Project Assistant

Overview

At The New York Foundling, we trust in the power and potential of people, and we deliberately invest in proven practices. From bold beginnings in 1869, our New York-based nonprofit has supported hundreds of thousands of our neighbors on their own paths to stability, strength, and independence. We help children and families navigate through and beyond foster care. We help families struggling with conflict and poverty grow strong. We help individuals with developmental disabilities live their best lives, and we help ur neighbors access quality health and mental health services—core to building lifelong resilience and wellbeing. Together, our interrelated programs provide a whole-person, whole-family, and whole-life approach that unlocks solutions for a lifetime.

The Project Assistant is responsible for providing support to the HR Department staff in the course of their normal operations and duties

Responsibilities

The Project Assistant is responsible for providing support to the HR Department staff in the course of their normal operations and duties

Essential Functions

• Independently reviews resumes and screens candidates
• Uses traditional and nontraditional resources such as open house, online job fairs, community network events, etc., and innovative solutions to identify and attract quality candidates to meet our hiring goals.
• Creates a talent pipeline of candidates that are engaged and can be placed into vacant positions as they become available.
• The Project Assistant will serve as an important resource in ensuring that recruitment furthers the agency’s goals of hiring skilled workers who will remain dedicated to our clients and our agency.
• Assists with ongoing recruitment projects, such as but not limited to: Camp Felix, Marketing Videos, outreach to former employees to better understand drivers/trends and compensation analysis.
• Other duties as assigned.
  
  

Organizational Expectations

• Regular and punctual time and attendance, and adherence to The Foundling’s and your department’s specific time and attendance policies and protocol
• Consistent demonstrated commitment to The Foundling’s BHAG, mission, vision and values (Compassion, Dignity, Family and Community, Diversity, Excellence)
• Adherence to The Foundling’s employee policies, Code of Conduct and applicable rules, laws, regulations or bargaining agreements.
• The candidate must possess basic technical and customer-service skills
• Good telephone presence
• Ability to follow a script
• Organizational skills
• Demonstrated ability to complete tasks in a timely manner
  
  

Qualifications

High School Diploma and GED

• Demonstrated strong commitment to safety.