Women’s Project Outreach Specialist (Part-Time Hourly paid position)

The mission of APICHA is to combat AIDS-related discrimination and to support, empower, and enhance the quality of life of Asians and Pacific Islanders in the New York City area – particularly community members living with AIDS and HIV infection – through client services, education, training and technical assistance, community organizing, coalition-building, policy analysis, and research.

This position will be compensated at the rate of $13/hour for an average of 12-15 hours per week.

Reports to: Women and Youth Program Manager

Duties and Responsibilities Include:

• Recruit Asian & Pacific Islander (A&PI) women ages 24 and older into various program activities.
• Conduct outreach to high risk women in shelters, night clubs, ESL classes, and other sites.
• Provide HIV prevention information to A&PI women throughout New York.
• Conduct HIV prevention workshops for A&PI women in formal and informal settings.
• Work closely with other peer educators and volunteer peer networkers within the Women’s Project and APICHA.
• Help recruit volunteers from target populations (at risk/high risk women)
• Attend all required meetings and trainings.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• High energy with excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Ability to reach and recruit program participants from target community.
• Ability to use public transportation.
• Ability to use basic computer programs such as Word and the Internet.
• Excellent written and verbal English communication.
• Ability to work with diverse populations (i.e. gay, bisexual, transgender, immigrant women, various A&PI ethnicities).
• Reliability, punctuality, and flexibility.
• Availability on late evenings and weekends.
• Fluency in at least one A&PI language is a plus (Korean and Mandarin preferred).
• Good team player.

Position open til filled. To apply, please mail, fax or email your resume with cover letter and three references to the Diana Roygulchareon, Program Manager, Women and Youth Programs at 400 Broadway New York, NY 10013, or DRoygulchareon@apicha.org.

NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE!

APICHA is an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, creed, national origin, gender, disability, marital status, or sexual orientation.