Fieldwork intern, Bureau of Public Health Clinics

About the Role

The mission of the Bureau of Public Health Clinics (BPHC) is to promote a healthy community by providing New Yorkers with the resources needed to make informed and empowered health decisions; identify and treat tuberculosis, provide immunizations, and sexual health services regardless of ability to pay or immigration status. The Fieldwork intern will support the team with the conducting of outreach to providers and community groups; support with administrative needs to support our research efforts; and provide feedback on how to improve sexual health and wellness and reduce racial inequities. This individual will report to the Community Engagement Supervisor and will be responsible for supporting the Outreach Unit of the Bureau of Public Health Clinics and helping to ensure that the team meets greater program goals and deliverables in a timely and effective manner.

Key Responsibilities

• Investigating strategies to enhance our existing CUNY student outreach methods.
• Maintaining an up-to-date calendar with all planned outreach activities.
• Logging activities in city database Public Health Partners Connect (PHPC) within 2 business days.
• Conducting periodic quality assurance checks on PHPC data.
• Following up on student-focused listservs the clinics belong to in order to ensure services listed, locations, and hours are posted and accurately depicted.
• Sharing promotional materials during student and/or on-campus activities and events.
• Ensuring increased access to safer sex supplies throughout campuses.
• Attending pre-identified community and coalition meetings.
• Assessing student engagement work to strategize outreach with a racial equity lens.
• Creating a transition document at the end of their fieldwork that details all aspects of the project, including outstanding assignments, main points of contacts, and potential next steps to move the project forward.
• Providing an overall summary of their work with the Community Engagement Unit.
• Transitioning partnerships, developing communication around transition to inform partners about new points of contact after their internship ends.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• CUNY student outreach methods
• Public Health Partners Connect (PHPC)
• PHPC data
• safer sex supplies
• racial equity lens

Qualifications

Matriculation at an accredited college or graduate school. Employment is conditioned upon continuance as a student in a college or graduate school.

Additional Notes:

• Maximum tenure for all Assignment Levels in the title of College Aide is 6 years.
• No student shall be employed more than half-time in any week in which classes in which the student is enrolled are in session.
• Students may be employed full-time during their vacation periods.
• New York City residency is generally required within 90 days of appointment. However, City Employees in certain titles who have worked for the City for 2 continuous years may also be eligible to reside in Nassau, Suffolk, Putnam, Westchester, Rockland, or Orange County. Please discuss with the agency representative at the time of interview.