LONG ISLAND SAFETY AND HEALTH SPECIALIST/COMMUNITY OUTREACH & LIAISON

 

Job posted by: New York Committee for Occupational Safety and Health (NYCOSH)

Posted on: February 18, 2014

Job description

LONG ISLAND SAFETY AND HEALTH SPECIALIST/COMMUNITY OUTREACH & LIAISON

Full Time

The New York Committee for Occupational Safety and Health is seeking a community outreach & liaison/safety and health specialist to develop, coordinate and conduct safety and health campaigns on Long Island for union members, immigrant and low-wage workers. In addition to conducting training, the job includes outreach to unions, community-based organizations and institutions, liaison with unions and production and distribution of appropriate safety and health materials. Candidate must be a self-starter, able to work independently and have a demonstrated record of successful organizing work.

The New York Committee for Occupational Safety and Health is a coalition of over 200 local unions and 350 individual safety and health activists in the New York metropolitan area. NYCOSH uses training, education, advocacy, and organizing to improve health and safety conditions in our workplaces and our communities. The job will based in Hauppauge, Long Island four days a week and in Manhattan, New York one day a week.

Required Qualifications

• Experience working with unions, low-wage workers, and community organizations
• Organizing experience

• Health and Safety background and knowledge

• Outstanding teaching skills
• Demonstrated ability to develop curricula and educational materials
• Organizational and program development skills
• Excellent writing and communication ability
• Candidates must have access to a car

Desired Qualifications

• Demonstrated self-starter
• Experience working on Long Island
• Grant-writing experience
• Fluency in Spanish

Responsibilities

• Run NYCOSH-specific campaigns on Long Island
• Build NYCOSH's Long Island base and develop NYCOSH members
• Carry out the mission of NYCOSH to provide education about occupational safety and health to union members, community organizations, immigrant and other low-wage workers
• Work with unions and community-based organizations to develop safety and health training programs
• Create connections between unions and community-based organizations with a goal of organizing workers into unions/workers' centers
• Develop training materials, including curricula, fact sheets, and other resources
• Conduct safety and health training sessions for unions and community organizations
• Respond to inquiries regarding workplace hazards
• Participate in NYCOSH meetings and activities

Salary: $70,906-$75,906

Employees will receive health and dental benefits with both individual and family plans available; paid vacation time, holidays and sick days; life insurance; and a pension plan.  NYCOSH is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer and is a union shop, with its staff represented by USW Local 4-149.

How to apply: To Apply Send Cover Letter and Resume by March 14^th, 2014 via e-mail to: [log in to unmask]

Location: 61 Broadway, New York, NY, US

Details

Application deadline: March 14, 2014

Education requirements: No requirement

Employment type: Full time

Professional level: Professional

Salary range (annual, U.S. $): 70,000 - 75,000

Benefits: health, eye, dental, life insurance, pension

 

 

 

Susan Klitzman, MPH DrPH CPH

Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor

CUNY School of Public Health

2180 Third Avenue, Room 508

New York, NY 10035

212-396-7727

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http://www.cuny.edu/site/sph.html

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