What are the responsibilities and job description for the LEAD SAFETY ORGANIZER position at UNIFIED VAILSBURG SERVICE ORGANIZATION?
Description
Columbia University to identify effective ways of reducing childhood lead exposure in collaboration with the United Vailsburg Service Organization. The project will be funded by a seed grant from the Columbia Climate School and to engage pregnant women and parents will young children in home testing for lead. This will be complemented with guidance on remediation where needed and help to apply for financing. Over the 12 months of the project, the successful applicant will be expected to set up procedures, check that they comply with regulations, and establish contacts with the community. If successful and additional funding becomes available, the project could be extended to other areas where lead exposure remains an issue.
Qualifications
- Motivation to improve the lives of children born in Vailsburg by reducing their lead exposure
- Communication skills at the individual and group level
- Some background in science preferred but experimental curiosity is more important
- A desire to learn how to deploy environmental field kits and train others to do so
Duties
- Individual and group meetings to explain the program
- Encouraging eligible participants (i.e. pregnant women and parents of young children) to enroll in the program
- Distribute field kits and demonstrate their use
- Recording kit results and providing a preliminary interpretation
Salary : $50,000 - $55,000