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Writing to share several food policy employment and internship opportunities. Please see below and attached for more information and application instructions. Questions can be directed to hiring organizations; apologies for any cross-posting or duplication.

 

Fall 2017 Mayoral internship in the Mayor’s Office of Food Policy

The Office of the New York City Director of Food Policy is seeking an intern skilled in policy research, writing, and communications. The ideal candidate should have an understanding of and interest in food policy in New York City, including food access, food insecurity, health and nutrition, and environmental sustainability. The candidate should have excellent research and writing skills, and an interest in using outreach, communications, and social media to advance the office’s food policy mission.

 

Part-time Research Assistant – Soda Tax Policy Study

Working under the supervision of Drs. Gordon Shen (CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy) and Melissa Fuster (CUNY Brooklyn College), the Research Assistant (RA) will perform research support activities for the study “A Sweet Deal?: The Diffusion of Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Tax Policy Across Latin America”. More specifically, the RA will assist Drs. Shen and Fuster with document review and key informant interviews with stakeholders in Mexico and in Chile, concerning the soda tax implementation in these countries. The RA will be based at the CUNY Graduate School of Public Health.

 

Healthy Food Retail Action Network Communications and Web Consultant

HFRAN (Healthy Food Retail Action Network) is a coalition of nonprofit, community based, and governmental organizations, working to increase access to healthy foods in brick and mortar retail establishments throughout New York City. The Network is currently comprised of over two dozen member organization and four volunteer run core committees: Advocacy, Evaluation, Meeting Planning and Communications. The Network has obtained funding to significantly expand its communications portfolio to ensure members are apprised of each other’s work and have easy access to resources and materials to ensure maximum effectiveness and efficiency. The Healthy Food Retail Action Network seeks a Communications Management Consultant to take on a variety of media related tasks.

 

 

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Ashley Rafalow

CUNY Urban Food Policy Institute

City University of New York Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy

55 West 125th Street, New York, NY 10027

646-364-9602

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