar and Undergraduate Advising office including contacting undergraduates in response to scheduling issues
Works with Assistant Deans to do the following:
- Processes adjunct and field supervisor contracts and obtains identification numbers for new faculty and adjuncts in coordination with Human Resources
- Requests email accounts for new and current adjuncts from Information Technology Department
- Updates adjunct and field supervisor copy codes each semester in conjunction with the Copy Center
- Communicates class schedule changes to the Registrar’s Office
- Files and maintains adjunct evaluations and resumes and oversees adjunct database in ACCESS
- Coordinates the fall and spring adjunct meetings with the Assistant Dean
- Maintains syllabi for fall, winter, spring and summer
- Distributes book order adoption forms for full-time and part-time faculty and tracks book orders that have not been returned
- Oversees School of Education (SOE) on-line and office calendar and schedule of events in coordination with Office Manager and serves as SOE web contact for the SOE dept
- Responsible for Partnership Committee materials, agendas and minutes
- Receives faxes and phone requests for job opportunities and posts on bulletin board
- Answers telephones, directs calls and takes telephone messages – Number 1 on the phones and retrieves messages from SOE voice mail system daily and responds accordingly
- Sorts and dates all correspondence and distributes to appropriate parties
- Receives and assists students and directs student inquires to the appropriate person
- Attends and participates in College sponsored special events to which staff is invited to develop and maintain relationships with other college personnel and students, as well as to increase the visibility of the School of Education at these events
- Performs any other related duties as assigned
Qualifications Required:
- Bachelor's degree or five years or more experience in similiar type of work environment
- Strong computer skills and proficient in Microsoft Office programs
- Detail-oriented and good organizational skills
To apply for this position, please contact Human Resources.
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February 5, 2010
Position: Registered Dietician
Department: Health Center
Status: Part-time, 10 month position
Position Summary:
This is a 10 month per year position. Duties include individual / group nutritional counseling, programming and outreach.
Required:
- New York State Licensed Registered Dietician
- BA required, MA / MS preferred
- Must have experience working with college age students, athletes and eating disorders
To apply for this position, please contact Human Resources.
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February 1, 2010
Position: Admissions Assistant
Department: School of Graduate and Professional Studies
Status: Full-Time Position (Must be able to work some evenings and weekends)
Responsibilities:
- Generates admissions letters, answers telephone inquiries regarding file status; makes student appointments; greets and receives admissions appointments; and directs student inquiries to the proper person
- Maintains the calendar, inquiry and application database in Goldmine, which includes input of data through stages of admissions up through and including inquiry, application, acceptance, confirmation, and running of reports
- Assembles and completes application files for review by the Director and Assistant Director of Admissions
- Maintains and updates materials and credentials for admissions and coordinates the distribution of targeted materials and literature to prospective students in-person and in regular and electronic mailings
- Work with program advisors closely in completing student files and in follow-up for registration
- Provide assistance at open houses, seminars, and special events
- Maintains familiarity with admissions, registration, academic program requirements, College Master Calendar, and special events for the School of Graduate and Professional Studies and the College at large
- Attends and participates in College sponsored special events to which staff is invited to develop and maintain relationships with other College personnel and students, as well as to increase the visibility of the School of Graduate and Professional Studies at these events
- Train and supervise student workers/office assistants
- Maintains and orders office supplies from on-campus copy center and off-campus suppliers
- Submits work orders for the office when needed
- Provides office support to the Director and Assistant Director
- Performs other related duties as assigned
Qualifications Required:
- Bachelor's degree
- Minimum of 2 years experience working in an office environment
- Strong computer skills and proficient in Microsoft Office programs
- Detail-oriented and good organizational skills
To apply for this position, please contact Human Resources.
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January 12, 2010
Position: Director of Development
Department: Institutional Advancement
Status: Full-Time
Reporting to the Vice President for Institutional Advancement, the Director of Development will be expected to work with the VP to create an innovative, comprehensive and sustainable fundraising program to support the College. The Director will conceptualize, plan and execute a strategic and coordinated program to identify and create opportunities to advance the College through annual fund, major and planned gifts, capital campaigns, and foundation and corporate gifts all focused on shaping a sustainable tradition of support to the College.
He/she will collaborate with Institutional Advancement Support Services and Alumni Relations officers to ensure that major donors and alumni are fully engaged in the College's current and future campaign/development strategies and goals. The Director will be the day-to-day manager of the fundraising staff and ensure that activity levels are met.
Responsibilities:
- Manage, cultivate and solicit a prospect pool of major gifts and high-end annual fund donors (100) and meet the associated activity goals.
- Lead a team of six to eight, ensuring that they are high performing and staffing a full range of development functions including major gifts, parent and student giving, annual fund, corporate and foundation and stewardship.
- Manage the prioritization of new and existing donors with the Institutional Advancement staff, and then cultivate these individuals to match their interests with the College's needs.
- Create and execute engagement opportunities using College assets.
- Oversee and reconcile budget for fundraising activities.
- Staff the President, VP and Senior Management, Board of Trustees and key volunteers and ensuring that all are actively and effectively deployed in the fundraising arena at the appropriate levels.
- Work closely with Advancement Services to ensure the accuracy of data entry, gift processing, and gift acknowledgment, and provide comprehensive reporting and analysis for all programs, including ROI on each tactic.
- As a senior member of the Office of Institutional Advancement, work to proactively collaborate with colleagues around prospect issues.
- Additional responsibilities as warranted.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree and seven to nine years of fund raising experience required; higher education experience preferred.
- Demonstrated track record of success in the entire range of advancement activities, from annual fund to major gifts, alumni relations, and corporate and foundation relations.
- A comfortable front-line fundraiser; experience developing, cultivating and soliciting major gifts.
- Strong leadership experience with demonstrated ability to lead, motivate, manage and develop a team of professional and support personnel as well as volunteers.
- Ability to think strategically and translate that thinking into targeted goals and actions.
- Superior written and oral communication skills, and the ability to translate complex technical concepts into lay terms.
- Excellent interpersonal skills - a relationship builder; able to build and foster networks of individuals and institutions.
- A commitment to working as a member of a team - collegial approach to advancement; able to work across departmental lines to achieve common goals.
- Ability to work effectively with people at all levels of an institution - trustees, faculty, staff, alumni.
- Comfort with ambiguity and able to navigate complex institutions.
- Knowledge of best practices in the advancement field.
- Advanced computer skills with proficiency in Raiser’s Edge and Microsoft Office Suite.
- Ability to prepare and manage budgets.
To apply for this position, please contact Human Resources.
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January 12, 2010
Position: Research Analyst
Department: Institutional Advancement
Status: Full-time
Reporting to the Director of Advancement Information Systems, Analytics and Reporting, the Research Analyst researches and reports on financial, biographical, and philanthropic information about alumni and friends of the College, and identifies and recommends potential prospects in support of Major Gift, Annual Fund and Corporate and Foundation level fundraisers.
Responsibilities:
- Partner with fundraisers to plan strategy, analyze and refine portfolios, serve as point person on research requests, perform trip filtering, and engage in prospecting aligned with fundraising priorities. (25%)
- Answer fundraiser requests for research on existing prospects. (25%)
- Write reports to enable the rating and assignment of new prospects. (20%)
- Review news and online sources as assigned to identify new prospects and report on items of interest to the development staff. (15%)
- Provide briefing materials to the President, Vice President, Director of Development and other high-level College officials for events, dinners, and other interactions with important donors. (15%)
- Additional responsibilities as warranted.
Required Skills:
- Excellent investigative and problem-solving skills.
- Highly-developed scanning, skimming and reading comprehension skills.
- Superior ability to assess the value of and synthesize large volumes of information into coherent, well-written documents.
- Strong familiarity with Microsoft Office Suite and other common computer applications -- prefer additional familiarity with fundraising databases, especially Raiser's Edge.
- Strong interpersonal and oral communication skills.
- High proficiency in searching a wide range of electronic and print resources, including commercial databases and the Internet
- Ability to learn to navigate unfamiliar information systems and use a variety of computer applications with little or no guidance.
- Eye for detail and attention to accuracy.
- Ability to prioritize assignments and handle multiple tasks simultaneously to meet shifting deadlines.
- Capability to work both independently and as part of a team.
- Strong work ethic, high ethical standards, and the ability to maintain the confidentiality of sensitive information.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree or its equivalent.
- Two years of development research or comparable research and writing experience.
To apply for this position, please contact Human Resources.
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December 23, 2009
Position: Senior Applications Report Developer/Programmer
Department: Information Technology
Status:Full-Time
Job Responsibilities:
Report Development using Crystal Report Writer
Business Objects Enterprise Server Administrator
Database Program Report Development and Structural Database Analysis
Duties:
Business Intelligence and Reporting System Development and Maintenance
Understanding of Datatel/Colleague Enterprise Requirements System
Analysis, development, modification, testing and documentation of reports
Development, maintenance, and validation of stored procedures to extract and present the data
Development of formatted reports and integration of those reports to web based dashboards
Production, trouble shooting, report and dashboard debugging and testing, post-implementation review of new/changed reports and dashboard’s maintenance of a custom reporting solution used for client reporting
Assist and/or coordinate user testing and training, ensuring issues are resolved in pragmatic and an appropriate manner
Assist in writing user and technical documentation
Technology evaluation and adoption
Design, development, implementation and maintenance of a data warehouse architecture and associated reporting solutions using industry standard processes and tools
Skills/Qualifications:
Excellent SQL programming skills and knowledge of SQL development tools
Fluent with Enterprise and Windows Desktop systems
Excellent MS Office skills (Excel & Access in particular)
Excellent familiarity with Oracle database (version 9 & above)
Comfortable skills with Unix command line
Top Database/Datastructures Analyst skills
Highly proficient with Crystal Reports Application Software
Proficient with Crystal Reports Server and Implementation
Experience with the Datatel/Colleague Environment (through release 17/18) a plus. Experience with other comparable ERP system acceptable
Excellent Communication skills
Ability to work in an independent advisory/consulting capacity with minimal supervision (Very important)
Ability to multitask and complete projects on time
Experience: 5+ years in an Academic or Corporate environment with increasing responsibility
Education: B.S./B.A. in Computer Science, Business and Engineering, or other quantitative degree. Masters degree a plus
To apply for this position, please contact Human Resources.
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November 5, 2009
Position: Director of Annual Giving
Department: Institutional Advancement
Status: Full-Time
Reporting to the Vice President for Institutional Advancement, the Director of Annual Giving is responsible for the strategic execution and management of a comprehensive annual giving program. The Director provides strategic direction and long-range/short-range planning for communication and solicitation strategies involving email, direct mail, phone, personal visitation and volunteer engagement, all focused on shaping a sustainable tradition of annual support. He/she will also collaborate with Major Gift and Alumni Relations officers to support the greater development and campaign goals of the College.
Responsibilities:
- Determine annual giving goals and build strategic and tactical plans for achieving these goals.
- Focus on effective communication and solicitation activities within specific market segments identified as having potential for the greatest growth.
- Oversee all annual giving programs, including: direct mail; phonathons; e-philanthropy; trustee, faculty/staff and parent campaigns; class agent program; senior gift; giving clubs; and donor stewardship programs.
- Ensure accuracy of donor recognition publications, including annual Honor Roll.
- Work closely with Advancement Services to ensure the accuracy of annual giving data entry, gift processing, and gift acknowledgment, and provide comprehensive reporting and analysis for all annual giving programs, including ROI on each annual fund tactic.
- Formulate and execute a communications program supporting annual giving. Write, edit and produce all annual fund mail solicitation materials.
- Work effectively with major gifts team and alumni relations to gain strong participation in annual giving among all constituency groups and build strategies for moving donors to higher giving levels.
- Coordinate annual giving with reunion campaigns and other specialty constituents, such as trustees and alumni board members, in a sophisticated and effective fashion.
- Manage a prospect pool with annual goals for personal visits and giving outcomes. Personally solicit annual gifts of $1,000 to $5,000.
- Create, develop and execute a highly effective and sustainable volunteer component within annual giving.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree and five years of fund raising experience required; higher education experience preferred.
- Advanced computer skills with proficiency in Raiser’s Edge and Microsoft Office Suite.
- Strong managerial, communication and leadership skills. Ability to work with and motivate other development professionals and volunteers.
To apply for this position, please contact Human Resources.
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November 5, 2009
Position: Assistant Professor in Elementary Education
Department: School of Education -- Curriculum and Instruction Department
Status: Full-time, tenure track
Full-time, Tenure-track Position at the Assistant Professor Rank in Elementary Education
Responsibilities:
- Teach a range of undergraduate and graduate childhood/elementary education courses
- Teach and develop an inquiry-oriented field-based elementary mathematics curriculum methods course at the one of the School of Education’s K-5 Professional Development Schools (PDSs)
- Work with Manhattanville PDSs on curriculum and instruction issues and on other special initiatives within the department to improve learning experiences for children
- Assist with NCATE responsibilities, including preparation of the Specialty Professional Association (SPA) report for the Association for Childhood Education International (ACEI)
- Serve on departmental and college-wide committees
- Conduct research that aids in the on-going development of our PDSs.
- Qualifications:
Prior elementary school teaching experience (state teacher certification preferred) - An earned doctorate in appropriate area
- The ability to teach childhood/elementary education courses
- The ability to teach and develop childhood/elementary mathematics education courses
- Active scholarship
To apply for this position, please contact Human Resources.
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August 3, 2009
Position: Adjunct - Spanish
Department: Spanish
Status: Part-time
The Spanish Department seeks an adjunct instructor to teach:
- Intermediate Spanish II on Mondays and Thursdays from 9:20-10:35am
- Advanced Spanish Grammar Review on Tuesdays and Fridays from 10:45-12:00pm
for the Fall and Spring semesters (2009-2010).
Required:
- Master’s Degree
- Some teaching experience
To apply, please email a cover letter and current CV to Human Resources.
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May 29, 2009
Position: Adjunct Faculty – English Composition
Department: Academic Writing and Composition
Status: Part-time
The Academic Writing and Composition Program at Manhattanville College is seeking part-time adjunct instructors to teach the following courses:
- FYP 1003 First-Year Writing
- ENC 2000 Critical Research and Composition
- ENC 4010 Freshman Writing Seminar
Candidate should have experience teaching composition. Master’s degree required.
To apply for this position, please send letter of application, curriculum vitae, and references to: Human Resources.
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April 8, 2009
Position: Director/Professor, M.S. in Finance Degree program
Department: School of Graduate & Professional Studies
Status: Full-time, tenure-track
Full-time, tenure-track position in the M.S. degree in Finance Program in the School of Graduate & Professional Studies.
Responsibilities include directing the program as well as teaching in it.
Qualifications:
- Earned doctorate in Finance, Economics or closely related field
- Professional experience in the financial sector is preferred
- Teaching experience
Applications will be considered until the position filled. Preferred starting date: July 1, 2009.
To apply for this position, please contact Human Resources.
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March 24, 2009
Position: Adjunct Professor - Entrepreneurial Finance
Department: School of Graduate & Professional Studies
Status: Part-time, one weekend per month for three months
The School of Graduate & Professional Studies seeks an adjunct professor to teach MFIN 5200 Entrepreneurial Finance in the graduate business program. Courses meet on weekends: one weekend per month for three months.
Course Description: MFIN 5200 Entrepreneurial Finance
This course examines the elements of entrepreneurial finance, focusing on start-up ventures and the early stages of company development. It addresses key questions which challenge all entrepreneurs: how much money can and should be raised; when should it be raised and from whom; what is a reasonable valuation of the company; and how funding should be structured. The course aims to prepare students for these decisions, both as entrepreneurs and venture capitalists.
Qualifications:
- Minimum of a master’s degree in business
- Significant relevant corporate experience
To apply for this position, please email a current resumé to Human Resources.
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February 19, 2009
Position: Adjunct Professor - Entrepreneurship: Entering Markets
Department: School of Graduate & Professional Studies
Status: Part time, one weekend per month for three months
The School of Graduate & Professional Studies seeks an adjunct professor to teach MSIM 5031 Entrepreneurship: Entering Markets in the graduate business program. Courses meet on weekends: one weekend per month for three months.
Qualifications:
- Must have minimum of a master’s degree in business
- Significant relevant corporate experience.
Course Description:
MSIM 5031 Entrepreneurship: Entering Markets
Examines the characteristics of the successful entrepreneur and the resources and planning required to operate a successful entrepreneurial business, including franchising. Explores how entrepreneurship plays out in the international arena with emphasis on the risks involved. Also explores cost benefits, decision tree models, ethics and dealing with bribery and corruption, and the need for clarity in goal setting strategies with tactical flexibility. Focuses on the production and presentation of a business plan for starting a business in an emerging market as a key activity of the course.
To apply for this position, please email a current resumé to Human Resources.
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May 23, 2008
Postion: Adjunct Professors - Economics and Finance
Department: Graduate and Professional Studies
Status: Part time - six weekends per semester
The School of Graduate & Professional Studies at Manhattanville College, Purchase NY, seeks adjunct professors to teach the following courses in the graduate business program. Courses meet on six weekends per semester.
MFIN 5100 - Corporate Finance Policy, Structure and Strategy
The course applies financial theories, techniques and models to the study of corporate financial decisions. Aspects of corporate policy and strategy, industry structure and the process for measuring and managing the value of companies are also addressed. Students are required to study an actual firm from the perspective of concepts and models developed in the course and present the study to the class.
MFIN 5102 - Managerial Economics
This course covers the broad principles of economics that underlie and affect all business decisions, such as introducing a new product or service, diversifying, pricing products, segmenting customers, and addressing regulatory issues. Emphasis will be placed on evaluating market environments and the interaction among firms, and on how decisions affect the profitability of the company.
MFIN 5206 - Management of Financial Institutions
This course examines the management problems of financial institutions, with emphasis on banking institutions. Continuous change in the financial services industry is driven by various international dimensions of increasing competition, advances in information technology, evolution of the security and derivatives markets, and changes in private and government regulation. How banks and other financial institutions are organized to meet continuous change and what management and financial officers must do to generate success for their firms and for themselves will be discussed.
Qualifications: Must have minimum of a master’s degree in business and significant relevant corporate experience.
To apply for this position, please email a current resumé to Human Resources.
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Spring, 2007
Position: Adjunct Faculty - Sport Business Management
Department: School of Graduate and Professional Studies
Status: Full-time, Part-time
Manhattanville College is engaged in a search for adjunct faculty to teach in its M.S. degree in Sport Business Management. The curriculum covers the full range of sports management topics with emphasis on the business side of the industry.
We are seeking faculty for the following courses:
- MSBM 5011 Entrepreneurship
- MSBM 5012 Strategic Negotiations
- MSBM 5013 Creativity & Critical Thinking In Organizations
- MSBM 5014 Leading Change
- MSBM 5015 Project Management
- MSBM 5016 Information Technology Management
- MSBM 5017 Communications & Effective Leadership
Candidates should have academic or business experience in sports management and at least a Master’s degree.
To apply for this position, please contact Human Resources.
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Ongoing
Position: Adjunct Faculty - Various Subjects
Department: School of Education
Status: Part-time
Part-time adjunct Faculty are needed in the following areas: Literacy, Special Education, Child Development, and TESOL methods. Faculty also are needed for the daytime graduate program in childhood/elementary methods.
- Master's required; Doctorate preferred.
- Teaching experience required in K-12 and/or higher education.
Send letter of application, curriculum vitae, and three references to:
To apply for this position, please contact Human Resources.
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Ongoing
Position: Mentors - Elementary, Special and Secondary Education
Department: School of Education
Status: Part-time
To mentor teachers in Elementary and Special Education and Secondary Subject areas in the JumpStart Program. Applicants should be willing to mentor teachers in schools located in the Bronx. This is an opportunity to share your experience with a beginning teacher.
To apply for this position, please contact Human Resources.
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