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Position Number: 2793249
Location: Albany, NY
Position Type: Business - Finance

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Department: Charter Schools Institute
Locations: Albany, NY
Posted: Jan 19, 2022
Closes: Open Until Filled
Type: Full-time
Position ID: 141715

About Research Foundation for SUNY:

The Research Foundation for The State University of New York (RF) is the largest comprehensive university-connected research foundation in the country.

Our mission is to provide talent, services, and technology that empower SUNY to research, innovate, and transfer discoveries that transform the world's knowledge economy.

Our vision is to make SUNY the best place for faculty, students and staff to research, innovate, and solve the world's most pressing problems.

The RF serves SUNY by providing essential administrative services that enable SUNY faculty to focus their efforts on the education of students and the performance of life-changing research across a wide range of disciplines including medicine, engineering, physical sciences, energy, computer science, and social sciences. We work with the academic and business leadership of SUNY campuses to support research and discovery through the administration of sponsored projects and technology transfer and management of intellectual property for public benefit and economic growth.

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Job Description:
Job Function and Scope:

The State University of New York Board of Trustees established the SUNY Charter Schools Institute in February 1999, and charged it with evaluating proposals for new charter schools; ongoing monitoring of student academic performance, fiscal soundness, and overall school operations; and presenting charter renewal findings and recommendations to the SUNY Trustees.

Reporting to the Director of School Operations Data, the School Operations Data Analyst is responsible for the on-going gathering, tracking, analysis and reporting on information associated with monitoring charter school compliance, governance, handling public Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) requests for information from the public, and other related tasks. The Analyst will interact with proposed, opening, and operating charter schools, boards, leadership and staff, and charter management and partner organizations to determine compliance status and escalate significant issues as appropriate. The Analyst will also coordinate and travel to conduct hearings, pre-opening visits and other statutory and regulatory required reviews.

Job Duties:

Board Governance:

Compile, track, and analyze information and produce quarterly reports, recommendations, and correspondence concerning governance for charter school education corporations including proposed trustee changes, information, trustee and officer elections, terms, resignations, and review of board meeting minutes.
Review charter schools' website information to confirm compliance with posting requirements including FOIL, board meeting, and annual report information.
Utilize web-based project management and document management tools, creating, tracking and providing quarterly updates relating to compliance tasks and updates for education corporation trustees.
Manage the process for fingerprinting and performing the review of criminal history background checks for applicants and proposed board officers for new charter schools.
Support the legal team on issues related to charter agreement governance and monitoring plan requirements including related party transactions and conflicts of interest.
Gather charter school annual reports to collect, analyze, and report on items including board members' Annual Financial Disclosures.

Compliance & Facilities Information:

Coordinate the process to review pre-opening compliance requirements for new charter schools, provide guidance to schools, create visit schedules, conduct visits, and draft related correspondence.
Gather, track, and review information on teacher certification and criminal history clearances as part of compliance reviews for new charters and charter renewal. Draft requests for application amendment as necessary. Draft sections of and/or summaries for renewal reports related to compliance and governance issues for the legal team as part of renewal review.
Assist the Director of School Operations Data with the gathering, tracking, review, and approval of:
annual student application materials and data, including lottery data, to assure charter compliance with regulations;
facilities materials and information; and,
non-academic compliance data to compile and provide reports to various teams.
Identify and collect information for school violations / corrective actions for review by legal team and draft follow-up requests to schools.
Transfer of facility information to the Institute website and document management system (Epicenter) and retrieval of information for various reports.
Coordinate the SUNY co-location hearings process working with the New York City Department of Education to draft notices, attend hearings, and draft meeting summaries for SUNY Charter Schools Committee materials.

FOIL:
Serve as the Institute's Records Access Officer to receive, review, and respond to Freedom of Information Law requests.
Work with the legal team to protect certain information and provide information for the resolution of FOIL appeals.

Requirements:
Required Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in business administration, public administration, public policy, or other relevant field
Three to five years of progressively responsible experience in administration, compliance, internal controls, or related experience
Excellent interpersonal, oral and written communication skills.
Ability to problem-solve and maintain a solution-oriented approach to work.
Proficiency in Microsoft applications, especially Excel and Word.
Ability to work independently and manage multiple priorities.
Excellent organizational skills and strong attention to detail
Selected applicant must undergo a fingerprint supported criminal history background check in accordance with N.Y.S. Division of Criminal Justice Services standards. Employment offer is contingent upon passing background check.

Preferred Qualifications:

Demonstrated success with project development and management, accuracy, data gathering, analysis, report design and production, FOIL and charter schools.

Additional Information:
As an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer, The Research Foundation for SUNY will not discriminate in its employment practices due to an applicant's race, color, creed, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, transgender status, age, national origin, marital status, citizenship, physical and mental disability, criminal record, genetic information, predisposition or carrier status, status with respect to receiving public assistance, domestic violence victim status, a disabled, special, recently separated, active duty wartime, campaign badge, Armed Forces service medal veteran, or any other characteristics protected under applicable law.

The Company will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant.

Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled.

The Research Foundation for the State University of New York is not an agency or instrumentality of the State of New York. Employees of the Research Foundation for the State University of New York are not state employees, do not participate in any state retirement system, and do not receive state fringe benefits. The Research Foundation for the State University of New York operates under a contract with The State University of New York and receives no directly appropriated state funding.

Application Instructions:

Salary: $55,000 - $65,000, commensurate with experience