FYI -- job opening - Institute for Community Research

[Doug Schuler]

FYI...

> Date: Tue, 09 Mar 1999 21:52:33 -0500 (EST)
> From: JSchensu at aol.com
> Subject: Positions Available-Institute for Community Research, Hartford, CT.
> To: CRN-list at igc.org
> 
> The Institute for Community Research has an immediate opening for an
> Administrative Manager.  The Administrative Manager is responsible for
> leadership in providing institutional support and services for research grants
> and contracts, budget, interagency collaboration, research infrastructure and
> some personnel procedures and supervision. The Institute for Community
> Research is an applied research organization employing approximately 40
> researchers, interventionists and arts managers of diverse cultural, ethnic
> and educational backgrounds, based in Hartford, Connecticut, with projects and
> activities in Connecticut, the Northeastern United States and elsewhere in the
> country.  Projects, programs and centers of the ICR are involved in research
> on current health and education issues. The ICR supports the Connecticut
> States Heritage Arts Program, a statewide community arts training and
> promotional program (the United Artists Initiative), a community arts gallery,
> the National Teen Action Research Center, research on AIDS and substance abuse
> prevention and older adults and an active student intern program.   Skills
> required for the position include non-profit contract, budget and personnel
> management, experience and interest in community based research, demonstrated
> interest in interdisciplinary research, experience in multiethnic and socio-
> economically diverse work settings, excellent communications and writing
> skills. The ICR utilizes a team approach to management and is seeking an
> administrator committed to providing service to the management team and
> community constituencies. The position reports to the executive director.
> Public  Administration  B.A./M.A. or equivalent required. Bilingual
> /multilingual desired. Stable, growth oriented organization, potential for
> career development, competitive salary, excellent benefits, good work
> environment.  Send resume to Jean J. Schensul, Ph.D., Executive Director,
> Institute for Community Research, 2 Hartford Square West, Ste. 100, Hartford,
> CT. 06l06 by April 15, 1999.  
> 
> The Institute for Community Research has an immediate opening for an MA/PhD.
> level social science researcher with experience in conducting sensitive
> community-based qualitative and survey research with older adults. The
> position is situated in a two-city, four year collaborative study of exposure
> to drug and HIV/AIDS risk in older adults residing in senior housing in
> Hartford and Chicago.  The social science researcher, as a member of the
> project study team, is responsible for conducting ethnographic, survey and
> network research in senior housing complexes in Hartford, with an interagency,
> cross city team of researchers, outreach workers,  health educators and older
> adult advocates. The position requires conducting qualitative field research
> with older African American, Caribbean and Latino adults on sensitive topics
> including exposure to drugs and sexual risk. Qualifications include field
> research with older adults of color, knowledge of health, social and cultural
> challenges of older adults in urban areas, ethnographic research skills,
> excellent communication and writing skills, prior experience with team
> research and demonstrated commitment to the welfare of older low to moderate
> income adults living in urban areas. Completed social science research M.A.,
> M.P.H. or Ph.D. Bilingual /multilingual desired. Stable, growth oriented
> organization, potential for career development, competitive salary, excellent
> benefits, good work environment.  Send resume to Jean J. Schensul, Ph.D.,
> Executive Director, Institute for Community Research, 2 Hartford Square West,
> Ste. 100, Hartford, CT. 06l06 by April 15, 1999.  
> 
> 
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