Monthly Archives: January 2017

JOB POSTING We are looking a person who is passionate about serving their community to run an innovative pilot project titled: “Asian PHA Resilience Dialogues” (APHARD).  The project is a collaborative project of ACAS, ASAAP (Alliance of South Asians AIDS Prevention) and OPA+ (Ontario Positive Asians Network). The project intervention is adapted from the Asian MSM (men having sex with men) Resilience Dialogues intervention that was developed through rigorous community based research processes and has shown positive results in promoting various domains of resilience in a pilot of Asian MSM including PHAs (People living with HIV/AIDS). The project aims to engage a group of Asian PHAs to be trained as co-facilitators to deliver and evaluate the APHARD interventions to 2 groups of Asian PHAs. The lessons learnt will inform support and health promotion programs of all our collaborating partners. DETAILS: Asian PHA Resilience Dialogue Project Coordinator Part time Contract Position Type of Contract:  10 month, part-time (Total 210 hours) Application Deadline: Wednesday, February 15, 2017 (midnight) Interview date: During the week of February 20-24, 2017 Wage: $25/hour + vacation pay Starting Date:  April 01, 2017 Responsibilities Work in collaboration with the project team, the project coordinator will: Coordinate process of updating the training curriculum Obtain research ethics approval as required Outreach and promote the project to target community members Recruit participants for the training Organize 2 series of training with the total of 30 participants Organize train-the trainer sessions for 4-6 peer participants Coordinate collection of all project statistics and data for evaluation Organize participant focus group and feedback session Coordinate development of project report and action plan  Qualifications Lived experience as a person living with HIV and member of the Asian communities Demonstrated commitment to anti-homophobia, anti-oppression, and healthy sexuality Excellent interpersonal, and communication skills Demonstrated skills in coordinating community [...]

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Attention members, volunteers, service users, and current employees! We are currently hiring for the position of Women’s Outreach Program Coordinator PDF HERE: INTERNAL JOB POSTING Women’s Outreach Program Coordinator Internal Job Posting: For members, volunteers, service users, and current employees Type of Contract: Part-time (3 full days/week), contract position Application Deadline: Sunday, January 22,2017 (midnight) Interview Date: Tuesday, January 24, 2017 Contract Duration: 5 months (till June 30, 2017) Responsibilities 1. Plan, implement and evaluate the Asian Women-at-Risk Outreach and Education Project 2. Support 8 peer educator volunteers to assist with HIV/AIDS education services for Asian women 3. Provide 4 HIV/AIDS outreach sessions at various East and Southeast Asian ethno-cultural community events, ESL classes, church groups and settlement services 4. Conduct 7 HIV/AIDS/STIs workshops for Asian women in the City of Toronto 5. Organize 1 social event for Asian women 6. Organize “Pillow Talk”, a community learning forum on women and sexual health 7. Design and run an educational campaign to promote female condom use 8. Attend network meetings and professional development training as required 9. Maintain statistics, and prepare reports 10. Other administrative tasks as needed Qualifications: - College or university education or 2 year work experience in social work, adult education, or health promotion - Familiarity with the East and Southeast Asian communities in Toronto, especially with issues faced by newcomer women and their families - Knowledge, and/or lived experience, and sensitivity to issues concerning HIV/AIDS/STIs, women’s healthy sexuality, and violence against women - Good communication and writing skills in English - Fluent in one of the East or Southeast Asian languages and able to conduct a workshop in that language - Basic volunteer management skills - Experience in workshop planning, and group facilitation, especially with women - Experience in conducting health outreach activities, and community [...]