PROJECT CONNECT PEER OUTREACH SPECIALIST

Job Description

Apicha Community Health Center aims to improve community health by providing access to comprehensive primary care, preventive health services, mental health, and supportive services. The center is dedicated to delivering high-quality, culturally competent services that enhance the quality of life. It also advocates for and offers a welcoming environment for underserved and vulnerable populations.

Position Summary:

This position will conduct outreach to other community-based organizations to raise awareness of the unique needs of the LGBTQI API community and increase capacity to serve this population; market and promote Project Connect to the LGBTQI API community to ensure that programs and services are appropriate, well-branded and reflective of the needs of the community; represent Project Connect as well as Apicha Community Health Center at various health fairs and other community events; recruit and retain a core group of mentors to provide a safe-space and supportive community for youth to discuss their identities as both API and LGBTQI; facilitate a series of informal roundtable discussions with volunteer mentors and young LGBTQI participants covering a wide range of topics (i.e., building supportive networks and self-esteem, coming out to family members and in the workplace); work closely with other Community Health Education program staff and volunteer peer navigators within the Community Health Education program and Apicha CHC; help recruit volunteers from target populations; support and meet with volunteers at least once a month; attend all required meetings and trainings; and assist with administrative duties for the CHE HIV Prevention and Project Connect.

Qualifications:

Strong socio-cultural identification with API and LGBTQ communities, or “having lived experience,” required

Experience in peer education strongly preferred

Ability to communicate in English

Fluency in one or more A&PI languages or Spanish preferred

High energy with excellent interpersonal and communication skills.

Ability to reach and recruit program participants from target community.

Independent and good team player

Reliable, punctual and flexible

Ability to work well with diverse population.

Ability to handle multiple tasks and stressful environment

Ability to work well within the organizational structure

Ability to work flexible hours including some evenings and weekends

Ability to use public transportation

Ability to use common office software (Word, Excel, Power Point)

At Apicha, we believe that serving the needs of our staff is just as important as serving the needs of underserved people of New York City as such we are proud to offer our team members a competitive employee benefits package which include 12 Paid Holidays, vacation and sick leave, Health Insurance Coverage, Flexible Spending Account, Life Insurance, Employee Assistant Program just to name a few.

Full-time