Job Title: Community Event Staff
PVN ID: BK-2404-006254
Category: Research
Location: BROOKLYN COLLEGE

Job Description

General Description

Project Description: This study seeks to understand the dynamic complexity underlying acculturative stress and mental well-being among Ghanaian immigrants living in New York City.

The project consists of a) a community advisory board; b) interviews/surveys with community members; c) community listening sessions; and d) a pilot intervention.

For this project, we are seeking 8-10 part-time community event staff to support project activities such as community meetings between May 1, and July 31, 2024.

Other Duties

Primary Responsibilities:

Specific duties include (but may not be limited to):

  • Participate in team meetings and training sessions.
  • Travel to event spaces in the 5 borough (5 events total, 1 per borough)
  • Set up event space, including AV equipment, food/beverages, registration table, etc.
  • Staff the registration table and collect basic information about participants and obtain oral consent
  • Support group discussions as facilitator and note-taker
  • Distribute program materials and participant incentives.
  • Perform other duties associated with community meetings as needed.

Qualifications

Qualifications:

  • Graduate or undergraduate student pursuing a degree in public health, community health, psychology, nursing, social work, or related fields.
  • Articulate and tactful communication skills; readiness to meet and work directly with community members and research participants.
  • Experience working in immigrant communities is essential. Experience working with African immigrants is desirable.
  • Ability to follow research protocol, and handle and protect confidential and sensitive data with integrity.
  • Must be able to travel to locations in all five boroughs for special events on weekends both as necessary.
  • Community event staff will work in teams of 5-8.

Preferred Qualifications: 

  • Knowledge of or familiarity with community-based participatory research methods (E.g., interviews, focus groups, town halls, and advisory boards).
  • Experience and comfort using REDCap, Google Forms, or other survey tools, as well as mobile hotspots, iPads, and digital recorders.
  • Experience serving as group discussion facilitator and/or note taker
  • Knowledge of and/or experience collaborating with the African immigrant community.
  • Completion of CITI training courses in social and behavioral research with human subjects is required for all staff and volunteers involved in this project. CUNY Provides free access to the needed CITI trainings and refresher courses as needed.

Virtual training on May 2nd, 2024, 7-9PM 

Pay and Benefits:

This position is hourly, anticipated 15 hours per person between May 1, and July 31, 2024. Pay $20/hr. Paid training and meetings. This position is not eligible for a benefits package. Travel via public transportation will be covered.

RFCUNY Benefits

RFCUNY Employee Benefits and Accruals

About the Research Foundation

The Research Foundation of The City University of New York (RFCUNY) is a nonprofit educational corporation founded in 1963 to provide post-award fiscal and administrative support for CUNY’s research and sponsored programs. RFCUNY’s services allow CUNY researchers, faculty, and staff to focus on their intellectual curiosity and scientific discoveries, on projects and programs that serve our local and global communities, proposing concrete solutions to society’s most pressing challenges.

RFCUNY serves as a fiscal agent and works closely with all the CUNY campus Grants Offices to perform the core functions of post-award financial management for CUNY research projects and sponsored programs. These functions include legal assessment and signing of agreements where RFCUNY is named as a fiscal agent; setting up award accounts; preparing sub-awards and assisting PIs in monitoring the work of the recipients of sub-awards; supporting project directors with hiring and managing research project and sponsored program staff; supporting the purchasing and paying for goods and services with grant and program funds; managing financial aspects of projects including accounts receivable, financial reporting, invoicing, budget monitoring, and cost compliance with uniform guidance; ensuring that sponsor financial requirements are met; monitoring compliance with applicable project and financial management rules and laws; supporting the management of independent and external audits and financial reviews; and providing data, information, management expertise, and other supports to CUNY’s research and sponsored programs.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

The Research Foundation of the City University of New York is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Americans with Disabilities Act/E-Verify Employer. It is the policy of the Research Foundation of CUNY to provide equal employment opportunities free of discrimination based on race, color, age, religion, sex, pregnancy, childbirth, national origin, disability, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, domestic violence victim status, arrest record, criminal conviction history, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.

Key Features

Department
Health and Nutrition Sciences
Status
Part Time
Pay Range
$18.00-$20.00
Hour(s) a week
0.00-6.00
Closing Date
Jul 31, 2024 (Or Until Filled)
Bargaining Unit
No

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