Outreach Engagement Specialist

Compensation Range: $22/hr  - $23/hr commensurate with experience 

Benefits:
We have three comprehensive healthcare plans to choose from based on your priorities and budget. Housing Works covers most of the plan; you pay a portion, based on your salary. Staff begins accruing PTO immediately for a total of up to 30 days earned in the first year. We offer employees an educational benefit. This money is available for tuition loan reimbursement, tuition costs, and text books.

Overview:

The Outreach Specialist will support the implementation of the Enhanced Distribution of Safer Sex Products Among Priority Populations in New York City (CON) contract. This role focuses on recruiting, onboarding, and maintaining Non-Traditional Sites (NTS) in Brooklyn to expand community access to safer sex materials. The Outreach Specialist will conduct outreach events, maintain distribution networks, and provide sexual health and harm reduction education to priority populations. As a frontline ambassador for Housing Works, the Outreach Specialist promotes HIV/STI prevention, sexual wellness, and harm reduction principles while building relationships with community stakeholders and ensuring compliance with NYC DOHMH protocols and reporting requirements.

Responsibilities:

• Non-Traditional Site (NTS) Recruitment & Safer Sex Product Distribution:
  • Recruit, onboard, and maintain Non-Traditional Sites (NTS) in high-priority Brooklyn ZIP codes using NYC DOHMH talking points.
  • Deliver a minimum of 100 safer sex products to 140 active NTS partners per month (35 per week).
  • Submit required NTS documentation, including signed agreements, timestamped photos, and business cards.
  • Conduct routine spot checks to ensure site compliance with NYC DOHMH safer sex distribution protocols.
  • Maintain distribution logs and ensure timely data entry in NYC DOHMH’s online reporting system.
• Outreach & Community Engagement
  • Plan, coordinate, and participate in outreach events across New York City.
  • Engage priority populations at nontraditional venues (e.g., sex parties, raves, pop-up events, nightlife venues).
  • Participate in community events such as health fairs, LGBTQ events, and testing events to engage at-risk clients and promote Housing Works services.
  • Identify high-foot-traffic areas in Brooklyn, Manhattan, and the Bronx to expand outreach reach and visibility.
• HIV Prevention & Testing
  • Provide HIV prevention education, including harm reduction messaging and PrEP/PEP awareness.
  • Conduct rapid HIV and Hepatitis C testing in accordance with NYC DOHMH guidelines and Housing Works protocols.
  • Complete all required testing documentation, encounters, logs, and follow-up steps per contract standards.
• Linkage to Services & Navigation
  • Refer individuals to Housing Works Behavioral Health Services, Medical Services, Housing Services, and other internal programs.
  • Provide warm hand-offs and ensure clients are linked to appropriate care, prevention, or support resources.
• Documentation & Reporting
  • Maintain accurate and timely documentation of all outreach interactions, NTS visits, testing encounters, and referrals.
  • Complete required reporting according to DOHMH and contract standards.
  • Ensure compliance with data accuracy, quality assurance expectations, and confidentiality protocols.
• Other functions that may be required with this position include
  • Participate in department activities such as Care Coordination meetings, YPS Department meetings, and others as assigned
  • Participate in Housing Works advocacy events
  • Assist other YPS programs & staff as needed
  • Perform other duties as assigned

Requirements:

• High School diploma/equivalent
• 2 Year degree in Human Service, Liberal Arts (Preferred)

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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

Salary : $22 - $23