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POSITION TITLE: Communications Assistant
ORGANIZATION: CUNY Graduate School of Public Health & Health Policy
The CUNY SPH Office of Communications is seeking a Communications Assistant to help with routine functions of the communications office including drafting emails for our internal and external audiences, assisting with newsletters, creating student-focused content for the school’s social media channels, implementing website updates, and related duties as assigned. The individual will report to the Director of Communications. This position is remote, part time (19 hours/week), and has an end date of 12/31/21, with the potential to be renewed.
Duties
Assist with routine functions of the communications office, including:
- Prepare drafts of mass emails using MailChimp
- Update and maintain mailing lists in Mailchimp
- Implement routine content edits and updates on the school’s website
- Augment the school’s social media channels with student-focused content
- Related duties as assigned
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree
- Excellent written communication skills
- Ability to establish priorities, work independently, and complete objectives in a timely manner
- Experience with website development and maintenance, preferably on the WordPress platform
- Proficiency in Mailchimp
- Experience with data cleaning and management
- Meticulous attention to detail
- Strong familiarity with and interest in public health
Compensation
- $25 per hour
- Maximum 19 hours a week
To Apply
Send resume, cover letter, and brief writing sample (1200 words or less) to Sumana Chandra, Director of Communications, at sumana.chandra@sph.cuny.edu.
To view the posting, click here.
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POSITION TITLE: Teaching Assistant
ORGANIZATION: Sophie Davis School of Medicine
The purpose of this course is to provide a foundational overview of the U.S. health care delivery system and the significant and far-reaching health policies. The goal is for students to understand how health care systems and policy affect patients, providers, and health outcomes. Students will be equipped to identify effects of social determinants of health in health care delivery and quality; understand payment and reimbursement systems and health care expenditures; understand the influence of health policy on quality care and policy analysis; understand the impact of health care advocacy; and recognize provider influence and diversity among health care professionals on health care delivery and policy. Upon completing this course, students should have greater professional insight into health care delivery and policy and its impact on clinical care and practice.
For the full job description and application instructions, click here.
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POSITION TITLE: Project Officer, Resource Hub on Migrant Health Policy in New York State
ORGANIZATION: CUNY Center for Immigrant, Refugee and Global Health (CIRGH)
The City University of New York (CUNY) Center for Immigrant, Refugee and Global Health (CIRGH) is recruiting a Project Officer to help develop a Resource Hub on Migrant Health Policy in New York State. We are looking for a creative, dynamic professional to support CIRGH to develop this hub and further establish CIRGH’s reputation and credibility in the field of migrant health policy. The Project Officer will work in close collaboration with the Co-Directors and Associate Director of CIRGH. They will report to the Associate Director of CIRGH. For the full job description, click here.
To apply, please send your resume and cover letter to Dr. Elisabeth Figueroa, Associate Director of the Center for Immigrant, Refugee and Global Health, at Elisabeth.Figueroa@sph.cuny.edu.
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POSITION TITLE: Director of Communications
ORGANIZATION: Cool Culture
We are a small and resourceful team that wear multiple hats, understand the importance of being agile and nimble in achieving our mission, and seek clear direction while also being comfortable with ambiguity. The ideal candidate must have a practice that is informed by a racial equity framework, and a deep understanding of equity and social justice that is actively integrated into their practice. They should bring experience in narrative strategy, social justice marketing and communications leadership. In line with this experience they should enjoy working in an environment that privileges collaboration and interdependence over hierarchical structures and autonomy. We are seeking a candidate with at least five to seven years experience working in a senior role in marketing and communications. The Director of Communications will report to the Executive Director.
For the full job description and to apply, click here.
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POSITION TITLE: Associate Board Member
ORGANIZATION: NY Birth Control Access Associate Board
The Associate Board supports the mission of NYBCAP through consistent and energized relational organizing. Associate Board Members will have the opportunity to contribute their skills and talents to our efforts through relational organizing, digital organizing and strategic program development in order to educate, motivate and empower others.
NYBCAP is seeking applicants for our fall 2021 Associate Board to drive our campaign to bring vending machines stocked with emergency contraception to college and university campuses, transit stations and other public spaces. The Associate Board will work with the NYBCAP staff to promote reproductive health, justice and rights by engaging in community-based education and advocacy. Together, we will fight to advance new policies and increase awareness of existing ones that will expand access to birth control for all New Yorkers. Learn more about NYBCAP here.
Click here to apply.
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POSITION TITLE: Various
ORGANIZATION: NYC Department of Homeless Services
Medications for Addictions Treatment Access Program Manager (City Research Scientist III):
- Use evidenced informed and novel approaches: develop and implement shelter-based access to harm reduction and substance use treatment programs – with a focus on promotion of #MAT, particularly buprenorphine/suboxone.
- Manage contracts and programs with shelter based clinical providers. Provide training and technical assistance to nurse and navigator program staff, and conduct quality improvement projects to improve performance, outcomes and health impact of programs.
- Develop data management systems for direct service programs, conduct data management and analysis, and utilize data to support program improvement, monitoring, reporting and evaluation.
- Produce qualitative and quantitative reports on program activities and findings.
- Participate in or lead development of new project and grant proposals.
- Develop and conduct program evaluations and studies to assess program efficacy and contribute to advances in the field of homeless health care.
Learn more and apply: https://lnkd.in/ebVpG7wf Job ID: 462523
Harm Reduction Director
The Harm Reduction Director will oversee the growing work of the HRU, building, supporting, promoting, evaluating and monitoring internal and contracted harm reduction activities across the city. For more details and to apply, go to https://a127-jobs.nyc.gov/ . In the Job ID search bar, enter: job ID number # 464961.
Overdose Education and Naloxone Distribution Unit Director
The Director of Overdose Education and Naloxone Distribution Unit (OENDU) will oversee the growing work of OENDU, supporting, promoting, and monitoring training, technical assistance, data and evaluation, new program implementation, and equitable strategic planning. For more details and to apply, go to https://a127-jobs.nyc.gov/ . In the Job ID search bar, enter: job ID number # 466465
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POSITION TITLE: Health Scientist
ORGANIZATION: Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Health
As a Health Scientist, you will use your knowledge of and experience with the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health to optimize business results and customer experience by:
Managing all activities related to assigned cases of alleged research misconduct in biomedical research studies.
Evaluating the evidence to support a Public Health Service (PHS) finding of research misconduct and recommends administrative actions against respondents, such as supervision or debarment; works with the OASH leadership and the Office of the General Counsel (OGC) to resolve cases; and follows each case through closure, which may include potential criminal charges or civil suits that may transpire.
Providing relevant information to extramural institutional officials regarding the PHS misconduct regulations.
Responding to telephone calls and direct conversations from complainants, witnesses, respondents, and attorneys for respondents concerning research misconduct matters and the responsible conduct of research and makes a written record of these communications.
Establishing and maintaining effective collaborative and working relationships with other government agencies and academic and other research institutions and organizations to ensure proper reporting of research misconduct allegations.
For more details and to apply, click here.
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POSITION TITLE: Assistant/Associate Professor
ORGANIZATION: School of Public Health at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University
The School of Public Health at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University invites applications for an Assistant/Associate Professor position in the Department of Community Health Sciences.
We are seeking a candidate with passion and expertise in mentoring and teaching, who will work with department faculty in delivering a curriculum that reflect the needs of our changing public health landscape, and who will teach core courses at the MPH and doctoral level. In addition, we seek a candidate with a focused record of extramurally-funded scholarship or demonstrated potential in creating a strong portfolio in extramurally-funded research, with preference for expertise in multilevel intervention development, implementation, and evaluation. The faculty member will complement core strengths in community engaged research, mixed method study design, social epidemiology, immigrant and urban health, health equity and the social determinants of health, cancer screening and treatment, maternal and child health, global health, chronic disease management, digital health/eHealth, public health and social media, and mental health and substance use treatment and prevention.
To view the full posting and to apply, click here.
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POSITION TITLE: Paid Qualitative Research Opportunity, Food Insecurity Interviews
ORGANIZATION: CUNY SPH, Community Health & Social Sciences department
Food Insecurity is a long standing concern and many strategies have been put forth and interventions continue to be implemented to address this concern. This issue has been also been further exacerbated by to COVID 19 pandemic. Clinical settings are a promising site for addressing food insecurity of patients that, thus far, have been underutilized.
In late summer/early fall Tatanisha Peets, a doctoral student in the Community Health & Social Sciences department, began interviewing clinical dietitians at a healthcare facility in NYC regarding their perspectives on screening and referring for food insecurity. The project will involve approximately 20 interviews, approximately 45-60 minutes in length. Interviews will use a semi-structured interview guide which will assist with interview coding.
Tatanisha Peets is looking for a Doctoral or Master’s student with qualitative research experience to assist in activities that will ensure the rigor and quality of the analysis.
Timing is flexible and compensation is 90 hours at $25.00 per hour. Research assistance work will take place over the Fall 2021 semester, for 5-10 hours per week.
General Responsibilities include:
- Transcript verification. Quality check of transcripts against the transcription function in Zoom. Assist with data cleaning /organizing of qualitative in-depth interview transcripts.
- Serve as a second qualitative coder. Assist with development/ review of code book
TO APPLY
Interested Candidates should have qualitative coding experience. Please send resume and a brief description of your qualitative research experience to Tatanisha Peets at tkpnutrition@gmail.com before August 31, 2021. Indicate the following in the Subject line: Graduate student researcher position
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POSITION TITLE: Project Director
ORGANIZATION: Department of Pediatrics at Montefiore
The Department of Pediatrics at Montefiore is looking for a project director to oversee daily operations of studies on childhood asthma lead by Dr. Marina Reznik (PI). Examples of several current studies include implementation and evaluation of a multi-level clinic-based intervention to improve provider adoption of asthma guidelines and patient outcomes; cluster RCT of a school-based asthma management program; cross-sectional study of provider prescription practices and pharmacy availability of spacer devices for asthma; use of electronic devices to assess medication adherence.
To view the full description and application instructions, click here.
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POSITION TITLE: Study Coordinator
ORGANIZATION: Department of Pediatrics at Einstein/Montefiore
Position involves primary involvement in a school-based research study promoting physical activity among children with asthma in the Bronx; in addition to supporting other ongoing projects. Investigator’s project will evaluate the effectiveness of multilevel strategies to improve provider adoption of asthma management guidelines in Montefiore clinical practices that care for children with asthma. The goal of the project is to improve delivery of asthma care and clinical outcomes of children ages 2-12 years with asthma. This study is funded by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) for 5 years.
To view the full description and application instructions, click here.
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POSITION TITLE: California Policy Analyst
ORGANIZATION: Transform Health
Transform Health is a mission-driven, health policy and health system transformation focused consulting firm. We offer strategic and operational support, and technical expertise to a broad array of stakeholders, including governments, nonprofits, health centers, safety-net health systems, foundations, health plans, and community-based organizations. Our small business is a “roll up your sleeves” firm and we have a uniquely deep bench of experience and expertise in federal and state health policy, program implementation, Medicaid, outreach and enrollment, payment reform, as well as delivery system redesign. Transform Health is headquartered in Sacramento, CA and is a nationally certified as a Minority and Women-owned Business Enterprise (MWBE).
This position is remote in California. Transform Health is hiring a California-focused Policy Analyst. This is a full-time, salaried position and serves a critical and strategic role with visibility in the California health policy community. This position requires an organized and detail-oriented self-directing individual who is comfortable working with diverse teams across a broad array of stakeholders. At least three to five years of knowledge and experience with policies and programs related to Medi-Cal (Medicaid), the Affordable Care Act and its impact in California, managed care, data analysis, and program operations are required.
For the full job description and instructions to apply, click here.