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Company Description Gotham IT & Gotham Telecom is a global, vendor-agnostic advisory firm specializing in a wide range of technology and service solutions. With over 20 years of experience, the company provides intellectual property and expertise to clients across multiple industries. The company’s core focus includes: Cost Containment Digital Transformation Managed Services Project Management Relocation Services High-End Residential Support Gotham IT & Gotham Telecom offer comprehensive, outsourced solutions and daily support services, ensuring that clients receive expert guidance and tailored solutions in areas such as office security, smart homes, and construction. The company is a certified WMBE (Women and Minority Business Enterprise) with New York State (NYS) and New York City (NYC), and it partners with a broad network of 400 providers offering Software as a Service (SaaS) and all XaaS solutions that utilize AI tools to GROW business and Optimize effort. The firm’s consultants excel at navigating complex challenges, driving results, and optimizing existing infrastructure, all while adhering to high professional ethics. Role Description: Office & Non Technical Operations Manager Location: New York, NY Job Type: Full-Time, On-Site This role is a unique opportunity for an individual who thrives in a fast-paced environment and has the ability to manage multiple priorities effectively. If you are a proactive, solution-oriented individual with a passion for optimizing operations and supporting a growing team, we encourage you to apply. Join Gotham IT & Gotham Telecom as an Office Operations Manager – Be a Key Player in Our Global Success! Are you a dynamic, driven professional with a passion for optimizing operations and leading teams? Do you thrive in a fast-paced, ever-evolving environment where your skills and ideas are valued? Gotham IT & Gotham Telecom, a global leader in cost containment, digital transformation, and managed services, is looking for a top-tier Office Operations Manager to join our cutting-edge team in New York, NY. What We’re Looking For: We don’t just want a manager. We want an exceptional leader. An individual who can take charge of our office’s day-to-day operations, think outside the box, and implement smart, innovative solutions that will keep us on the cutting edge of the IT, telecom, and construction industries. Your Role: As the Office Operations Manager, you will be the backbone of Gotham IT & Gotham Telecom’s operations. You will be responsible for driving the smooth, efficient, and productive flow of our office environment—ensuring that no detail is missed and that every project is completed on time. This is a critical role in our organization, and we’re looking for someone who is both strategic and hands-on, someone who takes pride in ensuring everything is running at its best. What You Will Do: Drive Office Operations: Own the daily office operations and ensure that everything runs like a well-oiled machine. Work with the Best: Coordinate with high-end vendors, clients, and internal teams to maintain flawless service delivery. Support High-Level Projects: Take charge of project management, managing timelines, resources, and expectations to deliver stellar results. Manage the Pulse of the Office: Handle client inquiries, provide administrative support, and ensure our office remains a collaborative and productive space for our experts. Be the Go-To Problem Solver: When a challenge arises, you’ll be the one who quickly identifies solutions and drives them to completion. Guard Confidentiality: Be the trusted steward of sensitive information, ensuring that discretion is always at the forefront of everything you do. What We Need From You: Exceptional Organizational Skills: Multitasking is in your DNA. You juggle priorities with ease while maintaining a laser focus on details. Expert Communication: Whether you’re leading a team, liaising with a vendor, or fielding client inquiries, your communication skills are second to none. Tech-Savvy: You are comfortable with the latest tools—Microsoft Office, Fellow, CRM systems, Excel, and office equipment. You know how to leverage technology to streamline processes and keep everything running smoothly. Project Management Expertise: You have the experience to handle complex projects and can see them through from concept to completion. Industry Knowledge: Familiarity with IT, telecom, and construction sectors is a plus—understanding these industries will help you thrive in our environment. A Cool Head Under Pressure: Tight deadlines and shifting priorities don’t faze you—you thrive in fast-paced environments and bring calm, clarity, and leadership in times of stress. What You’ll Get in Return: Global Impact: Work for a recognized leader in cost management, digital transformation, and managed services, serving clients across the globe. Exciting Work Environment: Collaborate with top-tier professionals in a dynamic, growth-oriented environment. Competitive Salary & Benefits: We offer competitive compensation packages and benefits to keep you motivated and healthy. Career Growth: Gotham IT & Gotham Telecom is committed to fostering talent and offering growth opportunities. If you’re looking for a long-term career with room to rise, this is the place for you. Why Gotham IT & Gotham Telecom? We are not just another company—we are a team of experts committed to making a global impact. We’re proud of our diversity, our commitment to excellence, and our ability to transform challenges into opportunities. This is your chance to join a company that is at the forefront of IT and telecom innovations. If you are an extraordinary office operations leader who can bring energy, drive, and unparalleled expertise to our team, we want YOU! This is your opportunity to make an impact at a company where excellence is not just encouraged—it’s expected. We're looking for the best to join our ranks. If you have what it takes, we can't wait to meet you. Gotham IT & Gotham Telecom is a vendor agnostic, advisory firm providing intellectual property to clients across the globe. Gotham and Global teams share more than 20 years of experience in areas related to Cost Containment, Digital transformation, Managed Services, Project Management, Relocation as well as High-End Residential support. Together with our teams of experts in all of the fields we serve, we provide fully outsourced solutions and daily support services to clients looking for a team with mastery around relevant areas. Our services range from Fully Managed Secure Solutions for Offices, Smart homes and Construction. We are a Certified WMBE with NYS and NYC. We work with a portfolio of 400 providers offering SaaS, and all XaaS solutions for Voice, Contact Center, Mobility, Cost Management (TEM and WEM), Energy and Sustainability Focused projects. Our consultants navigate challenges and successfully drive results, all with the most professional ethics and an eye for Optimization of existing infrastructure. Role Description This is a full-time on-site role for an Office Operations Manager at Gotham IT & Gotham Telecom in New York, NY. The Office Operations Manager will be responsible for overseeing daily operations, managing office procedures, handling client inquiries, coordinating with vendors, and ensuring efficient workflow within the office environment. Qualifications Office Management, Administrative Support, and Vendor Management skills required Strong organizational and multitasking abilities QBO excellence a MUST Excellent communication and interpersonal skills Proficiency in Microsoft Office, Fellow, Tasks, and office equipment operations Experience with CRM’s and software Portals Excellent Excel Skills required Ability to prioritize tasks and work under pressure Experience in project management Wisdom and Discretion in the handling of private and confidential information Knowledge of IT, MSP, Telecom preferred Construction experience a plus Familiarity with Social Media and Marketing creation Industry IT Services and IT Consulting Employment Type Full-time

Bedford Stuyvesant Early Childhood Development Center (BSECDC) has been “Rooted in the Community since 1966.” A federally funded Head Start program whose mission is to provide high quality, comprehensive early education and family engagement services to families and their children ages 2 to 5 years old. BSECDC embraces a holistic strength-based approach to meet the needs of our earliest learners and their families within the Bedford Stuyvesant community. POSITION/JOB TITLE: STATUS: REPORTS TO: SALARY RANGE: JOB SUMMARY: JOB DESCRIPTION: LEAD TEACHER Lead Teacher (UNCERTIFIED OR CERTIFIED) Full Time/Non-Exempt Education Site Manager $51,100 - $80,010 The Lead Teacher supports BSECDC’s mission to make a difference in the lives of children, their families, and communities through the delivery of high-quality early education and child development services that promote children’s school readiness through growth and development across all developmental domains. The Lead Teacher adheres to all federal, state, and local regulations, as well as BSECDC program policies, procedures, and administrative guidance. ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: ● Implement a well-organized learning environment with developmentally appropriate schedules, lesson plans, and indoor and outdoor learning experiences that provide adequate opportunities for choice, play, exploration, and experimentation among a variety of learning, sensory, and motor experiences. ● Develop and implement weekly lesson plans, including plans for individualized instruction, in accordance with BSECDC’s procedures and the research-based curriculum, that include indoor and outdoor learning experiences to support physical health and development, social and emotional development, approaches to learning, language development and communication, and cognitive development. ● Recognize bilingualism and biliteracy as strengths and, for children who are dual language learners, plan and implement experiences to support English language development. ● Ensure the physical environment and lesson plans reflect the diversity represented in the children and families served. ● Implement nurturing, responsive, and effective teaching practices to ensure daily learning experiences promote critical thinking, inquiry-based learning, STEM, and reading and writing readiness, as well as children’s social emotional development and universal values of tolerance, compassion, and respect among children. ● Use positive guidance strategies to create a peaceful classroom environment where children resolve conflicts using language to express their feelings and opinion. ● Expose children to individuals of different cultural life styles, different genders, and different sexual orientation through stories, posted pictures and discussion. ● Plan and communicate effectively with all other classroom staff, including the assistant teacher, special education staff, volunteers and interns about weekly lessons, classroom activities, and other pertinent information regarding children. ● Establish and maintain collaborative relationships with families, while maintaining professional boundaries, to encourage their input and support two-way communication regarding the growth and development of their children. ● Conduct two home visits and two parent-teacher conferences per child per year. ● Create and adhere to a posted classroom daily schedule that includes sufficient time for established routines such as nap/rest time, meal time, handwashing, toileting, and transition through activities. ● Ensure that children are engaged in oral hygiene education through daily tooth brushing, stories, skits, and other activities. ● Facilitate, observe, and communicate the importance of healthy eating habits through family style meal time, including ensuring all adults eat with children during meal time. ● Conduct all screenings and ongoing assessment of the children in the class, as required, and use data gathered to inform instruction, including individualization, and measure progress towards School Readiness Goals. ● Monitor children’s daily attendance and communicate with the assigned BSECDC staff member if a child needs additional supports ● Support tracking responsibilities of the daily meal count for the CACFP program, as requested. ● Maintain active supervision, group size, and ratios at all times indoors and outdoors. ● Maintain a safe and healthy environment in the classroom and on the playground, including following all health and safety rules pertaining to food allergies, universal precautions, and personal hygiene. ● Maintain consistent attendance to support continuity of care for children and families. ● Participate in staff meetings, in-service training, coaching, workshops, and staff development programs, as requested. ● Ensure complete, accurate, and timely completion of all required data, documentation, and paperwork, including child files. ● Follow all applicable BSECDC policies and procedures, including the Standards of Conduct to safeguard children from abuse, neglect, or exploitation while in the care of the Center. ● Implement fully all applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations as cited in the Head Start Performance Standards, the Head Start Act, IDEA, IFSP, FERPA, ACYFIM, Department of Education and the NYC Department of Health and Mental Health Licensing Code, Article 47 NAEYC. ● Perform other duties as assigned. REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS ● Bachelor’s Degree with a study plan toward a degree in Early Childhood Education OR ● Master’s Degree in Early Childhood Education with NY State Certification OR ● Master’s Degree in Early Childhood Education working towards NYS Certification ● Excellent interpersonal, organizational, written, and verbal communications skills ● Proficient with Google and Microsoft Office, Microsoft Word, Excel applications EXPERIENCE ● Minimum of two years-experience working with preschoolers PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS Physical demands described below are representative of only some that must be met to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. • Walk, sit, stand, climb, balance and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. • Regularly lift and/or move up to forty pounds and frequently lift and/or move up to fifty pounds. • Use hands and fingers to handle or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; talk and hear. • Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus. BENEFITS: ● DC 37 Union ● Competitive Health Insurance ● Retirement ● Life Insurance

Job Title: Physician Assistant (PA) or Nurse Practitioner (NP) Location: Brooklyn, NY Job Type: Part-Time/PRN Department: Family Medicine Job Summary: We are seeking a compassionate and highly skilled Physician Assistant (PA) or Nurse Practitioner (NP) to join our dynamic healthcare team. In this role, you will provide patient-centered care in collaboration with physicians and other healthcare professionals. The ideal candidate will have strong clinical expertise, excellent communication skills, and a commitment to delivering high-quality care. Key Responsibilities: Conduct comprehensive patient assessments, including physical exams, medical histories, and diagnostic evaluations. Develop, implement, and manage treatment plans in consultation with supervising physicians when necessary. Prescribe medications, therapies, and other interventions in accordance with state regulations. Perform procedures such as Pap smear, Head-to-toe physical exam and others based on qualifications and practice scope. Educate patients and families on preventive care, disease management, and treatment options. Order, interpret, and analyze diagnostic tests such as lab work, imaging, and EKGs. Collaborate with the healthcare team to ensure continuity and quality of care. Maintain accurate and up-to-date medical records using e-clinical Works. Participate in quality improvement initiatives, continuing education, and professional development. Qualifications: Education: PA: Master’s degree from an accredited Physician Assistant program. NP: Master’s or Doctorate in Nursing from an accredited program. Certification & Licensure: PA: Current NCCPA certification and state licensure. NP: Board certification (ANCC, AANP, or equivalent) and state licensure. Experience: Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, Urgent Care, Emergency Medicine or Primary Care with minimum 1 year of experience. New graduates are welcome to apply. Skills: Strong clinical judgment and critical thinking abilities. Excellent interpersonal and communication skills. Additional Requirements: bilingual abilities such as Spanish is a plus but not required. Benefits: Competitive salary : $70-85 per hour Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance CME allowance and PTO How to Apply: Please submit your resume

Assistant Principal History Williamsburg Charter High School (WCHS) is a high-performing, public charter high school located in Brooklyn, New York. WCHS opened in August 2004 as the first Chancellor-authorized charter high school in the City of New York with a ninth-grade class of 267 students. Now in its eighth year of operation, WCHS has grown to serve approximately 963 students in grades nine through twelve. The school’s mission is to unite youth, families, staff, teachers, and the community at large in providing young people with the tools necessary to make sense of the world and prepare them in their journey to become skilled workers and literate citizens of the world. Young people will accomplish this through their participation in a rigorous and demanding liberal arts education that includes language, literature, writing, science, history, mathematics, the arts, technology, and exploration in disciplines designed to teach fairness, justice, respect, and compassion for themselves and others, as well as the skills of critical thinking, communication and research. Williamsburg Charter High School provides a broad liberal arts academic program to the high-school-age youth of north Brooklyn. School programs are individualized to connect to each student’s particular level of development, including English Language Learners and students with Special Education Services. Further, WCHS provides supportive relationships with faculty, extended instructional periods, and opportunities after-school and on Saturdays for additional academic support. Social and emotional support is also available to students to ensure their non-academic needs are addressed. Students are accepted to WCHS through a random lottery with no minimum requirements, tests, or auditions required to gain entrance, and, as a public charter school, there is no tuition. Must be skilled at: Understanding and implementing a data-driven approach to all aspects of school information management including but not limited to academic achievement, conduct, and attendance. Analyzing student achievement data to help teachers inform their own instruction Backwards-design and curriculum planning and design Coaching new teachers in both instruction and classroom management Planning effective professional development in order to meet the needs of the staff with a focus on implementing data-driven instruction Communicating promptly, clearly, and frequently with students, staff, and families Mediating conflict and creating consensus Creating accountability structured for all members of the WCHS school community Embracing and embodying the mission of the WCHS as well as demonstrating full awareness of the school’s policies and procedures Demonstrating a highly professional approach in dealings with students, staff, and families Responsibilities: Assisting the principal with the process of observing and evaluating teachers using a collaborative, rubric-based assessment process Develop curriculum and/or provide supervision for specific programs. Assist the principal in the coordination of the planning and work of department leaders Creating meaningful professional development plans for teachers Perform related duties as required or assigned by the Principal Oversee afterschool academic activities for students as needed Bringing relevant and applicable outside research to the attention of instructional staff Qualifications: NYS certification as a School Building Leader Master’s degree or higher in an education-related field New York State fingerprint clearance At least 5 years as a teacher or school administrator ( preferably in urban schools) Preferred: a minimum of two years of experience as a school administrator Experience working in a high school setting and familiarity with NYS graduation requirements and mandated assessments Experience with developing high school curriculum aligned with Common Core standards and driven by data

An Elementary ELA Teacher at Brooklyn School of Excellence (BSE) would have a dynamic role focusing on fostering literacy, creativity, and critical thinking in young learners. Find yourself in the realm of a small private school setting, where kids and teachers are comfortable and feeling right at home.