Job Description
General Description
POSITION AVAILABLE
The Barry Commoner Center for Health and the Environment at Queens
College is one of the lead organizations in the Worker Health Protection Program, which gives free medical screening examinations and education to former Department of Energy (DOE) nuclear weapons production workers. The purpose of the medical surveillance program is to evaluate the health impact of past exposures to hazardous chemicals and radiation. This would be an exciting project for someone with environmental and/or labor interests.
JOB DESCRIPTION
BCCHE is looking for an administrative assistant to provide administrative and clerical work as part of the medical screening and surveillance program of former workers at the various DOE facilities they we are currently screening.
The individual will be assisting with all aspects of the screening program but will focus on the following areas:
- File medical results
- Assist in mailing program information to potential participants
- Review and edit medical results letters generated by program physicians
- Enter medical data into a FileMaker database
- Participate in regularly scheduled program meetings
We hope to have the new person start working as soon as possible to fill an unexpected vacancy.
Any questions, call Ms. Ortega at 718-670-4203 or 718-670-4180.
BCCHE is an equal opportunity employer
Other Duties
Qualifications
Qualifications: Must be comfortable with standard computer programs including Microsoft office. Prefer person with an interest or background in public health issues.
RFCUNY Benefits
RFCUNY Employee Benefits and AccrualsAbout the Research Foundation
The Research Foundation of The City University of New York (RFCUNY) was established as a not-for-profit educational corporation chartered by the State of New York in 1963. RFCUNY supports CUNY faculty and staff in identifying and obtaining external support (pre-award) from government and private sponsors and is responsible for the administration of all such funded programs (post-award).
RFCUNY stands between CUNY’s principal investigators (PIs) and the sponsors who support them and strives to fulfill its essential responsibilities to both groups. Working closely with individual PIs and Grants Officers on the campuses, RFCUNY oversees employment, accounting, audit, reporting, purchasing, and special responsibilities that include management of a planned giving program; liaison with governmental agencies and foundations; negotiation of agreements; facility construction and renovation; protection and commercialization of intellectual property; and compliance with applicable standards in research involving human subjects, animal care, environmental and radiological safety, and conflicts of interest.
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
Key Features
CBNS
Full Time
$34,000.00 - $36,000.00
Jan 27, 2016 (Or Until Filled)