Prevention Navigator

Other functions that may be required with this position include

• Participate in reoccurring interagency meetings, as well as external community meetings to improve integrated care and maintain relationships with community partners
• Participate in department activities such as new staff onboarding, YPS Pride Committee, CQI efforts, etc
• Participate in Housing Works advocacy events (minimum 3 in person per year, 4 via other mode July-June)
• Perform other duties as assigned

Requirements

Education

• High school diploma/GED required
• Bachelor's degree in human services, Public Health preferred

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience providing HIV health education and risk reduction to MSM/Transgender communities of color
• Demonstrated understanding of PrEP/PEP and HIV treatment in communities with barriers to accessing care
• Strong socio-cultural identification with the priority populations of this service category
• Knowledge of issues pertaining to homelessness, substance use, harm reduction, mental illness, transgender healthcare, and LGBT individuals

• The following additional competencies are viewed as important to success in this position:
• Good computer skills (Word, Excel, Outlook, etc)
• Strong organizational skills and verbal/written communications skills

Working Conditions

• Ability to work regular evenings and several weekends a month
• Flexibility with schedule and travel required due to attending outreach events around the city

Job candidates should be aware that scammers may pose as employers and create fake job postings in order to extract personal information from individuals for financial gain. Housing Works will never ask job candidates for personal information, such as social security numbers or bank account details, over the phone. If you suspect that a job posting may be fake or wish to confirm that a job posting from Housing Works is genuine, please contact us at recruitment@housingworks.org

• Housing Works was founded in 1990; With a long-term commitment to AIDS advocacy.
• Housing Works established New York State’s first harm reduction-based, OASAS-licensed outpatient drug treatment program.
• Other services include Health Home care management, behavioral health, and syringe exchange programs.
• A pioneer in the social entrepreneurship movement, Housing Works operates 10 high-end thrift shops in Manhattan and Brooklyn and a much-loved Bookstore Cafe in Soho.
• For more information, visit www.housingworks.org

Housing Works fights for funding and legislation to ensure that all people living with HIV/AIDS have access to quality housing, healthcare, HIV prevention, and treatment, among other lifesaving services.

• Housing Works provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics.
• In addition to federal law requirements.
• Housing Works complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities.
• Housing Works also does not request prior salary information during the hiring process.
• This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

This position is included in a bargaining unit of Housing Works’ New York City employees represented by a labor union known as the Retail Wholesale and Department Store Union (“RWDSU”). Accordingly, the RWDSU has the exclusive right to bargain over the terms and conditions of employment related to this position and this position may become covered by the terms of a collective bargaining agreement (a “CBA”) between Housing Works and the RWDSU

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