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POSITION: Residential Case Manager
ORGANIZATION: GLITS Inc
Description:
We are looking for a Residential Case Manager to join GLITS (Gays and Lesbians Living in a Transgender Society) and become a part of our work to end the health and rights crisis faced by transgender sex workers though a care practice rooted in harm reduction, human rights principles, economic and social justice, alongs with a commitment to empowerment and pride in finding solutions from our own community. This position is currently a contract position without benefits with the possibility of becoming a salaried employee with full benefits.
This position would start within the Rikers Relief Program – a Manhattan located transitional housing program for LGBTQ people who were recently released from incarceration during the covid-19 pandemic. This program will be closing over the next year, and afterwards the position would transition into becoming the embedded case manager in a long term LGBTQ housing program for adults in Queens.
The Residential Case Manager would be responsible for providing individualized support to program participants on a regular basis, conducting intakes and assessments, treatment planning, assisting clients with entitlements and applications, making referrals, supply and financial assistance dispersals, and monitoring of health and well-being. Other activities will include crisis intervention, recording documentation, program evaluation and creating and maintaining case longs.
Duties include:
- Provide client centered care and developing comprehensive exit strategies with current residents at the Rikers Relief Program and within the newly established LGBTQ long term housing program.
- Collaborate with clients to coordinate treatment plans, engage them in programs, provide entitlement counseling, assistance with applications and referrals to outside services.
- Work with Rikers Relief participants to develop program exiting plans and next steps including referrals to community resources for housing or treatment to assist in recovery, following through to ensure service efficacy.
- Understand and explain complex documents and information, translating and explaining information meaning and use.
- Resolve conflicts, handle complaints, negotiate with others to settle disputes, resolve grievances in clear coordination with executive leadership.
- Coach and develop leadership skills by accurately identifying needs and helping others through mentoring, consultation, advice, and guidance to improve knowledge and skills encouraging mutual trust, respect and understanding.
- Supervise behaviors in facility to ensure compliance with all relevant laws and regulations and best practices. Assist clients in adhering to treatment plans, such as setting up appointments, arranging for transportation to appointments, or providing support.
- Provide in-home support by coordinating with residents for resource distribution and financial management Distribute living stipends as available on an ongoing basis. Provide counseling to support healthy financial habits and to address issues that arise around resource access.
- Maintain all records in compliance with best practices and client security. Produce documentation of the program for internal evaluation.
- Document and record information, responsible for storing confidential information in secure digital folders.
- Obtain necessary information from clients to monitor and evaluate progress toward goals.
- Supervise and direct volunteers who provide services to clients or patients.
- Analyze data collected and use it to evaluate information to determine compliance with standards, communicate with management to make appropriate changes if necessary.
- Communicate clearly with supervisors providing complete information at the start and end of every shift about progress and updates.
- Organize plans and prioritize specific goals to accomplish the work, communicate these with management.
- Use computer systems to set up functions, enter data, and process information.
- Schedule work and activities on a digital calendar that is shared with supervisors and colleagues for transparent coordination.
- Perform day-to-day administrative tasks including maintaining information files, processing paperwork, compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating and verifying information.
- Communicate with people outside the organization as necessary for establishing client next steps in a manner that represents the organization in a professional manner.
Requirements:
- Minimum requirement of 5+ years of related experience.
- Extensive experience with and knowledge of TGNC communities and issues, including cultural awareness and ability to work with sex workers, LGBTQ people, drug users, formerly incarcerated individuals, people living with HIV/AIDS, mental and physical disabilities, and immigrants
- Prior experience working with recently incarcerated individuals highly preferred.
- Driver’s license and/or access to consistent and reliable transportation.
- Communication skills in active listening, critical thinking, reading comprehension, clear communication and comprehension, ability to understand complex information and convey it clearly and effectively.
- A trauma informed and harm reduction based understanding to approaching care provision, crisis response and conflict de-escalation.
- Previous experience in maintaining clear records and producing written documentation.
- Demonstrated capacity in enrolling people in government programs. Ability to learn quickly in a new environment and implement complex problem solving skills, with a high level of organization and attention to detail and time management.
- Interviewing and counseling skills. High level of capacity in compassionate interpersonal engagement while maintaining professional boundaries, commitment to client centered care, and confident in decision making, navigating stages of change and creating treatment plans.
Application Instructions:
To learn more and apply go here. Cover letter, resume, and two references from previous employers required.
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POSITION: Program Assistant
ORGANIZATION: EcoHealth Alliance
Position Summary:
EcoHealth Alliance seeks a dynamic and energetic individual to join our team as a Program Assistant. The Program Assistant position helps to ensure the smooth planning and execution of EcoHealth Alliance’s research agenda on health and policy. This role will be primarily administrative, but will involve some research and implementation support activities for One Health projects in Jordan, Liberia, and additional countries in Africa. While this position requires presence in EcoHealth Alliance’s New York office, due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, this position will initially be remote. Required in-office tasks would be evaluated based upon business need and staff safety.
Primary Responsibilities:
The Program Assistant will provide all necessary support to our Executive Vice President, Program Coordinator, and Research Scientists in the Health and Policy team, as well as to our field staff.
- Assist with the coordination and management of travel, finance/budgets, meetings, programs, reporting, and all other administrative responsibilities as required.
- Work closely with the Health and Policy team to support related programs especially in the setup of meetings, booking of travel, organizing of paperwork and filing, and monitoring of communications, contracts, and other project related details.
- File coded credit card reports, time sheets, and other reports.
- Provide support to program staff and project partners with writing and editing of subcontracts and follow-up with invoicing, payments, receipts, and accounting reports.
- Work with the Executive Vice President of Health and Policy to coordinate, review, and approve all project related expenses and reporting.
- Assist with project reporting to funders and tracking of project milestones and timelines.
- Liaise with and provide support to other EcoHealth Alliance Teams including Development, Programs and Finance as needed.
- Ensure time-sheets and expense reports are on time and reminders are sent to other relevant program staff about updates and contacting funding agencies.
- Promote, provide, and support regular, clear communication between the Health and Policy team and other EcoHealth Alliance departments.
- Assist with grant application processes including reviewing guidelines, organizing necessary materials, preparing biographical sketches and budget forms.
- Conduct minute taking and draft agendas for meetings.
- Assist with database management, data collection, data cleaning, and basic data analyses.
- Assist with literature reviews and data extraction from secondary sources (e.g. scientific and grey literature and public data sources e.g. UN, World Bank).
- Assist with drafting of written materials (e.g. website postings, policy briefs) and manuscript preparation/submission.
- Assist in directing the work of students, interns, or temporary workers as necessary.
- Participate in other projects and tasks as required or assigned by the Executive Vice President of Health and Policy and the President of EcoHealth Alliance to support the organization’s mission.
This position is New York-based, but may involve some domestic and international travel.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree
- 1+ years of administrative work or research experience
- A friendly and professional demeanor and high level of cultural sensitivity
- Strong sense of organization and attention to detail
- MS Office intermediate level skills o Able to multitask and triage competing priorities
- Experience with statistical analysis (skills in Excel, STATA, or R) would be an asset
- Experience with or interest in learning EndNote reference management software
- Fluency in English; working knowledge of French a plus
At EcoHealth Alliance, our vision is a workplace with a diverse and talented staff where people want to come, stay, do their best work, and grow. We recruit, employ, train, compensate and promote our staff without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, age, veteran status, or socioeconomic status.
The position is based at Ecohealth Alliance in New York City. EcoHealth Alliance offers a competitive salary and comprehensive benefit package including health, dental, and vision coverage and a 403(b) pension plan. EcoHealth alliance is proud and deeply committed to being an equal opportunity employer. For further information about Ecohealth Alliance, please visit our website: www.ecohealthalliance.org.
Application Instructions:
Send an email with a single attachment labeled with your first and last name only (“firstlast.pdf”) in PDF format containing only (a) a cover letter, (b) CV, and (c) the names and contact information for three references to jobs@ecohealthalliance.org with “Health and Policy Program Assistant 2020” in the subject line. Emails without the subject line or with multiple attachments will not be received. No formal text is required within the body of your email, since only the attached document will be retained. All inquiries will receive an automatic response confirming receipt. Applications will be evaluated and only appropriate candidates will be contacted.
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POSITION: Research Scientist
ORGANIZATION: EcoHealth Alliance
Position Summary:
EcoHealth Alliance is seeking a research scientist to work as part of our modeling team, assisting on quantitative and spatial analyses related to zoonotic disease ecology, biodiversity and health, and conservation biology. This New York-based position is ideal for a recent MSc or MPH graduate with a passion for examining the links between biodiversity and health (especially emerging zoonoses), and with strong writing and analytical skills.
Responsibilities include spatial analysis of the interactions between biodiversity, zoonotic and other pathogen dynamics, and anthropogenic changes such as land use change and biodiversity loss; assisting with the collection, cleaning, and analyses of data; drafting manuscripts, grants, and reports; preparing presentations, info-graphics, posters, and other documents; managing collaboration among scientists at EcoHealth Alliance and globally; and providing administrative support.
This position is based in NYC with the possibility of some domestic or international travel, but due to the current COVID-19 Pandemic, this position may initially be remote. Required travel to office or elsewhere would be evaluated based upon business need and staff safety.
Responsibilities:
- Provide research, programmatic, and administrative support for the Associate Vice President, Conservation and Health
- Work with EcoHealth Alliance modeling team and external collaborators to develop scientific research projects on emerging disease ecology, biodiversity and health, and conservation biology
- Draft and submit grant and other funding applications, and reports
- Coordinate and take minutes for meetings, workshops, and calls as well as report and submit timesheets and expense reporting
- Assist with drafting scientific manuscripts for publication, presentations, and public reports as well as with project reporting and updates
- Some assistance in outreach to donors, potential collaborators, and other institutions at conferences, scientific, and public meetings may be required
- Work to ensure smooth functioning of programs at EcoHealth Alliance
- Conduct literature reviews to provide detailed background for grant proposals, scientific manuscripts and other project needs
- Assemble, clean, combine, and curate data sets from large, heterogeneous sources
- Perform statistical analyses to understand the links between biodiversity, health, and anthropogenic activities.
- Produce data and schematic visualizations
- Assist with high quality scientific manuscripts for publication
- Assist with budgeting for grants, including ensuring timely drafting and submission of reports as well as reminders about updates and contacting funding agencies
- Assist with the development of other projects related to the EcoHealth Alliance programs
- Assist with outreach to donors, media contacts, potential collaborators, and other institutions
Qualifications:
- Master’s degree in Life Sciences, Ecology, Biology, Public Health, or a related field
- Interest and/or experience in infectious diseases, remote sensing, macroecology or meta-analyses
- Ability to conduct literature reviews, data collation and cleaning, and exploratory data analyses and visualizations
- Strong quantitative analytical, database, and statistical skills and experience with R
- Demonstrable writing and research skills with some peer-reviewed publications
- Previous experience on grant administration and writing or reporting for grants
- Some experience with international research projects
- Must be self-driven and highly motivated, organized, and willing to perform both research and administrative duties
- Strong interpersonal skills and ability to place team before self and with a strong sense of diplomacy
- Willingness to adjust working schedule according to international time zones
- Fluency in written and spoken English required
At EcoHealth Alliance, our vision is a workplace with a diverse and talented staff where people want to come, to stay, do their best work, and grow. We recruit, employ, train, compensate and promote our staff without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, age, veteran status, or socioeconomic status.
This position is based at EcoHealth Alliance in New York City and will entail extensive domestic and international travel. EcoHealth Alliance offers a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefit package including health, dental, and vision coverage, and a 403(b) pension plan. EcoHealth Alliance is proud and deeply committed to being an equal opportunity employer.
For further information about EcoHealth Alliance, please visit our website: www.ecohealthalliance.org.
How to Apply:
Send an email with a single attachment in PDF format containing (a) a cover letter, (b) CV, and (c) three references to jobs@ecohealthalliance.org with “RESEARCH SCIENTIST” in the subject line. If you would like to be considered for more than one job position, please indicate that in your cover letter and list your order of preference. Emails without the subject line or with multiple attachments will not be reviewed. No formal text is required within the body of your email, since emails will not be evaluated. All inquiries will receive an automatic response confirming receipt. Only appropriately qualified candidates will be contacted. Thank you for your interest in EcoHealth Alliance!
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POSITION: Development and Communications Assistant
ORGANIZATION: EcoHealth Alliance
EcoHealth Alliance seeks a Development and Communications Associate who will be responsible for assisting our Development and Communications Team and working with the President, senior management teams, the Board of EcoHealth Alliance, science staff, and partners. This position requires strong organizational skills, a keen eye for design, excellent written and oral communication skills, and an ability to prioritize as well as multi-task. Development of unrestricted revenue is essential to the overall success of EcoHealth Alliance and this role must be dedicated to providing support needed to assist in securing resources to support programmatic and other activities.
Responsibilities:
- Assist with research, reporting, and tracking foundation, corporate, and other grant opportunities
- Draft text for the general public including for the EcoHealth Alliance website, Board reports, appeals, quarterly and other communications, blogs, and other social media
- Research and organize photos and other media as well as participate in lay-out and design of web, print, reports, and other items
- Assist with social media campaigns including strategy, writing, and design
- Participate actively in EcoHealth Alliance’s Board Development Committee
- Assist with maintaining donor records and communicate with finance teams to track funding
- Send and coordinate donor and other funder letters, acknowledgments, communications, and mailing campaigns
- Assist EcoHealth Alliance teams with organizing fundraising events
- Research and drafting for reports to management teams describing effectiveness of fundraising, social media, and other campaigns, events, and outreach
- Support senior management, science, and other EcoHealth Alliance teams to draft and submit funding proposals as well as tracking and reporting on current funding
- Organize departmental activities, manage events calendars, and take minutes at development and other meetings
Required Qualifications:
- BA, BSc, or similar and 2+ years related experience
- Nonprofit and foundation funding experience preferred
- Demonstrated writing ability and creativity
- Strong eye for detail and especially copyediting
- Computer literate and proficient in MS Office and with some experience in graphic and web design software
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Highly organized and motivated; with strong data management skills
- Knowledge of and commitment to conservation and health or related fields
- Fluency in spoken and written English
At EcoHealth Alliance, our vision is a workplace with a diverse and talented staff where people want to come, to stay, do their best work, and grow. We recruit, employ, train, compensate and promote our staff without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, age, veteran status, or socioeconomic status.
This position is based at EcoHealth Alliance in New York City and will entail extensive domestic and international travel.
EcoHealth Alliance offers a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefit package including health, dental, and vision coverage, and a 403(b) pension plan. EcoHealth Alliance is proud and deeply committed to being an equal opportunity employer. For further information about EcoHealth Alliance, please visit our website: www.ecohealthalliance.org.
How to Apply:
Send an email with a single attachment in PDF format containing (a) a cover letter, (b) CV, and (c) three references to jobs@ecohealthalliance.org with “2020 DEVELOPMENT AND COMMUNICATIONS ASSISTANT JOB APPLICATION” in the subject line. If you would like to be considered for more than one job position, please indicate that in your cover letter and list your order of preference. Emails without the subject line or with multiple attachments will not be reviewed. No formal text is required within the body of your email, since emails will not be evaluated. All inquiries will receive an automatic response confirming receipt. Only appropriately qualified candidates will be contacted. Closing date for this position: 15th October 2020. Thank you for your interest in EcoHealth Alliance!
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POSITION: Scientist/Biomedical Engineer
ORGANIZATION: Aikili Biosystems
Job Description::
Aikili Biosystems is a life sciences company spun out of Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, headquartered in Boston. We are a fast-growing startup developing a next-generation diagnostic profiling platform for precision oncology, building on clinical results recently published in Science Translational Medicine. Our platform enables highly multiplexed protein analysis across the translational pathway, with initial applications in solid tumor profiling for point-of-care settings (e.g., global health settings) and biomarker validation and profiling in trials for immunotherapies.
We are hiring a Scientist or Biomedical Engineer to support our research and development activities, who will work in concert with our CEO, Senior Research Scientist, and Scientific Advisory Board. The primary responsibilities for this role include leading the technical work for Aikili’s point-of-care diagnostic tool and managing its deployment in trials with leading partners in the U.S. and sub-Saharan Africa through an NIH Small Business Innovation (SBIR) grant. Further responsibilities include:
- Designing and performing key experiments to validate and develop our diagnostic platform
- Learning and executing Aikili’s assay and conducting data analysis on clinical samples
- Training our clinical trial partners to use the technology; providing technical backstopping on quality control
- Potential support for field testing in Kenya
Who we are looking for:
We are seeking a team member who is highly motivated to commercialize early stage diagnostic technology, and who has strong interest in facilitating access to health technologies for all patients. Our ideal candidate thrives in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment and is capable of building strong relationships with Aikili’s clinical trial partners.
Prior experience with cellular biology, molecular/cellular diagnostics, cell imaging, and/or biosensors are considered an advantage for this project.
Desired Qualification:
- B.S. or M.S. in Biomedical Engineering or related field (e.g. Biology, Chemistry, Chemical
- Engineering). Prior lab experience (1-3 years’ experience). Desired skill set:
- Demonstrated proficiency in in vitro assays (cell culture, cell immunostaining)
- Lab equipment skills: Flow cytometry (highly desired), fluorescence microscope cell imaging (highly desired), basic lab skills (required)
- Demonstrated experience in managing research & development
- Computational skills: MS Word and Excel, Graphing software, Matlab/python (desired but not required), 3D CAD software (desired but not required)
- Organized, self-motivated individual with ability to manage multiple priorities. Ability to work independently, including ability to manage upward to seek feedback from superiors.
- Comfortable in a fast-paced, ambiguous startup environment that requires creative problem solving
- Superior oral and written communication skills, including ability to effectively teach clinicians how to use Aikili’s technology
- Ability to represent the company with the highest level of integrity and ethics.
- Advantage: Demonstrated passion for or experience in developing or translating global health technologies
- Advantage: Willingness to travel to Kenya in late 2020 or early 2021 for field training
How to apply:
Interested candidates should send a cover letter and resume to Laura Kelley at lkelley@aikilibio.com.
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POSITION: Various Positions
ORGANIZATION: New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA)
Application Instructions:
Please submit one file that includes both your cover letter and resume to recruiter@nyserda.ny.gov and include the Title and Job Code in the Subject Line.
- Modeling and Analytics Job Code:589
- Offshore Wind Contract Management Job Code: 591
- Offshore Wind Procurement Job Code: 592
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POSITION: Various Positions
ORGANIZATION: Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors
Application Instructions:
See individual job links for applications portal and instructions.
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POSITION: Various Internships
ORGANIZATION: Life-Sci NYC
Fall and ongoing paid job opportunities and internships in the life science industry are available via the LifeSci NYC Internship Program. Positions available are listed below:
BioBAT
- Business Development Associate (Part-Time)
Collage Partners
Ladenburg Thalmann
- Biotech Equity Research Associate
MEND Nutrition
- Client Experience Analyst (Fall)
- Fall Operations Analyst (Fall)
- Project Management Analyst (Fall)
Redesign Science
- Scientific Software Engineer
Rendr Care Physicians
- Clinical Quality Associate (Full-Time)
- Medical Assistant – Bilingual Chinese / English
- Medical Office Receptionist (Bilingual English/Chinese) – Full-Time
- Medical Scribe (Bilingual English/Chinese) – Full-Time
More Information and Application Instructions:
To view available roles in areas such as R&D, business development, graphic design, computer science, machine learning, computational biology, computational chemistry, sales & marketing, project management, operations management, client experience, and finance, click HERE.
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POSITION: Communications Assistant (Part-time)
ORGANIZATION: CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy (SPH), Center for Systems and Community Design (CSCD), Firefly Innovations
Firefly Innovations based at the CUNY SPH Center for Systems and Community Design (CSCD) and the NYU-CUNY Prevention Research Center (PRC) is hiring a part-time Communications Assistant with experience in managing event planning and designing and implementing marketing and social media campaigns.
Firefly Innovations is a global ecosystem for public health entrepreneurs which brings together public health and business centers of excellence from around the world to incubate entrepreneurial solutions to today’s most pressing health challenges. We aim to transform communities, promote economic sustainability and solve public health challenges by helping entrepreneurs bring their ideas to life and scale for impact. Firefly Innovations is particularly interested in democratizing social innovation in public health and supporting underrepresented innovators to advance solutions to health problems experienced by their communities.
Position Description:
The role of the Communications Assistant will be to coordinate Firefly Innovations’ event planning and logistics and design and manage Firefly Innovations’ communications, marketing and social media campaigns.
The Communications Assistant will report directly to Dr. Terry Huang, the Director of CSCD and Founder of Firefly Innovations. The Communications Assistant will be responsible for organizing CSCD’s Systems Change Lecture and Workshop Series, among other events (all events are virtual at this time). In addition, the Communications Assistant will play a lead role in designing Firefly Innovations’ communication and marketing strategy and building the organization’s social media presence across multiple platforms.
Duties include but are not limited to:
- Coordinate all logistics for the Systems Change Lecture and Workshop Series including developing promotional materials, publicizing event through multiple channels, coordinating with speakers, providing IT support for virtual events, and following up with speakers and attendees as needed
- Assist with reimbursement or honorariums for speakers as necessary
- Design a marketing and communication strategy for Firefly Innovations including developing content for and promoting the Firefly Innovations podcast and blog
- Develop and disseminate a quarterly newsletter to highlight news, events and case studies for CSCD and the NYU-CUNY PRC
- Write copy, develop graphics and maintain website content
- Develop and curate regular content to grow Firefly Innovations’ social media presence across multiple platforms
- Track and report on social media performance including impressions, reach, followers, and other engagement metrics
Other duties:
The Communications Assistant must have excellent management, written, verbal, communication and interpersonal skills.
Requirements:
- A minimum of 2 years of experience with managing marketing, communications, and/or social media campaigns
- Ability to work independently, prioritize and handle multiple assignments
- Experience with Microsoft Office applications, website building software (e.g. Squarespace, WordPress, etc.), and graphic design software (e.g. Adobe, Vengage, etc.)
- Knowledge of or interest in public health preferred
- Applicants must be self-starters, highly motivated, and have exemplary abilities to multitask.
Salary:
$25/hour; 19 hours/week
To apply:
Submit a cover letter outlining research experience and resume to Emily Ferris at emily.ferris@sph.cuny.edu. CUNY is an equal opportunity employer.